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[circulated]

[On the feed today, a girl, unfamiliar to the community, seems to pop up. At first, her face seems a bit serious...but it eventually lightens up into a little, cutesy smile as she brings her hands up to her cheeks.]

It's so cute! What is that, a little duck! Ooh, I wish I had one, too, I would raise it to be a cute thing forever...! ...hey, wait.

[It seems to dawn on her that, whatever this thing was, it was letting her see some sort of...community? Whatever it was, it had her curious, but not curious enough to deter her away from the fact that there's a cute little duck.

...but no, really, she seems to have focused now, seemingly inspecting her scroll as to what in the world this could be. Someone...help her out? Scare her a bit into making it seem like a youkai had invaded it? She'll just be entranced by the duck for the time being.]

I wonder what all of these things are... [...okay, at least she's not...fawning over it...]

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[circulated]

I've heard of video games before, but virtual reality helmets? [That's something way out of her realm, she's just content on having a simple television in her home.]

...eh? There are people on here who don't have electricity? How is that possible?

[kendoleaf]

Yup. Game system that you can put on your head. It's... well, I haven't actually really tried one out yet, but my brother was crazy about his.

[ Suguha shrugs at the last question. ]

Umm... no idea really. The community being magic somehow? It's not like any of us really know how it connects a bunch of different worlds anyway.

[circulated]

Your brother was crazy about it? I've never really seen someone go crazy about a video game here before...maybe it's because we live in such a small town...

[OH, right, this answer, she's definitely gotten it before, but she just wanted to make sure.]

I understand, no one's been able to explain it to me fully, so I'll go with the magic business of connecting to the past, present, and future.

[kendoleaf]

Umm... it's a figure of speech. I just meant that he was really, really into them.

[ She's not going to say anything else about the community right now, because really, what else was there to say besides "who the hell knows how it works?" And she had already said that anyway. ]

[circulated]

...oh! That sort of crazy where you just really like it...okay! I think I got a good idea now.

[At least she's willing to pretty much accept to everything that comes to her ears.]

[kendoleaf]

Yep. That kind of crazy.

[ This girl was pretty strange... but probably not the weirdest that she'll ever come across, to say the least. ]

... Anyway. My name's Suguha Kirigaya. It's nice to meet you.

[circulated]

...oh, sorry, I should have introduced myself first. I've gotten out of the habit of doing that. I'm Taki Tooru, it's a pleasure to meet you as well.

[She lets out a small smile.] I have a feeling we'll get along, Suguha-san.

[kendoleaf]

[ Suguha smiles back in response. ]

I think we'll get along too, Taki-san.

[circulated]

You seem pretty friendly, too. Thanks for talking to me, at least.

[She nods, giving her a bit of a wave.]

[kendoleaf]

You're welcome! Thanks for talking to me too.

[ Especially considering what you were first thinking the community was. If Suguha had been thinking that demons were involved she probably wouldn't have tried talking to anyone at all. ]