>"Oh dear," she said, utterly calm. "Behold, Moko is no more. She has ceased
>to be. She has expired and gone to meet her maker." Reaching gingerly over
>the cooling blood, she nudged the corpse with the toe of one shoe. "Bereft
>of life, she rests in peace." She folded her hands, bowed her head as if in
>prayer, and said solemnly, "She is an ex-Moko."
>

One does love to see the classics in new light from time to time. From the backstory of these two, I'm only half surprised that Kaguya didn't pick her up and bash her against something, or at least bounce her head off the ground a few times, to prove the point.

>"Miss Kadotani," Montaigne put in, just a touch severely. "Are you suggesting
>that you intend to conscript fellow students into forming a new extracurricular
>club?"
>

While not ethical, it would be thematically appropriate to conscript folks to drive tanks.

>And like the small cyclone that she was, she was off to involve herself in
>something else, leaving Moko standing by the elevator, mouthing silently,
>"'Moko-chan'?" Then, recovering from her bemusement, she glanced at her watch.
>Quarter-past six, no wonder the admin offices were deserted apart from
>Montaigne's.
>

Is Anzu overly familiar with folks, either always or perhaps just more rapidly than is usually considered proper, as a character trait, or is this something specific we'll learn more about at some future point?

Overall an amusing view of DSM getting just that little bit weirder, which is part of its charm (and probably self defense protocols.)

	-={(Astynax)}=- "They'll expect the Spanish Inquisition next time for sure."