✿ Chapter 005. [Audio] (Day 77, a little forward dated)

[burntviolet]

[Why hello again Asgardians. There's a +1 audio post on your network, and guess who it is?]

Good morning, everyone.

... I'm sorry for occupying your time once again, but I have an announcement to make.

[Wait what.

Is that Hanako's voice just now? Because the stuttering you all were used to hear is... well, it's not there. Not completely there at least, with yet some hesitance in her speech.]

Before that, though, let me introduce myself once again to those who don't know me... my name is Hanako Ikezawa, and I live in the Sigyn House. I was given the power of Growth. That's it.

Moving on... Since I have a chessboard that was given to me from back home, I was thinking... that I might as well find some new partner to play chess with. [Someone who isn't always Hisao, as much fun as it is when she plays with him.]

Therefore, I'm asking if any of you have some knowledge of this game, and got some playing skills. You don't necessarily have to be great at it. I'd like to spend a day doing something I like with new people, that's all...

[A pause. Even with this seemingly good confidence boost, that doesn't mean she's become stronger from a day to another, enough to talk with hundreds of people over the networks. So, she needs a break.

Few minutes later...]

I will set the game up three days from now. You can find me in the Sigyn House's yard, from morning to late afternoon.

... This is all. Thank you for your time.

[The feed cuts before anything else could be said.

What happened to her...? You may wonder while listening to this post. Is this yet another confidence curse? The only way to find out is to ask her.]

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((OOC: Soooooo Hanako's leveled up! And with that also some traits of her character improved a decent deal. Namely, she's toned down on the stuttering and shakyness, but still won't show herself on video- and her self-consciouness stays intact. Feel free to be damn confused if you're one of her friends or acquaintances!

Oh, and there will be a log when the three IC days pass. /o/))

Comments

[compressed]

I think it would be already hard, but... yeah, somebody probably already thought of it. [Ergh.] That's why I try not to trouble others for stuff like that since I can just read it up on my own.

[burntviolet]

Maybe it's just because I'm used to live in a place where school is obligatory for all... but I still worry a bit about their lack of schooling.

[compressed]

Well, if you want... I guess you could help whoever had that idea first. Tutoring, I mean. It sounds fun to do it one-on-one.

[A small pause.]

Oh, I mean... not me teaching, but learning from others.

[burntviolet]

Hm... maybe I'll go ask the network for opinions about this. Not now, but maybe in later days.

[compressed]

Mn. Hanako, you're kind of brave... I only asked the network once, but I felt kind of nervous. [Because strangers.] You don't feel like that at all?

[burntviolet]

I still feel a lot nervous, even now. But so far most of the people who ever replied to me are nice and welcoming.

[compressed]

Oh... that's good. Because some people are kind of weird here...

[burntviolet]

How weird?

[compressed]

I don't know--they're just kind of... weird in their own way. I haven't spoken to people like them before. It's... really different.

[burntviolet]

... I do share the sentiment, actually. I've thought the same of everyone when I first talked to them weeks ago.

[compressed]

Ah, really? But... they're good people inside, right? [Hopefully... maybe...

He's going to hope that it's the case.]

[burntviolet]

Most of them are. You just have to figure out which ones are that way. It's not that hard. [Most of the time anyway.]

[compressed]

... Is it by what house they're supposed to be in? Because I heard that people from Sigyn are usually nice.

[burntviolet]

Yes... although not only my housemates are that way.

[compressed]

What I said would be called "labeling", right? Hm... yeah, that's true. I think I know nice people from different houses, like Hel.

[burntviolet]

Indeed, I've known nice people from other Houses too. One of the nicest I know is in Thor, another one is in Heimdall. It just happens that Sigyn has many supporters.

[compressed]

Supporters? You mean as to what we're talking about, right?

[burntviolet]

Well, I meant them being a... supportive class. This sounds like a videogame term, but I can't think of anything better.

[compressed]

Video game term? Support class...

[... He hasn't really played video games, but he'll just think of it another way.]

I guess that would make sense, but... growth, right? Some things can be both offensive and supportive. Like... growing a venus fly trap the size of a house.

[burntviolet]

... Uh? Growth would even be capable of that? [Honestly never thought of using her power that way.]

[compressed]

Growth is plant stuff, right? So I thought that it could do anything related to plants.

[burntviolet]

Well, I didn't think of anything offensive to use with them...

[compressed]

You could also use vines for something like whips. [Hypothetically...? Maybe?] Now that I think about it, it's probably one of the better powers...

[burntviolet]

Whips... uhm... I don't know, I don't like violence. [But that would be cool, wouldn't it?]

[compressed]

I would rather avoid it too [mostly because he wouldn't be good at it--he thinks], but you know... self-defense and stuff.