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Old 02-04-2014, 11:54 PM

Her smile didn't falter at the other's girls tumbling over English words, but inwardly, she could visualize her stress meter rising. Of course there would be some Japanese people here and not all of them would be fluent in English. In truth, probably many foreigners here would have accents or vocabulary issues... But those she could deal with somehow, while being a counselor in camp located in Japan and not knowing a single word in this language was downright embarrassing. In truth, Suzanna had been sure other counselor would be an older local person, solving the issue. It didn't seem like Billy would know Japanese, however, so she would have to deal with this on her own.

Megumi looked nervous about whole ordeal too, though, and she decided to take it easy, or at least show that she was, hopefully making the frail Japanese girl feel more comfortable. Few others at the table told their names and Suzanna nodded at them, "It is nice to meet you all." She spoke slower now, so hopefully it was easier to understand now. She had learned formal, proper English pronunciation and that is what she used most of the time - this girl used her Manchester accent for jokes only.

This table was rather quiet, some had remarked on her counselor status, but other than that they were focused on their food. She took note of each person and their names. Most of them ate very fast, apparently eager to go back to their rooms to check if their things were in place and safe. Suzanna reminded them to meet up by the pond in forty-fifty minutes. From there, everyone would be gathered and taken to play games and icebreakers.

Soon after, two of them left, freeing space. That left her, Megumi and another person. She looked sideways to a table with only two people that seemed to be already getting along nicely. Blonde girl exclaimed something similar to 'yeehaw', amusing the man and Suzanna chuckled mentally, too. At least someone wasn't uptight and nervous. If only she could say the same about herself, fully... But then she focused on her meal which indeed did taste heavenly. It had been a good while since she had had toast made that well or strawberries just so fresh and juicy. She closed her eyes for a moment, enjoying flavour party on her tongue, when a voice entered her little haven and she quickly looked at... Well, someone dressed and looking right out of anime, if she would have to guess.

And of course, this bright-haired girl spoke Japanese! However, moments later she switched to English and counselor felt relieved. "Hello, of course you can," she said with a smile. And as such, silence returned for a short while as newcomer started double-tasking between sketching and eating. Then Suzanna's attention was drawn to sketch this bright girl was creating. After a short while, she could already recognize who the people were - slightly awkward guy with dark, messy hair chatting with seemingly extrovert blonde 'cowgirl' nearby.

"I hope you don't mind me peaking, but that looks like great," she said sincerely. All different ways of art interested this woman, but she was particularly fond of art and music as first was her own chosen medium. "My name is Suzanna, by the way."

Last edited by sadrain; 02-05-2014 at 12:03 AM..