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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[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]