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Hotaru, starts, and sits up in the booth where she sat down yesterday evening
[ooc: *coff coff* yesterday evening]. She is displeased to still be here, but moreso, her stomach has started to rumble.

She looks around for staff of some sort, and, upon spotting one, is too shy to walk over, but, unfortunately, much more too shy to let out anything more than a meek, "Waitress!" and just hope that the waitress has heard her.

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*Anthy has good hearing! She hurries over.* What would you like?

In a small voice, Hotaru speaks,

"I'm not in Japan anymore..." She glances at the server inbetween each of her statements, making sure she agrees, "And I'm not on Earth anymore..." she searches in her pocket and pulls out...

500 yen.

Her brow furrowed, she presents the money to the server and continues, "Do you have any Japanese, Earth...ian, 2004-ish foods that you could give me for..."

she pauses,

"half this?" referring to the money on offer.

*looks contemplatively at the money* Do you like takoyaki? And there's always rice, and ramen; that's pretty cheap. And the cheeseburgers here are popular.

A strange smile - strange for it's out-of-placeness - lights up Hotaru's face for a brief moment, and she meekly utters, "May I have a.. a cheeseburger? And a glass of water, too??.... If it isn't too much...?"

250 yen will definitely cover that. One moment, please.

*When she returns from the kitchen, Anthy unloads the cheeseburger, drink, and silverware.* Anything else you'd like? You can put it on a tab.

Eyes wide, Hotaru replies, "Ah.. oh, no, that's, that's just fine, thank you," and repeats her thank yous.

She offers her money for the server, looking a little less melancholy. ..Just a little.

You're welcome. What's your name? *she takes the money, and absently tucks in it the pocket of her apron* I'm Anthy.

Hotaru looks startled, and slightly distrustful, but not condemning yet.

Her mouth already full of cheeseburger, she attempts to have it *not*-so-full when she replies,

"...Tomoe... Tomoe Hotaru."

[ooc: Hotaru is her first name, then ^^;]

Her eyes grow slightly wide again, and she has thought quickly, and adds,

"How did you get here, Anthy?"

Pleased to meet you, Hotaru.

*unhelpfully* By elevator.

Not fazed in the slightest, Hotaru tries to inquire, "An elevator... in this building?" Looking around for where the doors to an elevator might be in the bar she adds, "Did it come up here from your world or something?"

She looks genuinely curious.

It was from my world, yes. Lots of doors open into Milliways. How did you get here?

Hotaru looks distinctly frustrated (underneath the melancholy.. the melancholy being more of her regular expression) and points to the direction of outside the front door,

"I was walking down a street in my town, and suddenly I was nowhere." Glancing at Anthy to make sure this does not sound too strange, she continues, casually, "then I arrived, standing outside of the bar. That was yesterday."

She looks more saddened, "I didn't do anything to prompt this," she pauses, ".. that I can tell. I don't...

I don't know how to get back."

Her brow is furrowed again.

*serenely* You might not be able to. Some people are Bound; they can't get through the door. And everyone leaves a different way, so I can't help you with that. You may be stuck.

"Bound.. That's what that," she frowns, "--that man all in white said to me," she seems distinctly like a person who is quite distressed, and does not care to share the fact. "If I cannot go home, then what am I supposed to do... now? I'm a just a schoolgirl, all my family is there, I have nowhere to stay and..." She looks at the money she had placed in her lap, "...and 250 yen."

Anger flickers in her eyes, but quickly passes.

*Anthy looks at her expressionlessly.* I don't know. Some people work for the bar, but I think all the positions are filled.

250 yen won't last you very long. Well, you might not be Bound. Have you tried going through the door?

There is much anger in Hotaru's eyes, then, but she catches it, abruptly, and draws back into herself, almost wilting.

"I'm sorry," she says for no perceivable reason, her voice meek again.

"Yes, yes I did... that's what that man..." she frowns a moment... "Y... Yrael.. told me to do. I walked...
...through the door, and nothing happened. Then I came back here, and accidentally went to sleep in this booth."

Her face is blank, and she stares off into space.

Perhaps she is also holding something back...

*Anthy looks at her curiously. Purple-haired Japanese schoolgirl with a blank expression, hidden anger, and secrets. It's like looking in a mirror! But not quite. Also she says is:* That's too bad.

Hotaru seems to have just realized that her cheeseburger has gone untouched for some moments, and, subdued, takes a few more bites.

There is a pause, then she says, "Anthy... would you... happen to know of anyone in ...'Milliways bar'.. who could help me." She looks at Anthy shyly, and suddenly, "Someone who might know more about how I got here... and how to send me home? My part of town was not very 'normal'... I'm sure my being sent here had something to do with my papa's work..." and she trails off, losing the faint shimmer of hope she had, for a moment.

[ooc: indeed!! ::laughs::]

*thoughtfully* You could ask Moiraine. Short, dark-haired woman who wears a key around her neck. She's done a lot of looking into ways to leave the bar.

[OOC: Er, that should have been "All she says," not "Also she says," in the last comment.]

Hotaru's face lights up, again, for the briefest of moments, and almost imperceivably.

"Mo...raine.." she says slowly, trying to say all the different names that she's been exposed to, "do you know where I can find her?

...Does she require any payment, or other offering, before I can approach her?" She smiles, "Since I'm not on Earth anymore, I don't want any alien customs to catch me offguard..."

[^__^ I assumed as much..]

No, but you'll probably see her around at some point. She's here often enough, in the evenings.

*Anthy almost shrugs.* Everybody requires something. You'll have to find out on your own what she wants. All customs are alien here.

With mostly removed gratitude, Hotaru stands and bows to Anthy, "Thank you, Anthy." She has since finished her cheeseburger, and the water is half-finished on the table.

Frowning a bit, Hotaru takes 50 of her yen, and hands to Anthy, eyes downcast. "Tip," she smiles a bit.

Her dark eyes look up at Anthy again, "I must try to find this woman now, I'm not sure how long I will be able to return home, if I can return at all."

She bows again, and leaves the booth.

Thank you. *politely* Good luck. And goodbye.

*Once the other girl is gone, she heads back to the bar, and puts the 50 yen on Hotaru's tab.*

[ooc: I assume you know, but for anyone else I should note that 500 yen is about 5 dollars American];

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