Almosterminus [Cho]

The Digital World was an amazing world, wasn't it? In a sense, Amelie was happy to form part of it, and was similarly elated to be able to share it with people she considered close to them. An enriching experience, for sure.

But... right now, that wasn't all that important. The brunette just shook her head at Tsukiko's apology, not finding it necessary. "It's fine. I kinda don't mind by now."

Sides, and if she had any say on it, she could almost tell that Ooi liked her idol quite a bit. Whether her suspicions were right or wrong, however, that was left to be seen!

A satisfied nod was the answer that followed suit; yup, that had more or less been her intent! "I guess that as long as you tackle every new situation with an open mind, there are few things that can truly go wrong. That's the spirit!" She was definitely gonna need that 'open mind' in Terminus, and that was to say the least!

Getting through the City's threshold didn't prove to be too difficult, yet that was when the amazing beings began to show up in full force; a city that was inhabited mainly by digimon managed to accomplish that quite handily, after all. Amelie looked at her companions in an attempt to gauge their reactions, and concluded that Ooi was possibility excited and surprised at the same time.

What about Tsukiko, though?

Even despite that teasing exterior, Tsukiko was a girl that really cared about how others felt, wasn't she? That's something good to have in mind going forward, honestly! A true expression of a... 'Maiden's Heart', as Ooi would so effusively call it. It made Amelie smile.

"No offense taken, really!" She insisted, hoping that there wouldn't be any residual hard feelings over the whole deal. They were all friends, right? "Good fun is nice and all, I guess."

The brunette didn't exactly mind being at the butt end of the shipping jokes, wherever they originated, but she definitely wasn't going to insist on being it. A person could only weather so much, after all.

Terminus seemed to be quite the experience for Tsukiko too. Given how she reacted at everything being so similar, yet so different managed to bring an amused expression to Amy's face, all while was too busy staring at some giant, mostly rocky digimon.

"Pretty impressive, isn't it?" She commented, gazing deep inside the city. "I'm sure you'll get used to this city in time, at least if you really want to; in a sense, it's like moving to a new country, except... more extreme, I guess?"

The brunette shrugged lazily, and after enough observation time passed... decided to speak up again. "Yet, staring at the threshold isn't going to do much about that, is it?" Her expression was suddenly replaced with a small grin. "Is there anything in particular you want to do in here, or... do you just want to wander around? We can do either."

Weren't hose too many questions, too quickly? For a second, Amelie was a little lost when she got the second and third questions as she was thinking about an answer for the first. But... that was fine; besides, she had to admit that Tsukiko's starry-eyed expression was kinda cute.

A quick nod was the initial response. "Yup. I'm a foreigner to both Japan and the Digital World, even though I've been living in Tokyo for... maybe half a year? Maybe a little more, not totally sure about it." One thing was for certain, however. "Name betrays where I'm from, I think?" She made a small pause, as if stating something obvious. "In case you need a bit of help with that, I was born in France and... yeah, I kinda do; when your parents' native languages are French, English, and Japanese, I guess that you just learn bits of everything just by being there. I gotta admit that my Japanese had been kinda thick for a long and only in the recent months has been sounding less like gibberish, though!"

Regarding digimon in other countries, that was something the brunette had pondered on several occasions, yet... "I'm not sure about that." She shook her head, doubt being a bit obvious on her features. "I didn't know anything about them before getting to Japan, but if I were to make an educated guess, I'd wager that it's a phenomenon not exclusive to Japan. Take it with a grain of salt, though."

Thinking about it, however, it kinda brought a couple of questions to the girl's own head. "How 'bout you, Tsukiko?." A sly grin had taken Amelie's features by storm. "I'm a bit ignorant about idols overall, but... most don't use their real names, do them?"

A small wave of her hand dismissed that line of thought. "Don't worry, I won't ask your true name if you don't wanna disclose it, but it's just that I can't even guess where are you from if I don't have it! Maybe just Japanese if I had to make a wild guess, but... not much more than that."

By now, they had made a fair bit of progress through Terminus' streets. Given that Tsukiko herself wasn't very sure of where to go, it was on Amy to think about a place that'd catch her interest.

And as he did so, now it was Ooi's turn to answer. The shorter girl just shook her head, a small smile gracing her face. "Nope! This place is just... amazing. I guess it just left me breathless? I'm not sure; everything just seems so new and different. Now, I'm kinda just wondering what comes next. How about you?"

Granted, she still seemed kinda lost, but at least wasn't reacting badly at everything that was happening. And, by now, the brunette had found a path that went to one of the many of Terminus' squares; the one where all the important stores were, of course!

Was the place where she was born that amazing? In her experience, Japanese ranged from not minding foreigner to outright disdaining them. Something that made amazement a bit... flattering? Not like she had control over the place where her mother had chosen to deliver her or anything, but still.

The possibility of the Digital World being a thing all around to the world was an interesting proposition, yet one that ultimately didn't affect things as they were. Would asking every tamer around if they were foreigners in order to find that out worth it? Prooobably, not, even if it could be easily guessed that foreigners were a relative minority among the minority that were humans taking residence in the Digital World.

Tsukiko's, or rather... Cho's confession was something really heartwarming for both girl's, prompting a pair of smiles to spring on their faces as soon as it was finally revealed. Of course, Ooi was the one that reacted first, reaching out and trying to hug her new friend.

She had tears in her eyes, didn't she? "Cho-chan..." In all honesty, her idol confiding her with her true name made her feel grateful outside of what the reach of words could express. In a sense, it was like receiving a special gift.

This time, she didn't break out of it, holding the hug for what could be an awkward amount of time while Amy stared with a pretty dumb smile on her face. Those tender moments kinda made journeys worthwhile. And, in a sense, it made the brunette really question why Tsukiko Cho wasn't the target of Ooi's weird affection, rather than her.

Not like that mattered; they could take a small pause in here. Even in another word, friendship blooming like this was something exceptional and worthy of waiting, even if just a bit.