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[etudes]

[ So if you just happen to be walking through Luceti today, you might spot a girl sitting on the ground next to a tree at the side of the road. Her journal is opened in her lap, and it seems she's rather focused on reading it. See, there's nothing weird about that, but.. she's still wearing the New Feather dress and doesn't seem bothered or confused by the whole 'arriving in another place' ordeal in the slightest as long as she can read. In fact, she probably doesn't even realise she's not back home anymore, or that she has wings on her back. She's also turning the pages at a ridiculous speed, as if she needs barely any time to read a page. It looks more like she's skimming than anything else, but nope, she's actually reading all of that. ... Maybe someone ought to help her out.

Or you might run into her later during the day instead. If you're just standing somewhere around the village, you might find the girl staring at you for a long time, almost as if she's observing you long enough to decide something. After what is probably multiple minutes the girl might approach you a little hesitantly (she's making sure you're not a bully, okay, it's in everyone's best interests), only to quickly bow at you in greeting. ]

Hello. Bonjour. Guten Tag. Konnichiwa. Nihao. Salve. Hallo. [ Yes, she'll just start listing off 'hello's in almost every kind of language known to humankind to you. And if you don't cut her off, she'll continue until she has at least done it in 54 different languages. So better do something about that, yup. ]

Comments

1/? AW YEAH

[starfishlovesyou]

[Who is this person. Why are they staring at Fuuko. Clutching her starfish tighter when Kotomi approaches. She's being watched just as carefully, after all she might be a weird guy...]

2/?

[starfishlovesyou]

[And now she's speaking a whole bunch of languages, WHAT DO? What are you doing--]

Wait! Stop that! Fuuko remembers you!!

3/3

[starfishlovesyou]

You're the person who knows more about the starfish than Fuuko! It's impossible for Fuuko to forget such an outstanding display of knowledge.

[Oh. What was her name. Tomoya said it a bunch of times, right?]

Kotomi, Kotomi, Kotomi!!

[etudes]

[ She's blinking, and with that blinking she also stops listing off all the different variations of hello. Because this person talking to her here is calling her.. 'Kotomi'. Not 'Kotomi-chan', so..

She takes a step back, maybe shaking just a little, even though Fuuko is obviously smaller than her. ]

A.. are you a bully..?

[daisy023]

[English and hungarian would have been good enough, but the red armor stands still expecting ten languages at most, but when Kotomi goes through every language known to man, the armor stands remains as a statue as she wonders how to interrupt her. ... It is impressive.

The armor finally talks, with something similar to the voice of Tomoyo Sakagami.]

... I speak english.

[etudes]

... Oh, that makes it easier.

[ Because clearly Kotomi expected to meet people who spoke Swahili or anything of the like here. The whole armor thing is a little weird though, but.. hey, it's Kotomi, she just swings with it. ]

It's very nice to meet you in that case, English robot-san. [ Armor, so it clearly must just be a robot, right!! ] My name is Kotomi Ichinose. You spell 'Kotomi' with three wonderful Japanese hiragana. When refering to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

[ She almost says it like it's some automatized introduction. ]

[daisy023]

[A small, tiny sideways tilt of its' head. English robot-san is new.]

... Yes, ma'am.

[Spoken as an order. The Spartan will also call her that, or Ms. Ichinose.]

But my name is Daisy. ... I'm not a robot.

[Action] 1/2

[fateofafencer]

[He was looking through his journal for personal reasons, though now he's not sure why he's looking at it anymore.
In any case, a girl soon approaches him and very strangely enough, bowed, then saying "Hello", and after that... What is all that she's sputtering? He understood "Bonjour", which was also hello, just in a different language. And "Konnichiwa", which is also "hello" in another language.
Okay... So she's just saying "Hello" in many languages. So he wonders, "Why?" 2 "Why"'s, actually. "Why would she?" and "Why him?"]

[Action] 2/2

[fateofafencer]

[So he's had about enough after the 15th language by now. He's assuming the reason she's speaking all these languages is because she doesn't know if he understands English. Is he the first person she meets?]

You don't have to speak in so many languages.

[But in all honesty, he's surprised how many languages she has learned. Maybe she only learned "hello" for all of them?]

[etudes]

[ When she's interrupted, she stops the stream of hellos. Instead she tilts her head slightly towards the side, as if she's curiously trying to think about something, or considering something. ]

But if I don't introduce myself in that many languages, then people who don't know the specific language I'm introducing myself in might not understand. [ This seems logical to her. ]

[rashness]

[Rin, when he's approached, actually lets her go through maybe eight or so before it dawns on him he doesn't understand what she's saying but he knows what they mean. That... that can only mean one thing! One amazing thing! As he stares, wide-eyed, he lets her go through maybe six more before-]

They made me smart?!

[etudes]

[ She stops abruptly as he speaks up, but all the same the words don't seem to register just quite yet. Not with the way she stares at him blankly, tilting her head - and back - before actually speaking up to answer.

... Hmm, this is not the kind of reaction she expected from someone. So clearly the message didn't go through and she has to repeat herself again, this makes sense! ]

... Bon.. jour? [ See, she's speaking slowly now since she thinks that means he might understand her. ]

[rashness]

...Whoa! I got that too!

[Genuinely surprised]

Ossu- hi! [And he even gives a little wave. Despite them being right in front of each other]

[presumablyalone]

[At first, when she approaches him, Seto just listens to her go on, not knowing what to do since she didn't stop after hello. It's amazing that she knows so many languages, especially Japanese and English! ...But it's still pretty difficult for him to take of it in, especially when he can't write the words down somewhere to remember them.

So he holds his hands up and flails them a little, smiling nervously] A-Aha, hello there.

[etudes]

[ Ah, she made contact! Her expression turns a little happy at that as she stops listing off hello in every language ever, and instead nods a little. ]

Hello. [ She bows slightly - right, time to use the introduction she learned from Tomoya. It sounds almost a little mechanized with the way she says it. ] It's very nice to meet you. My name is Kotomi Ichinose. You spell 'Kotomi' with three wonderful hiragana. My hobby is reading, and when referring to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

[presumablyalone]

[Hm... well Seto's never been one to use honorifics since his grandfather never made it mandatory...and because there was no one else around to actually use honorifics with, but if that's what she wants to be called then Seto can do it just this once! Or at least for her]

It's nice to meet you Kotomi-chan! My name is Seto. [Ah--should he say more? She did... ] You spell it with two hiragana. My hobby is... I guess stargazing if you consider that to be one! [He laughs sheepishly]

[bloodypocket]

[... There's no way he could not respond to this message when he knew the language of origin for half those words.] Are you proficient with all these languages?

[etudes]

Yes. All of them.

[ She nods a little in return at that, and even though she seems majorly spaced out (read: she always looks majorly spaced out) it seems genuine. And it's true, she really does know all of them. ]

If I didn't know them, I wouldn't know how to greet you with them, right?

[bloodypocket]

It's entirely plausible to know certain phrases, but not be fluent in the language they are from. [Though that is some skill she has there, and a useful one to add to it.]

I speak English and Japanese, as well as German and French. But you will find that regardless of what language you speak the villagers will understand you, therefore there is no need to list them all.

[squaring.livejournal.com]

Eh... [Well, this is sort of amazing. It's a little weird, but it's cool enough to be a great distraction from his journey to the library! It's almost an educational experience!]

Hello?

[etudes]

Hello.

[ YES, MADE CONTACT ONCE AGAIN. Tomoya would be so proud of her.

... Except that's all she says in response, not even continuing or anything. She just stands there, staring, as if she's spacing off a little. (She probably is just basking in her slight accomplishment for a moment, not realising she actually has to continue this.) ]

[squaring.livejournal.com]

... [Okay, small barrier in communications detected!] Ah... is this where I introduce myself, Miss?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

[Sup? Just a cartoon pony trotting along, minding her own business... until she spots Kotimi and stares for a second.]

Uh... hey?

[That's quite the greeting, to say the least.]

[etudes]

[ ... It's a talking horse. Now this is more interesting than rambling off hello in all languages, and for a few moments she just stares at Rainbow Dash quietly, but maybe slightly surprised. It's hard to tell with her blank expression. ]

... You can talk.

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

[Hoo boy. Dash is at least used to this by now, and she just lifts a hoof and flicks it.]

Yep, I can talk. Everypony can where I'm from.