紫 紅葉 | Kaede Murasaki (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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a_paracosm2014-05-11 08:00 pm
darken_the_light) wrote in a_paracosm2014-05-11 08:00 pm
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The lone star club
Who: Kaede, Mika
What: Social Link Go!
When: Friday, April 16th. The end of an astronomy club meeting.
Kaede did not really have much to do on a Friday afternoon, beyond go study or perhaps play a few video games. Maybe go for a walk, but there wasn't much to do in Suginami. The park looked like it might be a nice spot to relax...
...but she had something that actually needed doing: getting to meet the fellow members of this whole thing she'd been dragged into. While Kaede was not generally a fan of approaching strangers with some Hey, let's be friends! speech, but if it had to happen eventually, she'd rather it be done on her terms.
So it was that, after a brief stay in the library, she showed up outside of the astronomy club room a minute just as the meeting was scheduled to end. From outside, however, there was a distinct lack of the expected noises: no students packing up, no chairs scraping on the floor, no animated chatter. It left her wondering if the club had gone home early.
Staring at a door wouldn't answer that question, though, so rather than waiting outside until people began filing out (and then asking which of them, exactly, was Mika Kabamori), she went ahead, knocked twice on the club door, and--only mildly surprised by it being unlocked--went ahead and let herself in.
What: Social Link Go!
When: Friday, April 16th. The end of an astronomy club meeting.
Kaede did not really have much to do on a Friday afternoon, beyond go study or perhaps play a few video games. Maybe go for a walk, but there wasn't much to do in Suginami. The park looked like it might be a nice spot to relax...
...but she had something that actually needed doing: getting to meet the fellow members of this whole thing she'd been dragged into. While Kaede was not generally a fan of approaching strangers with some Hey, let's be friends! speech, but if it had to happen eventually, she'd rather it be done on her terms.
So it was that, after a brief stay in the library, she showed up outside of the astronomy club room a minute just as the meeting was scheduled to end. From outside, however, there was a distinct lack of the expected noises: no students packing up, no chairs scraping on the floor, no animated chatter. It left her wondering if the club had gone home early.
Staring at a door wouldn't answer that question, though, so rather than waiting outside until people began filing out (and then asking which of them, exactly, was Mika Kabamori), she went ahead, knocked twice on the club door, and--only mildly surprised by it being unlocked--went ahead and let herself in.
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Not a single person other than Mika was there. She was lying on top of the table, looking at an AR space app on a tablet. She was frowning, either deep in thought or just bummed that no one had come. But at the sound of a knock on the door, she jumped to her feet.
She was pretty certain the girl who entered was in the year above, but didn't recognize her otherwise. Mika broke into a smile. "Could it be..." In an instant, she was in front of the newcomer, practically shoving an application form in her face. "You want to join Astronomy Club?"
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The first year suddenly very much in her space, however, suggested neither of the case. Kaede didn't quite recoil, but she came rather close, shifting a half-step back, tilting her chin up a touch, and lifting her eyebrows.
"Ah... no." Kaede promptly broke eye contact, opting instead to look at some piece of the space-themed decor.
Surely this girl couldn't be the only club member?... Though if that was the case, it would answer the mystery of how a first-year managed to become a club president.
She folded her arms, and glanced sideways at the first-year. "Mika Kabamori. Yeah?"
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"Yeah, that's me," Mika said. "Uh, I'm sorry, I don't know your name..." She looked at the other girl for some glimpse of familiarity, but she was sure they had never spoken. "Did you need something?"
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"Sunday night," she offered by way of explanation. "I was in the other group." It... wasn't a graceful conversation starter. But she'd forgotten how exactly she'd been planning to say that, and didn't feel like dancing around the subject.
"...You said you were the astronomy club president, so I thought I'd come say hi."
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Her eyes lit up with recognition. "I was just talking to Terada-senpai...she was in the other group too. Everyone was okay, right?"
Mika nodded. "Yep! I'm here most of the time if you need to find me."
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"And yeah, everyone was... fine." She wasn't sure if she'd really been okay, and one of the others (Kaede still didn't have a name to go with that avatar) hadn't really seemed that way either. But, it's not like she was going to admit to being one of the two who actually seemed to take things poorly.
"...So." Her gaze drifted across the room's decor. "...The place looks nice." Ugh. Small talk.
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Mika gave a sheepish smile, putting one hand on the back of her head. "Thanks," she said. "Uh, you can probably tell, I haven't had much to do here recently except organize the club room..."
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"Yeah, it..." She frowned. "It's very... tidy." And finally gave Mika half-confused, half-dubious, and whole understated look. "Where are the other members? I came after the scheduled time was over--so I wouldn't interrupt--but..."
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