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[bitterhopes]

[Accidental Voice]

[The journal turns on to catch the rustling of a soft, romantic breeze -- and a decidedly unromantic sneeze.]

Oh, now this is completely ridiculous. What is this; some scene out of a trashy romance novel?

[Action]

[Seles stands in the middle of the plaza surveying the scene, hands set indignantly on her hips. There's a bag of

Comments

[action]

[corrinesbell]

You don't look too happy.

[action]

[bitterhopes]

I cannot truthfully say that I am.

[action]

[corrinesbell]

Looks like everyone else is.

[voice]

[tatzenkreuz]

-- hey, you okay? [Scene and novel must mean it's a story!] You don't like that particular book much, I take it.

[voice]

[bitterhopes]

I'm fine. I don't care for poorly written ten gald novels, no.

[voice]

[tatzenkreuz]

That's good to hear. Is gald the currency where you're from? If so, they must be pretty awful pieces of literature.

[voice]

[bitterhopes]

Yes, it is. I suppose it's only to be expected, of something so cheap.