17. A free trip to a carnival with my muse.
“A carnival trip…?” Sumiko scratched her head. “Eh, carnivals aren’t as fun as circuses, but to each his own, I guess.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever talked to ya before, though. My name’s Sumiko. You go to Hope’s Peak too, right?” The trapezist gestured to the ticketbooth of the carnival, and the line. “Now, are we gonna get this show on the road or not? We gotta get in line before everyone else gets here. I’ll pay and everything.”
“Pleasure to meet you Sumiko, I’m Grazia!” she chirped from behind her mask. wow a first meeting and she was getting a day at the carnival and the potential of a new friend, not bad.
“thank you very much” she said, following the other girl along
The line, thankfully, wasn’t very long. Sumiko pressed her fingers to her knuckles and tried to think of something to say. Keeping a conversation from getting awkward was not one of her good traits, so to speak.
“I could say the same to you, yeah?” She spoke, a little bit late, perhaps. “No need to thank me or anything, though. Carnivals are fun, not as much as circuses, and fun is meant to be shared, right?”
