Melty.

A liar lies.

If not, he's not considered a liar.

A writer writes.

If not, he's just saying, I prefer movies.

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'Innocent starters' is up on fanfiction! I have about two days to post one of the drabbles in illustration...Geez, where is my dairy?

Well, I received a intriguing review from Waffle. A lovely fellow with a great review that stated something that I had thought would go unnoticed by readers. It seems that Waffle, you are something!

This was what caught my eye:

He stated as such that, the fandom reduces a character like Kuga into something like a blue-collar worker or just part of the 'working class' in general like a train conductor.
And:
That the My-Hime fandom doesn't take Kuga seriously.

I was quite shocked at first, but slowly I realised where it was leading. It seems that readers see much about Natsuki that she is able to go into a league of high power. Well, there's nothing to worry, I too see that Natsuki is able to become some big boss of some butt-kicking company in the world. However, I have my limitations in where I place her in my stories.

Natsuki is a character that I can put into an alternate universe and turn her into a hero, a villain, a seducer, a lover, an assassin etc. That, I have my reasons why I put her as such. However 'Innocent starters' is not set in an alternate universe but in the world of Mai-Hime, I cannot simply switch her from a Fuuka Academy delinquent into a business woman in a period of seven years. Some old habits are hard to break.

I've read many other Mai-Hime fanfics to find that authors give Natsuki jobs like be an auto shop mechanic or a typical business woman, an office lady, an artist and seemingly a job which is something that can be seen as well to do off. Therefore, I put myself in a position of contemplation.

I just can't imagine Natsuki as a mechanic. She can take that up as a hobby, I don't really mind. On the other hand, I can't imagine Natsuki sitting down behind a desk doing paperwork since in Mai-Hime and Mai-Otome, I can't really find a scene where she's actually doing her work or looking focused (with the exception in Mai-Otome where she was really concerned with the Salves and all). In other words, she didn't give off an aura to me that she could withstand the sole purpose of working.

Hence, I recalled myself really thinking of what kind of job I would have to put her as in 'Innocent starters'. It was not really to my liking that I had to give a good job(It's not that I don't want to, I just can't put my mind through such unrest, even how I know Natsuki can excel in such things if you want to see her do it. You've seen her in Mai-Hime, she's one girl you can't stop if you stand with the First District.)

Then again, I placed her as attending conductor in one of the JR line station. It looks like it is not a fitting job for her, but, one does a lot as a conductor in Japan. Time is never on their side. Natsuki gets a blue-collared job, but that's fine for me to see her slowly take on the idea that she can do much more, especially if she wants Shizuru to live a better simple life. Oops, that was kind of a spoiler...

Back again to you Waffle, I hope this explanation to why I put her as such gives you some peace of mind. In the My-Hime fandom, I would never, never reduce someone as important as Natsuki to little nonsense. On another note, I don't really collide my other fics with one another, so that will answer that guess, that I didn't get the inspiration to put Natsuki as a train conductor since she was working as a train staff in 'More than Fine'.

I like one-shots as one.

There's no more for a certain reason.

Hence, Waffle, I thank you for that good, intriguing review that made me smile. I hope to hear from you more often.

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My original story has a character clash with Mai-Hime! You would get what I mean when you see part of the illustration of my second main lead. I sigh:



I realised that I've breathing too much Mai-Hime/Otome, that it has apparently been induced into my system of thought; when I write, this happens. Ugh.

Nonetheless, I cannot change what I have already written and drawn. It looks that I just have to slowly inter a few injuries here and there to make her uniquely different from Natsuki.

I must be charming. I hope so.

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She managed to pull out a few tricks from under her sleeves and she could equally pull it onto me as she had done to everyone else. I must say that I am very impressed by her character. After all, I've only known her for four years, I can't say I know her very well. We had a simple conversation that went like that, and I must say it was barely touching the 10 second mark:

'How was your weekend?'

'Hot, there was a lot of wind.'

'Ah.'

She passed me a smile and I smiled back.

'I'll see you later.'

'Alright.'

There was never a later for me. It seemed that she could simply forget like she did always. Maybe it was only me...but then again, I cannot be subjective; I've only known her for four years. Once again, I hope that I can make it pass that 10 second mark of conversation.

I am labelled a hermit after all.

Who talks to one?

Another hermit maybe. Ah, the socialising kills the exterior of my solitude. Ugh...irony.

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Then again,

Cheers!