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[imaginex]

Sakura Tohsaka

はい、サクラです。( ` ω ´ ) 名前とクイックメッセージを共に残して、私はあなたに戻って。。。

... O-oh, right! English. Um... um, sorry, I forgot, I'm just--[beeeep]

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[admiringly]

Yeah! That's the one.

[ She looks up, even more impressed. She closes the sketchbook and offers it back. ]

You're really good for only two years! You're only going to get even better if you keep it up. I know it. [ She laughs. ] I've been drawing as far back as I can remember.

[imaginex]

Oh! So you draw, too?

[Despite having spoken with a number of people in Recollé, she's never met anyone who draws like her, and Sakura's eyes brighten as she leans forward, resting her arms on the returned sketchbook]

Do you go to Recollé U? Maybe we'll be classmates one day!

[admiringly]

Yeah! I draw, but I don't got to Recollé U. At least not yet! It's what I'm aiming for next year, though. I'm a senior in high school.

[ It's just a matter of getting the right grades and the right test scores. ]

I do post some of my art online, if you want to look at it.

[imaginex]

Oh yes, I'd love to!

[Artist solidarity and all.]

What do you prefer drawing? I assume not ghosts, haha.

[She glances upward to see how their "friend" is doing and it's... taking a nap in the air. No joke. Sakura didn't even know ghosts required sleep.]

Ah... well, at least it's not snoring, I suppose...

[admiringly]

Ehehe, no, it's not ghosts.

[ She pulls up her art twitter on her phone and offers it to Sakura to see. Her coloring style is reminiscent of loika's only not quite as good. ]

I really like animation and movies, so it's a lot of fanart with some original work every once in a while. [ Her most recent fictional love is Kubo and the Two Strings (or a spoof of it to fit Recolle). ]

Huh? [ What's Sakura looking at? ] Oh! [ A sleeping ghosts surprises Chiyo, too. ] Well, napping makes it seem a lot less dangerous since it's not up to pranks or anything else. Do you think it'll be cranky when it wakes up?

[imaginex]

I admittedly don't want to find out what cranky ghosts do to the first thing they see...

[She can appreciate ghosts while decidedly not wanting to put up with their shenanigans. But anyway, she takes the offered phone, giving the artwork a study. There's enough skill and effort put into that coloring that Sakura looks visibly impressed -- and then her eyes squint, head slightly tilted before recognition floods her face]

... Wait, I... I think I've seen these pictures before...?

[admiringly]

Maybe we should leave before we disturb it?

[ Chiyo waits patiently while Sakura takes a look, but what she says next is a bit of a surprise. ]

Huh? Really? Do you post things online a lot? What's your name? Online, I mean, if you do?

[imaginex]

I just go by my real name - Sakura!

[Eventually she'll hand over the phone, but her expression remains fairly awe-struck as she glances back to Chiyo] Though your pictures look like what the artist "Sakura" draws, actually.

[It's why it'd stuck out to her in the first place; Sakura's been a fan of the artist sharing her name for at least half a year now]

[admiringly]

[ Chiyo's expression goes slack. It hits her like a ton of bricks. ]

No way! No... way... Oh, my god?

[ She puts her phone away and stares at Sakura, wide-eyed and mouth open like a goldfish. ]

I'm— I go by Sakura online. You're Sakura? I'm a fan!

[imaginex]

[her face is probably as bright as a Christmas lantern now. Oh gosh, she has fans? That doesn't just exist on the internet?

But that's small beans compared to suddenly meeting one of her art idols in the flesh, and Sakura holds up her arms as if in surrender]

O-oh no, I-- my art can't compare to your! It's always so expressive, and the colors--

[Yikes, she's lost all of her eloquence and simply laughs nervously, though her smile is bright and amazed]

[admiringly]

[ Chiyo's hands go up in protest. Her cheeks are getting warmer by the second. ]

Oh, no, don't say that! Thank you so much for thinking so, but don't compare yourself. We both have our strengths, and you use colors differently than I do, in a wonderful way! And when I think about how long you've doing art, it's even more amazing!

[ It's really nice getting to meet someone she only knew of online offline, though. It's nice to put a face to the art, and she can't help but smile, too, elated. ]