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[glowshine]

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the least japanese looking human here

[glowshine]

Hm...? Oh, I'm from Japan.

I grew up there for a long time and then went to study abroad with my parents in America!

[missleadingquestions]

Ah! Really?

[Maya claps her hands together.]

My family's Japanese! I mean, we all live in California, but, yeah!

[And then, recalling a conversation she'd had with one of the people who'd disappeared--]

What year? What year is it for you?

[glowshine]

My mom is Japanese and my father is Italian-American. I'm kind of all over the place~

It's 2017! Summertime.

[missleadingquestions]

[Maya inhales a huge gasp and grabs Mari's shoulders suddenly.]

You're-- you're from two years ago!

[Maya remembers 2017. It was one of three very important years. Mari is-- it's-- she's in that year--!!]

[glowshine]

[ SQUEAK-- ]

Y-Yeah?? I mean, yeah!

I'm just about to graduate!

[missleadingquestions]

[Maya then lets go, stepping back. Sorry about that, Mari.]

Sorry, it's just-- everyone's from so many different years? It's so relieving to find out someone's kind of from the same time as me...

[glowshine]

[ Mari shakes her head! ]

It's okay! I'm surprised by how many people are from... So far back in the past.

Looks like we've got more in common now~

[missleadingquestions]

Right? What's with all these old guys?

[Maya then puts her hand to her chin.]

Let's see... So, wait, are you 17 right now?

[glowshine]

That's right.

How old are you? I can never tell with anyone.

[ she thought ibuki was like 12 ]

[missleadingquestions]

I just turned 20, in 2019. So I thiiink I'm a little older than you, either way?

[Something like that.]

I'd say we would be in the same class, buuut I didn't actually go to high school.

[glowshine]

I wish I didn't have to go to high school. I'm the chairwoman of the whole place and that's a biiiiig job when you have to do as much class as I do.

[ Mari looks up at the sky, twitching her lips into a frown. ]

Hey, Maya-chan? Are you scared of what's gonna happen to us...?

[missleadingquestions]

Huh?

[Maya holds on to what she's heard, but refocuses at that second question.]

You mean... becoming monsters, right?

[glowshine]

Yeah.

It's been a long time now. I've heard it can happen any day...

[missleadingquestions]

It is kind of scary.

[Maya admits, crossing her arms behind her back.]

But it's also another adventure... don't you think? All adventures are pretty scary, but if you hold on until the end, you get something amazing out of it. Maybe it can be fun.

[glowshine]

I... [ Mari makes a face and turns her head back to Maya. ]

I don't want it to hurt.

[missleadingquestions]

[For all of a moment, Maya lets herself look sad in Mari's direction. She covers it with a gentle smile and reaches to gently grasp Mari's wrist.]

...You won't be alone.

[She can't promise it won't hurt.]

cute and gay

[glowshine]

[ She looks down at Maya's hand and then flicks her wrist so she can hold the other girl's properly. ]

Promise? I'll be here for you too.

all day every day

[missleadingquestions]

[Grin growing, Maya nods.]

Promise. It's not so scary if you're going through it with someone else, right?

[glowshine]

Yeah...!

Let me tell you, I was pretty scared during my first performance with my original Idol trio... And the bigger one. Don't tell anybody.