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[collagehero]

Crisis of morale!

[Either she meant to write this in one of her other notebooks or she really did think this was worth sharing with everyone. It's hard to tell.]

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[collagehero]

We were talking about our friends' nicknames and she told me yours!

[carptricks]

Oh c'mon, that's not my nickname. It's not even a good insult!

[collagehero]

Sometimes nicknames just stick! PaiPai calls me "Rookie." Like "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, ROOKIE?!" And I tell him "I'm Hajime!" It's like a game!

[carptricks]

[scoffs]

At least Rookie sounds better than Bakaito.

[collagehero]

You just have to find a positive way to look at it!

[carptricks]

[Does the fact that most people call him 'Kaito' instead of 'Bakaito' count]

Anyway, don't use that name. Just call me Kaito.

[collagehero]

I'll try to remember! [No she won't.]

[carptricks]

Will you?

[he is a bit skeptical]

[collagehero]

Of course!

[Nope.]

[carptricks]

Pinky swear?

[Maybe that's something she'll remember]

[collagehero]

But I can't stick my pinky through the journal.

[carptricks]

No, but we can make pinky promises in spirit.

[collagehero]

Ha ha ha! In spirit pinky promises!!

[At least she thinks it's funny?]

[carptricks]

[GOOD]

They sound pretty stupid, don't they?

[collagehero]

They were Kaito's idea!

[carptricks]

I know! Doesn't mean they don't sound stupid.

[collagehero]

Hmmmmm....hmmmmm...[It sounds like she's thinking pretty hard about something.]

Bakaito!

[...or she was just trying to keep that in.]

[carptricks]

[. . . DAMN IT]

Kaito! It's Kaito! That's why I asked you to pinkie promise!

[collagehero]

[She probably can't hear him because she's laughing too loud. It's raucous and irritating and interspersed with the occasional quote from their conversation. At least someone is enjoying herself.]