oo1 - daytime

[honestmana]

She has no idea where she is —or a little of what— for a short moment. She’s outside but she was supposed to be in the castle————

Then she knows that she made a bad thing —— “Nue-san Mana is sorryyyy!” —— she trips and rolls right into a lamp post. She sniffs but she’s felt worse pain even if she didn’t like it. “Mana should have listened to Nue-saaan!”

She clutches to the lamp post and sniffs. She needs to find Nue-san and apologize—! She wasn’t supposed to leave the castle. . .

She doesn’t notice that she was clinging desperately to something she doesn’t have a clue about what it is, nor that she doesn’t recognize how different it is from the Japan that she is familiar with.

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[junesprince]

[Yosuke hurries over to her as soon as he hears her crying out. He doesn't expect to find a girl clinging to a lamppost like this... Man, she must be really distressed! He doesn't know what's up, but he knows he has to do something.]

Whoa, hey, what's wrong?

[honestmana]

[ Sniff, sniff, sniiiiff. ]

Mana was baaad.

[junesprince]

[He kneels down, reaching out to put a hand on her shoulder, hoping that'll help to calm her down.]

Why? What happened?

[honestmana]

[ She does appreciate the kind gesture, she really does, but, but… ]

Mana didn’t listen to Nue-saaan.

[junesprince]

Well, who's Nue-san? What did they say?

[honestmana]

Nue-san is important to Manaaa, and when he told Mana not to leave the castle, Mana didn't listeeeen.

[junesprince]

You think that's why you ended up here?

[That's the first thing he thinks of, since she mentioned a castle. There aren't any here, unless she meant something else...]

[honestmana]

Yes, Mana does.

[junesprince]

Well, uh, I don't know if that's true, but it's gonna be okay. [...no, Yosuke, don't say that when she might not even know she's dead!] I-I mean, whatever happened, it's in the past now. So don't take it too hard, okay?

[honestmana]

You think…? Mana hopes so…

[junesprince]

Yeah, of course. [He smiles, hoping it'll help to cheer her up a little.] We've all been through some tough stuff in the past, but we're stuck here now, so we just have to do what we can.

[honestmana]

[ She thinks that over for a little while.

Then she nods. ]

Yes……

[junesprince]

[Oh, good. It seems to be working a little! His smile grows a little wider.]

Hey, so you're Mana, right? My name's Yosuke. Yosuke Hanamura. It's nice to meet you.

[honestmana]

Yes. [ She nods again. ] Nice to meet you, Yosuke-san.

[junesprince]

So, uh, have you had a chance to look around yet? Maybe I could show you around.

[honestmana]

Not very much. Mana would like that very much, if Yosuke-san wouldn't mind!