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[X] "Flustered Alice is cute, but a composed Alice is fine too. ♥"
[X] Clamp your hands over your mouth.

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Anon tries to focus, but his eyes keep wandering back to Alice.

She is simply too distracting like this. He turns his eyes to the doll.

"Does she have a name?," Anon asks.

"Yes, her name is Shanghai," Alice replies. She smiles a bit wider as she says this.

Shanghai hovers out of Alice's arms and sits on the table in front of Anon. However, Anon still has his attention on something else. That smile is simply radiant.

"Flustered Alice is cute, but a composed Alice is fine too. ♥", he mumbles.

Wait. Did he just say that aloud?

He turns to Alice. Her face is a burning shade of crimson, with mouth agape.

Anon clamps his hands over his mouth, then quickly looks away. He hides his own face with his hands as he looks out the window.

"At least she isn't blasting me yet," he thinks. "Dammit, not as planned! Something please, please, please break this awkwardness!"

Just then, Marisa bursts in, oblivious to the atmosphere.

"Here it is! My secret mushroom and meat stew! I bet you can't wait to try it, ~ze!"

She carries in a small cauldron full of some suspicious looking liquid. Anon can see several bits that aren't mushrooms, nor pieces of meat, but the smell it is giving off is surprisingly pleasant. It is probably edible.

Marisa quickly serves everyone a large bowl of the stuff. A glance at Alice shows that her face is slowly turning back to normal, though her cheeks still have a tinge of pink. She seems to be focusing her attention on the stew.

Anon turns to his own bowl and looks at it. It doesn't look very appetizing, but it smells great. He looks up to see Marisa staring at him, complete with a wide smile. "Guess I have no choice," Anon thinks as he takes a spoonful of the stuff to his mouth. He pauses for a moment, spoon still in his mouth.

"Th-th-this stuff is great!," Anon blurts out.

Marisa smiles a huge toothy grin in reply. She takes her seat and begins to eat her portion.

"So, I'm guessing you aren't from Gensokyo?," Alice asks with a polite smile.

Anon smiles back as he narrates his story again. Alice asks a few questions and seems genuinely interested. Marisa doesn't seem to be listening attentively, but she gives an affirming nod every now and then.

"... and finally here I am, having lunch with two beautiful magicians. I am quite fortunate that I met you two instead of those man-eating plants that Marisa mentioned," Anon says, ending his story.

"Yeah, you are real lucky to run into someone awesome like me, ~ze!"

"I'm glad you arrived safely somehow. Too bad about your memories though," Alice says.

Anon nods as he takes another spoonful of the tasty stew. Unexpectedly, the mood is now quite pleasant.

"I should use this chance to talk about something important," he thinks.

Looks like they have time for one topic before they finish lunch.
[ ] Talk about mushrooms.
[ ] Talk about dolls.
[ ] Talk about magic.