Tiny Samurai Child

good luck! third grade is when my best friend from the orphanage finally was allowed to choose to be placed in my class so i bet you’ll find a friend!

and if anyone is mean to you, punch them in the nose.

!!

That's mean!

probably! the first few weeks are a bit….wobbly, you might say, for everyone.

have you started yet?

No, Monday start. 3rd grade!

Hoping new friends, not everyone is same class like 2nd grade.

….?

Quiet!

Where is everyones? Is because school is start?

Start...ing?

"....."

Bed time...good nights...

that’s rather hard on a kid…but if it works…

Makes me mad, a lot of times...but getting better.

Reading a lot, too. Hard, but...getting better.

you are so much better! you must have been studying a lot!

Yes! Study a lot!

Aura is...not talking to me with Japanese anymore. She says, umm...she says can only talk in English, and get better for school...is helping a lot...!

yes, and yes.

congratulations!

Thank you...

Umm....was hard, school...still am getting used to English. But doing a lot better. Aura says, and teacher says too.

….summer bay-cay-tion…

all i ever wanted~ bay-cay-tion godda geddaway~

...is a song?

Umm...school is...done. For...the summer...

...saying it right?

....summer bay-cay-tion...

lordblackquill

Well, this was certainly unprecedented. He towered over his younger self, finding himself at a loss of words. This innocent boy was very different than the man he would become.

"………………..hello yourself."

...um, is nice to meet...you. [ the last part was tacked on rather quickly, as if correcting himself. ]

My name is Simon...[ guh, meeting new people was always hard. What if they made fun of his English...not to mention, this man was very tall...almost intimidating. He carried a sense of familiarity as well...]

lordblackquill started following you

....hello...

#lordblackquill

*Transports you to Shipshape Aquarium so you can swim all you want, have fun buddy*

"Ohhhh no"

"OH NONONONONNO! WHY HERE?! THIS IS A PUBLIC AREA! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE ME!"

Ted swam around in the aquarium tank and tried to hide behind one of the large masses of coral, scrunching himself up into as small of a ball as he could

He didn’t want people to see him like this

"It is…complicated"

"I was sort of…brought here…for reasons I do not know"

"And I AM NOT A MERMAID! IF ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD CALL ME A MERMAN!"

Sorry! Sorry! English...is not very good! Still practice! Can understand, speaking...not very good! Yet!

Umm...brought here? They catch you? From the ocean?

*Transports you to Shipshape Aquarium so you can swim all you want, have fun buddy*

"Ohhhh no"

"OH NONONONONNO! WHY HERE?! THIS IS A PUBLIC AREA! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE ME!"

Ted swam around in the aquarium tank and tried to hide behind one of the large masses of coral, scrunching himself up into as small of a ball as he could

He didn’t want people to see him like this

"You…promise?"

"Well fine, I will pretend that I am an actual thing and not just a hallucination brought on by your mind and agree to you not telling anybody about this"

"Hmf"

...fine. Can pretend. Even though is real.

But yes, not telling anyone, can promise it!

How come you are here? Never seen mermaid here before.

*Transports you to Shipshape Aquarium so you can swim all you want, have fun buddy*

"Ohhhh no"

"OH NONONONONNO! WHY HERE?! THIS IS A PUBLIC AREA! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE ME!"

Ted swam around in the aquarium tank and tried to hide behind one of the large masses of coral, scrunching himself up into as small of a ball as he could

He didn’t want people to see him like this

"NO! I AM NOT A MERMAID! THAT IS INCORRECT!"

"I am just a talking hallucination! I will reiterate that! There is no such thing as merpeople!"

....but you are answering me...

Hmm...scared? Of people seeing? Not tell anyone, can promise. Yes?

*Transports you to Shipshape Aquarium so you can swim all you want, have fun buddy*

"Ohhhh no"

"OH NONONONONNO! WHY HERE?! THIS IS A PUBLIC AREA! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE ME!"

Ted swam around in the aquarium tank and tried to hide behind one of the large masses of coral, scrunching himself up into as small of a ball as he could

He didn’t want people to see him like this

"………………."

"You cannot see me! Ignore me! I am a hallucination brought on by your childish imagination!"

Can see you!

Can hear, too! Talking!

...mermaid?

*Transports you to Shipshape Aquarium so you can swim all you want, have fun buddy*

"Ohhhh no"

"OH NONONONONNO! WHY HERE?! THIS IS A PUBLIC AREA! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE ME!"

Ted swam around in the aquarium tank and tried to hide behind one of the large masses of coral, scrunching himself up into as small of a ball as he could

He didn’t want people to see him like this