Seven Bells: [ACTION/WRITTEN] Hat Day.

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[Citizens of Luceti may see Archie Kennedy wandering around with a new hat today. It looks a little like something a magician would pull a rabbit out of, but he seems to be enjoying it. He'll be around town today--the library and grocery store during the day, and Good Spirits in the evening. In the afternoon, he'll sit at the fountain to pen a few words.]

I believe morale might improve if we had some sort of goodbye ceremony for those who were returned home. Not a funeral, mind you, just an occasion to remember them, celebrate their return, and hope to join them soon. Perhaps once a month or so, for everyone who left during the month. It's the little things that help one cope, sometimes.

Also, who left a note under my door? I'm afraid I can't read it, or indeed tell if it was even meant for me. I live in Building One, in the first flat on the first floor.

Comments

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I could help. I can't say I've ever built a boat, but I know what everything is and where it goes. Who's your friend?

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Mizuno Ami. Have you ever met her?

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I haven't.

[consultmybooks]

Very intelligent girl. Black hair, brown eyes, Japanese descent. Maybe about Buffy's age.

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It seems everyone I've met here is from the Japans if they're not from America.

[consultmybooks]

Really?

I've met people from Romania, the Caribbean, England, and Poland. Maybe you just need to get out more.

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I was merely noting the commonality, sir, not speaking literally.

[consultmybooks]

So was I, actually.

Maybe I'm the one who doesn't get out much, because I haven't met very many Japanese here in the village.

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I have a Japanese friend named Sayo. There's also Mikado and Masowmi [an approximation of the spelling on his part] with whom I am acquainted. It's possible it's notable to me because I know very little about the Japans beyond their location.

[consultmybooks]

Almost no one did, by your time.

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No. Are you an historian, Mr. Giles?

[consultmybooks]

I know a lot about certain areas of history, but no. I'm not a historian.

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Well, you were right. Not a lot of trade relations between the Japans and anyone else in my time.

[consultmybooks]

And there won't be for a while longer.

OF course, they turn out to be surprisingly good at trade relations for a country that spent so long isolated.