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Who: Miku and Hibiki
What: Dinner! And exploring the district.
Where: Crystalden
When: IC, 07/14
Warnings: None.

Thankfully, the lights of Crystalden aren't too bad during the day, otherwise Miku would likely have outright refused to show Hibiki around the district. While all the technology was pretty impressive, all the lights, on the buildings and the locals, just gave her a headache if she stared too long. But the lights were dimmer during the day and besides, she's bored. So, showing a newcomer around might do her some good. And on top of that, she'll get to look like she knows what she's doing, which is always a plus.

And, well, she's getting an excuse to eat sweets out of it. She's been trying so hard to be good, really! She's not got much money to last her after all, so she's been eating as little and as cheaply as is feasible. But she's missed sweets, and, well, she deserved a treat for being so helpful to a newcomer, right? Yes, she'll go with that.

"So where are you from, Kuze-san?" she asks Hibiki as they walk. She's... pretty sure they're heading in the right direction. If they get lost, she can just say they were going the scenic route.

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Hibiki was pretty much enjoying the walk so far. Technology and all these things made it seem like back home, when it was still normal at least.

As they walk, he turns to look at everything there is. No Void, no loose demons coming out from phones, attacking and trying to eat people. Peaceful. Just peaceful. When Miku asks him the question, too distracted by the normality, Hibiki takes a while before he realises and replies, "Ah I'm from Tokyo. What about you, Hatsune-san?"

Miku's been in Crystalden only a few days, but to her, that's long enough for the city to lose some of its novelty -- if it had any in the first place. Bering trapped somewhere against your will and told you had to get a job to survive would probably have killed the appeal of most places. But it's kind of funny to see Hibiki so entranced by everything.

"Oh, you're from Tokyo? I'm a little jealous. I always wanted to live there." she giggles, and tilts her head to one side. "I'm from Hamamatsu. I've lived there all my life."A pause. "Well, up until now, anyway."

Hibiki smiled in return and said, "Haha I've.. never really been out of Tokyo." That's partly a lie but still true. He paused for a while.

"How is it like over there? And is Japan in.. a normal state?" Trying to phrase it in a way it won't sound weird is hard. Hopefully Miku won't suspect anything.

"A... normal state?"

For the first time, Miku's carefully sweet smile drops, into a look of confusion. That's a pretty weird question to ask -- did he expect something to happen to the place while he was gone? She frowns, trying to remember if she'd heard of something, anything to warrant that kind of concern but she's drawing a blank.

So she shrugs.

"I guess. Nothing big's happened lately. Why do you ask? That's kind of a weird question, you know."

Edited 2013-07-22 10:49 (UTC)

Ah Hibiki didn't mean to confuse Miku or anything.. Man. It's really hard trying to cover up weird things. But he sighs softly in relief upon hearing that it's not like where he's from.

"No, nevermind it's nothing." He says, smiling at Miku. After a short while he continues, "I was just wondering if anything unusual happened. That's all. It's a relief that there's none... It really is." He's really, really glad that the demon stuff's only happening on his end.

Oh, well, that makes sense, she guesses. Considering what's happened and where they've ended up, it's not that weird to expect something could have happened back at home. So she just gives a small shrug.

"Don't worry about it. I guess anything could be happening back home, couldn't it?" Probably not the most reassuring of things to say to him, but never mind.

She stops suddenly, gesturing to the cafe they're walking past, with a smile. "Here it is. Should we get something to eat?"

"... Yeah." Hibiki replied. Honestly, that did cause him to become slightly worried again but he won't show it. After all, Miku was so nice to show him around.

When they stop at the cafe, he nods and says, "if it's alright with you, Hatsune-san."