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[Kotone has never really been one to like... start things. Mostly people told her to join other things, or she followed her friends with their interests. But here, it seems like people are just kind of left to their own devices, so a few days after the return to the forest and the fruitless search for the missing, she's getting antsy. She needs something to do and doesn't really know where to start. So-]

Hello! Um, my name is Kotone Shiomi. I was wondering if anyone was starting up any clubs or anything in town! You know, a group of people with similar hobbies or interests, like a sports club, or a book club, or a gardening club...

One of my friends at school started a sewing club. I think I might do something like that, if anybody is interested! Or somebody, [Shinji,] could make a cooking club and give lessons, stuff like that.

[She holds up one finger as if struck by a sudden idea.]

Oh, maybe if we can get a list of everybody's hobbies, we can figure out what kinds of clubs to make? I just think it's important to have something fun to do with everyone, instead of just always worrying about the weird stuff that's going on. So... tell me about what you like to do!

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[Like simply learns to recognize like! She does the same thing and is actively trying to learn how to become better at it so fewer people worry about her. It's a whole thing.]

Well, I think I can convince [bully] Aragaki-senpai to start a cooking club once we're sure the food problems are resolved... Akechi-san mentioned a book club, somebody else mentioned a magic club, [she sounds a little doubtful at the idea of a magic club, but like, some people do sure have some unexplained powers so, why not.]

Another guy seemed really interested in martial arts! So yeah, maybe a few!

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[There's probably no harm in a book club, but...]

Some of these sound like they have the potential to be dangerous.

[Even cooking, he's learned, can go horribly awry. On the one hand, a cooking club would give their most disastrous cooks the chance to learn how to cook a little less disastrously. On the other, who's to say that won't be after they've been given the chance to cause multiple more disasters?]

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Hmmm... you think so?

[She frowns, but doesn't look too concerned otherwise. She has firsthand experience with how disastrous cooking club can be (thanks, Fuuka), and she supposes that martial arts club or magic club (maybe??) has the potential to get someone hurt, but...]

Not overly dangerous, I don't think. I think one of the important things is making sure that there's at least one person who knows what they're doing when they start a club, you know? To make sure nobody gets hurt.