For all that's true, for all you do

[shuttermouse]

[ A note goes up on the fridge shortly after Chie signs the chicken petition on Monday: ]



[ Come 6 pm, she has prepared some coffee and tea so people can have something to drink while watching the shenanigans that will happen, as well as hot sauce as penalty for refusing a dare. So come here and have fun, y'all. ]

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[clearasmud]

[ Oh, hey! Youko remembers Ashley from the trial, if not her name.

She also remembers betting on her to be the first to break with Reaver. Irony's fantastic like that. SHE'S GOING TO TRY VERY HARD NOT SEEM AWKWARD but wow. does she ever feel it. Still - let's try smiling and nodding! ]

I did. I don't own anything like this, [ She's heard about people getting "their stuff" back. ] but it fits perfectly... and I'm not one to question good fortune.

What are you making?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Oh well that's a thing that she should probably never know about for multiple reasons that are probably all easy to guess. Oblivious, she half-nods.]

Still lucky... All I've got is the school uniform. [Small-talk, small-talk is good.] So, what I'm making is a hat. [...A pale-and-dark blue striped hat, so it seems.] A little variety.

[clearasmud]

[ she's going to be so furious when she gets her memory of the dress back and it's going to be so great ]

Oh, yes. I didn't mean to imply otherwise. ...I really can't wear what they gave us, so... [ The skirt is too short and the pants are uncomfortable. Why would anyone ever want that much fabric touching them?? She doesn't know how any of you do it. ] Variety, I can appreciate. Do you want to play truth or dare?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Memory shenanigans, gonna be a fun time!!]

Well, I- oh, you- you didn't have anything other than those prepschool things too? [Hold on, Youko, she has to investigate this!] I thought I was the only one!

[clearasmud]

Huh...? [ wait, what's going- ohhh. ] Oh! No, I mean... I can't... wear those um, school things... I'm not... I wouldn't feel comfortable in those kinds of clothes...

[ She puts on the embarrassed front to make her point more apparent to Ashley... only to realize a couple of words in, she... isn't doing much acting...

...She's spent too much time living among humans, how embarrassing. ]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Huh? Hu- oh. Oh, Ashley flushes, obviously not a topic to pursue.] O-oh! I'm sorry, I, uh. I- didn't mean to make this, awkward, sorry, I-I was mistaken.

[This is going great isn't it.]

[clearasmud]

[ so great ]

No, it's okay! Really, I'm just... a little different. And I think that's fine.

[ It's true. If she minded being different... haha. hahahaha.

...discovering she was surprisingly bound by social conventions pertaining to clothing, however. ugh... ]

They look really cute and cool on everyone else!

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Let's try to return this awkward smile oh well that didn't work this is hell]

I- if it makes you feel better, it's not really my go-to either. Too formal and, you know...uniform. Ha. Haha.

[desperately tries to save conversation]

[clearasmud]

[ ...It shouldn't make her feel better, but for some reason it actually does. How annoying. ]

...That's right, you probably aren't long out of school, are you?

[ That's what she's assuming is the problem there. ]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Uhh well, the kind of school you'd have to wear a uniform. I never had to wear one in high school anyway, but- I'm still a student, just in college.

[You know what's a nice subject that Ashley can talk a lot about? School. That will probably wipe away all the awkward going on here, right?]

[clearasmud]

[ ...Forgive her Ashley, she thinks you're from the boonies. Or were if you're in college! ]

You were able to attend high school away from a city? Your country sounds amazing. But you go to college? Please, tell me more. My... [ 'master' ] ...friend was able to attend one, but that was before I knew him. That's not as noteworthy as woman attending college anyway! You must be incredibly intelligent!

[ -and from a respectable, loaded family but she doesn't say that. Forgive her Ashley, she's from 190X ]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[holy moly on a fruit cake, there is nothing about those sentences that was right at all, give her a moment to re-calibrate because you're getting a blue screen of death right here]

Y... Excuse me?

[clearasmud]

[ Ashley's reaction causes Youko to start. That was incredibly unexpected, WHAT DID SHE DO... ]

Wh... what?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[...Reboot complete, here it all comes in one rolling breath.]

I. I've lived in a city my whole life. And women have been going to college for- for decades, for longer than decades- not that I'm not intelligent, I'm pretty darn smart, but is this one of those time things, because I'm from 2015 and gender equality is a big thing then.

1/2

[clearasmud]

[ will you people stop pointing out she's from the past, she does not appreciate it ]

2/2

[clearasmud]

[ Okay now that her face is back under control: ]

That's incredible! It's really not common at all where I'm from! Things are that different?

...I don't care one way or the other about uniforms no longer generally mattering, but the rest! Ahh~

[ Youko lets out a dreamy sigh.

Her character song is about what it means to be a modern woman, this was only ever going to go one way: happily!




shame you're not loaded tho. ]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[like honestly and she's surrounded by all these rich people like

With this out of the way, it seems this conversation can go a much smoother direction!]

Well, yes, it's really different! Just about every girl I know goes to college. I'm- well, really smart, but one of my friends, she's been top of nearly everything for years, going to school for business management.

[It's Emily's world, honestly, and they're all just living in it, this Ashley has known for years.]

The whole world's...different. Sexists are still sexists, but women can get jobs and go to school and do anything a guy can, in theory.

[clearasmud]

[ Let her consider this for a moment. ]

Even... after marriage??

[ Ashley

are you telling her the jedi mind tricks she uses back home to keep people from noticing/caring she is hella unmarried and living in sin with Kantarou wouldn't be necessary

holy hell she doesn't mind but damn that sounds easier ]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[In a kind of concerned surprise, Ashley nods fervently.]

Definitely after marriage. We can work and have a happy relationship... Jeez, it's really that different when you come from?

[Well holy hell she is so sorry]