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[apostleofhope]

Hide and seek, says the wind
In the shade of the woods;
Hide and seek, says the moon
To the hazel buds.

Hide and seek, says the cloud,
Star on to star;
Hide and seek, says the wave
At the harbour bar.

Hide and seek, say I
To myself, and step
Out of the dream of wake
Into the dream of sleep.

I'm really good at this game. You're awful at it~

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[tenmorehours]

Wh-what?

[accidental voice/action]

[tenmorehours]

Joshua--!

ROSETTE!

[And in the background is Autor sounding half terrified and half fascinated--"What?! What's going on?"

Chrono obviously ignores him because the voice soon fades away as he flys out of the Ferris wheel and quickly lands.]

I can't use my wings, that'll just kill her faster!

JOSHUA, WHERE ARE YOU?!

audio;

[apostleofhope]

Well it would be cheating it I told you. I found you on my own, didn't I?

audio;

[tenmorehours]

You didn't find me, you threatened my friends to force me to come to you! WHERE ARE YOU?

audio;

[apostleofhope]

Not this time! I can see you perfectly. I knew you were out and about, what with her conversation with the flower boy. Then it was just a matter of flying around 'til I got a headache.

Oh Chrono. You really are a pain, you know? Literally.

audio;

[tenmorehours]

He can see me?! Then--then he's here!

[He holds his computer closer to his ear to try to pick up any background noises that could give him a better clue, scanning the crowd and the tops of buildings for any sign of Joshua.]

You don't have to be in pain anymore! Joshua, don't do this. Come on, give me a clue!

audio;

[apostleofhope]

[He's just laughing now, and it's hard to hear anything over it.]

audio;

[tenmorehours]

[Damn it, that won't work. He's scanning around quickly for any sign of Joshua's blond hair, taking his messenger away from his ear in order to fire off a quick message to Rosette.]

Joshua, you don't want Rosette's blood on your hands. Seal the watch!

[AP]

[bound_by_time]

Chrno! [Oh there he is, and she's weaving as she runs towards him, fists balled at the sight of him.]

[AP]

[tenmorehours]

[He cancels out the message quickly and whirls around, running towards her and grabbing her arm, pulling her protectively close to him.]

He's nearby!

[AP]

[bound_by_time]

[She all but stumbles into him as he grabs her arm, blue eyes searching around again at his words.]

Then don't just stand there! GET HIM! This is a chance to stop all of this!

audio;

[apostleofhope]

You're telling me what I want, now? That's bold. This is what she gets for not listening to me.

I gave her a chance to live, you know. I had every right to kill her, but I let her walk away. But I guess she doesn't value her life very much, because she showed her face again at the beach!

Why even fight for such a dumb woman, Chrono? She'll die anyway. Just like Mary. And when you get right down to it, it's all your fault~

audio;

[tenmorehours]

Do you think I don't know that?! That's why I'll do anything I can to stop you!

audio;

[apostleofhope]

Really? What are you going to do, Chrono? Kill me? Don't tell me you're finally getting serious.

audio;

[tenmorehours]

When I said anything I meant anything. Give me the watch, NOW.

audio;

[apostleofhope]

You'll have to take it if you want it.

[O HAI THERE, he's behind you, done chillaxin' on the ferris wheel.]