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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

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[captainash]

Of course not. He's a professional with many years of experience; he wouldn't allow himself to get caught because of something so simple.

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[seetheflower]

... Good point. Then I'll have to think of a plan to meet him.

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[captainash]

I don't think he'd be very happy if you laid a trap for him, though.

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[seetheflower]

Ohh no, I don't wanna make traps! I don't want to hurt him or anything, that would make me a bad girl.

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[captainash]

A net probably wouldn't hurt him. Still, better not take any chances.

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[seetheflower]

He would be angry, I get it...

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[captainash]

Angry, or disappointed by such a simple trap. He has to have seen them all by now.

[timelymaid]

Then keep an eye on the mail!

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[seetheflower]

Hmmmm... do you know how old he is?

[seetheflower]

Oh, okay... wait, are you gonna give me something?

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[captainash]

His legend has been around for hundred of years, but I don't know if it's been the same man the whole time.

[timelymaid]

It's a surprise!

[ that means yes. ]

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[seetheflower]

Uu-... it's such a mystery, isn't it? Maybe there are books about him somewhere.

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[captainash]

There'd have to be. Are there any libraries around?

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[gochuugoku]

She taught me a few things about magic as well. In the past I even met the Golden Witch Beatrice that she admires so much. She was quite... whimsical.

[He can't help but chuckle and smile a little.]

"Uu." That's what Maria always said.

[He thought it was cute.]

[seetheflower]

... Okay then.

[ Normally she would be enthusiastic about this, but... uuu, friend is gone. ;; ]

I'll wait for it now..!

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[seetheflower]

I dunno, I never checked... and I can't read that well either.

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[scientificflair]

I would be more inclined to say that it makes you normal, but I suppose it wouldn't be a terribly good thing to wish on someone if it causes their unhappiness. Or something along those lines.

Was she very unhappy here, then?

[...well if nothing this conversation is just making him realize that he still has no clue how to feelings, wow.]

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[captainash]

There should be plenty of easy books concerning Santa, but those wouldn't include studies or other important information.

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[seetheflower]

[ She nods, not enthusiastically, but she agrees. ]

Golden Witch Beatrice, uu-... I would have loved to meet her.

And yes, yes...! Maria said that's the spell of happines, uu-. You say that word to make people happy... but somehow, it's not working well today.

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[seetheflower]

Uu-... I can't read letters that well, but I can look at the images.

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[captainash]

If I take care of the words and you take care of the pictures, we'll be fine.

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[seetheflower]

[ He's still getting a gold star for the effort. ]

No, she wasn't...! At least I think she wasn't... she had her cousin living here with her. They're good people...

[ Though she can't shake the thought that maybe Maria was... lonely, after all. Considering her reaction to when Menma told her that she would have left Goldenrod sometime after Christmas. ]

But her mom wasn't here. She told me such good things about her mom.

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[seetheflower]

Yes... I can go with that idea.

... Ne, captain. That means we should meet each other someday.

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[captainash]

That'd be nice, yeah. Do you travel a lot? We might end up in the same city sooner or later.