Intro~

[modelfishy]

{Well this is something...She hadn't expected much when Takashima put her up to trying this virtual reality thing out but...it was cooler than it looked. She gives a little huff.}

I guess I might owe, Takashima an apology....

Comments

[magiciansarcana]

[Still exploring the virtual reality space, and... hey. There's another person]

New here too?

[modelfishy]

Ah, yes. {Another kid...did Takashima look at the age on this thing?}

Uotani Arisa. Who're you?

[magiciansarcana]

Kaito Kuroba, nice to meet you! [and with a flick of his wrist, he produces a yellow rose from nowhere and hands it to her]

[modelfishy]

{She laughs and accepts it.}

Thank you, so you're a magician?

[magiciansarcana]

[another flick of his wrist and he produces a deck of cards, which he begins shuffling idly]

'Course I am! Best there is too!

[modelfishy]

Pretty neat, but how do you know you're the best?

{She isn't really challenging him because she knows nothing of tricks herself but she can't let a sentence like that just pass by.}

[magiciansarcana]

[eyebrow quirk] Because I was trained by the best, that's how!

[modelfishy]

But how did you know they were the best and that you've surpassed them?

[magiciansarcana]

He was the best because no one else even came close to being as skilled as he was.

... and I never said I surpassed him.

[modelfishy]

Okay. I'll give you that.

Then how can you be the best if you never surpassed your teacher who is the best?

[magiciansarcana]

[He shrugs, still shuffling his deck of cards]

He died a few years ago.

[modelfishy]

Ah, just like Kyoko-san.

{She doesn't apologize because it's pointless, but her eyes stare off in rememberance of her old idol and surrogate mom.}

[magiciansarcana]

[He shrugs again, and one of the cards he's shuffling turns into a flower]

It's alright. I don't have a teacher anymore, but I still practice!

[modelfishy]

That's good then. I still do the things Kyoko-san taught me too.

[magiciansarcana]

Kyoko-san? [a pause] What did they teach you?

[modelfishy]

She taught me how to respect myself and others. How to care and be cared for. She and Tohru got me out of the Ladies.