[The Antikytherans' cafe has inspired Jessica. She's approaching the Arimoi caves with a wagon full of a smorgasbord of goodies: various meats, baked goods, candies, and even potato chips. Hey, who knows what monsters actually like? Anyway, potato chips are delicious.

[She stops outside the cave, peering in for a few moments, then calls into the depths.]

Hello? Uh... this is Jessica Boyette... from the, uh, general... Gardens. Just wanted to see if anyone wanted to share some snacks.

Assuming you guys like snacks. Or assuming you like these snacks. I can go get some other stuff if you want... just... yeah.

[She waits, stiff and awkward.]

Who: Chihiro Ogino and YOU!
When: August 22nd
Where: The Garden Library, Kuja's Library, and the shrine
What: Chihiro goes looking for something to read, and thinks on what she finds
Rating: PG-13 for romance talk? Other than that, probably nothing.

The Library
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Kuja's Library
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Gensokyo Shrine
[All in all, after having become acquainted with the literature apparently commonplace in the gardens, it's a distracted and slightly brooding Chihiro that goes about the business of tending to the shrine. Sweeping and polishing and sweeping some more, and finally rounding it off with a bit of praying at the shrine.]

[So! Lambda has been thinking over her plan to socialize with others for a while now. And in the absence of more gatherings along the lines of the beach party that happened a while back, she has had to determine the best way to initiate such contact herself. Now, after so much pondering, what has she decided on?]

[She has decided she is going to approach people at random and try to hold conversations with them.]

[It doesn't matter where you are, what you are doing, or whether or not she knows you. Today... Today, you are going to be approached by a robot. A socially awkward one.]

...Hello.

[You cannot escape.]

[The Itsuki appearing on the Vine now looks much more sure of herself than she did a week ago, which is a plus; however, she still looks a bit... confused? After a moment, she seems to realize the mirror is recording her.]

So... I know I've been here for a little while now, but I'm still not a hundred percent sure what's going on. I get the whole thing with the Gardens, and us being here, and the rules, and all that. It's beautiful here, to be sure, and everything's provided for as needed. But it seems... off. Maybe part of that is just that I haven't really taken much time to meet people; I admit that my first instinct when I wake up in an unfamiliar land is not to befriend the locals, which is something I'd be happy to fix if anyone is willing to spare some time. I'm fairly certain my friends from my own home - Tsubomi, Erika, and Yuri - aren't here. Making proper friends was never my strong suit back home, so... [The girl shrugs.]

And all that stuff before, with the pirate ship in the sky, and the hostages... I think I came in directly in the middle of something, and I never really asked what was going on with all that. Is anyone willing to explain? That seemed pretty major, but I didn't want to try and help without knowing the score, and it never really seemed like a good time to stop someone and ask about the growing battle in the airspace above me.

[Itsuki pauses for a moment before she frowns a bit.] Sorry that I'm going on so long, but... I guess I'm just anxious. I feel like something's going to happen, and I don't know what it is. I don't mind adapting, I just don't know what I'm adapting to yet, and that unnerves me. I'm going to walk around, see if I come across anyone. Maybe that'll help me figure out what I'm doing here, too.

[She spends a moment looking at the mirror in puzzlement before she makes a quick gesture, and the video ends. And sure enough, just after that, Itsuki can be found roaming the Gardens, looking around as if to take in all the buildings and locales. She looks a bit on edge, but otherwise open. Feel free to interrupt her exploration, though; it's a safe assumption she won't mind.]

[Well, look at that, a new arrival.]

[But you wouldn't know it by immediately looking at her -- The first thing she did when she found herself here, aside from freak out at the new clothes and who undressed her and read the weird letter that answered nothing about what the hell was going on, was... spot some weeds and bend down to pull them out.]

[Leaving weeds like that is a sin, she's just doing a favor to whoever's gardens these-- wait a second there are some more over here...]

[So now she's crawling around the flower patches, pulling some sparse weeds and tossing them in small piles. What a great first impression.]