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Eighth Crash [Action/Voice]

{In today's episode Ginji can be found refilling a metal dish suspended from a tree with seed and peanuts. If you guessed "bird feeder", give yourself ten points! After making sure the feeder's still attached securely to its branch, Ginji will make himself comfortable on the lawn and pull out his journal. He'll sit there for a while, enjoying the fresh air and the milder weather, before starting a new entry.]

Hey everyone. So...what's it like for you back home? Do you come from a large family or a small one? Have you set out on your own or still live with your parents? Got any siblings? Kids?

I'd like to know.

[After the voice post is finished, he'll spend the next few hours watching any animals that might wander over to the feeder and run through a few sketches of different wing shapes.]

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I don't believe I've met her before, but wow, that's pretty impressive. [And here all he did was build a zip line through his window. An elevator totally would've been the way to go. Props to her friend!]

Yeah, it's a lot like that! Just without treads. They use fonic glyphs instead. [Close enough. He's looked at enough pictures of foreign vehicles to know what she's talking about.]

So if your dad's an investment banker, what do you do?

Fonic Glyphs...

[It sounds like another one of those things that she wouldn't quite understand. There seem to be many such things in Luceti.]

Me...? W-Well, um, I go to school. I'm just a student, I guess.

[There's a lot of this, yeah.]

Is it a nice school?

Grandfather used to go on about his days at the Kimlasca-Lanvaldear Royal Academy, but the school in my hometown is pretty small. I only just finished up there a couple years ago. Can't really see myself getting into a fancy academy.

It's...an okay school. Girls only. I've been going there since I was ten.

But you said...Royal academy? That does sound like, totally super prestigious...! I bet it's like, way hard for anybody to get into, huh?

Why's it girls only? [He's not offended, merely curious since women can do man's work in Sheridan if they want to. Just like there are guys who work in the tavern and the hotel (or go off exploring with their dogs...) rather than as blacksmiths or engineers or what have you.]

Well, if my Grandfather can be believed, he used to make it sound like the professors had to get on their knees and beg him to enroll there.

...But he liked to exaggerate. [Ginji doesn't believe it really happened that way.]

And I think it might be called the Royal Academy because it's located in the country's capital where the king and princess live.

"The Lillian Rose Academy for Young Ladies: A private institution where girls can learn in an environment free of gender stereotypes that may hamper their education." ...That's what it said in the booklet, anyway.

Your grandfather sounds kinda funny...! Mine's kind grouchy most of the time.

[She giggles a little before giving his next statement some thought for a moment. A big fancy academy in the capital where the king and princess live...]

B-But if it's in a place like that then it has to be a pretty big deal right?! But I'm guessing the princess probably doesn't go there...royalty and people like that usually have private tutors and stuff, huh...?

[Not that she really knows anything about royalty. She's just assuming based on what she knows from story books and movies.]

Sounds like it's a problem. Do people still expect girls to stay at home and take care of all the domestic details where you're from?

[Ginji smiles.] Actually, he was both! But I don't think he tried to be funny most of the time - it just sort of happened whenever he went on one of his tirades or got into an argument with someone. Well, it got pretty tiring, too. Having to break those guys apart.

Well, sure. It's still prestigious, I guess. Most of the people who go there are known in their fields. But the princess only visits now and again for special events. Grandfather said she came to one of their class reunions and everyone was talking about it. Guards and everything.

Well...not everyone believes that, but it's still kind of a big stereotype, you know? Girls play house, boys play cops...that kind of thing. Not as many people believe that now, but...Well.

I can imagine...! I never saw my grandpa get into any arguments, but he would always talk about having to yell at his patients about stuff.

I'd think people would talk about it if a princess went anywhere! I mean, she's the princess! Kind of a big deal, right?

I guess it might be different in other cities, but there isn't so much of that in Sheridan. Then again, we're a pretty mixed bunch. My sister's just as good a pilot as I am, and she's pretty handy with mechanical repairs, too. And then there's Tamara...she could whip up things like you wouldn't believe! She once constructed a flamethrower entirely out of scrap metal and spare parts. [He sounds a little proud of this. It was a pretty awesome contraption, okay.]

[Ginji just chuckles at this. Grandparents sure are something.]

Yeah, you've got a point. Princess Natalia's a really nice person, though. It's easy to forget she's the princess.

Whoah! That's amazing...! When you said you were all crazy about machines, you weren't kidding, huh?

Ah! So you've like, met her and stuff?!

[For someone from a world where movie stars and political figures share a similar status, she just finds this really cool.]

Haha... No, I really wasn't kidding. [They totally dig their crazy contraptions.]

Well, yes. She was part of the group who rescued me, so I've talked with her a few times. Actually, Princess Natalia was staying here in Luceti for a while, but she isn't now.

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