[Just a little late to the party (Event Post)]

[partlychilled]

::There's a distraught squeal from Erland's living room. It seems a small girl with a fluffy cat hat has somehow wandered into the house from the open door. She's in a plain but cute brown dress, and shaking like a leaf. Anyone in Erland's house or coincidentally at Xi's cafe likely heard her.::

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[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

::She seems to calm down slightly.::

N-no... I was... I was in my room and then... and then...

::...and now she's starting to cry.::

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*Goes over to the poor girl, and takes out a handkerchief from her pocket. Offers it to her*

And then...? Were you suddenly... Not in your room?

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

::The girl nods, but seems hesitant to take the handkerchief.::

Uh huh...

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*... it's clean, at least.*

... Do you remember where you were, next? *She figures the girl wandered in from somewhere else, given how the door is open...*

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

::Looks over towards the wall, and points at the open door.::

*sniff* There. *sniff*

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*Looks* ... In the doorway? In here, or outside?

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

...it was... *sniff* ...o-open...

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*... She isn't managing to get if she appeared in the house or if she appeared outside in the field or in the cafe(s). This is troublesome.*

Do you... Know where you live?

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

::Hard to get good information when the subject is in tears. And tiny.::

A-at home... with mommy and... d..daddy...

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*Definitely.*

... Do you know if you live in Domino City?

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

...you can't live in dominos... they fall over.

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*... scratches the side of her cheek, staring at the little girl*

... Domino is a place, where people live.

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

Domino is a little black thing with dots.

::Well, at least she isn't crying so much now.::

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*At least.*

... I don't mean the object "dominoes". *... maybe something more general.* Do you live in Tokyo?

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

::The girl shakes her head no. ...and starts crying again when she remembers where she is. Or rather, where she isn't.::

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*... has no idea how to comfort a little girl that looks absolutely terrified of a handkerchief.*

Just... I want to try to help you get home. If you know where you do live, it would help...

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

...m...Morioka...

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*... Morioka... That's a bit far away. Better not say that for the moment.*

... And you have no idea how you got here?

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

::She shakes her head no.::

I-I was j-just in m-my room and th-then I w-was b-by the d-door and and it was op-pen and there w-was this scary p-person so I r-ran in h-here and and and...

::...she's pretty much incoherent at this point.::

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

... Scary person...? So you were outside?

*scary person... scary person... If she appeared in the cafe, then maybe Xi?*

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

I got here s-somehow, so I looked out the d-door, and there was a s-s-scary gray man wi-without a f-f-face s-so I ran in h-here and I d-don't know wh-where I am and and...

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

*... so she appeared here, first. How to approach this...*

... That was... Xi. A robot. They take care of a cafe that's attached to this home.

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

A r-robot...?*sniff*

W-why is there a robot?

Why is a house inside a c... cafe?

[san-buntai.livejournal.com]

... Because it's there to take care of the cafe, that's all... As for why it's attached... *... tries to think of why it is, other than the weird explanations. This girl probably wouldn't be able to take anything like that.*

... It's for the sake of convenience for those in the house.

[partlychilled.livejournal.com]

Y-you drink a l-lot...?

::The girl seems suddenly frightened again.::