4rth Floor common room, Lunch time

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Ami was unimpressed with the lunch options. So she was making sushi in the common room. This did not mean there was nothing but raw fish. Although, there was plenty of raw fish. There was also a lot of smoked eel, and plenty of vegetarian sushi to go around for the vegetarians or the unadventurous.

[ooc: open, duh. there is sushi, sashimi and everything you need to make your own. i am at work and bored whee]

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"Four" Ami said with a nod, slightly confused at Setsuna's embarrassment. "The sorority, the Chess club, the Role Playing club and i am thinking about the Self-Defense club."

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Setsuna nodded, drawing in a breath as she felt herself calming. "I considered the Self-Defense club, too, but, ultimately, my concern when it comes to defense is not self preservation."

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"You protect others?" Ami asked with admiration. "I am only really thinking about it because i feel so helpless, surrounded by all these people with super powers. I do not want to end up being a burden."

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Oh, crap. There was that little pulling in her chest, a feeling Setsuna was starting to get way to familiar with, and the words she knew she'd say in response to something like that flowed out of her before she could even try to stop them, in full-force formality. //"If you need a protector, Ami-san, from anything, at anytime, I am willing to offer my services."//

Setsuna flinched a little. Dammit. But at least she didn't bow. She was getting better.

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That was... unexpected to say the least. Ami blinked and her head snapped up with attention when the formality of the statement registered.

She jumped up and bowed. It was purely a reflex. Formality demanded formality back. //"Thank you, Setsuna-san, for your most kind offer. If i find myself in need i will find you."// She did not intend to find herself in need, but that was a separate issue.

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Internally, Setsuna winced, then flailed. How embarrassing, the whole thing, years upon years of formality and servatude catching up with her in a brief moment so she could make a complete fool out of herself in front of Ami. The fact that Ami returned it back to her almost made it worse; if Ami had just gawked, Setsuna could easily just apologize and find a corner to curl up and die of embarrassment in. As it stood, Setsuna wasn't sure if she should continue the formality or just apologize anyway, and, uh...

She drew in a sharp breath. //"I...I'm sorry about that. That...that was more impulse than anything else. You don't need to be so formal, but sometimes I...I can't really help it..."//

Setsuna decided to leave the explaination there. Going into further detail would just complicate things more than necissary. Ami seemed so normal; Setsuna wanted her to think she was normal, too.

Setsuna didn't get many chances to feel normal.

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This was an odd situation indeed. Ami had no idea what she was supposed to do now, these things just did not happen to her. //"I am sorry, years of instruction s of answering formality with formality..."// her voice trailed off but then she just had to ask. //"You can't help it?"//

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Setsuna bobbed her head, to show Ami that she certainly understood the part about responding to formality with formality; they came from a culture that, for the most part and with few exceptions (she was thinking specifically of Ranma for that exception part), most people were like that. But this next part...

//"Yes,"// Setsuna said, with reluctance, trying to think about how best to dance around specifics. //"I...work for a very important household in Kyoto, have since I was a little girl, so certain...responses are rather...engrained into my consciousness. That...was one of them."//

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Ami nodded, thinking she understood. //"I see. That... makes sense. I am sorry that i... i am not sure, i am just sorry."//

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Setsuna shook her head. //"No, no. I'm the one who made the situation awkward, not you...I'm just...yeah. I'm sorry, Ami."//

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//"Let's just pretend our upbringing did not use make us say strange things and ignore this part of the conversation yes?"// She smiled tentatively.

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Setsuna nodded, smiling lightly back. //"I think that's an excellent idea."// And promptly stopped herself from following the impulse to apologize again.

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//"On to a different topic then."// Ami switched to English, because, well there were other people around. "Are you having fun with your classes?"

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"Oh, they're going quite well, thank you," Setsuna's head bobbed in a nod. "I'm having difficulty with my spy tech class, but that was too be expected. How are yours?"

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"Fairly well. I am enjoying them all greatly, though i still bemoan the lack of Math. What are you doing in the Spy Tech class?"

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Setsuna smirked briefly, recalling up their varied thoughts regarding Math. "We had a unit on camera technology that wasn't so bad, but I do have trouble, sometimes, with technology on the whole. The classes themselves are not bad; it's all the homework we have that I have trouble with."

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"Is it difficult or just a lot? I had considered taking that class, it sounded like it would be fun." Ami didn't consider it for long, because it sounded like it would be nothing but fun, but that did not need to be said.

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"The work itself isn't difficult on a broad sense," Setsuna said. "It's just that I have difficulty with the specific topic. Writing a short essay isn't hard, but, when you know little about technological methods of spying, it is frustrating."

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Ami nodded. "I can understand that. My Engineering class deals a lot with space ships. Which i knwo nothing about. but there are some good books at the library, and the internet is always my friend."

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Setsuna chuckled a little. "I'm starting to wonder how in the world I survived here before I got my laptop," she admitted.

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"I don't know. I think i do not remember a time before i had mine." She grinned, remembering the day she got the most recent computer. She had spent almost 40 straight hours fiddling with it.

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"Mine was a recent gift; I've never really had a computer before then."

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"A very nice gift indeed." Ami pulled her mini-computer out. "I love this one. It fits in my pocket." She showed it to Setsuna. It was roughly the size of a checkbook.

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Setsuna leaned in for a closer look, a little fascinated by the tiny device. "What all can it do?" she asked.

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"Anything really. It is just a very small laptop. Runs Windows." Ami booted the thing up. It had a seascape desktop image. "It is just so convenient."