rollypolyclover | EIGHT ⌘ Yotsuba and Rainy Days [Video|Action]

When someone is sad you can say you're sorry to them because no one wants to see someone who's sad.

[This is one of the big lessons Yotsuba has learnt this week, sort of. A lot of people have been going home, a lot of her friends have been upset and have told her sorry time and time again even though they haven't done anything wrong. When you smash a window or break something, sure, you can say you're sorry then. It turns out you can say sorry for lots of other reasons too.]

Yotsuba is sorry! Everyone stop being sad, I said sorry. Sorry! Sorryyy!!

[Were it not for a gust of wind picking up and blowing against her window she would have kept repeating herself until she was told to stop or, miracle of miracles, everyone suddenly decided to be happy. Luckily Yotsuba is easily distracted by the bad weather.]

Whoah, awesome! The wind and rain is awesome!! There's rain on the window right now! Isn't that right Mister Cicada!?

[She turns to talk to the plush toy of a cicada in her room. In her mind he's quite the conversationalist and seems to agree, yes, the wind and rain are pretty awesome. Yotsuba nods in response.]

Exactly!! It's awesome! There are going to be lots of puddles to splash in, but we have to wear galoshes. Then we'll be invincible!!

[Wait, what was she talking about again? It was kind of important wasn't it? Uhhh... Damn, it's gone. The thought has passed.]

Sorry, Yotsuba forgot. Leave a message and Yotsuba will get back when Yotsuba remembers, beep!

[With her little message done she's heading outside into the rain wearing her coat and boots to splash around and have fun. If you're out braving the bad weather today you might be able to see Yotsuba running around with her arms up getting completely soaked, not that she seems to mind in the slightest.]

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They're going through difficult times right now. It's very nice of you to try and cheer up others, when you can.

Yeah, that's a good thing, Yotsuba is trying hard to cheer people up so they get happy again. Did you say sorry too? You should say sorry Raine, make them happy. If you don't then Yotsuba will be mad with rage.

[Yup, mad with rage. So you better do what she says! ... Though come from a five year old it doesn't sound the least bit threatening at all.]

You don't have to worry about that. Besides, getting angry will take up far too much of your energy.

Yotsuba has lots of that! Lots of energy, just woke up. Yotsuba is refreshed!

[She sighs happily to herself. Yup, fully refreshed.] Are you refreshed too? You should try it Raine.

[There's actually a soft chuckle at that--mostly at her circumstances for the past week or so. It is a day she can say she is feeling refreshed on, for the most part. Not that the five year old needs to know those details.] Yes, I am as well. Rest can do wonders.

Yeah, that's it, rest can do wonders because it's wonderful. That's how it works! Naps count too, but not now. [She only just got up after all, nap time is much muuuch later on.]

When you wake up and feel wonderful you should do morning exercise. One, two! One, two! [Stretch up high! Aaand bend down to your toes. And that's your morning exercise.]

You're so well informed. Where did you learn all these tidbits?

Ena! Yotsuba woke up early and went to morning exercise with Ena! I got a stamp for dancing really, really hard.

Next! Arms out, leg out! Chaaa! [And now she's balancing on one leg.]

I see. And you still practice them every day?

Only when it's early. Like now, an early day! [Otherwise she just stays in bed until its time to get up.]

Exercise is good for you, and milk too. Refreshing!

You're going to have to keep that up when it's time for school again, you know. Maybe you can earn another stamp that way.

You have stamps too? Ohhh, Yotsuba didn't know. Now I do! [But that sure is a pretty good motivator. Stamps are good...]

Raine, Raaaine! Come over early and exercise before school when it's school time! Get stamps!

You don't think your housemates would mind? It is very early.

It's okay, Yurippe gets up early too, very early! The house is very early.

[Naoi isn't, he prefers to sleep in sometimes. But who honestly cares about Naoi? Not Yotsuba! Huff!]

Well, we'll just have to see what happens, then.

Can we see what happens now? Maybe everything is early now, it's still early.

[Hey yeah, everything is still early! Maybe not as early as it was when the conversation started, but it's still early enough to get in some morning exercise. And with Raine only living nextdoor... Yes. She has a plan.]

Stay Raine, stay! Don't move, don't breathe!

[There's the sound of Yotsuba pushing the journal away and running out of her room, the silence.

... A few seconds later there's going to be a knock at Raine's door.]

Hm-?

[And then that odd silence for a few minutes. Perhaps the girl got distracted? In the meantime, she still has a few things to get ready, herself.

The sudden persistent knocking at the front door is a little surprising, but it solves the mystery. She gets up to open the front door.] You do move fast.

Yes! [But her speed isn't the most important thing right now. It's exercise time!]

One, two, three, four! Up, down! Up, down! Go Raine go, it's morning exercises!

[She starts marching on the spot whilst swinging her arms up and down at the same time.]

[Oh... dear, she was very serious about this, wasn't she? It was a good thing one of her housemates was a very heavy sleeper and the other was... occupied preparing for the mission that they'd soon have to leave for.

Buuut there's no harm in going along with it, and she finds it fairly easy to keep up with the young girl. Exercise was good for the body and she had spent that week feeling very weak, so it was a nice change of pace.]

Good! Good! Hup, hup, go go!

[Yotsuba is pleased to see Raine is joining in. Now they can both earn their stamps this morning! Keep this pace won't get anyone anywhere though, so Yotsuba decides to speed up. This time she stands still and swings her arms from side to side, clapping once in between each swing.]

Whoosh, clap, whoosh, clap, clap, whoosh! [...] Wrong! Whoosh, clap, whoosh, clap...

[She'll follow Yotsuba's lead on that for a few rounds, before leading her to do something else this time.]

Have you tried kicks before?

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