[August 8th, Saturday][All day]

[executey]

[There is a girl sitting on a chair in the shopping district, reading a heavy philosophy treatise. There is an umbrella propped up to protect her from the just starting rain. And wasn't she there the day before? And the day before?

...And the day before?

Doesn't she have school? Why don't you ask.]

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[sometimesidrive]

[Isao's out in front of the mechanics shop, working on his personal bike. Clearly this is the best time for people he doesn't know to bug him.]

[omona_on_film]

[Somewhere not far away, a camera shutter just clicked. The flash is off, though, so nobody was blinded. There's a girl with a zoom lens on a camera taking pictures in your general direction -- feel free to tell her off.]

[sometimesidrive]

...That ain't supposed ta make that noise.

[Half-beat.] Wait a sec.

[And now he's going to look for the camera.]

[omona_on_film]

[There's a fairly harmless girl on a retaining wall, and that's where the camera is. She hasn't seemed to notice that you're looking for the camera, though.]

[sometimesidrive]

[Oh, harmless looking girl.]

Uh, hey. Can I help ya with somethin'?

[omona_on_film]

[She nearly falls, but she seems more concerned with how secure her camera is.] M-Mwo?

[sometimesidrive]

[He's going to approach. Slowly.]

Are ya okay..?

[omona_on_film]

U-Um -- yes, I --

[A pause.]

... I don't know how to get down.

[sometimesidrive]

[Pause.]

...How'd ya get up?

[omona_on_film]

Um ... I-I think I climbed the side, but I can't remember where my feet should go ...

[sometimesidrive]

Oh. Yeah, sounds like ya got a problem.

[Thinking biker is clearly thinking.]

...Lemme go back to th' shop, I'll grab one of th' step ladders we use for workin' on cars. It won't make it all th' way up there, but ya won't fall on yer face that way.

[omona_on_film]

U-Um -- th-thank you!

[sometimesidrive]

S'nothin'.

[Doot doot doot timeskip la da de da okay back with the ladder.]

There ya go. Careful now, th' force might make th' wheels move.

[omona_on_film]

[And she very, very carefully gets down, one hand on her camera the whole time.]

[sometimesidrive]

An' there ya go. Sorry ya had to wait in th' rain while I found one that wasn't too dirty.

[omona_on_film]

I-I'm sorry you had to go to the trouble! [She appears to be having trouble coming up with words, but she's polite enough at least.]

I wasn't bothering you ... was I?