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[shanghaiworld]

Say, I have a question. When did the ____ show up outside? It caught my by surprise, when I was ____ and alone. I thought I was ____ but it's been there for a while now. Should I go ____ and ____ it? I haven't had the chance to see how others are taking to this, what with me being ____ and all. But I don't many would know that.

Has anyone else had the time to ____ it? If so, I would ____ knowing anything you have to say.

(All of the blank spaces are bouts of a low noise that completely hides what she says. Stupid steam gears and them not working right. And I have very large procrastination problems it seems...)

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sorry been away on vacation all weekend!

[uselessrabbit]

How was I supposed to know!? I couldn't hear you and I just assumed the worst!

[shanghaiworld]

That sounds like a personal problem to me! Assuming the worst so easily can't be good!

[uselessrabbit]

It's not a personal problem to be worried for your friends! One time Master didn't come home for three whole days and I died from worry!

[ How is that even relevant? It's not, but she's just trying to say that she worries about Alice, since she can't do anything for herself, or so she thinks. ]

[shanghaiworld]

You died!?

[Alice didn't catch on that the word may not have been meant literally.]

[uselessrabbit]

[ She certainly didn't mean it literally, but apparently neither of them are thinking at the moment. ]

I-I might have! Rabbits are sensitive creatures, we need love and attention or we could die!

[shanghaiworld]

Are... are you a ghost?

[This is easily one of the dumbest situations Alice has gotten herself into.]

[uselessrabbit]

What?! Now Reisen is the one to be confused. O-Of course I'm not!

[ Reisen reaches out, to grab the other girl's hand, directing Alice's hand to her chest, to try to touch her heart through her clothes. ]

See! I'm definitely alive!

[shanghaiworld]

You said you were dead! Ghosts are dead and you're not some kind of zombie!

[Well, the rabbit sure FEELS alive...]

[uselessrabbit]

I meant I almost died!

[ Reisen rubs her ears on top of her head, trying to calm herself down. ]

I'm just an ordinary rabbit, not a zombie or ghost!

[shanghaiworld]

... Oh. [Well that's embarrassing.] I... uhh, sorry about all that.

[uselessrabbit]

[ Reisen sighs, letting go of the other girl's hand after holding it a bit too long, turning away from her. ]

W-Well, your gear is broken, you should go and find a new one. [ Reisen looks back with one eye closed, deciding to change tactics. ]

..Do you want some tea?

[shanghaiworld]

... Sure. [Alice will now mope at one of the tables.]

[uselessrabbit]

You know, rabbits are naturally empathetic. They can tell when someone is troubled.

[ It might actually just be true, seeing how one or two have now come hopping slowly towards Alice, now that she's sitting. Or maybe they are just bored. ]

So what were you trying to say? Over the gear?

[shanghaiworld]

... Doesn't that mean you're psychic? [Alice may be confusing slightly similar words here.]

[But Alice just lays her head on the table now.] Look outside. You can see what's going on, right? I wasn't expecting something like that, so it was a little surprising for me. It's been a while now, and wanted to know if anyone else looked into it.

Or did you think I was trying to say something more exciting?

[uselessrabbit]

No, but I can tell when something is bothering someone.

[ She would like to believe that she can anyway. ]

...I thought you said something more exciting.. [ With a groan she's pouring some hot water into a cup with tea leaves. It's not long before she has it in front of Alice. ]

[shanghaiworld]

Let's just pretend I saw flying turtles I wanted to fist fight in that case.

[uselessrabbit]

[ Of course, Reisen actually believes her. ]

You did?! [ She's so gullible. ] What did they look like? Were they Kappa?

[shanghaiworld]

[Wow. Alice is a bit surprised at that.]

That... was an example, of a made up situation.

Besides, if you want to see a flying turtle, I'm fairly sure Reimu still has hers around at her shrine.

[uselessrabbit]

Reimu-san has one of those?! I never knew that! I thought her shrine was too old and decrepit for any living thing to stay there.

[ She's being unintentionally mean about Reimu's shrine of course. ]

[shanghaiworld]

But Reimu lives there as a living thing.

... Did you think she was undead, like a zombie or something?

[uselessrabbit]

She doesn't really count though. She's way too strong to be a normal human anyway.

[ Reisen's never seen anyone beat Reimu, not even her Master, so what else is she supposed to think? ]

[shanghaiworld]

Well, for humans, normally they don't fly in the first place, let alone everything else Reimu has done. So she wasn't normal to begin with.

[uselessrabbit]

Have you known her for a long time? I really only met her when she came to beat us up a while ago, when the Moon got replaced. She's pretty scary for a shrine maiden..

[shanghaiworld]

I first met her when she and Marisa came to the Makai for the first time, which would be... seven years? Bah, it's getting harder to tell the passage of time.

[uselessrabbit]

I can understand that all too well. My Mistresses ability makes it even more difficult..

[ With the tea in front of Alice, Reisen makes her own and sits down across from the magician, trying to give her a smile, seeing how they are bonding, or so Reisen wants to think. ]

I just hope that we aren't here so long that we forget it either..