Thread:Ashleyien/@comment-918376-20150707020140/@comment-918376-20150718215142

Nao had a crush on real life, male!Tet, or in-game Tet?

As for how I'd write the follow-up: it starts with Tet's perspective, simply because T&D ended with Naotsugu's.

Regarding Mari, I think that Henrietta would've forced her to down a panacea after they returned to their guild hall (after being reminded by Shoryuu and Hien that panaceas exist). Mari can be childish, but she also has moments where she can be mature, and I think that after some goading from Henrietta, Mari would go and talk things through with Tet. We saw from the Serara situation that she'd rather risk herself first than make others take responsibility, so she would probably take the confrontation straight to Tet rather than go through Naotsugu.

Tet would probably try and fake being too sick to go at first, but Akatsuki makes her drink a panacea and then reassures her that she and Henri would be nearby to break things up if it started turning nasty, especially because Maryelle invited them to go to a private discussion room (maybe the restaurant from episode 8 of S1).

Mari would probably first apologize for calling Tet what she called her the night before, but then admit that she was upset because she thought she'd finally found someone that would love her in spite of her age, and then Tet came along. Tet, much to Mari's surprise, might admit that she hadn't expected herself to fall in love with Nao, either, and says that she felt dirty/wrong for feeling that way. Mari reminds Tet about what she'd said during T&D, that they weren't the same as they were before, and it's fine to feel things for Nao, since he's a good person. Also, because Tet was the Tet of ET, she was definitely a girl, too. However, she won't give up on Nao until he definitely tells her 'yes' or 'no'. When Tet says that she'll "drop out" for Mari's sake, Mari surprises Tet by saying that she doesn't want Tet to give up, either. Because Mari knew that Henrietta gave up on her feelings for Shiroe, but she's not completely happy, and Mari wants people to be happy.

She'd rather Naotsugu decide between either one of them, or neither of them. During the T&D, she was too possessive of Nao and didn't consider his feelings at all, which means he couldn't have been happy about that, and says that she has to apologize to him too. Tet smiles, and declares happily that a "Galaxy Idol mustn't give up, but they can't lose sight of the path that got them to where they are," apologizing to Mari for the comments she had made about her, too. She agrees that Naotsugu has to take a firm stance, whether to be like DemiDemi and take a wife/girlfriend, or to stop trying to date someone. "A true idol can't be with a wishy-washy man!" Tet declares, although Mari isn't sure whether Tet is completely okay with the idea.

As they're walking back to the guild hall, Mari notices a milkshake stand (yeah that milkshake stand) and immediately starts begging Henri to get her one, reverting back to her childish personality. Mari tells Tet and Akatsuki that the milkshakes from that stand were really good, and thick enough to eat with a spoon. They should definitely have a girls' night out together sometime soon.

After they get back, they find that Naotsugu's brought both of them flowers and Nyanta's homemade cookies as an apology. The kids were out with Shiroe (Nyanta and Nao persuaded them that Shiroe needed a day off, although that was an excuse not to get any of them further involved). Tet starts out, apologizing for being the cause of this whole mess, although Naotsugu insists that it wasn't her fault. Mari continues, apologizing for all of the comments she made the night before. She falters when it comes to telling Naotsugu to make up his mind, but Henri takes it from there, telling Naotsugu that it wasn't fair to the girls that he isn't rejecting either of them, but isn't accepting them at the same time. Henri correctly deduces that he's afraid of forming a serious relationship, only to get separated when they return home (if he didn't already admit that during the T&D, I can't remember).

Never having been stuck in this situation, Naotsugu falters, and just blurts out that he wasn't really sure what he was doing when he started getting close to both Mari and Tet, it just sort of happened. For that, Mari gets upset with him and slaps him, calling him a jerk. Since he'd taken the time during the Abyssal Shaft raid to call her every night, where they just casually talked about things, she thought that Naotsugu was starting to get serious about their relationship. He'd even gotten a tandem seat for the two of them, which he had kept on teasing her about (since it basically is only for couples). If he wasn't completely sure, he shouldn't have gone so far and let her assume things that he'd say were wrong. Thoroughly upset, she leaves the room to compose herself.

During this entire time, Tet awkwardly fidgets around, still feeling like she's "that other girl" that made Naotsugu "cheat" on Mari even if they weren't in a fully-committed relationship. While Mari isn't around, Naotsugu confides to Tet that he had remembered that he had a crush on her in the past, before he knew who she really was, and this makes it really hard for him to choose just one of them. Tet wasn't sure how to respond to this revelation, and just stands there in silence for a couple of moments because she can't bring herself to do her whole idol act. After maybe a minute or so, Mari knocks on the door and comes in. She just tells Naotsugu to make up his mind soon, and tell them, then leaves because she has work piling up for her in her guild hall. With the tension interrupted, Tet takes this opportunity to worm her way out of the room as well, telling Nao that "idols need breaks, too," and then leaves.

As for screencaps, I usually prefer them without screencaps. I usually dig up sites that have clean screencaps, although they can be pretty hard to find.