[X] Eat with Illya's group.
You shrug and nod before nodding politely at Illya. "Thank you for the invitation." She smiles and takes a step back, waiting for you to start pushing Ilya before turning around and walking the rest of the way to her friends.
"Um, these are my friends. Nanaki, Mimi, Suzuka, Tatsuko, and Miyu." You nod at the pink-haired girl, the normal girl, and the glasses girl as Illya introduces them, give a blank stare at the noisy one, and briefly match gazes with Miyu.
"And this is Flandre." You curtsy, about to say something polite -
"Are you a vampire?" Tatsuko leans forward, looking at Ilya, her friends just a hair slow responding to her. "I mean, you're even paler than Illya, and you've got a blanket -gweh!" Suzuka yanks the shorter girl back by her collar and stuffs a bread roll in her mouth before leaning in to whisper harshly in her ear. Something about buckets of water in the hallway …. Illya blushes deep red and Mimi winces as well, but Nanaki and Miyu seem relatively unaffected by the outburst. You take a calming breath before leaning down to take a tray out from the back of the wheelchair.
"Of course I'm not a vampire. And that's just what a vampire would say, too. Don't you think so, Flan?" You set the tray in front of Ilya, braced on the arms of the chair, and shrug.
"Depends on the vampire, and what kind it is. There are high-class vampires and low-class ones, vampires that could pass for human and vampires that aren't even humanoid, vampires that care about concealing their nature and vampires that delight in letting everyone know what they are. So it depends on your assumptions, just like with most things." You duck back down and come up with a box that you set on the tray, then go back for a small bottle and a glass that you pour Ilya's drink into. That draws everyone's attention for a moment. Suzuka leans back and looks at the back of the chair before sitting up and staring at you.
"How did you …? Where did you get that?" You take the lid off the box, revealing the lunch that Sella made for Ilya - still fresh thanks to Patchouli's magic - and shrug. Illya goes pale as Ilya sighs and shakes her head.
"Magic?" Illya thumps her head on the desk; so much fun!
"Magic isn't real, though." You glance at Mimi and shrug again.
"Technology? I can't explain it, so you're going to have to accept one of those answers. Magic, or technology that might as well be it." The girls who don't know about magic just stare at you unhappily, Illya looks like she wants to vanish from the world, and Miyu is giving you a look. Ilya sighs and shakes her head … and after a moment, the other girls shake their heads as if waking up, and Miyu shifts her stare to Ilya. You lean forward to look more closely at her, but she seems fine, so whatever she did - if she did it, anyway - doesn't seem to have hurt her any.
"Flan, please don't." You hold her drink up as the girls start eating their own meals and she drinks some of the wine. You grumble good-naturedly as you shift your position to more easily reach Ilya's food. Illya stares at you, mouth open in shock, as you begin feeding Ilya.
"See, Miyu-chan? Be more like that! More dere, less tsun!" You glance at the once-again boisterous Tatsuko, but it doesn't seem to be something terribly out of line, as only Illya seems to be really bothered by it - even Miyu simply ignores her. Ilya, however, cocks her head to the side.
"What are 'tsun' and 'dere'?" That causes a bit of a stir, and Illya sighs again. You wonder if she's regretting your decision to accompany her yet.
"They're … well, you've seen anime, right?" Ilya shakes her head and Suzuka stares at her, almost horrified. "What?! How? Illya!" Ilya shakes her head, a small smile on her face.
"The main family … doesn't really trust modern technology. Insular, too. I didn't have television, only books, and those were textbooks. No one to talk to. I didn't meet Flan until later …." She trails off and the girls look at each other nervously, subdued by the sudden melancholic shift. Even Miyu seems to get depressed, which is quite a feat considering she shows even less emotion than Patchouli …. You scowl at Tatsuko - once again, the bringer of bad things - and lean forward to hug Ilya, rubbing your cheek against hers. "Ah! Flan!" She giggles and you let her go before picking up the fork again.
"Say 'aah,'" you say, and when she obligingly opens her mouth you slip the next bit of food in. Then you turn around to look at the rest of the class as they stare at you, but a mild glare - mild for you, anyway - sends them back to their own business.
"Yeah, I don't think she's a tsundere, Tatsuko …." You flick your gaze to Suzuka, but her head is already down and she seems absorbed in her food. The blonde meets your gaze for a moment before shoving an almost-whole bread roll in her own mouth.
"So what classes do you have after lunch?" Suzuka looks up at that and shrugs.
"Today we have Japanese language and PE. I think we're doing -"
"Hwivving!" Tatsuko jumps to her feet and tries to shout through the bread she hasn't finished swallowing yet. Her friend slaps her on the back and she starts coughing … but doesn't start choking, which everyone else probably sees as a plus.
"Um, so do you get out much? Tatsuko was right, earlier - you're even paler than Illya." Ilya shakes her head.
"No, I'm not really an active person." Ilya looks like she wants to continue, but after a moment she just smiles and shakes her head. You see Illya frowning, not at your friend, but at you, and you cock your head to the side curiously. She turns away embarrassedly and you grin.
"Is something the matter?" She looks at you nervously, glances at Ilya's food, then looks down. You smother a giggle, and before either Ilya or Miyu can intervene you slide forward and pat Illya on the head. "You're very sweet, but you don't need to worry about me. I have an off-center metabolism, so my eating schedule seems strange to other people." She reddens slightly and you giggle again before turning back to Ilya and taking up the fork again.
Lunch finishes awkwardly and, as promised, is followed by continuing education in the Japanese writing system. Knowledge that you already have thanks to Remilia and Patchouli's magic, but Ilya seems quite interested in it, and you notice her murmuring along with Taiga. Is she bored, or did she receive an imperfect education in the language? Either way, she seems to enjoy the class, so you don't have any problems with it.
After that, the class follows Taiga outside. Illya is chosen to once again lead you through the school, although given that the destination is the pool in the back, a guide is hardly necessary. You shake your head at the girls' swimsuits. The boys' short trunks are fine, but the girls have their names written on a white patch on their chests, which contrasts with the otherwise dark blue suits and makes it seem like the students frequently get lost. Unlike the indoor activities, however, most of the students seem generally competent, with a few possessing obviously superior skills, most notably Miyu and - to your surprise - the boisterous Tatsuko. Ilya seems content to simply watch from beneath your large parasol … although she does fall asleep halfway through the class. She wakes up before anyone else notices, however, and you raise a finger to your lips so she knows you won't tell anyone. She blushes cutely anyway.
"So what do you want to do now?" Ilya sighs as you push the chair through the hallway to the elevator. "Go right back to the hotel, stay here for a bit, or just take a stroll through town?"
"Won't Patchouli make us come right back?" You shake your head and smile.
"Not unless it's important that we do so, or if we're somehow in danger if we stay somewhere." She mumbles to herself until you get to the elevator.
"I … kind of want to go back to the hotel. If I just wait, they'll come, and I won't be distracted by other things. But I never really got much time to explore Fuyuki, either, so …." She looks up at you hopefully and you chuckle before hugging her.
What do you do?
[ ] Head back to the hotel.
[ ] Stay at school and poke around for a bit.
[ ] Take a walk around town and sightsee.
[ ] Follow Illya back to her home.
[ ] Other?
