EARLY STORY CHECK-IN

[highsteaks]

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GHOSTS HERE?

[Chie's handwriting is a messy Japanese scrawl that nonetheless all of the Readers should be able to, well, read.]

Right, sorry, this is Chie Satonaka? Sumire said that last time there was a story, she accidentally did a check-in for everyone in the journals, so I thought maybe I could do one on purpose. Maybe we can pool information about who we know is a story character and who we know is still normal? And figure out what we're here for.

So I'll start. I'm Chie and I'm myself and so is Sumire—we ended up going into the book together and came out in the same place. I think maybe the girl fairy is a story character? I saw someone who looked like she might as a human working at a stall at the festival, along with some other guy I don't recognize in a witch hat. Also Nabiki is definitely a story character because I found her at a booth for one of the gods and she's like nearly twice her regular age and has reading glasses.

OH also Claire is here playing music for money and she asked me if I was a Chosen of the Librarian and I think that's a really good question for us to use to signal we're us if we think we see people we know in the story.

Comments

[defyingreality]

X here, and it seems I'm a traveler from a far off exotic land that's probably their version of Beijing. I haven't worn a hanfu since I graduated, so feeling awkward.

[highsteaks]

Yeah, Sumire and I are both in yukata. I think the story was trying to do the same thing with us.

[defyingreality]

I guess it makes things a little easier if we need to find each other.

[highsteaks]

Yeah! Just look for the Asian people in traditional clothes, I guess.

[defyingreality]

I'm hoping to get more local clothing for later on, or at least find a hidden spot where I can change. We can't always look for clues standing out like this.

[highsteaks]

There's a stall that sells clothing. Galanos something something. It's the one I saw the person that's probably the girl fairy working in. You should go over there and see if she or the old guy in the hat will sell you some normal clothes for here.

[defyingreality]

I'll check it out, thanks.

[highsteaks]

[There's a doodle of what is maybe Chie herself giving a thumbs up.]

[defyingreality]

[ A return doodle of him in his current fortune telling guise holding a sign that reads 'Good luck!' ]