Game 2, Day 3

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

[ Did everybody sleep well? At promptly 6 AM, or at least what the tablets proclaim to be 6 AM, Ronald bursts in with the morning announcements. ]

Good morning, kids! Today we have a fantastic new game for you to play, and we think you'll have a lot of fun! It's fun, it's a classic, iiiiiiiiit's



[ The feed switches off, but only for a second before flicking back on so Ronald can add: ]

Oh, by the way, Seven died trying to escape.

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[keybroad]

[Aw it's nice that there's a window... where she can see the outdoors.. presently confined Lotus is suddenly envious of past Natsuhi]

What do you think of it? That going somewhere else would make her realize how much she's got going for her at home? Be another place she could find to belong? Or that it's too risky far away...

[refusedtoleave]

[Would she still be if she knew how much it cost though?]

I hadn't thought of it that way. When she's in college and starts working she won't have as much time as she does now. It would be nice to get off the island for a little while.

[keybroad]

Yeah, this way it will be a lot easier for her to take a trip during one of the school breaks. I think we do that better than America, having them through the year instead of one long break where they forget everything.

[refusedtoleave]

Are they really that different? I've heard they only have five days of school a week. I suppose that makes sense though. Apparently they have more compulsory years than in Japan...

[keybroad]

Yeah, many things about American schools are different. A lot of the high schools even have compulsory driver's ed! It's so weird when I'm near a high school and see a lot of teenagers driving.

[refusedtoleave]

The idea of my daughter driving is...

I'd rather not think about it.

[keybroad]

If she does get into a college where there's a lot of driving, maybe you can afford a chauffeur.

[refusedtoleave]

That might be the safest option. I don't think I'd ever see her again if she went on public transport.

[keybroad]

It takes a lot of effort to learn to drive, if you don't take a course it's really no good. I learned that the hard way with my friend Clover... Your daughter might as well focus on bringing up her grades first.

[refusedtoleave]

Clover? She's that girl the one with the ponytails correct? She doesn't look old enough to be driving...

But you're right. I'd rather she improved her grades first. I might not like the idea of her using trains and buses, but taxis are reliable enough.

[keybroad]

Yeah, Clover. She's eighteen and short.

We do have nice taxis back in Japan, I'll say that. There are some countries where they don't have the face and name of the driver posted up, that kind of creeps me out, but at home I let my family take taxis by themselves all the time if they actually need to.

[refusedtoleave]

The same age as my daughter then... I must admit, I don't travel much and never alone so these things wouldn't concern me normally. But the world she grew up in is a lot larger than it was before.