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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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Probably..

[ Maybe she's trying to reassure the other person a little, but.. well, it's true there's a chance. Kotomi's not the type to lie. ]

I mean.. people from my world have been here a lot before too. So I'm sure people from Makie-chan's world will be here too.

[therewerefifty]

Well... I think I'd be fine if many of them didn't come. But there's one or two I'll most definitely miss.

[etudes]

.. Were those two your friends and the rest weren't.. something like that..?

[therewerefifty]

No, I just didn't know anyone very well. But there was a woman I worked with who...

...well, she'd like it here. [...it's more free.]

[etudes]

[ Didn't know anyone well? .. Huh, Kotomi can't help but think that just sounds really, really sad.. ]

Then I'll hope for her to turn up here along with you. If both Makie-chan and I are hoping, there's already more hope for it. So the chance is bigger.

[therewerefifty]

...that's right. [She doesn't really believe it, but it's still a nice thought.] Her name is Omatsu, so... if you ever meet a woman by that name, you can tell her I'm here.

[etudes]

Omatsu.. [ She's memorizing it already! This task is now really important to her, since one of her friends asked her, so she'll definitely try her best..! ]

I'll tell her. And then maybe when the three of us are all here, we can do something fun.. like have a tea party. Isn't that what people do to have fun?

[therewerefifty]

[What is this fun concept you speak of :|a

--no seriously, she looks a little taken aback by that. For a moment. A tea...party? Is that like a tea ceremony or--

--well, she can grasp the general concept.]

I think that would be lovely, Kotomi-chan.

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[ Don't worry, Kotomi only learned recently too. And tea parties are fun to her since that's what she did with her parents.. she hardly knows about actual friend activities. ]

.. Really..? [ Her face lights up. Quite a bit - it's a blank smile, but still pretty big.. ] I'm so glad..! I've never had a tea party before here..

[therewerefifty]

Neither have I. It'll be quite an interesting experiment.

[etudes]

Then let's make sure to learn very carefully together, Makie-chan. So we can make sure to have the best tea party ever. [ You could sound more enthusiastic instead of blank, Kotomi.. ]

[therewerefifty]

[It's enough that Makie wonders about the blankness. But given what the girl said about her family...]

The best one we've ever had. [That's possibly a joke.]