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[willchange]

[There's a brief moment of audio. There's a bit of background noise, but not a lot. Louder than the rest is the voice of a very panicked girl.]

Ah, I'm terribly sorry, sir, but, um... The cash register seems to be malfunctioning. I'm not sure what's... I think I pressed the wrong things, I'm really sorry.

...w-what the...

[There's a different voice, a male one, but he's barely audible. The girl speaks up again after him.]

N-No, everything is alright! I'll just-

[The audio cuts out. About an hour later, a text post follows.]

Um... I guess I should be polite and introduce myself? My name's Cerise... but Cherry is fine too, everyone calls me that. Anyway, could... someone please explain this to me?

I mean, what kind of network is this even? I thought it was fake or something... Not that I wanted to doubt anyone or anything, it's just a little unbelievable. But how did it just show up on my cash register?! I don't get this at all...

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[willchange]

Oh, I see!

What kind of art? Like... painting? If it's okay for me to ask, anyway.

[text]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

All kinds of art. I keep a sketch diary, I paint sometimes, I do crafts, I sculpt... you name it, I've dabbled in it.

[text]

[willchange]

That sounds kind of cool! I've never been that good at... well, artistic stuff in general, so I'm always kind of impressed by people who are good at it.

Ha... Maybe one day I'll see some of your work in a museum.

[text]

[jasminebloominginshadow]

Ha, I don't think I'll ever be THAT good... I need to pick an area to focus and stick with it, really...

[text]

[willchange]

I'm sure you will be! I mean, you sound really driven. So I'm sure that if you keep going, eventually you'll reach that level.

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[jasminebloominginshadow]

Thanks, but I need to find a direction to "drive" in first.

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[willchange]

Ah, right. I hope you do, then. At least you have a general idea of what you want, even if you don't know the specifics yet.

That's more than most people can say, really.

[Including herself, of course.]

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[jasminebloominginshadow]

... Right now I'd settle for figuring out what's going on in my head.