✿003 [Video]

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It seems to be a pretty regular thing, isn't it? These sudden waves of newcomers.

[Not that Chizuru's done all that great of a job welcoming any of them. But considering the suddenness of appearances and, more importantly, disappearances of people she knows from back home, she's not really sure if she should be the one sticking her neck out in order to see if there's anyone she knows.

Especially since not all of them would necessarily be considered, y'know--allies. Or even cordial acquaintances. Especially with Hijikata looming around half-cocked all the time.]

It never ceases to impress me how quickly even the most isolated of people can adjust to a completely foreign environment. After all, this place isn't the slightest thing like the Japan I remember, but we're all making do, aren't we?

[She folds her arms, tilting her head slightly, and shrugging her shoulders thoughtfully.] Though come to think of it, there has to be something around here that would remind me of home...is there anything here that reminds you of back home? Reversely, what was the hardest thing for you to get used to after showing up in this place?

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'Valentine's Day'? [It took a bit of effort not to mutilate the pronunciation, but--] I'm afraid I don't know what that is, either.

[Gosh, you must think her a dummy by this point!] It's some sort of lovers' holiday?

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[ Thankfully Kotomi never judges! ]

Yes, it is. It's a day for girls to confess their love to the boy they like by giving him chocolate.. it's very important. [ Says the girl who learned about it from a book, but still.. ]

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[Chizuru blushes.] So you give them chocolate and confess? Or is the chocolate the confession?

[Honestly? That sounds like something Okita made up as a joke. Because only Okita would accept that sort of confession. Hrmph.]

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As long as people would understand it, like back home, then chocolate itself would be the confession. After all, it's like a symbol of sorts.

[ Of course she would start talking about it in the ~scientific way~. ]

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[The Science of Valentine's?]

...but why chocolate?

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.. Hmm.. maybe since most people really like chocolate? Then nobody would be unhappy to get something like that.

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But what if someone doesn't like sweets?

[Like someone she has in mind, just for instance! For example!]

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[ It's okay, not like Kotomi can put one and one together.. not in this context, at least. ]

Maybe you can give them chocolate that tastes differently?