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WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: Mingle!
WHERE: Somewhere in the city
WHEN: Day 3, morning

[It's a beautiful morning in this part of Coba! The sun is shining, the birds are singing - or at least they were until a few seconds ago. Suddenly, the city is plunged into darkness again, and the streets start to fill with people dressed in outrageous costumes. There's music in the air and all traffic is stopped for the parade of revellers heading down the street. Anyone from New Orleans might find the spectacle rather familiar, but for anyone else it's still an excuse to party like the night never ended]

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Come to think of it, I don't know what happens to Coba when I'm not here. I'll have to see if I can find a clock here and check!

[After speaking, she resumes eating.]

[So she doesn't know either... He considers this as he finally takes nibble at his ice cream—which is absolutely delicious.]

This is delicious! There's pieces of blueberry in the blueberry!

[He's questioned her enough. Now is ice cream time.]

This is quite delicious, yes!

[She's rather enjoying her own ice cream, stuffing it into her mouth at a rate that really should be giving her brain freeze, but she doesn't seem distressed.]

[Y-yeah, the speed at which she's utterly decimating her ice cream is impressive and rather scary.]

Woah. It's like watching a vacuum...

[She pauses in vacuuming down her ice cream.]

Oh, sorry, I tend to do that sometimes!

You must be a champion speed eater! Can you taste the ice cream eating that fast?!

I can!

[Where it's going, she can taste it until it's completely digested. But she isn't going to get into that. It'd require explaining her weird nature.]

[...Yeah, it's best if she didn't explain that to him. He still hasn't finished his ice cream.]

That's...really impressive! Sorry, but I'm going probably take a long time compared to you.

That's alright! You can just take your time.

Thanks!

[And he will, taking bites of his ice cream as he thinks about various things he's encountered in the city. And about her, too, since he's kind of concerned about her being out alone. She seems kind of young, but she also seems independent enough... He could just ask her straight out where her parents were, but he's going to try for a little more tact than that right now.]

Are you native to Coba, or are you out here on a vacation with your family?

[She does slow down, taking lighter bites so that she finishes at about the same time as him. It's always good to take ones time!

She does her own reflections. She'd met so many interesting people here, though some of them did seem a bit young. Well, they were teenagers, they could probably take care of themselves!

She pauses at his question.]

Ah! Actually, my daughter's back at home. She'll be okay, though, given how time doesn't pass. Maybe I should bring her along sometime.

[He ALMOSTS chokes on his ice cream at that statement. As it stands, his ice cream still didn't go down smoothly, and Hibiki struggles to keep a neutral face as he tries to get the ice cream he's eaten to go down the right tube. It takes a little while before he manages a reply.]

You don't look like a mom.

[She look waaaaay too young to be mom. Oh god. What did he stumble upon.]

I know! Maybe I should've picked an older appearance. It certainly would make some things easier. But this kind of body takes time and work to make and anyways it's cute.

Anyways, I'm older than I look.

[...Okay, there's at least three things in what she said that Hibiki really wants to ask, but a part of him isn't sure if he wants to know.

So he just takes another bite of ice cream and waits for that to go down before replying.]

I feel like I missed something important along the way. How old are you...?

To be quite honest, I'm not sure. I wasn't properly aware for a good chunk of it. Records of me do go back at least a century. You could say that I'm inexperienced for my age, though! After all, like I said, I spent a lot of time not being properly aware.

[OH. Centuries. Well, that's absolutely normal. He's used to dealing with supernatural entities.]

Okay, so you're more of a supernatural being. Whew, I'm glad! I thought for a moment I was dealing with...something a lot more sad and really messed up.

Oh, it's almost certainly nothing like what you feared, whatever it might've been.

[Though her story could indeed be called sad and messed up in a very different way. Being turned into a living doomsday weapon...]

You know, I'm not gonna say because I don't want to ruin anyone's day. Time for a topic change!

Favorite color. Go. Mine's blue.

Oh, that'd be pink.

[Probably not hard to guess. She's wearing a lot of it.]

No way! I'd have never guessed. I thought it would be green for sure.

Well, green is nice, too. But what's your favorite food?

Hmm, that's a tough one. Lemme think...

[By thinking, he means eating some of his ice cream.]

Steamed buns filled with red bean paste. Your favorite food?

Quite honestly, I couldn't pick so easily, but I do especially like candy. Of any sort, really.

A sweet tooth! I'd have never guessed at all.

I guess that's how you knew about this ice cream store, huh?

Well, I just found it not too long ago. But I guess I do look for those sorts of things! I also found a rather nice candy store with a very good variety.