first harvest. video. saturday afternoon.

[bluemikan]

[ This seems like it's working now. Nojiko is already out of the New Feather dress, having managed to get directions to the Welcome Center, where she got a run-down of what was going on. That took most of the morning. The rest of the morning was spent finding her clothing, changing, and then sitting at a corner table in the bakery reading through the entirety of the new arrival guide.

She also had breakfast. A muffin. It was a blessedly normal muffin.

The breakfast was the only remotely normal part of the morning. Now that she feels educated (although...skeptical and still trying to hold all of this information in), it looks like it's time to attempt using the journal, as was suggested to her earlier. She's still at her little table in the bakery, the journal held open in front of her. ]

Hello. [ just getting that greeting out of the way, before plunging onward. ] So, I understand that this is a way of talking to people here. [ The guide explained that, and she's sort of been checking out the last two or three entries, just figuring out how it works. ] And I'm also given to understand that there are people here from many worlds?

I'm not asking for that explanation again. I'm just not sure how I'm meant to find anyone from my own world. [ ...Or if she wants to. It's not like being from her world automatically makes someone excellent company or someone she wants anything to do with. But. ] How do you know if you're from this world or that one? If there were a list of possibilities, I guess I might have a chance of picking home out.

So I suppose I'm really just asking to be found. [ Dry laughter. Well, she's taken care of everything else, so...of course, there might not be anyone else. That had been covered, too. ] If you know Cocoyasi Village or the Conomi Islands, I'd be grateful for a quick word. [ Presumably anyone familiar with geography from home would be from home, right?

A pause. Wow, she forgot something important, didn't she? ] My name is Nojiko, by the way. Thanks. [ Okay she'll just end that there, then, and see what's what. ]

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[etudes]

[ Yup, what is different worlds, Kotomi doesn't seem to fully realise it half of the time. But oh, yes, introductions, she can do this!! Except it ends up sounding almost way too mechanical again, as if she's practiced this way too many times. ]

My name is Kotomi Ichinose. I'm a senior from class A back home. My hobby is reading. When referring to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

[bluemikan]

[ The mechanical oh-so-practiced introduction is actually sort of endearing. ]

My name is Nojiko. [ Like she said up there. She's trying to match the information given, though, in a light, casual tone. ] I own a mikan grove back home. My hobby is relaxing with friends in town. You can call me however you prefer, Kotomi-chan.

[etudes]

[ Kotomi just assumes this is how standard introductions work.. but that means this person is really good at it too, she's amazed!! ]

I'll call you Nojiko-chan then, that's what I'd call a friend. [ apparently she's decided they're friends already too. ]

I've read about mikan before though, but.. I've never seen them in person..

[bluemikan]

[ ...Awwww. This kid needs some definite looking after, that was a pretty quick decision to trust someone. ]

Nojiko-chan it is. [ She might not be wrong in this case, though. ]

I'd offer to show you a grove, but I'm afraid it was left at home. [ She's not totally aware of Nami's grove yet. And it's out of season, sadly. Maybe when the mikan start to grow again, Kotomi! ] Hmm. Maybe there are some in the grocery store, though?

[etudes]

[ She'll totally come on a grove exploration by then, okay!! ]

Ah, can you find them there..? I didn't know there were trees in the grocery store.. [ she needs to stop taking things so literally too. ]

[bluemikan]

[ It will be glorious. ]

Oh, I meant the mikan themselves. I don't think they have trees in the grocery store that I saw. [ A brief glance around was all she really got in, though. ...Maybe this place does have trees there? It is pretty weird. ]

[etudes]

I'm not sure if I've seen mikan before there either.. [ but it's not like she comes there a whole lot, this girl practically lives in the library. ] Maybe we could go look at them together sometime. Even if those aren't in a grove.

[bluemikan]

I'd like that. [ Shockingly. They've just started talking, but she's charmed by the younger girl. ] If you've never seen them, you've probably never eaten them, and that's something that needs to be fixed.

[etudes]

... They're that yummy?

[ apparently she's interested, since she tilts her head a little as she's thinking about it. ]

[bluemikan]

I might be biased, but yes, they are.

[etudes]

.. Even if you're biased, I'll make sure to try for myself. But.. I think they really did sound yummy, so Nojiko-chan is probably right.

[bluemikan]

I'm glad. If you like, I can even make you something special, assuming I can get my hands on the ingredients.

[etudes]

Something special.. [ there's a moment, but then she gasps in awe. ] That means it's just for me, right? Something that special..?

[bluemikan]

[ ...well, that is one way of interpreting the phrase, so. ]

Yes, that's what it means.

[etudes]

That's amazing. I haven't had anything made for me that specially often, so.. I'm glad. I'm really, really glad to hear it.

[bluemikan]

[ ...Well she was really just planning some sort of small dish with orange sauce, but that comment makes Nojiko think she should try for something a little more fancy. ]

Just tell me a time you're free and I'll cook for you.

[etudes]

[ Don't worry, Kotomi is always easily impressed. Always. ]

Hmm. I'll ask Fuuko-chan about it, but usually I should have time.. most of the time I'm just reading in the library.

[bluemikan]

Sounds like a plan, Kotomi-chan.