Night of the living voice-tests (literally)

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Hwah? You're "thrilled" about wanting to put me in that city?

...no, I don't know about any "time warp".

And I don't get why you keep playing that song over and over again while laughing. Is it supposed to be funny?

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[echoing_sutras]

-Oops, she sure did forget again. Kyouko makes a broom sweeping motion with her hands, humming a Buddhist hymn to remind her. Somehow, she doesn't mind having to remind her of these things.-

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[ It takes a bit for recognition to set in. ] Ah! It's you!

...did you sweep up any papers today?

[echoing_sutras]

-She shook her head.- Most of my sweeping is around my assigned house lately. I do my best to keep it clean, though.

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You have a house now?

[echoing_sutras]

It's definitely not mine. And this town thinks some weird blue guy with a giant head is my father.

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Why do you clean it if it's not yours?

[echoing_sutras]

Why not? Cleaning is fun!

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Cleaning is hard. It's not easy living in the dirt.

[echoing_sutras]

You just need more baths, silly.

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More than one...?

[echoing_sutras]

Yep! With lots of soap~

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Just as long as it doesn't dry me out!

[echoing_sutras]

They have special soap that moisturizes the skin! It's called lotion soap!

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[ Mind = blown. ] That sounds amazing!!

[echoing_sutras]

It really is! Feel my hand!

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[ She half-hops closer and does just that. ] ...whoa, it's so soft! [ Sniff, sniff. ] And it smells so good! [ ...might wanna pull that away, Kyouko. ]

[echoing_sutras]

-She learned her lesson the first time she was bitten. She does pull away, smiling.-

So if you come to Mayfield, we can make sure you stay nice and clean and super pretty!-

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[ Experience is a harsh teacher. ]

What's a "may field"?

[echoing_sutras]

It's the place the house I'm at is in.

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[ Yoshika looks upward a moment. It's like she's visibly arranging those words in the air so that he can follow the statement.

It doesn't go so well. ] So you're inside somewhere that's inside somewhere else??

—wait. What happened to the temple?

[echoing_sutras]

The temple didn't come with me.

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Why not? Too heavy? [ ...that wasn't a joke. That was a serious question. ]

[echoing_sutras]

Only a person is taken to Mayfield, silly. Not even their clothes come with them. I was even human for a little while...

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You were kidnapped??

[echoing_sutras]

Well... yeah, actually.