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[Genda, for the record, is not very bright. Definitely not compared to his friends; he may have taken other language classes, but this does not mean he passed them.

So, in Japanese:]

Excuse me - er... I suppose I can't include "everyone" in these posts anymore.
But is there anyone besides Kidou, Sakuma, and myself who speak our language?

Feferi - do you?

[And now, in troubled and very accented English (aka one of the classes he has failed multiple times):]

I am... sorry! I... don't... English well.

[And he gives the feed the most embarrassed little bow, because even he knows how dumb that must sound.
And that's also when he cuts the feed because he does not want to do this anymore, no.]

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[Genda's attempt at English made him wince but seeing how embarrassed he is about it, Sakuma opts to not chastise him about it. Maybe later, when they're not talking on a public network.]

There probably are. I've met some people who have Japanese names.

... Oh; I suppose that's true...
But they might not, at the same time. There are people with names from other cultures who don't speak that language at all, you know.

Hm, I guess so. I never thought about it that way. I guess the tower made communication too easy for this to be an issue before.

I wonder what happened though.

I wonder, too...
I'm mostly worried for our sake, though.
What if some of our friends don't speak any languages we know?

Like Feferi... she isn't even from Earth, let alone Japan.

[Sorry - that's what's on the forefront of his mind.]

That'd be a problem, yeah.

[He's silent as he tries to think of a way around the current language barrier.]

Signing? Drawing pictures?

[He looked more and more discouraged, until Sakuma mentioned drawing -]

I can draw, yes! It's the easiest way to communicate, right?
I mean, cavemen did it before they even had language, after all!

Maybe you should do that if you can't communicate with her. You're good at drawing too so it's shouldn't be too much of a big deal.

I'll have to try that then! And I wouldn't say I'm good at it - all I can really draw are cats.

You left out Fudou. [He's smiling a bit playfully.]

... So I did!

Oh well - he probably won't even bother listening to this.

[He lets out a little laugh.] That's true. [Then he crosses his arms and tilts his head slightly, but the smile stays in it's place.]

To get to the subject at hand though, your English is terrible. I thought you took the class for English?

[Kidou you're getting a face that says "I've taken all the courses, summer tutoring, and an online course. None of them helped."]

... I'd rather not talk about how bad I am at subjects I've failed, Kidou.

Would you like me to teach you some English, Genda? [Since you know he's probably a better teacher then the old geezers that taught it at Teikoku.]

[....................... That doesn't sound fun at all.]

I... suppose...

I promise I'll make it easy to understand.

I'd hope so.
The teachers tried, though - all they did was run circles around me.

[He nods]

I won't teach you how they did, believe me. If their way doesn't work, we'll just have to find another way.

Meet me at the cafeteria, okay?

Pardon me, but I can speak Japanese. I'm not quite sure what you need help with, but I'll do my best to assist you! [The second sentence was typed up because the poor fellow looked like he needed help with something.]

Oh, well - I don't really need help just yet! I'm trying to do a headcount.
After all, it would be best to get together with others who speak your language and go from there, right?

Ah, alright then! And it does make sense to get together with others who understand you..but this could also be a good learning opportunity. We could learn bits and pieces of a foreign language and help each other out!

Oh - well... of course! Haha...
I can only hope it would be that easy, though.

It may not be that easy..but it's worth a shot, right?

Ah, I do, is there something you want to ask about?

Not... entirely - I'm sorry, I really just wanted to do a headcount.
I'm not sure how many of us there are, you know.

Well, I'm pretty sure there's a lot, I mean, it's a sort of common language in this place, I think.

[Considering how there's a lot that claimed to be from there.]

Japanese, yes? I speak it.

Why? Is there a problem?

Aside from the language problems, er... not really.
Well, not yet.

[He really just panicked when he noticed the language problems -]

It will likely turn out all right. There are many different languages spoken outside of Japan, yet we all manage to communicate. We will manage that here as well. Do not worry unnecessarily.

[ in English: ] Hello!

[ .. after that there's just a pause though, yeah, her English isn't too great either, probably for the best to not try to communicate like that, huh.. so she switches to Japanese, as if she was planning on that all along. ]

But.. I think there's a lot of people who speak Japanese.

[Oh good, you had him worried for a second, Urotsuki --]

I can only hope there's a lot; it's the only language I'm fluent in. Struggling to communicate would be a nightmare...

[ She didn't mean it that way, she was just trying it herself..!! ]

If it's difficult, then we can always ask someone to help us. They can translate, just like the people on TV sometimes do.

My classmates and I can speak Japanese. There are many people who do, I noticed.

[ She pulls a gentle smile, seeing as the guy looks pretty troubled. ]

Many?

Have you... met any people who aren't human who can?

[Everyone's saying a lot of people can speak Japanese, after all - maybe Feferi can, too...]

[ At that, she sadly shakes her head. ]

I actually haven't met non-human people here. I'm pretty new to this place.

Yeah, I speak this language. English, uh...I'm not that good at it, at all.

Edited 2012-11-23 06:28 (UTC)

Oh, uh - I'm... not good with English either, so it's alright.
It's too hard to learn, in my opinion.

It is, isn't it? [She sighs and shakes her head a little, shrugging.]

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