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[ action ♥ high school ]
[ After blowing up a few things in her house, Satou has confirmed for herself that yes. Some of her magical abilities have returned. Unfortunately, she's still trying to sort out just which abilities have been returned. During class, Satou is actually distracted. For the first time in months, she is not attentively following along with her lessons. Instead, Satou closes her eyes to concentrate and then scribbles the results on a sheet of paper. She doesn't respond immediately when classes end, choosing to let the school clear out so she can avoid running into the drones of her friends. ]

... This is stupid. [ She looks down at the slip of paper, which mostly tells her what she can't do yet. Then bangs her head productively on the desk. ] Maybe I'll just study. Obviously this isn't working out.

[ action ♥ park ]
[ After cheering herself up and curing her depression, Satou decides to spend the rest of the afternoon and evening in the park. She has set out a couple empty cans and can be caught blowing them up, shooting them with magic sparks, and kicking them with enhanced kicks for most of the night. If one hits you then she's really sorry about that! ]

[ phone ♥ ]
So I guess I've figured out what came in my package! It's pretty useful, but I still don't have everything I need to use it at full power... So I was wondering! Does anyone have any weapons? Or um~. Know anything about that science-y stuff? If you could let me know then I'd be eternally grateful?

[ phone ♥ filtered to anyone who offered to teach her things ]
Hello~! This is Satou~! Do you have a minute? I have a question about something!

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Nihehehe... Th-thanks... for saying that, um! Right so! [ She punches the air with determination. ] Practicing!!!

Right, take a seat.

[he slides over on the piano bench, moving over to normal chair so Satou could sit.]

So, what'd you bring to work on?

Oh! Thank you!

[ She unloads some sheet music from her bag and sets it up. ]

Well, I have to practice my scales some more... oh, and I borrowed a music book from the library! The songs are kinda silly, but I've gotta start somewhere~!

Cool.

Let's start with some scales, alright? Right hand first, repeat it with your left and then play it with both hands an octave apart. Take it slow. Just focus on technique.

Right! Let's do our best!

[ She stretches her fingers, takes a deep breath... and begins trying to practice. ]

Wah- this is sorta hard... I don't know if my brain is made for this.

Sure it is. C'mon, you can do this Satou. Take the tempo down a notch and try it again.

R-right...

[ When he's so nice like this, Satou feels bad for bringing a knife to their piano lesson... ]

Hey, I'm doing it! Are you watching? [ So proud of herself.

[Soul is definitely watching. He's watching how her fingers are moving -- picking up on even the slightest bit of hesitation, just one tiny twitch that nearly screamed I'm not sure if this is the right note. He's taking note of whether or not she's remembering to cross her fingers over to reach the higher keys, paying attention to every single detail so he'd be able to tell her exactly what she needed to do and where.

He grins.]

I'm watching. Keep going. You're doing great, don't stop on my account.

Ehehe-! Yes, sir!

[ Praise. Satou picks up the tempo just a bit, motivated by something so simple. Every time she feels like she's about to make a mistake she freezes up. ]

Thanks so much for this. I wasn't improving nearly this fast on my own.

Anytime, man. I like helping people learn more about music. Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of encouragement and guidance. It's easy to get discouraged when you're teaching yourself. You're never sure if you're actually making progress.

[Yep. He notices that.]

Don't worry about making mistakes -- they're gonna happen. Try to keep playing through them.

Ehe... Yeah... S-sorry, playing your mistakes is sort of...

[ She takes a deep breath, purposefully stumbling to force herself to play through it. ]

Do you play piano with anyone else in Mayfield?

Hard? Yeah, it's tough.

[and he grins. well done, Satou. he saw what you did there.]

Awesome. Nice job.

Nah, I don't play with anyone else. I uh... I don't usually play in front of other people.

Really? But you're super good, Soul-san!

[ She nods. ]

But you should call um... Haruhi-san! She plays piano too. You two might get along, right?

I'm not all that great, really.

[]He scratches lightly at the side of his face.]

Haruhi? I don't think I've met her.

Nn-nn! I think you're amazing! And hey- hey-! Why don't I introduce you too sometime? She's nice! You two could play piano together~!

[Meet someone else musically inclined? Awesome? Play piano with them.... probably not gonna happen.]

Yeah? That sounds cool.

Great! I'm glad! Then you can at least enjoy piano with someone who knows what they're doing.

[ She laughs nervously. ]

I should treat you to something to thank you.

I enjoy it no matter who's playing, dude. Besides, you're definitely starting to get the hang of this.

You don't have to do that, seriously. I like doing stuff like this.

I like treating friends to treats, too! So we would be super even!

Super even, huh? Alright, sounds good.

Wonderful! Then maybe after school sometime? I could treat you to a milkshake or something.