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[It's summer. School is out. School is out and Pilouette has been left with an abundance of free time, having chickened out on asking to work in the Welcome Center. And having this sudden excess of free time, Pilouette finds herself a little bored. Back home, she at least had a moderate amount of chores to do to keep her busy every once in a while; she would clean the whole house from top to bottom, vacuuming, mopping...It's not that she particularly liked doing it, but it was something she had gotten used to.

However, now that she's living in an apartment, even if it is big enough for three people, there's quite a bit less to do. So having finished cleaning up a bit, she sets down the small vaccum she found in the item shop (a find she was quite happy about) she starts heading to her room and, with the intention of making herself useful, she nervously takes to the journal.]

Hey, um,...this is probably like, super weird, but does anyone need any help with any around the house-type stu-

[As she pulls open the door to her room, she stops short, her eyes widening. As the journal slips from her hand, she lets out a high pitched screech.]

Ehhh…that’s not a very cute sound at all.

[The video shows…a panda. Literally, a panda going through some of Pilouette’s things.]

Where do you keep the bamboo? I haven’t eaten in so long that I’m light-headed.

Wh...What are you...?!

[The sound of retreating footsteps can be heard from off frame only to return seconds later. Within moments Pilouette is upon the panda and...starts vacuuming him? He falls over immediately, almost as if he’s intimidated by the vacuum.]

Uwaaa--! Don’t suck me up!

[While flailing, he manages to knock over Pil’s journal ending the feed…but he’s not going anywhere anytime soon.]

[ooc; Joint post from Pilouette and Panda! Panda will reply to most if not all threads himself. He’ll either talk with Pils or just start his own, depending on how conversation goes.]

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Y-yeah, it kind of is. I didn't really mind being by myself, though. This place isn't so bad once you get used to it.

You were really fine being alone? ...But I guess you have a point. This place isn't completely bad. The people are nice, at least.

Well, it's what I'm used to. [Of course, whether or not he likes it is a different matter entirely.] But the people here are much nicer. I mean, it's hard to like the experiments, but otherwise, I think it's okay.

I guess you're right. ...Plus, we can do more or less whatever we want here, right? No "be in bed by ten", no "call me when you get home"...

[Even though she generally does what people tell her to do anyway. But the idea of being able to do what she wants is nice.]

Y-yeah... [Unfortunately, Shinji has never heard those words a day in his life. (foreveralone.jpg) But he can still relate:] It's nice to be able to do whatever we want. We don't really have to worry about any kind of responsibilities or anything.

That's right! If I don't want to go to school, no one can make me! And I eat whatever I feel like! Plus, if I don't feel like doing any chores, I don't have to!

[Not that she ever follows through on these things because she's so used to trying to be "good" that she does exactly what she did back home, anyway.]

This is the kind of thing that most people our age almost wish for sometimes, huh?

[She lets out a little sigh. Even if she's able to do whatever she wants here in Luceti...she stil can't help but be homesick every once in a while.]

You're probably right. When you put it that way, I think one of my friends would love it here. There are no rules, and there are all kinds of different people here. Normal people can even learn things like magic. It's really... different from where I come from, anyway.

It's pretty different from where I'm from, too! Back home, stuff like magic wasn't even real. Just things you read about in fairy tales and storybooks and stuff. Sometimes, I still can't believe this is happening, you know? It's like...so totally out there.

Yeah, no kidding. There are so many weird things here. I-I guess it's... interesting, at least.

[It's almost ironic for him to say when he pilots a giant robot in his own world.]

Interesting isn't the half of it. Talking dogs, super powers...It kind of makes a person feel really...ordinary. You know?

Yeah. I guess when things aren't usually so strange, you kind of just... don't really think about it. Being "ordinary."

And to think that once I go home, everything will be ordinary again and I won't even remember any of it.

But being so ordinary in a place like this is kind of...

[Depressing? She's not quite sure how to put it. Even back home, she knew she wasn't as talented as her friends, but it was a normal kind of ordinary. With the people she's seen in Luceti, she feels as if it's more of a bad kind of ordinary, the kind of ordinary that's of no use to anyone.]

[He can kind of guess what she's thinking, because truthfully, he feels the same way. And that's exactly why he doesn't tell her that.]

I-I don't think it's so bad. I mean... everyone's unique in their own way.

Well, yeah, but There's a difference between being unique and being...what's the word...remarkable? Even a unique person can still be ordinary, you know?

[She forces a little laugh. She's trying to not be too much of a bringdown, but...]

Maybe I'm just exceptionally ordinary, huh?

Maybe. [He smiles a little.] But I think that even ordinary people can be special. Everyone has something to contribute, they just... don't always realize it at first.

Edited 2012-07-29 05:50 (UTC)

I guess you have a point. Even the plainest person can do something useful?

[Even if it's doing what other people ask, maybe? She has tried to be helpful and that does make her feel a little better about her efforts.]

I think so. Even if it's just little things, like offering to help someone, or being there for them to talk to. Anyone can do things like that.

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