I Am The Ocean, I Am The Sea

[Namira]

((Kaori Minami continued from START GAME))

A-alright! She was going to do it! She was going to come out from behind this sand dune, and say hi! Kaori would say hi, and then they would be friendly, and everything would be a-okay! It didn't matter that she was frightened and all she had was this strange symbol Mizuho drew on her hand and honestly she had already kind of sweated off! Kaori just had to think about trust, and know that her c-classmates would treat her fine!

Even though they tended to make fun of her or just ignore her, because she didn't have that many friends. Or ... friends. She could count those on the thumbs of both hands.

Nevertheless!

Deep breath, deep breath, deep breath!

Kaori stood up!

They were gone!

She stood still for a few seconds.

Ah.

Um.

A few more seconds.

Kaori turned around and trailed off.

((Kaori continued elsewhere))