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Anastasia "cuddly lion pit" ([personal profile] constellates) wrote in [community profile] retrospec2017-03-05 04:20 pm

russian intensifies

[When you wake up on this fine morning and check your Retrospec feed, you'll find... Russian spam? It begins - ]

Доброе утро. Меня зовут Аня. [ - and it continues on from there, resulting in a full paragraph.

For anyone who can read Cyrillic, they'll find the following message: Good morning. My name is Anya. Is anyone able to understand this? I recognize it as Cyrillic, as Russian, however I don't recall ever being able to speak this language. I woke up and suddenly it's all I knew. If the people on here remember horses, maybe they remember me speaking differently? Properly? Maybe? Please let me know.

In an entirely separate text, she tries again. In two more languages.]


おはようございます。私の名前はAnyaです。わかりますか?これは日本語です。でも昨日でAnyaは日本語を話しません。

[ - and that also goes on. An English message, with the same approximate fluency level as the Japanese, to explain the whole situation is finally provided at the end. Third try's the charm?]

good morning. my name is anya. i am sorry to try again but i am confused. today i know how to speak russian and japanese. the russian is easy but the japanese is harder. english is also harder now. even though yesterday i only spoke english?

??? why?

if the people here remember horses do they remember the anya that did not know russian? please help. please. thank you.


[ ACTION ]

[ a: авария

Normally Anya is full of life. There's a skip in her step, there's a smile on her face, there's a whole-hearted willingness to tackle the day and everything that it brings her. It was easy to call Anya cheerful and friendly.

That doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

She avoids her friends. She ducks her head and doesn't make eye contact at school. She doesn't open her mouth to speak once, brows furrowed and lips pressed into a thin line.

Yet with her head bowed as it is, it's hard to steer clear of others, isn't it? Which is why she bumps into you - somewhere. She still wanders, even if she isn't at her best. Whether it's at school, at the dance studio, wandering around the city, she seems to have accidentally run right into you.

Startled, she exclaims in smooth Russian:]


Извините! [Then her eyes widen and she seems to pause, having to take a sincere moment to recall the words she's looking for. Even now, a distinct Russian accent colors her words.] Ah, um... I'm sorry...

[There's no helping the sad, defeated look on her face - but Anya is still a very gentle girl. Even though she wants to be by herself, she finds herself looking up to whoever she ran into uncertainly.]

Are you okay...?

[ b: секрет

Distracted as she is, Anya isn't really noticing any of the secrets that are posted around today - or her own. So there's a neat little sign posted on her back, whether it's detailing something small like:]


i ) Anastasia sometimes sneaks out to climb the rooftop of her house even though her mother has told her not to.
ii ) Anastasia used to be a cheerleader.


[Or something a little bit more telling like:]

iii ) Anastasia doesn't like to be left alone.
iv ) Anastasia is too scared to be an idol anymore.


[ ooc: anya's regain was her canon language tick! an example can be found here! complete with sprinkles of Russian and accent. an additional note is that if you hover over the different alphabets, the exact translation should come up! AND FINALLY, Anya's hair used to be the lightest shade of the blonde in the world - and now it's gone full silver, but that's the least of her problems.]
mikodere: (❀ surrounded by magnificent flowers)

[personal profile] mikodere 2017-03-09 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head and sends a reassuring smile her way. Before speaking, he takes a deep breath. It was worrying and he didn't want to confuse or worry the poor girl even more by speaking in a panic tone.]

It's fine, don't apologize. It's crazy to wake up speaking a different language.

[Russian and Japanese? First horses were gone and now strange things were happening to everyone in Recolle. As if this place couldn't get any weirder.]

Um, I speak Japanese as well. Would it... help if I spoke in Japanese instead?
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[personal profile] mikodere 2017-03-11 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[That sad head shake is soul crushing and Mikoto could feel his heart crumbling into little tiny pieces.]

I'm fine with either Japanese or English! [He frowns to himself, feeling bad that both languages would be rough on her. It's a shame he didn't know Russian.] Maybe we should stick with English, though?

[Mikoto quickly nods his head and then gestures over to a nearby park with a bench.]

Yeah, of course! I want to be of help some kind of way. If you'd like, you wanna... sit at the park and talk?
mikodere: (❀ Young maiden blooming pridefully)

[personal profile] mikodere 2017-03-12 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah no worries, I'm not busy at all. I just got done with my shift at the shop, so we have plenty of time to talk.

[Even if he was busy, he'd still gladly make time for her.

Mikoto follows her and then sits down next to her, opening his bag and holding out one of the baozi that he bought towards her.]


You ever tried one of these before?
mikodere: (❀ How should I know?!)

[personal profile] mikodere 2017-03-17 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Hold on what. He's staring at her with a puzzled expression. If this was an anime, there would be several question marks surrounding his head.

Did Anya... go on a date with someone?!]


T-That's nice! [Luckily he wasn't eating one, or else he'd be choking.] Did you two have a good time?

[None the less, he was happy that she accepted one and even begun munching on one of his own. He tilts his head to the side, he's not quite sure what she's talking about, so he wants to clarify.]

Take me? Where did you want to go?
mikodere: (❀ Young maiden blooming pridefully)

[personal profile] mikodere 2017-03-30 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay now that he's listening to her, he's starting to feel more and more relieved that maybe it wasn't a date. Now he can't help but wonder.

Just how many new people have been charmed by Anya? Actually, probably all of Recolle. Heck, he was one of the victims...]


I'm happy to hear that he was sweet. [HE BETTER BE!!] Sick? Like... in what way? Did he have some seasonal illness? I hope you didn't catch anything from him.

[SLOW DOWN MAMA MIKORIN.]

R-Really? I'd love to go there with you. Next time you are free, we can go there togehter if you'd like? [He smiles at that.] I agree with you. Food is best when shared with good company.
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[personal profile] mikodere 2017-03-31 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Heaven forbid if Anya gets sick under his watch!!

He lets out a long sigh of relief that she said she was fine.]


Oh good. I'm relieved to hear that. The last thing I would want is for you to start feeling sick because of the changes...

[That smile could melt even the coldest person's heart and Mikoto finds himself smiling back at her.]

Yeah, I'd like that a lot. [He nervously coughs.] We also need to dance one day, I've been looking forward to it.
mikodere: (❀ Young maiden blooming pridefully)

[personal profile] mikodere 2017-04-02 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[It made him happy to see her perking up. He wanted nothing more than to cheer her up.

He hoped that with dancing, she'll be able to take her mind off of this strange situation and focus on something that she loved doing, even if it was just for a little bit.]


Y-Yeah me too! I'm really excited to see you dancing in person and I can't wait to learn from the expert.

[Especially since when he dances, he has two left feet. Oops.]