Third Song ♪♫

[heart_x_strings]

I - [phone - morning]

Hello, everyone! [She gulps a little bit.]

Um, I was wondering--do any of you have any books, of, ah, any subject? Books you'd reccommend or are willing to loan? The...the library only has books about cooking, and, um...childcare...

Thank you...

II - [action - afternoon]

[If you're at the highschool at all, so is Kotomi. Guess who

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[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

U-um.. This is Kotomi-chan, right? [ There's something slightly happy in Nadeko's voice at that. ]

I'm sorry, but I don't have any special books here.. Although I wish they would at least have some manga in this place, I guess.

[ phone ]

[heart_x_strings]

A-Ah, yes, hello, Nadeko-chan.

Oh, that's alright. It's nice to hear from you, regardless. [She pauses for a moment, obviously not very well-versed in small-talk.]

H-How've you been?

[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

Hmm, it's very nice to hear from you too, ehehe..

And I'm.. okay. [ Actually, she hasn't been all that okay lately because of the events, but she would never admit.. ] What about you, Kotomi-chan..?

[ phone || private ]

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[Kotomi lowers her voice, and puts the line on a private filter.]

Some very weird things happened a few weeks ago. The milk did odd things, but...I did recieve my hairties back in the mail...

[ phone || private ]

[imoutosnake]

Ah.. Did you have to drink the milk..? [ She won't tell anything about her own situation, but she is curious as to Kotomi's. ]

[ phone || private ]

[heart_x_strings]

I did not, fortunately. But Yamame-chan did. She...behaved very strangely for a long while.

Hallucinations and moodswings, almost.

[ phone || private ]

[imoutosnake]

Hmm, I heard it was pretty bad.. It's a good thing that it's all over and done with now, right? Everything is just like back to normal here.

[ phone || private ]

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...until something bad happens again. [A little worried noise here.]

H-How was your household? With the milk...?

[ phone || private ]

[imoutosnake]

[ There's the slightest pause, but.. ]

Ah, it all went over just fine! It was a little bit bothersome, but not that big of a deal.. We handled it fairly well, I think.. [ It sounds quite convincing, really, even though it's a big fat lie. She jsut doesn't want to worry anyone. ]

[ phone || private ]

[heart_x_strings]

If you say so. [Very doubting, despite it sounding honest.]

[ phone || private ]

[imoutosnake]

Don't worry about me, Kotomi-chan! I'm much tougher than I look, ehehe..

[ phone || private ]

[heart_x_strings]

A-Alright...I'll trust your word. [Her voice sounds slightly cheerier.]