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[seetheflower]

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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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[combat_butler]

*uwhooooooooooooooa mariatriceeeeee I want to see your smileeeeeeeeeeeee

aka Hayate looks a tad upset about this himself. He's lost quite a few friends recently though, so he's bit... toughened up.*

It's always different, Menma-san. It all depends on how close you were, how they felt about being here... How much you knew about their home... That kind of stuff.

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[seetheflower]

I think we were very close? [ Friends are always close, no matter how long they've been together, ok. ] She taught me magic, and she was always helpful and happy to talk to me. We just met the other day...

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[combat_butler]

Mm... That's definitely Maria alright.

At least you can be glad you got to meet her in person before this happened, right?

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[seetheflower]

She told me she was here for a long time... I wish I arrived earlier just to spend more time with her.

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[combat_butler]

Aha... That's always a feeling that lingers behind after someone leaves. You wish you had done more with them. Or at least that one thing you really wanted to do...

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[seetheflower]

I wanted to do a lot of things together with her. I could have let her watch me battle, or catch Nokemon together, or play with her Nokemon, or just drink tea, have naps together, or- or... many other things...

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[combat_butler]

... be sure to never forget those things, Menma-san. You never know when the chance might come that you can do one of them due to the magic of happiness transcending time and space!

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[seetheflower]

Do you mean magic can bring her back here...?

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[combat_butler]

If not to stay... As long as you keep her somewhere in your thoughts, you might see her again someday.

*... roughly six months from now if he had to guess.*

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[seetheflower]

[ six months would kill her ]

Like Santa Claus? If I believe hard enough, he exists...right?

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[combat_butler]

*fuuuuuuuuuu why santa of all things. the slightest of twitches at hearing that name*

Y... Yeah... Exactly like that red jerk Santa!

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[seetheflower]

I really want to see him this year... ask him if he can bring Maria back...