PC: Geto

[sootprints]

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[sootprints]

... I suppose that would make sense.

[ all right, she enters. ]

[turbulency]

[ update: he was wrong ]

They have a real kitchen and bathroom. If you... [ looks at her ] need to shower...?

[sootprints]

[ looks back. ]

I bathe regularly, if that's what you're wondering.

... At least we'll have more options now. One bathtub isn't enough for all of us.

[turbulency]

Did you try the shower in the haunted house?

[ he's like

do you... have skin...? ]

[sootprints]

I use it every day... twice a day, when possible.

[ if she could squint at that metatext she would ]

[turbulency]

... That's pretty often.

[sootprints]

... I'm pretty high-maintenance.

[turbulency]

Because of your... fire?

[sootprints]

The soot, yes.

It builds up quickly if I don't make a consistent effort to stay clean.

[turbulency]

Do you have any other fire powers, or something?

[sootprints]

No... I can't do anything with fire. Only soot.

[turbulency]

... So kind of like people shedding skin cells.

[sootprints]

I... suppose. Yes.

... Enough about me. Why don't you tell me something about yourself?

[turbulency]

Oh.

What do you want to know?

[sootprints]

Well... I suppose I don't know anything about you, really. What do you think would be important for someone you've just met to know about you?

[turbulency]

[ thinks about this ]

My favourite food is soba.

[sootprints]

What is that?

[turbulency]

[ assuming she's white, ] It's like spaghetti, but the noodles are made from buckwheat.

[sootprints]

[ spoon just assigning other people "white" this game... how the turntables... ]

Oh, I see...

[ this tells her very little about him. ]

What about, er... the place you come from? Do you study or work there?

[turbulency]

[ finally it's my turn...

help, she's cute, and he laughs a little ]

I grew up in a pretty boring town, but now I live in Tokyo for school. It's a big city with... lots of problems, but it's fun. I'm guessing you've never seen a skyscraper?

[sootprints]

[ giving him a blank look


and realizing that's not any different from her other looks, so she adds, ]

No. What is it?

[turbulency]

[ help ]

They're just crazy high buildings. Some of them can be 50 or 60 floors high. But Tokyo's full of them, and plenty of people.

[sootprints]

Incredible... How many people could you fit in a building that size? I can't even imagine it...

[turbulency]

A lot. There's about ten million people living in Tokyo, so we need the space.

[sootprints]

T... ten million...