[Ruby doesn't realize that she's been spotted, at first. She figures that if she hides long enough the crowd will pass and she'll find Hanamaru looking for her. Instead, there's a man standing there, and...oh, he's talking to her.]
...
[She keeps quiet for a long moment, as if hopeful that Choromatsu will lose interest and walk off...but eventually she peeks one eye around the pole. When she speaks, it's with a very slight lisp, but she's so quiet you almost can't tell.
For some reason she looks scared of Choromatsu, and it goes a bit beyond simple stranger danger.]
choromatsu voice: daijoubu
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[She keeps quiet for a long moment, as if hopeful that Choromatsu will lose interest and walk off...but eventually she peeks one eye around the pole. When she speaks, it's with a very slight lisp, but she's so quiet you almost can't tell.
For some reason she looks scared of Choromatsu, and it goes a bit beyond simple stranger danger.]
Um...I'm...I'm l-...looking for my friend.