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Good day, everyone.

[ Kotomi's voice is.. practically the same as usual, aka very monotone and blank, no matter what she's speaking about. At least she's apparently social enough today to actually use the journal to make a post.. ]

I have two important questions to everyone. I couldn't find the answers in books, so I thought maybe someone else would be able to tell me instead.. I tried to look all over for books about it, but couldn't find anything. [ There's maybe the sliightest hint of disappointment in her tone at it. ]

The first would be any more information about "tsundere".. I heard it means someone acts tough and doesn't think they need anything more, but.. any more information would be nice, too.

[ This is clearly important. ]

And secondly, what kind of stories does everyone like..? [ totally not asking in relation to a certain someone, nope. ] I wonder if there's some sort of story that could be fun for everyone, no matter who reads it. Doesn't that sound like it'd be wonderful?

[ After that there's just.. a long pause.. apparently she forgot to turn off her journal after she was done in her obliviousness. ]

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Those are alright, but I like stories about samurai and oni. Y'know, from Japan.

Ah, I've read those stories before. I like the stories of samurai too, since it's very interesting to read about those stories of the past, not to mention they protect everyone from bullies. [ She calls practically any kind of bad person a bully. ]

... Stories about oni are scary, though..

Yea, thats why I like samurai stories. And mysteries too, but I'm a police officer so that probably explains why I like them.

I don't know about oni stories being scary. Remember Red-Oni and Blue-Oni? That was a funny story.

(OOC: Red-Oni/Blue-Oni is a really famous children's story about a pair of good demons who like to play with children. Seriously, its weird...)

You're part of the police..? [ headtilt. ] So you're come to get us all away from here? [ seems logical, right? ]

... Those weren't very scary, but.. other oni are, right..?

( ooc: AHAHA, yes, I just looked it up and giggled. )

Come to get you? What did you do? [Confused Zenigata is confused?]

I guess oni can be scary. But not when a samurai or a miko drives them off, right?

Get us out of this place.. out of Luceti. The police would arrest the Malnosso for kidnapping all of us, right..?

Hmm, they're the good guys. They're here to protect us from both oni and bullies, who are both very scary.

You know, kid. I'm here to look after everyone I can. And as soon as I can figure a way outta here, I'll get you out and arrest those jerks. Lock em up for life, yea?

What's your name, little lady?

... Really? [ oh, now she actually sounds pretty happy - even if it's in her own blank way. ] You're a really, really great police officer to do that, I'm sure everyone will be very happy..

And my name is Kotomi Ichinose. You spell Kotomi with three wonderful hiragana. I'm a senior from class A, and my hobby is reading. When referring to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

Its what any police officer would want to do, yea? And me, I'm the best there is.

[She may or may not here a more self-assured chuckle]

You don't have kanji for your name, Kotomi-chan? I'm Inspector Zenigata Koichi, from Interpol.

You really must be the best there is. How lucky that we have the best police officer of all the worlds in Luceti..

No, it's written with hiragana. But I still think it's a really nice name.. It's 'koto' that sounds like 'harp' and 'mi' that sounds like 'beauty'.. [ she blinks at that last part though to herself. ] You work with Interpol?

It is a very sweet name, Kotomi. Actually, I've got a daughter who's name isn't in kanji either. Toshiko, but she's a bit older than you.

And yea, I work with Interpol, in the International Crimes Division. How about you, kiddo? Where do you go to school?

Toshiko-chan..? ... Ah, it must be very nice to have a family, right? Are they here with you..?

I go to the Hikarizaka Private High School. But when I'm done with my study there, I'm thinking about studying in America.

No, they aren't here. I haven't seen them in a long time.

America, eh? I've been to America lots of times. Its pretty nice, really cool to see how big the place is. How's your English? Pretty good, yea?

... That's sad. In that case, you must miss them instead.. It's good for families to stay together. [ if they can. ]

And my English is pretty good, I think. I'll need it to be able to talk to people there, after all.

[He doesn't mention the divorce, or all the other dramatic events his ex-wife cooked up]

Well thats good. Most American's don't have a clue about Japanese. Though there are a few. What do you wanna study in America, kid?

I would really, really like to continue my parents' research, sir.. They never got to finish it, so I thought it might be nice if I could do it in their place. I'm sure they would really like that..

I'm sure they would. Having a child follow in your footsteps is a parents dream. What did your parents work on?

They were busy with a very, very important research. It was about the existence of parallel worlds.

It was so important it could have changed the world..

It sounds like it. Maybe if you keep working on it, we can find a way outta here, yea? Since this is a parallel world and all!

[He's trying to be encouraging...and probably just sounds gruff]

[ It's okay, maybe she picks up on that slight encouraging intent.. ]

Hmm, I think it would be really nice if I could find a way out for everyone.. I'm sure it would make everyone really happy.

It would be. But don't overdo it. Thinking too hard is sometimes bad for you, you know?

You can think too hard? [ this seems like a new concept to her. ]

What will happen when I think too hard..? Will something happen to my brain?

Yea, smoke will come out of your ears, and you'll turn bright pink!

[Here him laugh...she's a cute kid...]

Waah.. I don't want smoke to come out of my ears, that's probably dangerous!

[ She's gullible enough to take it literally too. ]

WHAHAHAHA. I'm only joking, Kotomi-chan. If you think too hard, you'll just get tired and burned out. Your brain will be just fine!

[This is Pops. Sometimes, he's a jerk! But he's not going to be MEAN to a kid]

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