In the time between Yoshi's brief interaction with Travis and the Occult Club president's announcement, Ai had re-positioned herself on her chair in waiting. She let one leg cross over the other, boxlike, keeping her folded hands balanced on a bouncing knee as she watched the two interact. That Travis boy seemed incredibly awkward around Yoshi. It would be adorable, if he wasn't so hapless. 

She was too far to hear the content of their interaction, but based on what she could see Travis handed the other girl [i]way[/i] too many pieces of paper for it to [i]not[/i] be at least a little comical before that aforementioned other girl began making her way back to Ai's chair. 

Already expecting Yoshi to want to continue their little decoding session, she began to retrieve the cipher paper from her pocket. Yoshi sits down, seems to make herself comfortable; Ai keeps her composure to the best of her ability when she reaches for her bag, heart stopping for the most fleeting of moments before she simply places it in her lap. The papers she got from Travis were spread across the table, and Ai brought her legs down once more so she had room to lean forward, examining.

Ai let the paper unfold against the table as she laid it adjacent to the scratch; she cleared her throat, but before she could go off on another tangent Yoshi mentioned Travis's desire to join them at their table. Well - she [i]supposed[/i] that was okay...as long as Travis could stop being such an antisocial [i]beta[/i].
 
[color=9e0b0f]"Of [i]course[/i] he can join us. Maybe he could come out of his shell a little in the company of [i]like-minded[/i] individuals!"[/color] Briefly, she turned towards where Travis was sitting and gave him a wave. 

[color=9e0b0f][i]"Aaaaaaalright[/i], so to pick up on where we left off-"[/color]

And of course Matsushima Mitsuko had to spoil it. Upon hearing the club president clear her throat, Ai turned herself towards the desk where she was standing. Ai couldn't force herself to dislike her; there remained something integrally [i]other[/i] about her character, something alluring...and intimidating. 

So Ai listened, obedient for this one moment, taking in all of the information that she could in case a question did decide to bubble into her consciousness. So far, so good; scientific reasoning and fact, and a distaste for baseless ideas? Maybe there [i]was[/i] a method to this madness-

And then she started talking about the "spiritual output" stuff and completely lost her. 

Hmm. 

Once Mitsuko had allowed the time for questions, Ai quickly shot her hand into the air before anyone else could - that seemed to attract enough attention, so she began, [color=9e0b0f]"Ah, yes, one question: how exactly are you measuring this...
[/color] she raised her hands in double air-quotes, [color=9e0b0f]"spiritual output? And what constitutes a "proper" container for a soul?"[/color]

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Location: Classroom 2-A, YHS
Interacting with: Watanabe Yoshi ([@Pleek]), Matsushima Mitsuko ([@Three])
Inventory: Wallet (in pockets), House Keys (in pockets), cellphone (in pockets)
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