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[Suruga is in the Merchant Quarter, at a bookstore. Not that it'd be obvious she was digging for porn, if you saw her, but she's trying to find something to remind her of home. Or see if this place is in the same universe at all.

She keeps turning the Steamgear on accidentally; normally she catches it before it does anything, but not this time!

It lands with a loud 'clunk' on the ground, and she picks it up, staring at it.]

Dammit, did I turn it on again? [Oh yup, it's recording, Suruga, better say something.

She grins, waving.]

So, even though this place is weirdly empty, there's actually a lot of cool stuff here! I'm... assuming it's ok to take the books, right? I'll bring them back. We could start a book club or something! [She laughs, trying to talk about something that could bring some more normalcy back into the place.]

Seriously though, there's a whole lot of stuff to explore around here. Tell me if any of you girls are up for it! Or the book club thing, you know, that's cool too. [She grins again and winks, turning the video off.]

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A book club? What does that mean? [ Reisen's done some reading, but not nearly as much as other people. Usually it's just newspapers nowadays. ]

Have you found anything interesting? Anything that might say how to get back home?

[Oh, cool, people can reply!]

A book club is just where a bunch of people read the same book and then talk about it, really. I was mostly joking, but if it's something people would actually like I wouldn't mind it! [She laughs.

And no... not yet. I'm still looking around though. I was hoping to even just find something on the history of this place...

What would you talk about? In a book club? [ The idea is strange to her, but it also sounds interesting. ] It...could be a good way to meet other people, right?

[ She wants to meet people, even if she's a little shy, if only because the more people she meets the better chance she thinks she can find a way back home. ]

It's not normal, for people to just up and leave everything behind. Something must have happened..

Well... you talk about the book, usually! Which characters you like, if the story was good, that kind of thing. But yeah, it'd be a good way to meet people! You can talk about whatever you wanted too, really.

[She nods.] Yeah, it definitely is weird... That's part of the reason why I want to look around, I figured I'd be able to find something out, someway.

Do you things like that a lot back home? [ Reisen can think of it, and wonders if it's actually not a bad idea. She's too shy to go and get people to actually do something like that, but it sounds like an interesting idea. Though at the moment, she's still trying to get over being in a strange new place. ]

Well, if you find anything written in Lunarian I can help. [ Really, she just wants to be useful.. ]

You know, I actually don't hang out with people much at home, no. I was a sports girl for awhile, I usually just read on my own. But I figure doing things to make people comfortable here is a good idea, right? I'm sure almost all of us miss home.

[Lunarian?] I have no idea what that language looks like, but if I see anything weird I'll let you know! Thanks for offering. [She's beaming, even though you can't see it]

Sports girl? [ Consider the rabbit confused. There aren't many sports where she is from. ]

Yeah, that's probably true. I really miss home and my Master already.

No problem. I just want to try and help however I can.

Um, yeah! Like basketball, and track? That kind of thing? [Man, the translation errors in this place are really weird...]

I understand. I'm just worried about the people at home. [She doesn't touch the 'Master' thing, since the only thing she can think to do is make a sex joke, and she knows that's not cool]

Yeah, but that's really nice! People could avoid it if they wanted, you know? It's nice to know that there's people out there I could ask for help... potentially, anyway.

Oh. Baseball! I've seen that before! You hit a ball with a bat and run around until someone tags you, right? [ She's seen English books about it, but she can't read English, so she just looks at the pictures. ] That looks kind of fun.

I'm sure we're all worried about the people we left at home. We just have to work together to figure out a way back to them, I think.

Rabbits are the very best helpers! When they aren't being distracted by sweet things. So you can trust in me if you need help. ...A-As long as it's not dangerous.

Yes... I've been looking around too and I've found some cool stuff. It's like everyone just kind of... vanished and left all their things behind.

A book club sounds fun! Maybe we could try and organize a library or something.

Right!? I mean, I guess it's obvious everything's not functioning how it's supposed to, but... It's weird that everyone's gone now.

I'm up for it, why not? I don't know if there's a library or not, but there's a ton of books in this store. They're all over the floor now, of course, but I could probably go through it.

That's not surprising... I mean, nearly everything here is broken or breaking down. But we could start setting up places we could use… I mean, it’s not like anyone else is using any of it.

[ Sigh. ]

Are there any other bookstores around or did you just find the one?

There has to be some way to fix some of these things though, right? Or do you think it all completely depends on Veloxia? [She still knew next to nothing about the computer girl, but obviously she was important.]

I only saw this one, but I didn't actually walk around the whole place yet. There could be more!

Maybe...! I mean, we're supposed to fix her anyway, I guess... maybe fixing up some of the things around here will help.

[ maybe she should start looking around for some books on machine maintenance. ]

I'll start looking, too! The more we find, the better. We can start organizing some stores for food and clothes and stuff, too.

Yeah, to be honest, I have no idea why I'm here. I'm absolute crap with machinery. But there's got to be some people here good at it, right? I mean, there's so many of us.

[She beams] Awesome! Let me know if you see anything interesting? We can talk to each other individually on this thing, right...? [She's not used to much more than a cellphone]

I think that's a great idea! From what I've seen, a lot of stuff is usable or probably can be fixed, if some of us just put a little effort into it.

If she's broken down, maybe she didn't have much choice. Like, she was just grabbing people at random and just hoping one of them could fix her.

[ Honestly, Stephanie's still just impressed that she could pull people here in the first place. She gives Kanbaru a smile in return, looking pleased by the approval. ]

I think so! I've been messing with it a bit and I'm pretty sure you can just use it like a cellphone, if you don't want to put something on the network.

If I find anything that's useful, I'll give you a call!

Yeah, that's really the only thing that makes sense to me? I've met people who didn't even know what technology was, so... they're even more useless than me! [She laughs]

Thank you! I'll do the same thing for you, ok? Oh... it might help to have your name, right? [She'd be rubbing the back of her head right now]

I'm Suruga. Suruga Kanbaru. It's nice to meet you!

Oh! Y--yeah, right, that would -- yeah!

[ Yep, way to stutter and stammer your way through that, Stephanie. Smooth. She's just glad Suruga can't see how red she's gone. Talking over the phone is a hell of a lot easier than talking in person -- much easier to cover up your screwups. ]

I'm Stephanie. It's nice to meet you too! Even if the circumstances are a little... well, a lot weird.

I would like to explore with you.

[She didn't have a mother to teach her not to talk to strangers, sorry.]

[Suruga is a good stranger to talk to and'll warm up to just about anyone, so don't worry!]

That'd be cool! Where are you at? I could meet you somewhere, if you wanted.

I am by the lighthouse. Would you like to come find it?

Sure! I saw it when I was checking things out. It might take me a little while to get there, but I'll find you!

Then I will wait for you.

[And wait she does, sitting by the grass, hands neatly clasped on her lap. Her hair is caught in two braids that rest on her shoulders, framing her petite figure over a pale yellow dress.]

Suruga huffed as she finally reached the lighthouse. It felt like she'd been traveling forever, the place was almost the opposite of where she'd been. But whatever! Meeting people here was important, and it'd be nice not to have to explore by herself.

She saw a girl sitting outside of the lighthouse, and waved. It occurred to her that maybe she should've asked her name before. She called out.

"Hey! You're the girl I talked to before, right? Sorry I didn't ask your name before... I'm Suruga Kanbaru!"

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Mary's gaze lifted, lips pressed together, brows arched curiously. She spent a moment watching the other girl before she lifted herself, ready with a smile, dusting off her dress, then clasping her hands behind her with a soft shrug.

"Hello - it's nice to meet you."

Her expression was kind, collected. Her part was of a proper young girl, and she played it well.

"My name is Mary."

She bows a little, smiling. "Nice to meet you, too!" She was surprised by how cute this girl was... seriously, everyone she'd seen was adorable, it was almost ridiculous.

"Hey, um... can I ask you a weird question? If I say I'm from Japan, do you have any idea where I'm talking about?" With how many people she'd met that had to be from a different world or time period or something, she wanted to figure this stuff out right off the bat.

"Of course," She arched her brows, softly, "Japan is an Asian country, is it not?"

There was a slight tilt of her head with her question. She was certain of her words, but still acted as though she were ready to be corrected.

Books?

[INTERNAL SCREAMING]

What kind of books?

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