<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/ac/Taro03.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Taro Ikeda (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.msg12730054#msg12730054)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Cafeteria<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Flashback - a few days before school starts, breakfast time<br/><strong>With:</strong>Shizuma + Open<br/><hr/>"I think that camera is just for show," Taro replied. "And we don't have any guards here." He had to grin. "Welcome back to the normal world.<br/><br/>"And those girls? They would find something to gossip about, no matter what. They are just envious that you are with such a charming, handsome guy like me," he joked with a lopsided grin and a wink. He didn't really consider himself either, but talking about mundane stuff certainly helped his mood, distracted him from all the metaphysical implications of Shizuma's powers, even if he couldn't avoid the topic for long.<br/><br/>"But... I guess I get what you mean. Just to make certain..." He took a sip of tea, put his cup down, looked down at it for a moment as he gathered his thoughts. "What you are saying is that those spirits are around all the time, but they only really bother with mundane affairs if they are called into action, and that your power somehow grants you... a  direct line to those spirits, allowing you to call for their aid and divert their attention from, well, from whatever nature spirits usually do?" Taro looked at her face and tilted his head a little, questions again written all over his face. It still all sounded a bit odd, but at least it would be better than some spirits constantly looking over Shizuma's shoulder and whispering in her ear.<br/>