Delivering a Package

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Kokoro and Shizuka would near the Moon Village. She noticed almost immediately how different the place was compared to the Sun. It looked so much better, not particularly entertained by the fact that her own village was just a desert. She would keep this to herself though, as technically she should be happy that she was adopted into a village to begin with. She nodded her head at Shizuka's advice of taking into account notable landmarks and exits since she was absentminded of those things. Another reason to respect and look up to this woman, she thought.

"Um...by the way...what's your name? I don't think I caught it..." she would say, hoping that she wouldn't offend the girl. She had meant to ask earlier but was too mesmerized at everything that was happening even though to Shizuka it was probably not that much. She would nod her head enthusiastically at the mention of sightseeing, a little bit like a child would at the mention of candy. She had never come to the village and really wanted to look around, glad that Shizuka was also down for the idea.

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"Nice to meet you, Imino...-san." she had to stop to think of the proper honorific for the girl beside her. She didn't want to be impolite or come off as too polite, so she stuck with the basic.

And then they would arrive at the confections stand, the bright colours and the variety of food enough to make Kokoro excited and happy, her eyes lighting up. She loved food, and enjoyed eating snacks. She sometimes wondered if she was actually the age that she was because she simply couldn't resist when it came to eating. She was a little surprised that Shizuka offered to pay for her, and felt a little bad. "A-are you sure?" although her eyes were already glancing over the items in the store. She would pick out some dango and asked for a cup of green tea ice cream. She could eat the entire store it seemed but she was also aware that Shizuka was paying and didn't want to go overboard.

"Thank you!" she said with an even wider grin as she took a bite of ice cream. The look of satisfaction and pure happiness would cross her face as she ate. She would look up and down the street, wondering where they would go next. Although not really interested in buildings for sightseeing spots, if her partner wanted to go she would go along. "Where should we go next?"

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Kokoro would still be enjoying her own desserts when she noticed that a young man would approach them. Judging from his looks and build, she guessed that they were almost the same age, if not the same. The girl looked at him quizzically, watching as he handed Shizuka a scroll. Kokoro took the half-finished dessert from the other woman, her attention captured by the scroll that she only just held it in her hands. She would never finish eating someone's food, as she considered that to be quite rude, unless she was told specifically to do so. And so there she was, with a strawberry in her mouth and a cup of half-eaten shaved ice melting under the heat in her hands.

Her expression changed as she listened to what Shizuka had to say. They were going to escort some merchant to the Sun village? She enjoyed the woman's company and would love to do another mission. It was better than just walking back to the village with nothing to do, although it meant that their sightseeing adventures would have to come to an end. The girl smiled and nodded her head, still holding the food as they made their way back to the village gates. Kokoro was intrigued to not just who this merchant was, and how the messenger knew of Shizuka. Was she a popular name even in the Moon Village? It wouldn't surprise her, but still.

"It's nice to keep busy." she would say as they headed to the gates. She had planned to stay a little longer, to sight see a bit more since it was her first time out of the Sun. It was her first time doing an escort mission and she was glad to have someone who clearly knew what she was doing to be her partner. By now Shizuka's shaved ice would all have turned into liquid as she finished her own fruits, happy to have eaten something. She wondered if she could move the vendor from the Moon to the Sun, entertaining the idea of having a vendor that sold snacks like those. In her mind she was thinking of maybe one day bribing the guy, or blackmailing...