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[New handwriting on the journals! This one is neat but plain.]

This place is pretty weird.

[Pause. Yeah, okay, that was obvious, but it’s at the top of his mind, right now]

I’m Momotarou. I know the name’s a little silly, but it’ll serve for now.

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Tarou? That seems like a pretty good name to me... [She's dismissing that smudge she sees instead of the first part of his name as an 'oops i'm not used to writing this name' thing, yes]

Momotarou. Though I guess Tarou is fine too.

[Have a few blots of ink on the page as she starts to reply, but then re-reads and tries to make sense of how that sentence reads to her.]

Tarou-san it is then! I'm called Suzuran, and welcome to the tree. It is very strange, isn't it?

It's nice to meet you then, Suzuran. And yeah, it's all pretty weird.

How are you? This is Nova!

Hey Nova - well enough, I guess. Still getting used to everything.

It takes a little time, but I'm sure you'll be fine. Have you thought any about what kind of job you might like to have?

Not really sure yet - it seems like there's a lot in the Bazaar, though.

New guy, huh?

Yep.

Weird name.

I get the impression everyone's is, around here.

Pretty much. I haven't been here long enough to know everyone.

Neither have I. What's your name?

Clow.

[Pause. Why does that name seem familiar? Oh well. He'll work it out later]

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too. You'll get used to it. The strangeness.

I'm not sure I want to be used to it, honestly.

Yeah, well. Not much choice there.

Yeah, well. Guess we'll see.

Momotaro? You do not happen to be short and young with dark hair, do you?

Depends on your definitions of 'short' and 'young' I suppose - though unless everyone here is a giant, I don't think I can claim the first.

I see. There was a boy who was here with the name of Momotarou a while ago, but I do not suppose you are him, then.

Welcome to Edensphere! It is very weird.

I guess not.

[pause]

Is it alright to use the same name someone else did?

It is! And even right now there are two Sevens!

Ah, okay. I'm really not sure what's okay in this place and what isn't.

Do not worry. You are new and most people will be patient, and I think most will also tell you if you do something that is not safe or okay. If you are thoughtful and do not ask too many questions about the Tree itself you will be fine! I am sure of this!

Also, my name is Gai. It is nice to meet you, Momotarou!

Well, I guess that's good to know.

It's good to meet you.

If you have any careful questions I can try to answer them!

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

You are welcome!

What makes it silly?

All it means is 'peach boy'. I think it's a name from a legend or something, although I can't quite remember.

Doesn't sound too bad. Maybe there's someone else here who knows about it.

Yeah, maybe. It looked like there was a bookstore down with all the shops, though I didn't have a chance to stop in.

That sounds like a good start, too.

Yeah, I suppose so. Need to look for a job, too, anyway.

That's the kind of thing you like, then?

Books? Not really sure yet.

I guess you'll work that out. There's lots of things, even in the Bazaar.

Yeah, I noticed. I'm going to take a better look around once I get settled, I think.

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