awashlogs | [open] It's a (very belated) birthday log!

WHO: Kaoru, Shiho and friends
WHERE: Town hall
WHEN: Last week of February
WHAT: It's Shiho's birthday
WARNINGS: None probably.

I: Food!

[What is a party without food? Kaoru can't cook but she happens to know people who can! There's even a cake! She may have borrowed a table from another house for the purpose of keeping the food.

Though, oddly enough, there's also a small card (all of them different colour and sizes, some of them looked like they'd been gently folded then ripped along the fold) beside each dish with a number on it. There's also a list (all handwritten in pink), with the same numbers all listed on one side and lines beside it like something you should fill out.

On the top it says: Guess Who Made This Dish!

Are you here to play or are you just here to eat?]

II: Games!

[There is a hastily written sign on one side that says: NO DANCING.

But every party needs entertainment so beside there is a sign with game suggestions like: Truth or Dare, Never Have I Ever...or maybe you'd like to take your list from the food table and see if you got more correct than the person beside you!]

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[ Hm. It's not that Pyra's just embarrassed, is she? She seems to take the game seriously enough, so if she isn't willing to say anything more, there's probably a deeper reason for it.

So Maya relents, even though she does so with a dramatic sigh. ]

Girl talk, denied...

[ Oh.... o-oh..... Pyra failed the girl talk challenge!!!

That won’t do! ] You... really want to know?

[ Pyra, like perhaps countless others here, cannot stand to disappoint Maya fucking Amano. ]

[ oh my god, Pyra?? ]

I mean, if you're asking for my sincere and honest answer, then my curiosity is yelling "YES", but--

[ Hnnnnngh, she's squeezing one eye shut. ]

If it's uncomfortable to the point where you'd rather take the penalty, then as your friend, I can't force you! That goes against my pride!!

[ Perhaps there's.... some sort of compromise she can come to? ]

Maybe... I can describe them to you. Instead of actually naming them.

Ah... sure. I'd say that qualifies.

[ And then she can put her investigative senses to work!! ]

[ Okay. Okay, she can do this... ] Well... where to begin?

[ That's actually an easy question to answer: she begins... with a smile. ] This person is... strong. They are strong here. [ She places a hand to her chest, as if she could motion to her heart. She doesn't actually have a heart beating within her, but she knows they do, and it's quite a big heart at that! ] And they're extraordinarily kind-- to the point that it baffles me how that, when they care, they care deeply enough that it might hurt them. [ She glances at Maya, her eyes momentarily carrying a hint sadness within them... but then she exhales and a smile returns to her lips. ] But that part of them, their compassion for others, trying to make others feel good or-- be safe in their own unique way... that's what I admire most. It's what makes them beautiful.

They're also quite intelligent... I'd even call them wise. [ That smile grows fonder at that. ] ...And when they want to be, witty.

[ Oh, but she's rambling! ] Mm... that's how I'd describe them. For the most part, anyways.

[ Okay. Full of fortitude, compassionate, apparently empathetic, highly intelligent and occasionally witty.

That's... hm. All good traits, to be sure, but not something that really helps Maya narrow it down, which really might be just Pyra's way of neatly dodging the question while answering it at the same time. No physical description, but that probably would give it away.

The sadness makes her wonder, though. ]

Wow. Okay, that sure was an amazing list you just gave me.

[ She only brings a hand to her lips as she giggles. ] Was it...? I feel like I could say a lot more about them-- but that might give away too much.

I'd take a physical trait or two. I kind of feel like I know a lot of really amazing people here.

...There really are so many amazing people here.

[ As for physical traits... haha... ] I don't... think that would be a good idea to describe them with, say, just hair color or eye color, because they share those traits with a few others here. [ YEAH that would lead to misunderstandings! ]

S-sorry, I'm not so good at this girl-talk thing, am I? [ NORMALLY SHE IS. Just not right now. ]

You're flustered, and I don't really have anyone you could embarrass me with, so it's hard to have girl-talk when it feels like I have the higher ground, right?

[ Even though Maya's curiosity is pretty much through the roof at this point. ]

[ No one to embarrass her with.... Aw but does that mean Maya hasn’t got a crush on anyone??

...It’s probably the other way around, Pyra thinks. ] I get the feeling others are more likely the fall for you first, in all honestly.

I hope not!

[ Maya waves one hand with a breezy laugh. ]

I think there are a ton of better candidates than me, and it'd be unfair anyway. I'm so married to my job, that I haven't... dated.

... Ever.

[ ....Wat? ]

Ehhh? You’re kidding.

[ She’s got to be!! ]

I wouldn't kid!

[ Well. She would. But not about this. ]

---Not even... among those here? [ Aw geez. Aw geez.

Well Pyra's never been on a date either, but! Pyra is not Maya, and this seems like a sin against heaven! ]

You could tell me this world is naturally devoid of color, but that's even more shocking!

... Now I think you're entirely giving me too much credit here.

[ Way. Too much. ]

No-- no, not at all. [ She waves a hand. ] I mean, ...wasn't Archer resting his head in your lap a few months ago at the party?

[ RIGHT? THAT WAS A THING RIGHT? ]

Well, yeah.

He was drunk and tired!

[ And thus she was a good pillow. ]

And that's really all?

[ HAH, see? She can do girl gossip!!! ]

Really. He goes through enough grief... I guess I just wanted to support him when he needed it.

Mm... I suppose.

[ She reflects quietly, and then at last says: ] You're a good friend, Maya. To him-- and.... to everyone else, I'm sure.

... Thanks, Pyra. I want to try to be, at any rate.

[ Since she's kind of messed up on friendship before. ]

[ She returns a smile. ]

Isn't that all any of us can do for another? [ To try to be the very best friend to another. ]

Well-- as your friend, I can also do my best to support your mysterious crush.

[ Whoever it might actually be. ]

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