2. [Video]

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[Minako is sat in her room at the communal. She appears to have gotten hold of a cooking book of some description and is flicking through the pages, pausing every now and again to make a mark on the page with a biro pen.]

I thought of this a few days ago, but I've only gotten around to mentioning it now...

[Flick. Flick. Scribble

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voice.

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... Any sort of cooking?

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That is something, indeed.

... Ah. It is nice to meet you, aru.

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[Given what they were like before? ... Yes. Yes it is.]

Minako Arisato. I should tell you my name before you say it's nice to meet me, right?

... are you okay?

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True. In that case - I am China. It is now nice to meet you, Miss Arisato. [a beat.] Would you be related to Minato?

[waving a hand, though you can't see it.] Yes, yes. Just fine.

[still video, oops.]

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No, I'm not. [The reply's delivered so quickly, you might get the idea she gets asked this a fair amount.] It's a bit complicated, actually.

Okay... you just seemed a little put out? It's not by business though. Sorry.

always voice! ... did we decide this before?

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It is? [and he can hear that, but he won't back off because of it.]

... Why are you apologizing, aru? There is no need. I am simply fine. [ahem.]

... oh yeah. We did. CLEVER ME.

[wildcardette]

... Yes. We take each other's places in our home worlds. Everything, or nearly everything, is the same apart from us.

I think I forgot, too. REMEMBERING THREADS TAKES TOO MUCH.

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What else is different?

SO MUCH EFFORT.

[wildcardette]

I'm not sure. I've not talked to Minato about it much.

At a guess, I'd say relationships mostly. We're not the same person, so we may have made friends with different people.

S'TRUE. worth it, though.

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You two are not very similar, so-- I could understand that.

... What an odd thing for a dimension to change, aru.

Indeed it is <3

[wildcardette]

We're not just gender flips of the same person... which is almost weirder. I can't complain though. We both have as much right to exist as each other.

... I wonder if anyone I know will show up. I'd like to see my friends... but this is a war, and I don't think they deserve being dragged here for that.

<3

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[pause.]

... Who would you wish for most to show up, regardless of how this is a war?

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...

... Any of them, I guess. Having someone around who would remember me would be nice.

[She misses some more than others, but they all mean a lot to her after all.]

[closedmarket]

Aa...

[empathize-able. a pause.]

It is not the same, but you have people here, at the least.

[wildcardette]

I do. Fuuka's the same, even if she's not from my world.

[closedmarket]

Has she agreed to this club?