*LATER*
*NUMAZU STATION PLAZA - NUMAZU - SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE*
YOSHIKO: "Waaah! I was so excited to try one!"
RUBY: "We can't help that it's sold out. Let's cone again another time."
HANAMARU: "We should come back in the morning. I wanna buy some seasonal fruit sandwiches and then go on a picnic, zura!"
RUBY: "Oooh! That's a great idea! Yoshiko, how about it?"
YOSHIKO: "W-Well, I'd like to go, but...I'm sure the weather will get bad if I'm there with you..."
HANAMARU: "We can still have a picnic even if it's not sunny, zura. Let's eat at my place!"
RUBY: "Then it's set, Yoshiko!"
YOSHIKO: "Oh well, I suppose I could agree to that, for the next time we buy sandwiches. Also, it's not Yoshiko! It's Yohane!"
...
*THAT NIGHT*
*YOHANE'S LAIR - RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS - NUMAZU - SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE*
YOSHIKO: "In the darkness of the new moon, Yohane descends! How I've kept you waiting, little demons! Let us revel together in the darkness of another midnight soiree."
MRS. TSUSHIMA: "Yoshiko, are you still awake! It's midnight! Go to b-"
YOSHIKO: "It's Yohane! YO-HA-NE!"
*SLAM*
*LOCK*
YOSHIKO: "Phew... As I was saying, are any of my little demons aware of the School Idol Fansite?"
'I'm always so excited to read about 'Challenge Aqours'!'
YOSHIKO: "Heh... As expected of my little demons."
'When is your challenge going to be, Mistress Yohane?'
YOSHIKO: "Mwahaha. What an excellent question. I was hoping to get my little demons' opinions on that very matter this evening.
Specifically, regarding a challenge that will increase my magical powers.
It should go without saying that I have the perfect plan ready. However, as the opportunity has arisen, I may as well entertain my little demons' requests."
'How about one where you go to an abandoned hospital really late at night, or some other haunted place, then stream a friendly chat with some spirits?'
YOSHIKO: "A hospital forsaken by time, in the absolute dead of night, all alone...? Are you trying to get me kil-?! *Ahem* I mean, uh, if a being with as formidable magical power as myself, a fallen angel, went to such a place, it would disrupt the balance of spiritual energy!
Next!"
'Try playing that scary game again!'
YOSHIKO: "No, for the great Yohane has completed that game several times over! The footage was cast to the flames."
'What about bungee jumping?'
YOSHIKO: "No! That would pose no challenge for a fallen angel whose wings carry her through the sky. And just for the record, that doesn't scare me in the slightest."
'Since roaring flames are nothing to a fallen angel like you, Mistress Yohane, then you must have a raving appetite for hot peppers.'
YOSHIKO: "No, I don't! I keep telling you, that's not what I'm going for!"
'Oninattsu is raiding this stream with a party of 5000.'
YOSHIKO: "Wha-?! Oninattsu?! Another raid, for even the V-Tubers know the power of Yohane! Tell me, Naachan, do you have a challenge in mind?"
ONINATTSU: 'How about a get rich quick scheme?'
YOSHIKO: "No! A fallen angel is not concerned with mortal affairs such as currency!"
...
*THE NEXT DAY*
*SCHOOL IDOL CLUBROOM - URANOHOSHI GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL - UCHIURA - SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE*
YOSHIKO: *Sigh* "I can't find a single decent challenge. If I cannot rely on my army of little demons, then perhaps I must strike out on my own.
My challenge... Hmm..."
RUBY: "Morning, Yoshiko."
HANAMARU: "G'morning!"
YOSHIKO: "Yes, good morning."
RUBY: "Hey, did you hear about the Numazu Walk Rally?"
YOSHIKO: "Numazu Walk Rally? What's that?"
HANAMARU: "So there are these checkpoints on a map. You go around them and collect stamps or solve riddles and stuff. It's something the shopping district came up with, zura!"
YOSHIKO: "Huh, that sounds like fun."
RUBY: "And there's a prize for everyone who completes it!"
HANAMARU: "Right, right. The shopping district people are giving out prizes, and the winners can choose whichever one they like in order of arrival. Here, look at this flyer, zura!"
YOSHIKO: "Wow, so many different shops are giving out prizes... Huh?! A statue of a goddess that can dispel any kind of bad luck or misfortune?!"
RUBY: "Eh? Was that on there?"
HANAMARU: "Yep, it's a prize from the antique shop, zura. This statue apparently has some serious history, zura!
Like... If yoy worship it then go fishing, you'll definitely have clear skies and a huge haul! And she protected a whole village, I heard."
YOSHIKO: "This... This is it! This is my Aqours Challenge! To obtain that statue of the Goddess of Fortune!"
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*THAT EVENING*
*YOHANE'S LAIR - RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS - NUMAZU - SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE*
YOSHIKO: "Yeah... With that, even I could triumph over my own bad luck!
I would trouble the other members of Aqours no longer.
On top of that, the seasonal sweets would never be sold out, and tmour picnics would always have nice weather!
*Giggle* "Ruby. Zuramaru. Mark my words...
I will bring us fabulous luck through my Aqours Challenge!"