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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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[...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.

So what I'm learning is that I should come to you for all my sweet-tooth sating needs while I'm in Coba. You should start a blog and post dessert reviews!

I already have a blog, but I'll have to see if it can be accessed in Coba.

You should try! I mean, you could run a separate blog just on how weird Coba is...

I certainly could! It's a very interesting place.

You could attract all kinds of readers! Imagine the conspiracy theories! The people insisting it was all a hoax! The comments!

...Actually, don't imagine the comments.

[And now he will go back to eating his ice cream for a while because IT'S DRIPPING EVERYWHERE OH GOD]

On second thought, perhaps I shouldn't do that.

[She's finished up her ice cream by now.]

[He's not that fast of an ice cream eater, alas. He's also struggling a bit, and is talking with his mouth partially full.]

Or you could disable comments! It almost feels like it'd be a waste to not blog about this place...

And, geeze, I'm really behind. Okay, it's time for turbo eating mode!

[He is absolutely going to get brain freeze.]