The last match went in quite an insane direction. The cold sniper took out the flag tank without even any fanfare. Everyone was utterly shocked. Above all odds, Jatkosota continues in the tournament above Saunders. Naomi slumps back in her Firefly, stewing over how somebody could even take her crown. She begins to wonder just who was capable of even outsniping her, soon finding it to be the only thing that she can think about.

Much later, a surprise party by Anzio to celebrate the Saunders' Victory has turned into one to celebrate Jatkosota, complete with scribbling over the banners they already printed out. The underdog victory at least makes up for their own major loss they themselves took to St. Gloriana... Again. The invincible school chats it up with Saunders while a bored Naomi decides this kind of socializing fun isn't what she needs right now. Somewhere in this party is the sniper that overcame her, and she wants some of that right now.

The tall brunette is searching every corner of the party for the various members of Jatkosota, asking if they've seen the mystery sniper and where she must be. Turns out she's just as reclusive out of match as she is during matches, making Naomi's heart beat all the deeper thinking about this mystery girl. If there's one person who might know where she is, it's definitely their leader Mika, right?

The leader strums her kantele, humming out a cryptic message, "Searching for a witch on your lonesome? You know what happens to children that get exactly what they're looking for."

As the sun begins to set, the quiet brunette gets desperate and decides leave the party as Mika suggested and behind the wall of a nearby shed stands a short girl. The pale blonde in a baseball cap is trying to play it cool and hope she wasn't noticed, with Naomi quietly gulping herself and approaching the girl nearly half her height. "Hey..."

"Hey..."

There's definitely some kind of kinship here. It's immediately recognized, but the thick, fog-like tension between them makes this meeting feel more awkward than it really should've been. "You know... Um..." Naomi struggles to get it out. Jouko has an idea what the taller girl wants, but a shy girl isn't able to ask either. It takes a few minutes of fidgeting between the two girls before eventually coming to the same conclusion...

...

"Hey Jouko! Oh, you bag another one?" It's Aki, one of Mika's two minions that finally finds the secret weapon of Jatkosota. Jouko turns around to greet her school mate, still feeling a little full from having herself the entirety of Saunders' own secret weapon. The shadows draping down on her should make her seem menacing to others, but her fellow schoolmates know she doesn't... intentionally mean harm at least.

The mysterious girl pops gum that she didn't come to this party with before finally responding, "Is the party over...?"

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