[005 // Video] (3AM, backdated 'cause I fail)

[not_the_pastry]

[Éclair is sleeping with one hand on her NEXUS--as more people arrive, she likes to keep it close by, just so that there's at least one smiling face to comfort them. After all, Lumiére had been there for her when she was new at GOTT, and alone and scared. If she could do that for someone else

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VOICE. 3:32AM.

[em0phones]

. . .

Lumiére...? That's the person you were looking for, right?

VOICE.

[not_the_pastry]

I looked, but she hasn't come here yet.

VOICE.

[em0phones]

... is she okay? After... that.

VOICE.

[not_the_pastry]

We got away. But when I came here...the GOTT was hunting us. I don't know if she's safe now.

VOICE.

[em0phones]

[ There's a long pause, and then he speaks up again -- ]

... But she's your partner, right? That means... you trust her, doesn't it? [ He's glad this is set to VOICE. ]

VOICE.

[not_the_pastry]

Of course! You have to trust your partner, right? And Lumiére's almost always right anyway.

VOICE.

[em0phones]

So, if you trust her, you can trust that she's okay. ... That's kind of what I've been telling myself.

VOICE.

[not_the_pastry]

That's...a nice way to think.

[Her voice has turned to a definitely warm note.]

I guess you're optimistic too sometimes after all, Neku!

VOICE.

[em0phones]

[ sdkgjsf. HE IS NOT AN OPTIMIST. ]

... It's not that. Just... advice I heard from someone pretty smart.

It saved my ass then, so I figured... might as well keep using it, right?

VOICE.

[not_the_pastry]

Sounds like a good idea to me!