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[etudism]

[ So if you just happen to be walking through Luceti today, you might spot a girl sitting on the ground next to a tree at the side of the road. Her journal is opened in her lap, and it seems she's rather focused on reading it. See, there's nothing weird about that, but.. she's still wearing the New Feather dress and doesn't seem bothered or

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1/? AW YEAH

[starfishlovesu]

[Who is this person. Why are they staring at Fuuko. Clutching her starfish tighter when Kotomi approaches. She's being watched just as carefully, after all she might be a weird guy...]

2/?

[starfishlovesu]

[And now she's speaking a whole bunch of languages, WHAT DO? What are you doing--]

Wait! Stop that! Fuuko remembers you!!

3/3

[starfishlovesu]

You're the person who knows more about the starfish than Fuuko! It's impossible for Fuuko to forget such an outstanding display of knowledge.

[Oh. What was her name. Tomoya said it a bunch of times, right?]

Kotomi, Kotomi, Kotomi!!

[etudism]

[ She's blinking, and with that blinking she also stops listing off all the different variations of hello. Because this person talking to her here is calling her.. 'Kotomi'. Not 'Kotomi-chan', so..

She takes a step back, maybe shaking just a little, even though Fuuko is obviously smaller than her. ]

A.. are you a bully..?

[etudism]

... Oh, that makes it easier.

[ Because clearly Kotomi expected to meet people who spoke Swahili or anything of the like here. The whole armor thing is a little weird though, but.. hey, it's Kotomi, she just swings with it. ]

It's very nice to meet you in that case, English robot-san. [ Armor, so it clearly must just be a robot, right!! ] My name is Kotomi Ichinose. You spell 'Kotomi' with three wonderful Japanese hiragana. When refering to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

[ She almost says it like it's some automatized introduction. ]

[etudism]

...

[ She blinks a few times, staring the armor up and down. In silence contemplation, apparently. ]

Daisy-san..? But you look more like a robot-san..

[Action] 1/2

[mymaidmadeflan]

[He was looking through his journal for personal reasons, though now he's not sure why he's looking at it anymore.
In any case, a girl soon approaches him and very strangely enough, bowed, then saying "Hello", and after that... What is all that she's sputtering? He understood "Bonjour", which was also hello, just in a different language. And "Konnichiwa", which is also "hello" in another language.
Okay... So she's just saying "Hello" in many languages. So he wonders, "Why?" 2 "Why"'s, actually. "Why would she?" and "Why him?"]

[Action] 2/2

[mymaidmadeflan]

[So he's had about enough after the 15th language by now. He's assuming the reason she's speaking all these languages is because she doesn't know if he understands English. Is he the first person she meets?]

You don't have to speak in so many languages.

[But in all honesty, he's surprised how many languages she has learned. Maybe she only learned "hello" for all of them?]

[etudism]

[ When she's interrupted, she stops the stream of hellos. Instead she tilts her head slightly towards the side, as if she's curiously trying to think about something, or considering something. ]

But if I don't introduce myself in that many languages, then people who don't know the specific language I'm introducing myself in might not understand. [ This seems logical to her. ]

1/2

[mymaidmadeflan]

In other words, you want other people to learn an abhorrent amount of languages.

[flameson]

[Rin, when he's approached, actually lets her go through maybe eight or so before it dawns on him he doesn't understand what she's saying but he knows what they mean. That... that can only mean one thing! One amazing thing! As he stares, wide-eyed, he lets her go through maybe six more before-]

They made me smart?!

[etudism]

[ She stops abruptly as he speaks up, but all the same the words don't seem to register just quite yet. Not with the way she stares at him blankly, tilting her head - and back - before actually speaking up to answer.

... Hmm, this is not the kind of reaction she expected from someone. So clearly the message didn't go through and she has to repeat herself again, this makes sense! ]

... Bon.. jour? [ See, she's speaking slowly now since she thinks that means he might understand her. ]

[flameson]

...Whoa! I got that too!

[Genuinely surprised]

Ossu- hi! [And he even gives a little wave. Despite them being right in front of each other]

[etudism]

Hello.

[ And she'll just wave back in exactly the same fashion even though they're close as well.. ]

It's very nice to meet you. [ now she seems to fall back into some routinized introduction. ] My name is Kotomi Ichinose. You spell Kotomi with three wonderful hiragana. When referring to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

[presumablyalone]

[At first, when she approaches him, Seto just listens to her go on, not knowing what to do since she didn't stop after hello. It's amazing that she knows so many languages, especially Japanese and English! ...But it's still pretty difficult for him to take of it in, especially when he can't write the words down somewhere to remember them.

So he holds his hands up and flails them a little, smiling nervously] A-Aha, hello there.

[etudism]

[ Ah, she made contact! Her expression turns a little happy at that as she stops listing off hello in every language ever, and instead nods a little. ]

Hello. [ She bows slightly - right, time to use the introduction she learned from Tomoya. It sounds almost a little mechanized with the way she says it. ] It's very nice to meet you. My name is Kotomi Ichinose. You spell 'Kotomi' with three wonderful hiragana. My hobby is reading, and when referring to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

[presumablyalone]

[Hm... well Seto's never been one to use honorifics since his grandfather never made it mandatory...and because there was no one else around to actually use honorifics with, but if that's what she wants to be called then Seto can do it just this once! Or at least for her]

It's nice to meet you Kotomi-chan! My name is Seto. [Ah--should he say more? She did... ] You spell it with two hiragana. My hobby is... I guess stargazing if you consider that to be one! [He laughs sheepishly]

[etudism]

Seto-kun, is it.. Nice to meet you once again. [ at least for once she realised she already said 'nice to meet you' before.. ]

And I think stargazing is a very wonderful thing.. There are so many pretty stars out there in the galaxy, and there's a lot of them too.