...as she headed upstairs to the command room.

(chapter originally by Teraton at writing.com)

The risk was minimal, as Mitsuru started down the hallway towards the stairs. Almost everyone in the dorm had something to be doing that day, be it sports practice, studying at school, shopping or... whatever Iori did to waste time during the day. Even if any of them had come back to the dorm, it was likely that they were taking a load off in the lobby. None of the boys had much reason to come up to this floor, and no one had any reason to go further except for when she called a meeting. Still, just because it wasn't likely for anyone to see her, knees shaking and smile beaming as she strolled unabashedly naked past her dorm mates rooms, doesn't mean it was impossible. The adventure of it all was what kept Mitsuru going, and what caused an uncharacteristic giggle to bubble up as she bounded up the stairs to the command room.

She peeked through the double doors first, and finding no one inside, she swung them open dramatically, striking an authoritative pose for the SEES members she was pretending were inside. The pose lost some of its impact as she quickly turned and mooned her imaginary audience, scrambling to shut the doors, but Mitsuru was feeling silly enough that she got back to her fun without worrying about it.

"Thank you all for joining me here on such short notice," Mitsuru said, and she marched with hands behind her back and chest stuck forward to sit in the chair at the head of the table. "I understand that we're all very busy, at this time of year, but I've noticed a few problems lately in our performance in Tartarus." Mitsuru paused for a moment. She opened her legs, baring a red patch of hair to the room, before very exaggeratedly folding one leg over the other. "First off; what's this I'm hearing about this so-called... 'High Cut Armor?'"

She went on like that for a good few minutes, lecturing and imagining her pretend-teammates, while stretching and posing in all sorts of ways that would be devastating if anyone else was actually there to see. She was just about to launch into a tirade, demanding a return to the location of the Lover's Full Moon Shadow 'to make sure there's no further trace of it', when something caught her attention. That something was...