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[Written/Accidental Voice]

[Fenimore is still not very adept with the journal system, so she spent about ten minutes trying to turn on the voice feature before eventually giving up. Unbenownst to her, though, she actually did turn it on, so the following is a mixture of voice (normal text) and written (italics).]

[sigh] This isn't working. Shirley will know. I'll ask her later. Now where did I...?

[A few moments later, printed words appear. They look pretty unpracticed, being both slow and somewhat messy. Strikes are basically scribbled out, but since she didn't put much effort in people can probably read them with a little effort.] ~~Is there someone named~~ ~~Can I talk to~~ Charlotte, I have something for you.

...Did that work? Hmm. ...Oh, yeah.

~~I also have~~ If someone lost a ~~hat~~ [There is a pause, with a couple of inkdrops falling on the page.]

[After a moment, she picks up Seles's hat and turns it around in her hands.] What should I call it? I can't say it looks like a pancake....

brown, ~~ridic~~ round hat, I ~~have~~ found it.

...Good enough.

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Okay.

[-> Action]

[After which, Fenimore either lets one of her housemates know where she's off to or leaves some note, bundles up, and trudges off with journal and hat in tow towards the fountain. ...Considering where she lives, this may take a while.]

[Seles lives closer to the square, so she'll probably make it there before Fenimore does. When Fenimore arrives, she'll be able to spot Seles fairly quickly: she's dressed warm for the winter, but all of her clothes are very... fancy. Yes, she is wearing frilly petticoats underneath her skirt, thank you very much.]

[Fenimore realized about halfway there that she wasn't entirely sure how she was going to recognize Seles, since she hadn't asked and she's not particularly good with the video stuff yet. But she feels pretty sure that she has the right person: the girl seems to be waiting around, she looks a bit like the video-picture, and the fancy clothes seem to match the rather...formal way that she expressed herself. So, she'll approach, hat in hand.] Hello?

Good day. [Her eyes go straight to the hat in Fenimore's hands.] Ah, I was correct; that is mine. [And now she looks straight at Fenimore's face, expression intense.] Where did you find it?

Uh-- [She returns the gaze for a moment before her eyes go off to the left.] ...Around.

Around?

...On a porch.

[She frowns; that's where she thought she had left it.]

I... see. [She reaches out for the hat.] May I have it back, please?

Oh, right. Here. [She hands it to Seles.]

Thank you. [She smiles as she takes the hat, although it's more than a little chilly and it doesn't match the sharp look in her eyes.]

In the future, perhaps it would be wise for you not to take other people's things.

[ffffffff. Well, there's not really much she can say to that because it is true.]

I--that's because I had just arrived and didn't know where I was!

Of course.

[She pauses, thinking.] ... mm. Still, I appreciate that you returned it; you could have kept it, and I would not have known. Thank you for your honesty.

[... of sorts, anyway.]

[Boy, you speak ~~awkwardly~~ formally. But Fenimore has better tact than to bring that up now.]

Uh, sure. You're welcome.

...I washed it, by the way.

... you have my thanks for that as well, then. [Not that she remembers it being dirty while she had it, but.]

Yeah, uh, welcome. [It wasn't, but Fenimore wasn't going to risk Seles complaining that she had gotten it dirty.

She shuffles her feet a bit.] So, yeah. That's over with. Thanks and all.

There's no point in discussing it further, I suppose. [She nods, and bobs her head in Fenimore's direction.] Thank you for returning my hat. Goodbye.

[She then turns to leave.]

[Fenimore nods in return.] Yeah, uh, bye.

[And she'll do the same. ~~I am frankly amazed that ended without one of them blowing up at the other.~~]

TWO.

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