oceanicbutterfly | RL with Yukiko, backdated to August 2

Yukiko had not, originally, liked action movies. They weren't bad! They just weren't really her thing. Years and years of being exposed to them by Chie had changed that, over time, and now she genuinely did enjoy them. Not as much as Chie did...but then, that was probably impossible.

When the lights came on, she was sorry the movie was over, and sank back into her seat with a faint smile on her face before turning to Karen. "That was very good! I'm sorry I did not see it when it came out in my own world."

Karen smiled back before beginning to gather up their empty popcorn bags (there were quite a few). "It worked out, though. We got to see it together, after all."

She desperately hoped that wouldn't sound as utterly stupid to Yukiko as it had begun sounding to her as soon as she said it.

"Yes, it was enjoyable to see a movie with someone new." Yukiko stood, wanting to help Karen with the bags but the other girl had gotten them up before she could. Had they really eaten that many?

"I don't go out much without Chie, honestly, so...this was nice."

Yukiko was not the first, nor would she be the last, to have some difficulty picking up on just how much Karen eats.

"...it was nice," Karen confirmed hesitantly, as if she was considering something.

Yukiko was mostly just worried she'd eaten more popcorn than she realized. She's a bit of a worry-wart about her weight, despite being so thin.

Yukiko nodded in agreement and turned to walk out of the aisle, smoothing down her skirt once she had enough room to really move around. "Yes. I'm usually too busy to make a lot of friends." She has a genuinely happy little smile on her face. "I know the community is a pain, but sometimes I'm quite happy it found me."

Don't worry, Yukiko! You probably barely got any of the stuff, relatively speaking at least.

"It's been good for a lot of people, I believe," Karen said as she followed Yukiko out of the theater. "I didn't have many friends before, either."

"There are also several people from my hometown there now, which is rather strange." Yukiko exited the theatre, peering around as she went. Despite the fact that it was in essence just another Japan, Yukiko was fascinated by this place. She'd only been on two worlds besides her own, including this one.

"Really? You seem like you would have friends, you're quite friendly on the community..."

"Maybe your town is just full of interesting people." Karen's own city would have been of particular interest, being the most bizarrely European version of Minato, Tokyo that ever existed, although that still wasn't exactly "flying cars and combat robots."

Karen started off in the general direction of the warehouse they'd used as a worldhop point, although slowly enough that Yukiko could lead them off to some interesting-looking place if she felt so inclined. "I've always had people I was friendly with, but that's different from having real friends."

"I doubt that. It's...a very dull town. The only thing interesting that happened lately is the fact that it's foggier lately." Yukiko shook her head, her hands folding behind her back, fingers curling and uncurling absently as they walked. She did see a number of interesting places, and she'd slow, peering over at them, but not actually head there.

"Oh, I guess I can understand that. Before here, Chie was really my only friend anymore. There are some other students at school I talk to but..." She just shrugged.

"I think most people's towns seem dull to them. You're used to everything there, so none of it seems exciting." Karen just kept going, then. If Yukiko expressed interest in somewhere in particular, then they'd go, but until then...

Either way, she was once again considering something or other, and said "Like Komachi and me" almost as an afterthought.

Yukiko shifted faintly, pausing to point at a nearby park. "Would you mind if we go over there?"

"If I lived in the city, I don't know if I'd think it was as empty as I do Inaba." Yukiko actually liked Inaba. She just wished more things happened there, honestly. More excuses to not always be helping out at the inn. "Komachi?"

"Sure," Karen said. "--I mean, no," she hastily corrected herself. "I mean--" She paused for a moment. "I wouldn't mind."

With that settled... "Komachi was really the only friend I had for a long time."

Yukiko blinks at Karen's apparent confusion with the language, frowning at her for a moment. "Are you alright?" She asks, leaning forward slightly to study the other. Talk of friendship and parks forgotten for the moment. "If you aren't I can head home now..."

"N-no, I'm fine!" Karen grabbed Yukiko's arm and pulled her (gently) towards the park.

"A-alright..." Yukiko was easily dragged along...this was a familiar mode of travel for her, really, since Chie was often dragging her about. Though, to be fair, she tended to drag Chie about occasionally herself.

"So who is Komachi?" She said once she had steadied herself enough to just walk next to Karen, her arm presumably still captured.

Indeed, Karen had momentarily forgotten that she still had Yukiko's arm, though she subconsciously loosened her grip somewhat and her hand slid a little closer to Yukiko's.

"Komachi is my best friend." Karen paused. "You don't know her--she's never posted on the community or anything. She wants to be a ~~paperback~~ writer."

Yukiko doesn't seem to notice the wandering hand, though her arm relaxing a bit when that group is loosened. "Oh, I see. It was like that with my friend Chie for a while, she didn't post. But then she found it...except she hasn't been posting much..."

Yukiko trailed off and shook her head. "A writer? That sounds exciting. What does she want to write about?" Is Yukiko making small talk? Pretty much. As they reach the park, her eyes go wandering around, trying to spot differences between her world and this one. She really couldn't...but she couldn't resist trying, either.

"She's mostly interested in writing adventure and romance novels. Her first try was a really exciting story with pirates attacking during a hurricane." Karen's tone was bright... she couldn't help but be happy when she thought about how Komachi was making progress towards achieving her dream.

"Actually, have you met Midorikawa Retasu-san?"

Karen's hand found Yukiko's.

"Pirates during a hurricane does sound very exciting." Yukiko nodded absently as they walked, and seemingly didn't seem to notice or be very concerned about Karen holding her hand.

"Ah, no, I don't believe I've met them...why? Oh, that's pretty." In fact, as they reached the park, Karen would find it is Yukiko tugging her hand, as she tugs her over to look at a particular flower bush.

"She looks almost exactly like Komachi. It's very strange." Karen allowed herself to be pulled over to the bush without even really realizing it. "It is, isn't it?"

"Oh, I see. I'm sure I'll meet them sooner or later." Yukiko's voice was absent, distant as she admired the bush, then she turned and moved down the path, tugging Karen along.

"Have you told your friend, the writer, about the community?" Yukiko was never sure what the procedure was for things like that. She hadn't told Chie because she thought her friend would think she was crazy, but then Chie found it anyway...

"A few times. She seems to forget about it almost immediately. I would assume that's the community's doing, but I don't know what the reason would be." A brief pause. "It seems to be all right with her remembering Kaitou Kid, though..."

Karen's voice trailed off as it occurred to her that her hand felt warm and she realized why it did.

"Do you really think it can affect people like that?" Yukiko frowned, pausing as she walked. "The viruses never seem that...subtle. To wipe someones memory..." She shook her head. She thought about the nature of the community occasionally, though she couldn't make heads or tails of it.

"Are there any interesting other things to see here in the park?" Yukiko asked absently, waving her free hand about.

Well, there was nothing wrong with it, right? "Not really. There are some places that are nice to look at, but it's too dark now." Karen stayed quiet for a moment, then returned to the subject of the community. "Sometimes people will leave, then come back with no memory of the community, even though they're from the same world as someone who was there the whole time. It's hard to predict what it can do."

"Oh..." Yukiko frowned, her mind racing, and she drew her hand away from Karen's without seemingly thinking about it, her arms curling around her waist. "You mean....if I were to leave for some reason, and come back, there's a chance I wouldn't remember the people I've met or the things I've done?" She looked quite uncomfortable with that idea.

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I should have saved this icon instead of using it for the post

Oh no, icon repeitition! We're all doooooomed.

I'm really weird about repeating icons.

I do it if I have to...emotionally. But I don't like to either.

I even had a secret about it on RP!S once.

Wow. You posted it or someone else?

Me. It was about how I basically have a paid account just so I can have completely redundant icons.

Well, there are...lots of shades of certain emotions?

--I could have sworn I already replied to this

Apparently not.

My already-replied-fu is ridiculously weak tonight

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::improves?:: Strike is just me listening to way too much Beatles music

Go you!

What, for the improvement or the Beatles?

I totally fell asleep.

Your sleep habits appear to be similar to mine.

Side effect of having a laptop and wireless.

Or in my case, staying up too damn late

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