Story 16 ✐ action

[allephoria]

[Suddenly wanting to see the people she knows face-to-face rather than just through the comm, Chihiro has decided that walking around outside to visit people all by herself is a totally good idea. Completely safe even. Is this smart? Probably not, but for whatever reason she can't bring herself to ignore this impulse. With that said though, it's

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[todayitwasyou]

[ Opening the door, of course - except she's even more expressionless than usual. ]

... Chihiro-chan.

[allephoria]

[On the other hand, Chihiro seems much happier than usual.]

Hello, Kotomi-san! How are you?

[todayitwasyou]

Normal, I suppose. ... You seem happy.

[allephoria]

Mm, I am! I'm not sure why, but today I feel really happy!

[todayitwasyou]

That's good, I think. Some people seem really happy today.

[allephoria]

Really? That is good then! What about you though?

[todayitwasyou]

I don't feel anything.. special. [ The pause between that last word and everything before is sort of long. Because, well, she really doesn't feel anything. ]

[allephoria]

[Despite usually being rather observant, anything off she notices is quickly pushed to the back of her mind in favor of irrational happiness.]

Oh, I see. While it would be nice to feel happy, it's good that you're not feeling sad either.

[todayitwasyou]

I suppose that's true. Feeling sad would be bad, wouldn't it?

[allephoria]

Yes, exactly! It's always best to not feel sad.