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[therewerefifty]

[Makie has had the facts of this place explained to her already, by a gentleman in a... fairly awkward situation.

It doesn't prepare her for the reality of a village with occupants like none she's ever seen before. Some of you aren't even human, Luceti. The hell. She wanders the path of the village from Community Building #1 down toward the plaza still in her New Feather dress, just like a gawking tourist, and spends some time staring at the fountain and plaza itself. Uh.

...right. Okay. Time to begin glancing through various shops in her attempts to find the places she was told her things would be. She finds her clothes with a measure of relief, and her shamisen at the item store-- and after she picks it up, she frowns. It's too light. She doesn't need to open it to know she's missing something.

Eventually, she'll find her way into the forge to pick up the last of her things, pays a visit to the Welcome Centre-- and then finally fetches up at the tea shop, which is the most familiar-looking thing here.

...sort of. Never really loses that dazed and confused look.]

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[therewerefifty]

...no. I'm not. [She is, but really she's now at the point she wants to ditch this guy. He's too pushy. Makie's just bad at telling people to get lost.]

[goldenglasses]

Well, if you do get hungry, that's the place to go! That, or the grocery shop over there. [He points in it's general direction.] If you like to cook for yourself instead. They have all kinds of food from different places in there!

[therewerefifty]

All right. Thank you for the advice.

[She starts walking that way. Quickly. 8D Are you getting the hint?]

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[corrinesbell]

In the forest where I live? They're pretty strong. Some of them look like plants until you get up close and they go after you.

[goldenglasses]

[NOPE! Following right along behind her. She's totally just a really fast walker of course!] So where are we going now?

[originaljackass]

[A pause as he considers trying to remember the Superman movies to even go into this...]

It's a saying. My 'special weakness', basically.

[markofthebrave]

Not... exactly. [She took a breath.] A lot of the Malnosso have been here for a really long time. Hundreds and hundreds of years. But the longest anyone has been here in Luceti has been for about five years. And people come and go here very quickly. What the Malnosso claim is that our... loose attachment to this world makes us ideal to experiment on in order to figure out the right kind of 'Shift' that could send everyone home. And when they're not experimenting on us, they often draft us to fight in their wars.

[yourfononsarewhack]

Oh, it will! [He gives a pleasant smile as he finishes his tea.] It's a shame I'll likely miss out on witnessing most of your reactions. I'm confident that they will be priceless.

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[therewerefifty]

So they don't even look like animals...

...our monsters only exist in stories. [Or are the human kind. But everyone has those.]

I'm Makie Otono-Tachibana. [And she tries the tea. It's a taste of home, and her eyes close thankfully.]

[therewerefifty]

[Makie doens't answer, you creep. :| But she's clearly heading for the grocery store.]

[etudes]

Ah.. I do. [ At least she can say that. And the thought of it cheers her up a little. ]

I have a lot of precious friends here. I'm really, really grateful for all of them. And I'm even Ikki-kun's precious treasure.

[therewerefifty]

I see.

That's a terrible weakness to have. You could exploit it any number of ways.

[therewerefifty]

[Makie gives a slow blink. She understands that well enough.]

All of us? Including those who can't fight?

[therewerefifty]

[As priceless as the one she's going to give your other character in the next post, yup. Makie stiffens a little at the comment, but she's not terribly offended.]

I'm sorry to disappoint you in that regard.

[Not terribly sincere, either.]

[goldenglasses]

[Following behind once again! Only running forward to open the door again for Makie.]

[therewerefifty]

That's good. As long as you have others who can look out for you.

[therewerefifty]

...I can open doors on my own, you know. Don't you have anyone else that needs your help more?

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[corrinesbell]

Some monsters look like animals, yeah. A whole bunch are like really huge bugs. [The human kind are called humans. Most of the time.]

Sheena. Fujibayashi. [The pause is noticeable and Sheena looks surprised that she introduced herself with her full name.]

[markofthebrave]

They can't make you fight once you go out there. But there isn't really any area that's... safe. Those of us who can fight usually set up a place where the people who are drafted can stay and be protected, while they work on things like setting up camp and other important parts of the draft. But... no. The Malnosso don't care if people can fight or not. They send out anyone who can leave the barrier safely, even children.

[weaponry]

I guess that makes sense. First come, first serve, after all. Hopefully you two remain close and there's no hard feelings between you two. [ yay. ]

Well, our village is ruled by Lady Tsunade. They say no one can stand shoulder to shoulder to her in combat, and that she's truly the strongest villager in the Leaf! They say a single hit from her kills, she doesn't even need ninjutsu to attack. I think the Leaf is the best out of all the villages. [ bias? what bias? ]

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[therewerefifty]

[Makie's eyes open curiously at that pause, but she's no going to pry. Instead she grimaces.] Gigantic bugs sounds very unpleasant.

[therewerefifty]

...

[That's terrible. Not only that, it's poor strategy. Unless the non-combatants are there to function as bait.]

How many casualties?

[therewerefifty]

[...

Makie's gaze slides away to the floor.] 'Remaining close'... wasn't possible.

I'm glad you have such a strong leader.

[goldenglasses]

I know! I'm just trying to be friendly to a new face in town, you know? So I can't think of anyone else who needs my help more!

[therewerefifty]

I've been told many new people arrive at the same time.