[X] Get something to drink, then show Ilya around with Lulu.
Instead of sitting at a table, you simply walk to the table with the drinks and look over what's available - juices, mainly, with some teas, and alcoholic drinks in the back. You pick out the best tea they have and pour a cup for yourself, and one for Ilya when she nods at your questioning look. Lulu pours a cup of something milder, but of course she adds a liberal amount of honey to it, and Agito scowls at you. Ilya looks around, more idly curious than anything more serious. "Should we find a place to sit or go for a walk?" You tilt your head for a moment, considering the question, then shake your head. Sure, some of the people here are important for Mid-Childa, but right now they aren't relevant to you or Ilya.
"Let's go for a walk, and we can show you around." Lulu nods and refills her cup, adding a bit less honey this time, and the three of you slowly shuffle toward the door. As you suspected, Fate frowns at your departure, but you just wave and make a shooing gesture, and Lindy pulls her back to the humans in the room. Nove and Wendi sit together against a wall, with a modest box sitting at a third spot. Agito looks like she wants to follow you, but turns and joins up with Zest and Signum instead. Lulu looks around, seeming more to be keeping track of everyone than loneliness or wanting to stay, but quickly moves into the hallway, holding the door for you and Ilya. "Thank you, Lulu. Now, let's see what's still the same." It shouldn't have changed much, if at all, of course - you haven't been gone that long!
You walk with them through the building, pointing out the medical area and the game room, the offices, and then you take them upstairs to see your old room. Ilya looks at it, unimpressed, and then pokes her head back out into the hallway for a moment. "… Your room is this whole floor, right?" Lulu makes a face, and you giggle and poke Ilya's nose.
"No, this was it. It's not like I needed anything bigger, anyway." She starts to respond and you press your finger against her lips. "Ilya." She blushes and looks away, and you glance at Lulu, who just sighs in relief and smiles.
"Well, what did you do for fun, then? Or did they just make you wait around unless they needed you?" You take a drink of your tea - the last of it, for now - and shake your head.
"There were a couple things I could do, apart from the games. Let's go see one of them right now." Ilya just nods and starts heading toward the door, but Lulu gives you a hopeful look, and you grin and wink. She claps her fingertips together, so very quietly, and you hold back a laugh as you catch up to Ilya. "So, what do you think of Mid-Childa so far?" She finishes her own drink and looks up at the ceiling as she thinks.
"… Magic is known and widespread, right?" You and Lulu nod, and Ilya shakes her head. "It's … weird. I keep thinking that things shouldn't be able to work like that, and that's affecting the way I think. I keep … looking for the ways things are wrong and improper, for something that will make everything fall apart." You share a look with Lulu, then call out your clones, who proceed to catch up your two friends - and the third catches the falling cups and takes them, with your own, back to the cafeteria.
"Well, let's get rid of bad thoughts for the moment, shall we?" You fly just above the floor and hurry down to the best room in the building - and, fortunately, your piano is still there. It would have been quite embarrassing if they'd moved it already. Lulu sniffles and wipes her eyes as your clone sets her down, and Ilya guides her to a bench to sit down. You press a few keys, listening for any changes in the sound, then sit down and begin to play softly, telling the story of the piano's purchase and restoration around the music. "… And now it's yours, Lulu. I do encourage you to learn how to take care of it yourself, but until then I, of course, will do what I can, and the company that works with the Four Sisters' Music Hall should be able to help, too." Lulu nods, blushing.
"I've been reading about piano maintenance, and I think with Mama's help I'll be able to at least figure out what is wrong if something happens." You smile fondly at her, and Ilya hugs her as you play another piece. You leave your hands on the keys for a moment after that, wondering if you should play a third, then shake your head and turn away from the piano.
"But I said there were a couple, didn't I? We played some of the games, once Satsuki got here, but there's something else that was pretty fun when I got to use it." Your clones sweep up Ilya and Lulu again, and you take them outside through the front entrance, carefully skirting the portal's location. Once outside in the cool evening, you and your clones fly up to the top of Long Arch. You point out the training field just outside, and the courses next to it, and the ocean, and then you point them toward the city, just to draw out the suspense. "And, you see that little island down there? That's the Simulator." Lulu leans forward in your clone's arms, and you follow her straining eyes - it looks like the four members of Fate and Nanoha's team are heading down there, accompanied by Shari. Hmm … that could be fun ….
"Simulator … what does it simulate?" You grin at Ilya and shrug.
"Anything they can program, apparently. Enemies, locations, anything they have the knowledge and desire to program - that also fits into their magic system or can be emulated with it or technology - they can reproduce for mages to practice against. It's almost like real combat, although it's most effective with a Device, since then they can program things to interact more safely." Ilya nods in understanding, and you sit down between them at the top of the building. Your clones tilt slightly so they lean against you - not that they needed the help, of course - and you look up at the night sky. Just one moon is visible right now, but the harsh lights from the city ensure only the brightest of the twinkling stars are visible, compared to the lavish tapestries of shining points you could see in Gensokyo. Perhaps in a few hours, when it gets truly dark …?
But you'll be far gone, by then.
What do you do?
[ ] Go to the Simulator and see what's going on.
[ ] Go back into the cafeteria. After all, Megane hasn't come out yet.
[ ] Best to say goodbye now instead of drawing things out. Head back home with Ilya.
[ ] Other?
