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Who: Xion and Homura
What: Spending time together! Like Xion had said a week or two prior.
Where: ARRROUND. Robbin' Baskins maybe? Then elsewhere? Maybe the park? MAYBE THE PLAYGROUND? Wherever strikes their fancy.
When: Maybe the 15th or the 16th? We just don't know.
Why: Because cuties.

[ Well. She had promised her friend that she'd text her to hang out when things calmed down. And they hadn't, really, very much - in fact, things had been quite busy! But Homura was still her friend, and she wanted to make time for all of her new friends.

So she'd finally made the decision to text her, chirpily asking if they could go get ice cream and then find something fun to do! Which was pretty vague, but a pretty decent game plan in Xion's mind. What better way to spend a day with a friend, really?

And that is how she ends up in front of the ice cream store, waiting for the other girl. Dressed cute, as has become her way. ]

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[Homura is never late. But she's wasted an embarrassing amount of sand pausing time to examine the ribbons in her hair in the nearest reflective surface.

She has friends. More than she's ever had before. Dave Strider and Loki Laufeyson and Aradia Megido and Haruhi-senpai felt like an embarrassment of riches already. Jade Harley, even if she was not here, was her friend. She'd reached out to Vriska Serket, as well, but she wasn't certain it was accurate to call them friends.

Now she had Xion, and, it seemed, Namine as well. It made her feel fierce and uncertain. Friends were incredible, life-changing, and once she had earned them she could go to great lengths to keep them.

But it didn't seem to be necessary. Xion was... like her... in a way her other friends weren't. Shy. Vulnerable. She had secrets. (Loki did not count as having secrets, because the fact that he had them was on display).

Homura had never met anyone like her. Getting to know her was still important. Both easier and harder.

With exactly fifteen seconds left before they had agreed to meet, she rounded the corner, caught sight of her, pressed her lips together to keep her smile manageable, and waved.]

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Homura! [ Xion lights up and waves enthusiastically when she sees the other girl. ] Hehe, it's good to finally see you.

[ She'll trot over to close the distance between them, and lower her voice to normal conversational volume. ] Sorry it took me so long to set this up... things have been really busy. But we've got the whole day! We can do whatever we want. Though... I guess I don't know very much about things we can do. Besides get ice cream. [ Sheepish. ]

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Xion.

[Homura freezes a moment in serious thought, then nods, decisively.]

I can show you Goldenhead Park. Maybe other places, too.

[Not the haunted house she uses as a bomb factory, not yet, and Homura isn't sure how she feels about her more usual tour, pointing out the most dangerous places on the island. But Goldenhead Park has a sandbox where she's diagrammed difficult math problems. And swings.]

Ice cream should come first.

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Hehe. Definitely ice cream. I want to share my favorite flavor with you! They sell bars of it here sometimes. I was so happy when I found it!

[ Well. Xion is very used to dangerous places. It really depends on the nature of the place if she'd actually want to spend time there, though. But for now she just gestures and leads the way into the ice cream store. ]

Did you know they make ice cream cake? I thought that was so cool...

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I know, but I've never had it.

[Homura's gathered a little by implication, but she doesn't know enough about Xion's background to guess the details. Militant past-times will have to wait until they know one another better.

For now, she's relaxed. Calm. Pleased to be here with a friend, and happy to take the lead, walking a few steps ahead and holding the door open.]

What's your favorite flavor?

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[ Xion's at the counter already, holding up her fingers in a V - two, please!

A few moments later she's turning back to Homura and handing her a bar of ice cream. ]

Sea salt! It's different from everything else I've tried, but I really like it! Here, you try it.

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[She takes the bar, tasting it cautiously, and making a surprised face before trying it again.]

It's different. But it's good.

My favorite is strawberry mochi, but they don't have mochi here.