first dia ❈ uh-oh who let her near the stove─

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Where...?

[The voice seems to go quiet, save a few names being muttered under her breath. Though the only two that may even be remotely familiar to anyone is "Chie" and "Naoto-kun" before she notices the book her hand was lying on earlier. She seems a little hesitant when she picks it up.]

─ Where am I? [She seems to pause a moment to thinking.] I know this can't be the inn, so...

Um, excuse me but... can anyone hear me?

[...This new girl doesn't seem to have realized that the journal is a communicator.]

[Action]

[People in Community Housing Building 4? There is a confused-looking teenage girl wearing a new feather gown in the kitchen of the third floor. You may want to steer her away from the cooking supplies... and fast. That is, if she hasn't begun wandering around on her own already. Feel free to spot her elsewhere! enjoy the nightmares, souji-kun.]

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[voice] i am totes not late

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[Luckily it doesn't take Naoto very long to take a look at her journal. Even though she's busy working at the library, she's made sure to check the journal in between her note taking and reading to see if anything is going on that she should know about.

And so there is.

When she flips to this specific entry, she has to stop and stare at it when she hears her name being called by a familiar voice. It isn't until a few seconds after that, that the owner of that voice pops up on the camera.

...Wow...

How... long has it been since she last saw Yukiko? Let's see it's been--a year and a half now, right? Yeah, that's right. That's how long she's been away from home. That realization makes her feel somewhat sad, happy and shocked all at once.

Sad that she's been away from her family and friends for so long. Happy to see Yukiko again after so long. And shocked at the realization that in a year and a half, she hasn't seen any of her friends besides Souji and Rise.]

Yukiko-senpai? Yes, I am able to hear you.

[voice] shh, i was late to my own intro ok there is no late

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[oh my god you've grown up to be maybe a little older than her what is this madness???

...Whoa...

Don't mind her, blinking at the journal for a brief moment before answering because even if Souji had mentioned it, the voice on the other end sounded... different? If only just, at least. Then again, that guide had mentioned time was relative, here. Yet what did that mean for her? Was there something else too?

Might as well wait and find out.]

N-Naoto-kun? [...] S-sorry, you just sound a little... older?

[Forgive her, Naoto. It'd only been a few hours for senpai. She's still trying to wrap her mind around it.]

[voice] YAAAAAY does that mean we can nom cookies together now also brb editing this a million times

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[Well that... definitely throws her off for a moment.

Does she really sound different? Older?

Of course she wouldn't have been able to notice herself and neither would those around her since she's been here growing up and changing with them around her this whole time. So that leaves those who knew what she had looked and sounded like back home to notice how much she's changed here.

The only other possibly notably thing different about her by looking at the camera's image is her hair. It's a few inches longer, not something that's drastically different but enough to notice--though it might be hard to see right now with the tiny image and since she has her hat on. Her chest also isn't as tightly bound--still bound but she doesn't look that flat anymore. But Yukiko probably won't see this because tiny camera image and it's not angled down enough.

It feels strange. To have aged and changed when your friends look the same as you remember them being a year and a half ago.]

Yes, I... suppose that is to be expected as I have aged a bit in my time here. [A beat] I'm eighteen years old now.

[voice] all of the cookies!

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[You are so cute with longer hair, okay. And it's barely noticeable, Naoto. You should know how she's able to notice subtleties easier than others... though she's sorry if her words offended you in some way. She didn't mean it.

And no, she couldn't really see that. At least, not until they were in person. Though really, it's kind of odd since she'd been contemplating keeping her hair up in a bun lately, considering how it might get in the way at times or easily caught. Not to mention it seemed more professional, and since she was set on taking over the inn...

Oh well, she'll think about that later! Though to give Naoto some ease, she probably looks only a little different because it's been a couple months since Souji had left-?]

Really-? [And then she catches herself, stopping there and not saying anything farther on it.] ...And I'd gotten better at making cakes, too.

[Yukiko why are you bothered by not being able to celebrate Naoto's 18th with her the most out of everything else you've learned in the last 24 hours.]

[voice] 1/2 I'm still giggling at that jibberish up there

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[Oh god Yukiko don't bring up cakes and your cooking.]

[voice] 2/2

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Perhaps we can bake a cake for Senpai's birthday, as I believe it is before my own. [And so she can hone those cooking skills of yours so you don't kill her if you attempt to make her a surprise cake some day.

BUT MOVING AWAY FROM BIRTHDAYS NOW... ] I assume you have met Souji-senpai already, correct?

[voice] it's okay, so am I- OH GOD THAT ICON.

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[...but she's gotten better, why does no one believe this. orz]

I guess... [Attempt to lighten the mood: failed. Oh, subject change! Good plan, kouhai.] Y-yes, I have. And a...[snrk.] few other things...

[Wait, did Naoto-kun even know about the glasses? ...Oh well. :>]

[voice] LMAO which one

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[Because the last time you cooked with her, it took 4 tries to bake a cake right.]

A few other things? [Elaborate]