1st Conviction [Video/Action]

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[Greetings, citizens. Tsubaki has just returned from quite the eventful little trip home and has only just figured out where she is. Vaguely. Remembering people isn’t a priority; all that matters is finding what she’s missing, so she can GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.]

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[See Tsubaki. You may recognize her... though something's strange here. Very

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[Whenever Tsubaki reaches the plaza, Noel will be there. --Only, well, Noel doesn't notice Tsubaki yet, but Tsubaki should feel free to catch sight of her old friend just trying to make her way through the area and back to the apartment; it's been a long day with Nala. And if Tsubaki is unable to notice the girl?

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*sneeze* 8|]

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[That sneeze stops Tsubaki in her tracks. It was the kind of sneeze that had "mess me up I'm completely defenceless" written all over it. Her stomach turns as she slowly looks back in the direction of the germ-spreading assailant.

...No freaking way.

Just have some wide-eyed staring for a second, Noel. Notice it. NOTICE IT, I SAY! >8C]

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[Stupid sneezes. Hopefully, no one was talking about--

............]

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[Tsubaki. In NOL garb.]

Tsu... Tsubaki!?

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[Calm down, Tsubaki. Calm the fuck down you're in a public plaza without Izayoi...

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TO HELL WITH THAT.]

Noel.

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[No. No, wait. Noel can already see it from here... there's still light in Tsubaki's eyes. She looked the same before that happened. Therefore, there's no way that she could have already been...

The look she gave her, though. It was...

Cautiously, Noel will approach. Very slowly. Maybe if she spoke like nothing was wrong, then...]

I... I didn't know you were sent back to our world. [GODDAMMIT, SMILE, NOEL. There. It's sadder than the icon suggests, though.]

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[That's right Noel, you didn't see that look. Because seriously, if looks could kill... you'd be dead a few minutes sooner than you're about to be anyway at this rate.]

...As I recall, you were sent back for a while yourself.

Noel... you know, right?

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[The smile falters.]

...Know about what? [What doesn't she know at this point? Fuck this canon.]

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[Tsubaki pronounces each word slowly and clearly.]

Why I'm here.

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B-Because... we're... [...something tells her this has nothing to do with the Malnosso; what Tsubaki's referring to, and it makes her stop short on what she says.

Mind enlightening this incompetent ex-officer on what she doesn't want to hear, Tsubaki?]

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[With pleasure.]

I'm here because you shouldn't be.

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[...O-Okay, backing up a bit.]

What do you mean by that?

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[You might want to be backing up a lot, actually.]

All of this... it's all because of you.

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[Stunned silence for a few moments. Does she mean...?

No... she can't mean that, can she? But then--why--]

Ts-Tsubaki, I wasn't... I-I... [She can't choke out the words. Frozen with fear, she doesn't know what to say suddenly.]

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[Well she'd better get thinking. Explanations probably aren't going to do much good at this point, but you never know.] You weren't what?

Noel, when I was told that you were aiding the criminal Ragna the Bloodedge, I didn't want to believe it. But here you were, living with him, and allowing me to do the same!

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[And here Noel is, her mind basically imploding here. With Tsubaki saying this, it's like she can barely keep her head on straight. Even though they had fought before she was sent here, it wasn't... like this.]

There was a reason for that! I-- [...can't really remember what happened when you were living with us...] --forgot how you came in, but I'm sure there was a reason for that, too!