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[Makoto looks a little uneasy sitting in front of the computer, almost as if she’s afraid of touching it, thank whichever of the Seven Lucky Gods are listening that there is a camera…it means less touching until she’s comfortable]

They said it would make studying easier, but I think this is a little extreme [pokes the screen dubiously] and I’ve never been that great with things like this, my best subject is home economics and I’m not too bad at martial arts either…

…that reminds me, today was my first day at Juuban Junior High and I ran into a couple of cream puffs picking on a girl from my school. I can’t stand the kind of gutless coward who would pick on a girl, especially one that can’t fight back. Took care of them though, heh…

[Looks thoughtfully down at the keyboard]

…Though I guess that’s where my reputation for fighting comes from, it’s a misunderstanding I think, but most of the students in my new school avoided me…except for that strange little dumpling head who was attacked earlier…she was actually pretty friendly…and she had a huge appetite too. I think I liked that best of all, if she likes to eat then I can invite her over and cook for her…it does get a little bit lonely here…

[She suddenly realizes that she’s talking to a computer, inanimate objects don’t usually talk back, but there’s no one else around so why not. She’ll still scratch the back of her head and laugh nervously now]

Ha…hahaha…well you’re not going to talk back are you so I guess it’s time to get down to brass tacks as they say! It’ll be a pain if I get left too far behind, but as long as it’s not last place…so…does this thing have pong on it?

[Yeah…forget about studies]

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Yeah, you hear those stories all the time about exploding machines, right?

[ Ange, don't make this worse than it is.. ]

No, it won't let you alone until you talk to people. Pretty annoying.

Well...I've heard of machines exploding...but not for any good reason...

[now she'll have to check and make sure there's a reason for this computer to explode]

I don't mind talking to people...but I do need this thing to do my homework on.

Well, some of us have better things to do than talking to other people. Things more important than homework, too.

Well, maybe your important is different from someone else's important, but that doesn't make what's important to them trivial.

That's not what I'm saying, but.. this community is still taking up time that I could spend on much more useful things. It's literally a matter of life and death, you know?

That's probably how you should have said it.

Well, sorry for not wording it 'properly' then right off the bat.

Don't get offended, it's just that anyone would have taken it the wrong way.

Yeah, yeah, I get it. So, what's your name then, fighting reputation girl?

Kino Makoto, but I'm fine with Makoto or Mako.

Makoto-san, then. My name is Gretel. Just that, so feel free to make of it what you want, I guess.

It's okay, I don't need the honorific...Makoto is fine. Nice to meet you Gretel.

If you insist. Hope you'll have a more fun experience with this place than me, I guess.

Thanks...I hope your experiences get a little bit better.

We'll see over time, huh? Can't get any worse than this, either way, so the only way left is up.

Well, I guess that's looking at it optimistically.

I'm normally not really a fan of it, but it seems more or less inevitable in a situation like this.

Not a fan of optimism? Why?

Because it just makes people get ahead of themselves. They'll start believing in impossible scenarios and just get themselves disappointed.. I won't let that happen to me, for sure.

I suppose I just have a lot of faith, even though bad things happen you can only hope for something better.

In that case, just hold on to that feeling as long as it doesn't end up biting you in the ass in the end.

I've been through a lot already so it helps being optimistic.

Yeah, me too, but.. I've found over time that being optimistic only makes things worse if you've been through a lot already.

Well, for myself I think it can't get any worse, it can only get better.

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