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[seetheflower]

...

So this is what it feels like when a friend suddenly disappears.

[ Menma's face is... indescribable, sad but also lost. This is the first time one of her close friends leaves this world all of a sudden. Even she has no idea how she should feel about this. On her lap, there's an Eevee who looks just as lost.

It's like she musing to herself, rather than talking to the network directly. ]

At least now Maria can grow up and be happy in her home... uu... wish I could thank her for giving me this little one. [ She pets the Pokemon on the head absent-mindedly. ] I don't know if I should be glad for her, or... How do you all feel when a friend disappears? I... just don't know.

[ She quickly wipes a tear off her cheek, and then shuts the feed off. ]

Comments

[video]

[captainash]

Maybe people show up more quickly when we really want to see them. That'd be nice.

[timelymaid]

I never have, either - just the pokedoll!

[video]

[seetheflower]

It's like wishing hard that Santa exists... as long as you believe in something, then it'll exist for real!

[seetheflower]

Uu-, I would really like to see one. The name makes it sound so happy.

[video]

[captainash]

If there's a world where that works, it'd be the one with dogs that breathe fire and plants that walk around, right?

[audio]

[scientificflair]

[...oh hon.]

I don't see why it wouldn't be. You feel what you do, there isn't much to be done about it either way.

[timelymaid]

A pokedoll or the pokemon itself?

[video]

[seetheflower]

A world like this one, right?

[audio]

[seetheflower]

Wouldn't it be selfish, though? Maria sure is happier now that she's back to her home, so if I'm sad about it, that can't be good of me...

Doesn't it make me a bad person?

[seetheflower]

I could say both..?

[video]

[captainash]

Exactly. Who could say what is or isn't possible here?

video

[fairycircle]

Right. It's like how people arrive.

[video]

[seetheflower]

That's true. I won't let anyone say that Santa doesn't exist!

[video]

[captainash]

That's the spirit. Especially if they say it around little kids.

[video]

[seetheflower]

Yep. [ She tries to smile. ] Everyone should believe in Santa!

[video]

[captainash]

They sure should. I remember the great times I spent staying up at night, waiting for him to show up. It never worked.

[timelymaid]

Well, the doll part, at least, I can help with. What's your name?

[audio]

[scientificflair]

[Well, that...!

...That is a good question, isn't it. Huh...]

I...don't think so...I mean, you're not sad because she's happy, you're sad because she's no longer here. So I doubt that makes you a bad person...

[audio]

[seetheflower]

... Hmmm.

[ She seems to be thinking hard about it... as far as her brain can go, really. ]

Maybe you're right. They're not the same thing...

But if I wished she came back here, then it would be bad, right..?

[seetheflower]

Menma. I'm Menma, and you?

[video]

[seetheflower]

Oh? It never did...? But I planned to stay awake this year! Are you saying he won't show up?

[video]

[captainash]

No, don't worry. I'm saying he's really good at staying hidden.

[timelymaid]

Aradia Megido! And which city are you in...?

[ She'll send you that doll, for Christmas. ]

[video]

[seetheflower]

But I heard he comes from the chimney, so he must make a lot of noise when he does.

[seetheflower]

Goldenrod. I'm staying here for a while, maybe for another month.