[It's been a while since Mei really played around with that pendulum. ...in fact, she'd say it was a little too long. With how their private life seemed to be accelerating non-stop, it was nice to just take a step back, slow down and enjoy each other's company more normally for a change -- for a certain definition of it, anyway. There was nothing truly normal about having to juggle facing off the Honkai and their lives in the city, after all.
But... it did open up quite a few possibilities; the last time they used it, she was able to give Inaba some freedom from being... well, herself. From needing that sense of control, from needing to know everything. This time, it would be more of the same, but... maybe she could gently let out the side of Inaba that was often buried so deep within, that softer her. Alternatively, she could play around with the idea of Inaba being her overly affectionate kitten...
...she did have quite a few mental images for how both these things would go, but seeing was believing. So for her own sake, she opts to withhold those thoughts until she puts them to work.
In a rare change of pace, too, Mei would have Inaba visiting her rather than the other way around, on what was otherwise an average cloudy day. It's not often that Inaba gets out of the little apartment they'd arranged for her, and it did take a bit of convincing... but if there was anywhere she'd feel particularly safe, it was here. She could still work on what she needed to, even if they'd miss having that simulator for a bit...
At this point, it was just a matter of when she'd arrive.]
MeiNaba Hypnosis times, part 2-
But... it did open up quite a few possibilities; the last time they used it, she was able to give Inaba some freedom from being... well, herself. From needing that sense of control, from needing to know everything. This time, it would be more of the same, but... maybe she could gently let out the side of Inaba that was often buried so deep within, that softer her. Alternatively, she could play around with the idea of Inaba being her overly affectionate kitten...
...she did have quite a few mental images for how both these things would go, but seeing was believing. So for her own sake, she opts to withhold those thoughts until she puts them to work.
In a rare change of pace, too, Mei would have Inaba visiting her rather than the other way around, on what was otherwise an average cloudy day. It's not often that Inaba gets out of the little apartment they'd arranged for her, and it did take a bit of convincing... but if there was anywhere she'd feel particularly safe, it was here. She could still work on what she needed to, even if they'd miss having that simulator for a bit...
At this point, it was just a matter of when she'd arrive.]