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Rumors of Nanase
🕑 Added 2022-08-19 22:26:22 +0000 UTCFrequent rumors of Ellen and Grace being together made Nanase irrationally jealous.
Not of people thinking Ellen and Grace were together, but that there weren't a bunch of rumors about her dating someone.
The relatively rational response to dealing with this irrational desire would have been to be more obvious with her girlfriend, Ellen, or even to hug Grace more. Neither would have objected to either option.
Nanase, however, opted to use her magic to change her hair, then use her "Fox" spell to make a magic copy of herself with different hair, and hoped rumors would spread of her with Fox.
The thing was, there actually were rumors about Nanase. Lots of rumors. Those rumors had to do with her being able to use magic. Something about Moperville made most people not question this, but this did not mean it was never talked about.
Those rumors rarely got back to Nanase herself as people knew better than to speak of them with anyone close to Nanase nearby. This meant her usual informant, Justin, was rarely aware of them.
The majority of people who saw Nanase with herself correctly concluded that the green-haired Nanase was some of magic puppet. This was a case of many guessing correctly after witnessing Nanase's terrible acting, but it was also a case of Nanase not being as stealthy as she thought she was while using her magic.
And yes, Nanase did have a spell that could sense how many people were looking at her at any given time, and yes, she did fail to use that spell. Plenty of people simply saw her change her hair and summon Fox.
Many wanted to openly ask Nanase about Fox, but no one dared, and all discussion was made in secret.
After not hearing of any new rumors about her, and being rightly criticized by her friends for so openly using magic, Nanase soon stopped trying to get rumors started about her and Fox.
It would be a long time before she learned of the rumors that actually started as a result of her efforts, at which point her embarrassment was immeasurable.
Comments
David Howe
That was only trendy THEN. Nanase wouldn't dream of being unfashionable.
Jeff Gedney
nah, the name NANASE does not start with 'G'
Jenora Feuer
*laughs* Sounds about right.
Carl Fink
Start spicier rumors: bring back the color clone spell from waaaay back when she was fighting Elliot.
AstroChaos
Correct... but she's got X's, not Y's 😏
Opus the Poet
Weird Al For The Win!
Opus the Poet
Asimov wrote that "with the Y chromosome changed to an X"
John Trauger
"That settles it. Even Nanase would date Nanase if she could."
tbl
I think the "update" was moving it to public.
Stephen Gilberg
Nanase, people are more likely to suspect you of being twins than lovers. Better hope they don't suspect both.
Kamen Rider Mike
Updated? Everything looks the same...
McZed
"I mean, if that's what she's into, that's what she's into..."
Copper Hamster
Purple Monkey Dishwasher effect.
Copper Hamster
...there's always two of me just a hanging around...
wargrunt42
"Help, I'm stepping into the Twilight Zone! Place is a madhouse, feels like cloned!" I'd say Nanase kinda shares a bit in common with Buffy. Their respective schools both know something supernatural is up, but are too afraid to say anything about it. As a result, they both incorrectly assume the status quo is maintained.
Some Ed
I feel it's probably fairly natural for the mere possession of that spell to give Nanase enough confidence that she'd start to forget to use it over time. "Of course I know how many people are around me, I have a spell for that, I don't have to check."
That hairstyle on Nanase is very suited for mischief-making.
Charles Fitt
Havn't heard that one in a dog's age; thanks for the nostalgias
David Fenger
I think I'm a clone now... Cute scenario, even if it ends in terrible embarrassment.
AstroChaos
Clone! Clone of my own! With two chromosomes of type X! And when I'm alone with my own little clone, we will both be thinking of nothing but Why isn't anyone spreading rumors yet! Don't they see how hot we look? I mean I look? With myself? Wait, that's confusing...
