DAAN.

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SOMETHING WILL GO HERE

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[ daan your brain

But ah. Thinks about... Aqua with Cloud's sword... ]

Can't blame you for that. I saw Kanda's still missing his ear, so I suppose he decided against it, too.

[ Why are you all like this. ]

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He's still missing it?

[ He didn't get to look that close with all the excitement and then he's a cat today. HELLO?

Meanwhile Daan has his finger back... wtf... ]

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[ DAAN YOUR GLOVED FINGER WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ]

He is. We were headed to the shopping center yesterday and he could barely walk straight.

[recession]

Oh dear. Have you suggested he try taking a rest in those supposed healing springs people keep mentioning...?

[ KANDA... UN-NERF YOURSELF. ]

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You have quite the misplaced faith in me. Kanda's never listened to a word I've said.

[ TEENS... DIFFICULT... KANDA... SOMETHING MORE THAN DIFFICULT ]

[recession]

...I'll see if I can't talk him into it.

[ Please, listen to a doctor maybe. Get yourself to walk straight again Kanda. It'll be the only thing straight about you. ]

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Sorry to put you to work first thing. He'd listen to you more than he'd listen to Nehan, I think.

[ Just on the grounds of knowing each other longer in the living side... ]

[recession]

Supposing it's the least I can do.

Looks and sounds like you've been hard at work, all of you.

[ Producing the notebook Aventurine handed him yesterday. He's perused through it. ]

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[ Oh, have some pleasant surprise at seeing his cute pink notebook. ]

Everyone's been eager to pitch in. Did you find the information helpful? Any questions?

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Plenty, but nothing that you all haven't already been asking.

Seems like the current plan is to wander around until you discover any anomalies, suffer a little bit, win prizes to make up for the trouble... or make graphics and interpersonal rankings to somehow unlock tomes for Mr. Nehan to peruse.

[ Raising his brows. Does he have that right, more or less? ]

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Yeah, you got it.

[ And then, just to clear the air, ]

It wasn't me who gave you a terrible, flat ass.

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I don't care...

[ Stop talking about his ass. ]

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I'm glad we got that out of the way.

[ Just him. Only he is glad. ]

But yes, expect a puzzle in the middle of this week. You'll be roped into it with the rest of us.

[recession]

[ Frankly it is rude you rated him flat and terrible but also he'd kind of hate it if you rated him good and juicy so there's just no winning here. Stop looking at his ass unless you're interested for real. ]

Roughly similar times to what we usually deal with on the other side? At least there's more motivation to participate in this than over there.

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[ 🥺 He would have given you a generous ass rating, Daan, it's just that other people got to you first. ]

Right again. There's a bit of danger when it comes to retrieving these tomes, but no one's gotten seriously injured or died yet. The real trouble always arrives on Thursdays.

[recession]

[ True love minds no ass... ]

At least they apparently have the generosity of undoing the death... to a bare-minimum level. Heard that you had the misfortune of arriving a bit far away from the spring and it was a close call.

Although I also heard you can revive anyway, but I'd understand not wanting to test that overmuch.

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[ (zia voice) they should show up in the gacha store in giant gacha boxes ]

... I think I've grown a bit tired of dying.

[ You chase after it one time and it's not as great as everyone makes it out to be. Especially after the third time. ]

Yeah, revival's here take something away from you for about 24 hours. It leaves the people in distress, and I've had to keep an eye on people after they've revived to make sure they don't hurt themselves.

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What a phrase, Mr. Aventurine. Most people only get to experience it once, let alone enough to grow tired of it.

[ Stop chasing it, scrungles him. ]

Right. I've heard memory is one of them, so it doesn't even necessarily have to be something objective or physical.

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You might even forget your name and your personality.

[ Slight pause. ]

... Actually, I think it would be quite funny to see you smiling and laughing and acting as though you don't have a care in the world.

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A tad mean-spirited of you to say that I could only be happy if I forgot myself, wouldn't you say?

[ It's exactly what the cat wants too, and in fact what the cat does to him, which just adds a funny layer. ]

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[ WE ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE HORNY CAT ]

Only for about a day! I'd miss the old Mr. Daan too much to want it to stick.

[recession]

[ It's too late!!! ]

Well, then. Backtracking already?

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[ Thinks of bulge against my wishes. ]

No way. I think it would be interesting, just for a day. Like Karma forgetting how to be a brat.

[recession]

[ Stop thinking about his bulge by proxy. ]

It's always funny until you're the one experiencing it. But good to know you're not taking these things to heart.