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Tweak says, "I LOVE THE QAFANDOM."

psymods (psymods) wrote in psychomanteum,
@ 2012-06-02 15:45:00

Entry tags:

&open, akane, ami, asami, ayako, daichi, estella, hideki, itsuki, kaito, nekota, ruri, takuro

Arrival
Who: Everyone
What: Dorms have opened, people are arriving
Where: Kamizaka Train Station
When: March 10th (Sunny)

The station had been plastered with all kinds of signage meant to direct the first batch of arriving Oozora students - and from the clutter on the small but shining platform, there looked to be a lot of them. Many consulted with their phones or reread the more informative parts of their acceptance packages - The letter of congratulations assuring them they "are among the few, the talented, the lucky" and signed in swirly handwriting by the school's founders was pleasant, after all, but not as useful as the plain-text document announcing that dorms would open today and assignments could be picked up upon arrival.

"This way, please," announced a wisp of a man for about the fourth time. His creaky voice was not suited well to the job, especially not with the station so crowded - likely why he spoke with one arm pointed straight and steady at a large sign reading "Oozora Academy Shuttle Bus ->".

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	metacognition 2012-06-02 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	There was a robot standing behind the fellow with the sign. At least, that was the best and easiest guess, given the lack of breathing, the remarkable stillness, and the bright blue hair. Definitely the bright blue synthetic hair. She appeared to be there to provide some kind of assistance, and was defaulting to stand-by mode until called upon to help. (Reply to this) (Thread)

infinitecircle
2012-06-02 09:08 pm UTC (link)

This time Asami was peeping at the robot before she got there. It had hair that seemed to shine in the heat, blue and clean, and definitely fake. Every robot seemed to Asami like an exotic object. Its beauty stood out in the midst of the sea of white and black - the currents of which seemed to run side by side as the people headed in different directions - and seemed to push her out.

She jogged, until at last, with a triumphant moan, she planted her enormous bag on the ground and seemed to lever herself up. Only a particularly well-trained set of manners stopped her from talking. She stood in front of the robot and studied it with a strongly curious look. Well, what would she even talk to a robot? Did she even have to bow?

"... Hi."

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metacognition
2012-06-02 09:18 pm UTC (link)

A subtle change came over the robot, then — accompanied with a sound very much like a computer waking up from sleep mode, a brief quiet mechanical grinding, and then the robot smiled. Her eyes brightened, and her almost-real-looking pupils widened and contracted, before focusing on Asami.

"Greetings, new Oozora Academy student." Her voice was even, human-sounding; she had top of the line vocal emulators, obviously. "I am Estella. I am here to assist in your moving in process. How may I be of service?"

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infinitecircle
2012-06-02 10:06 pm UTC (link)

Asami was unable to avoid looking confused at this. She stared at the robot in some perplexity till she saw those eyes come to life, almost with a will. She felt the robot was a helper as well as a talker and followed the customs she had been taught - she bowed, bending forward like a flame caught in a draft.

"Perhaps," she suggested, "you could help me with my luggage?"

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metacognition
2012-06-02 10:41 pm UTC (link)

"It would be my pleasure," Estella bowed in response, and then bent down to lift Asami's bag. Despite the bag being a huge load, the robot lifted it with apparent ease. Which was sensible, given her apparent assignment as a luggage-carrying assistant. "Please, follow me to the shuttle."

She started off in the direction the man's sign pointed, walking and looking straight ahead with the bag in one hand. "Your bags will be loaded below the shuttle bus. It is advisable to tag them for ease of retrieval when we reach our destination."

	Re: At the shuttle bus... red_lion 2012-06-03 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	She spent a few seconds just standing at the newcomer, frowning. Who the hell was this and what the hell did he want? "Baggage of that size is not allowed on the shuttle bus," the attendant repeated serenely to the newcomer. Akane looked back and forth between the two of them, and after a moment's deliberation, stepped towards Itsuki. "What's your name?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: At the shuttle bus... applesforfree 2012-06-03 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	The boy looked somewhat disappointed that he couldn't do much to help. He was scratching the back of his neck, trying to think of some other idea when Akane addressed him. His lips spread on a bright, somewhat sheepish smile. "Ah, Kudou Itsuki. Pleased to meet your acquaintance. Sorry I couldn't help that much." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)