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Hello!!
This is Tsuruno!!
You're not being stalked by any Kavehs, right??

Not at present. Now that we've been released from that building all the simulacrums have disappeared.

Good! I heard that amusement park was up and running, so I wasn't sure if anything weird was going on with it.

My expectations otherwise are low, but I intend to look into it.

You made it out of the mall without any incident?

Well
I made it out in one piece!
So it worked out in the end.

[Not the most stellar review of her experience... he gets it.]

That bad?

Not boring!
I did find Kaveh, and he was okay...
But you know, I hope something like that never happens again.

How likely so you think it is that something like that won't happen again?

I think the odds of something EXACTLY like that not happening again are...
Above 0.05% percent, so it's probably okay!

[Ah. Delusional.]

You would be better served preparing for the 99.95% chance that it will happen again, especially if you have any intention of going to the faire.

[ Joy killer. ]

Just to see if anyone's in danger.
Don't worry, I'll prepare myself!

What's your preparation?

If you're not gonna go, not important!
I'm a pro at dangerous situations!
As a delinquent!

If you're a pro you must have some pointers for handling dangerous situations. Wouldn't you want to share them so that the rest of us can better protect ourselves?

[Alhaitham super doesn't need these pointers.]

[ ... ]

I think a guy who thought I'd be better off helping his roommate instead of him probably already knows them.
But I'll be sure to help with the people who really need it!

[Oh, she didn't fall for it at all and called it out. He'll have to hold her in higher regard.]

Clever observation.

Either way I'm already planning to investigate the fair tomorrow.

Then we should go together!
Saves you the problem of being coy, right?

How about if you manage to find me there you can tag along.

Unless you're busy with people who really need it.

Can do!
Don't worry, I don't think you'll have much luck hiding.

[Ominous? Either it's something to do with that sixth sense of hers or she really thinks Alhaitham sticks out like a sore thumb.

But true to his word he's around the fairgrounds come tomorrow evening. With a hollow metal bar from a dismantled clothing rack, because you really just never know. He tends to linger around the rides to watch them and mentally piece together how they function, but he'll give the full perimeter a walk.]

[ It's probably both. She knows what to look for and it's fairly easy to guess he won't be on the rides themselves (yet), so mid-perimeter jog, she spots him just up ahead and brightens. ]

Al!!!!

[ Enthusiastic waving too. ]

[Alhaitham turns slowly over his shoulder to look at Tsuruno at recognizition of her voice. The name takes a little longer--very few would dare act familiar enough with Alhaitham to shorten his name, and those who would usually use the back half.

So he's Al now. It's not a bother.] So you found me.

[Him, standing here, not even trying to hide at all.]

Yep! I knew I could do it.

[ A good humble teenager. Here she is. ]

Did you find anything weird?

Nothing that I would call an anomaly. Though in this place, that itself is an anomaly.

[Even the university pool had something strange with it. The ice cream shop. Only the bank and mall involved locking people up but not having some external horror or influence on their senses is... unsettling in a different way. Like waiting for the other shoe to drop.]

That is weird... it's just a fair? Nothing's going wonky with memories or feelings?

[ Hm. ]

... I don't know if I trust that.

text; un: mightiest, set for the fair event

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