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THE TANABATA FESTIVAL

[ It's a breezy summer day on Isle Bermuda. There are gulls crying, a few lazy clouds, and plenty of sunshine with a cooling wind.

Today also happens to be a special event! It's time for Tanabata, and seemingly out of nowhere, a thicket of bamboo has sprung up in the trees near the shoreline. Speaking of the beach, a festival seems to be underway; there are lanterns strung up, fresh food, and plenty of goat-people selling fresh food and games.

The festival goes long into the evening, so don't miss it!

The tradition of Tanabata, as you will notice, is to write a wish on a tag and hang it from a bamboo tree. So make a wish and hope for the best! ♥ And what's this? A mysterious, female voice is drifting along, carried by the wind; ]

The bamboo leaves rustle,
shaking away in the eaves.
The stars twinkle
on the gold and silver grains of sand.
The five-colour paper strips
I have already written.
The stars twinkle,
they watch us from heaven.

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... Naoto. And you are?

Robo-Ky. Don't ask who Ky is. He's a jerk. Also french.

Very well.

[Why would she even ask. He's only made her curious about it now.]

Well I mean, you can ask, but all I'll say is that he's a jerk and french.

... Alright.

[That's... that's not really anything to go off of.]

Nice eye for clothes, though. Pretty sure he designed the uniform. Not sure on that, though.

Uniform? Your uniform or his?

It's his, technically. It's the uniform of the Holy Order. I'm meant to look like him, clothes and all.

[If couldn't see his hilariously obvious robot face, he could pass for a human in form and with that hair.]

Ah, I see.

[Interesting. Something in his world then...]

So yeah, just so you know.

So, should I address you as Robo-Ky, or would you rather I drop the end?

Nah, I knew a guy named Robo once. He was a dick.

Robo-Ky will do.

Very well. It's... a pleasure, Robo-Ky-san.

You can drop the -san too, I'm not Japanese, I don't like it.

I understand it's a force of habit, just letting you know.

[Everyone's saying that to her.]

Fine. I'll drop it.

I'm just saying, I get it's a politeness thing, but the courtesy likely won't be returned, so just drop it.

...also, if we're being strict, I was originally manufactured in Hong Kong, though almost all of my parts have been replaced by foreign replicas since then, and my hard drive was made by an American company.

I always address people this way, even foreigners. It doesn't matter if the courtesy isn't returned.

[Sounds like a normal manufacturing]

Yeah, well, whatever.

Yes...

[She stares at him.]

I'm out of snappy comebacks and my wit reserves run dry.

Right... We'll be on our separate ways then?

No one really has a separate way here. Not big enough.

But yeah, I should go recharge or whatever it is you humans think I do.

I... wasn't thinking any of the sort, but if that's how you want to put it.

It is indeed.

Goodbye.

[And then Robo-Ky sits down, legs folded in a traditional japanese way. And then he just sits.]

[She stares at him for a few more seconds before deciding to turn away and head off.]

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