3 (Kono hates her life just a little bit today)

[surf_n_makai]

[Action A - Zemekis Corp. Offices, morning]
[Secretary.  This must be one of the worst jobs in Mayfield, although Kono really doubts that, honestly.  However, she is very, very sick of typing on an ancient typewriter, taking notes, filling coffee mugs, and hearing every pet name in the book.  After exploding at the first guy who called her

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Phone

[moemoetentacles]

Just the pond in the park.

Re: Phone

[surf_n_makai]

That's it? Ponds don't even move. I was hoping that maybe there was some hidden river somewhere that I hadn't found yet.

[Kono sighs. She's really just having that kind of day - nothing terrible has happened, not really, but she's just feeling down.]

Thanks, though. I guess a pond is better than absolutely nothing.

[moemoetentacles]

Nope, no river. And definitely no ocean. This place stinks.

[surf_n_makai]

Mmm. You from somewhere with the ocean too? If you are, then you probably get how much I miss it right now.

[moemoetentacles]

Yeah, I used to live in it. Nobody understands missing the ocean more than I do.

[surf_n_makai]

I'm sorry. being here has to be pretty hard on you, then.

I didn't live in it, but I feel at home on it. And I've always lived near it - hard to avoid it when you live on an island, you know?

[moemoetentacles]

So you love the ocean too?

[surf_n_makai]

[Kono can practically hear those sparkles in your eyes there.]

Yeah, I do. It's probably one of the things I miss most of home. Being able to get up and catch a huge wave, the power and then the calm, the sun coming over the horizon.

[moemoetentacles]

Yeah! And swimming around catching shrimp and lobster for dinner!

[surf_n_makai]

Mm. I'm not big on fishing, although my cousin likes to go pretty often. Although I'll definitely eat it.

[moemoetentacles]

What's your favorite thing to eat that comes from the ocean?

[surf_n_makai]

My absolute favorite? Hm. The shrimp. I could go for a plate lunch with shrimp.

[moemoetentacles]

Do you like shrimp fried rice? I make it with squid ink. People seem to like it a lot for some reason.

[surf_n_makai]

Yeah, shrimp fried rice is...

Squid ink?

[moemoetentacles]

In place of the soy sauce. I can make squid ink pasta, too!

[surf_n_makai]

[Kono's not so sure how that'd taste, but the girl just seems so excited about it.]

Well, if you say people like it, then I'd be willing to try it.