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| Date of Scene = 2015/09/28
 
| Date of Scene = 2015/09/28
 
| Location = Seishou Public School
 
| Location = Seishou Public School
| Synopsis = Ayana's first dance was just another opportunity to pick on her, until Mamoru stopped to dance. Now, the other Grade 7 girls at Seishou don't know what to make of it.
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| Synopsis = Ayana's first dance was just another opportunity to pick on her, until Mamoru stopped to dance. Now, the other Grade 7 students at Seishou Public don't know what to make of it.
 
| Cast of Characters = 86
 
| Cast of Characters = 86
 
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School.  It's nothing like Ayana expected.  In the mangas Takashi had made her read, 'school' had mostly been a place for magical girls to meet one another, talk about fighting youma, and hang out between battlesIt wasn't supposed to be ''hard''But hard it is, for the familiar. Certainly she is crafty and clever, and certainly she has some of Takashi's intelligence. Underneath it all, however, Ayana is still just a little fox in a world she was never meant to understand.  She doesn't have six grades of experience to draw on; she wasn't ever taught how to study or how to analyze sentences.  But she is Takashi's familiar, and as he so often likes to remind her: that means she ''must'' be great.  
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"Hah, you should have seen the look on her face, Jin," says Eiji.  "She spent like twenty minutes just looking around for you, getting more and more desperateShe nearly tripped over her own heelsMan, she looked so gaudy with that big crinoline bow tied on her chest. I swear, you must have made her think she was going to be treated like a princess."
  
And the worst part of it isn't even that Ayana isn't "great"; oh no, she could deal with that, because she has other ways to impress and please her masterNo, the worst part of it is that she also doesn't really fit in. While other students are social and outgoing, easily making friends, understanding social norms, and not needing to eat constantly.
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<blockquote>''Ayana had never realised just how hard school would beCertainly she was intelligent enough to understand the topics she was being taught, but she had neither the self discipline nor the six years of practice her classmates had to really understand studying.   Worse, she was socially awkward, made her classmates uncomfortable with her topics of interest, and was generally considered "the weird girl" by most of her classmates.''</blockquote>
  
For Ayana, school has become the worst form of torture: a place of misery where there's never enough food, she winds up making everyone around her uncomfortable by talking about the wrong thing. It's a place where she barely manages to get passing grades, where her only friends are several grades younger, and where she is the butt of nearly every one of her classmates' jokes.
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"Worked like a charm," Jin replies to Eiji with a grin.  "That girl's so weird. I can't believe she actually thought I'd dance with her."  He laughs, cruelly, then winks to Misato as she rounds the corner.
  
Nothing like in the magical girl mangas.
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"Pig," the girl replies with a roll of her eyes.  Misato pauses a moment later, then slowly slides her way towards Jin and Eiji.  "So I guess you didn't hear, then," she tells Jin, amusement and wickedness in her tone.
  
A week ago, the torture had reached new levels of awful, when the three Wards' clothing shop announced its "Fanciest Fall Dance".  While every other girl in her class was hastily paired off with cute boys to dance with, Ayana was left feeling miserably aloneShe couldn't ask Takashi; he would almost assuredly not be going, or if he did it would be with Miss White.  But the little fox desperately wanted to feel pretty, and to see a real school dance.
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"Hear what?" Jin asks, suddenly uncertain of himselfEiji just gives him an uncomfortable look.
  
Imagine her surprise when, very quietly, Asokah Jin asked her to meet him after school.  She was hesitant, as Jin had been somewhat cruel to her beforeNevertheless, Ayana met him, and asked her to meet him at the dance!  He even promised to dance with her.
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<blockquote>''She wanted so desperately to go to the dance.  Most of her classmates were already paired off to go, but Ayana hadn't been asked. As they days passed, Ayana grew increasingly worried that she wouldn't be able to go.  She certainly couldn't ask Takashi; he was too busy, and even if he did go, it wouldn't be with her.  But dances were supposed to be romantic and fun; in all of the manga she'd read, even the awkward girl was supposed to get a prince at a dance.''</blockquote>
  
Of course, Ayana was overjoyed and accepted, naive enough not to realise that shee was being set up for a horrible prank.  Without bothering to ask permission, she took the time to buy herself a cute new dress, a fancy one suited for a ball.  She bought shoes, too: with heels, because all the other girls would be wearing them, right?
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"Eiji was telling you about the weird girl at the dance, right?" Misato asks, drawing out her rumour for its worth.
  
When the day of the dance came, Ayana showed up just like she was supposed toShe'd been stood up, just like Jin had planned.  And instead of a romantic night of dancing and fun, she'd hid under the table in embarassment, playing games on her phone.
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Eiji nods his head"Yeah," he says, "I was just getting to the part where she hid under the table."
  
"Wait, she did?" asks Misako of the storyteller.  "But I thought I saw her dancing with that one guy from Infinity."
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"Wait, she did?!" Jin asks, then barks out laughing all the harder.  "Ahahaha, Misato, that's great!  She seriously hid under the table!?  What a weirdo."
  
"No way, the weird girl got to dance with Mamoru Chiba?"
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"Oh, sure, for a few minutes," Misato replied.  "But she didn't stay there the whole night.  Just long enough for Mamoru Chiba to find her."
  
"Yeah. Jin was bragging about how he stood her up, and how she'd hid under the table all night, but apparently someone else danced with her."
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<blockquote>''Ayana sat under the table, staring out through the tablecloth, wiping tears in her eyes. "Stupid Jin," she said quietly to herself.  "Stupid jerk."  Anger and embarrassment warred within the girl.  She sighed as yet another of her favourite songs started to play.  "No one's ever going to dance with me," she murmured to herself.  "I wish I'd never come."  Pulling out her cell phone, she tuned the party out.  While her classmates were busy having a laugh at her expense, Ayana played otome games and wished for her prince to save her.''</blockquote>
  
"Yeah, but that guy?  He's so ... ''cute''."
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"Wait, what?" Jin gives Misato a funny look, then asks, "Isn't that the boy from Infinity?  He's super popular, what would he want with our weird girl?"
  
"And popular, too."
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"To dance with her, apparently," Misato replies, her smile growing as she spots the look of horror on Jin's face.  "In fact," she says, "they danced for several songs, and he looked like he was having a ton of fun with her.  And she looked like she was having fun, too."
  
"Why would he dance with her?"
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"... seriously?" Eiji replies, confused.  "I didn't see it.  My dad picked me up early."
  
Ayana rounds the corner, then stops when she sees the gaggle of girls all busy talking about her, some furious and some frustrated, all confused"Well," says one, "I think he might have just felt sorry for her."
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"Ask anyone," Misato replies.  "They were two of the last to leave, and they danced for a ''while''Apparently your little joke backfired, Jin."
  
"Seriously? They danced for like five or six songsI don't think he just felt sorry for her."
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Jin offers no responseIt's then that Ayana wanders past, a red rose held to her nose.  She hums to herself, quietly, the tune to one of the songs she danced to.
  
"But she's so weird," says one girl to the next.
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"Seriously?" Jin asks, dumbfounded, as Ayana passes the trio by.
  
Ayana sighs and shakes her head, then puts the little red rose to her nose and sniffs itLet them talk badly about her.  Quietly, the walks by, her nose still buried in the flower as she passes.  As one, the girls all stop their babbling to turn and stare at her.
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Misato just smiles"Seriously," she replies, then steps away, heading after Ayana.  "Hey weird-girl. Wait up. What was it like to dance with Chiba-san?""
 
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"Do we have to be her friend, now?" one of them asks when Ayana passes by them all.
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"I don't think so," says another.  "But ... maybe we should lay off picking on her. At least for a few days."
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Latest revision as of 06:52, 27 September 2015

The Weird Girl (Ayana Moriko)
Date of Cutscene: 28 September 2015
Location: Seishou Public School
Synopsis: Ayana's first dance was just another opportunity to pick on her, until Mamoru stopped to dance. Now, the other Grade 7 students at Seishou Public don't know what to make of it.
Cast of Characters: Ayana


"Hah, you should have seen the look on her face, Jin," says Eiji. "She spent like twenty minutes just looking around for you, getting more and more desperate. She nearly tripped over her own heels. Man, she looked so gaudy with that big crinoline bow tied on her chest. I swear, you must have made her think she was going to be treated like a princess."

Ayana had never realised just how hard school would be. Certainly she was intelligent enough to understand the topics she was being taught, but she had neither the self discipline nor the six years of practice her classmates had to really understand studying. Worse, she was socially awkward, made her classmates uncomfortable with her topics of interest, and was generally considered "the weird girl" by most of her classmates.

"Worked like a charm," Jin replies to Eiji with a grin. "That girl's so weird. I can't believe she actually thought I'd dance with her." He laughs, cruelly, then winks to Misato as she rounds the corner.

"Pig," the girl replies with a roll of her eyes. Misato pauses a moment later, then slowly slides her way towards Jin and Eiji. "So I guess you didn't hear, then," she tells Jin, amusement and wickedness in her tone.

"Hear what?" Jin asks, suddenly uncertain of himself. Eiji just gives him an uncomfortable look.

She wanted so desperately to go to the dance. Most of her classmates were already paired off to go, but Ayana hadn't been asked. As they days passed, Ayana grew increasingly worried that she wouldn't be able to go. She certainly couldn't ask Takashi; he was too busy, and even if he did go, it wouldn't be with her. But dances were supposed to be romantic and fun; in all of the manga she'd read, even the awkward girl was supposed to get a prince at a dance.

"Eiji was telling you about the weird girl at the dance, right?" Misato asks, drawing out her rumour for its worth.

Eiji nods his head. "Yeah," he says, "I was just getting to the part where she hid under the table."

"Wait, she did?!" Jin asks, then barks out laughing all the harder. "Ahahaha, Misato, that's great! She seriously hid under the table!? What a weirdo."

"Oh, sure, for a few minutes," Misato replied. "But she didn't stay there the whole night. Just long enough for Mamoru Chiba to find her."

Ayana sat under the table, staring out through the tablecloth, wiping tears in her eyes. "Stupid Jin," she said quietly to herself. "Stupid jerk." Anger and embarrassment warred within the girl. She sighed as yet another of her favourite songs started to play. "No one's ever going to dance with me," she murmured to herself. "I wish I'd never come." Pulling out her cell phone, she tuned the party out. While her classmates were busy having a laugh at her expense, Ayana played otome games and wished for her prince to save her.

"Wait, what?" Jin gives Misato a funny look, then asks, "Isn't that the boy from Infinity? He's super popular, what would he want with our weird girl?"

"To dance with her, apparently," Misato replies, her smile growing as she spots the look of horror on Jin's face. "In fact," she says, "they danced for several songs, and he looked like he was having a ton of fun with her. And she looked like she was having fun, too."

"... seriously?" Eiji replies, confused. "I didn't see it. My dad picked me up early."

"Ask anyone," Misato replies. "They were two of the last to leave, and they danced for a while. Apparently your little joke backfired, Jin."

Jin offers no response. It's then that Ayana wanders past, a red rose held to her nose. She hums to herself, quietly, the tune to one of the songs she danced to.

"Seriously?" Jin asks, dumbfounded, as Ayana passes the trio by.

Misato just smiles. "Seriously," she replies, then steps away, heading after Ayana. "Hey weird-girl. Wait up. What was it like to dance with Chiba-san?""