"Ahaha, looks like I messed up!" Nanoha laughed upon returning to reality. For a given value of reality. It really was frustrating to admit that she had utterly failed to impress Inaba, but as far as she could tell that was exactly what happened, and there was no use lying about something like that.

"I hope you'll enjoy the credits, even if the game itself wasn't that great." She heaved a sigh and dropped herself into the nearest chair, a small towel now hanging around her neck. ViViD was almost as tiring as actual fighting, and it looked like her streak was going to go unchallenged for today, as she was just about done.

"But!" The part of Nanoha that really hated losing popped out. "I'm going to impress you properly some day, Inaba-chan!"