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[clumsyangel]

[There is a silver-haired girl kneeling in the gardens, wearing a sunhat, and gently patting down the soil. It's impossible to hear her from afar, but the movements of her lips suggest she's speaking... to the plants and earth, it seems, as there's really no one else there for her to be speaking to.

Care to give her company?]

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[whysocirrus]

[ While she looks back at him, he's looking around the place. It's nothing like the only (shabby, one-room) school he's ever personally seen the inside of, and strangely clean, in terms of architecture.

He only stops with the tourist-style goggling when she addresses him, again. ]

No. [ Not if he can help it, at least. He doesn't know the rules of this place any more than he does the rules of his temporary stay, and it's just as likely he'll disappear without warning as it must've been that he appeared at all.

But he's planning to make an attempt, just the same. ]

...I didn't catch your name. [ And if she's buying him lunch, it's probably prudent to know. ]

[clumsyangel]

[His words are enough to keep her from fretting too much, even if his guess is as good as hers about the mechanics of his departure. She will trust in his will, for now.

When he asks her name, she stops walking, looking surprised at the question.]

It's Tachibana.

... I don't think you told me yours either.

[whysocirrus]

Cloud.

[ It's significantly less of a mouthful. ]

[clumsyangel]

[She blinks, then smiles slightly.] It's strangely cute, your name.

[She carries on to exchange the tickets for hot meals. Two plates full of cubes of tofu, doused in a thick red sauce that's two different kinds of spicy.

The cafeteria is nearly empty, Cloud and Kanade being the only ones there, aside from staff (all adults, probably NPCs, they don't give the newcomer a second glance). The only other things that might attract attention in the place was a series of brightly coloured posters plastered to the wall, advertising a live concert for something called "GIRLS DEAD MONSTER," presumably, as the name's emblazoned across the top of the posters in bright pink.]