DAY 29: Arts and Crafts (second shift)

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When Kyon entered the Arts and Crafts room, he was not only feeling physically fatigued, but mentally as well. The last few shifts had not gone well at all. Kyon had spent the better part of the last shift staring at his food, wondering what the hell he was going to do about the coming night. Aidou's intentions had to be anything but good, and he'd

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A stuffed animal? Well, that was interesting, considering who he had met at brunch. Sora sat up in his seat excitedly once she had explained. "Really? That's funny, because I just met this really nice girl named Bridget earlier today and she had her stuffed bear with her. The institute let her keep him for some reason... I guess because he isn't dangerous or anything? It was really neat, though!"

He felt kind of bad that MOMO was going to have to make her stuffed animal from scratch while someone else had been lucky enough to keep theirs, but he couldn't just ignore the strange coincidence. Hopefully it wouldn't upset the girl to hear about it. "What was your stuffed animal like?" Was it as complicated as Roger had sounded, or more on the normal side? Sora wasn't sure how he had gotten onto this subject again, but now he was genuinely curious.

As for whether or not he was going to make something... Sora wasn't really sure. Whenever he made attempts, they never turned out very well, so maybe he would just settle with watching from now on. Though making snowflakes with Ichigo that one time had been fun...

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"That does sound a little strange," MOMO commented once he explained about the girl he had met earlier. "It was nice of them to let her keep her bear, though. I bet that made her happy, too." It was actually surprising to hear that the institute had allowed Bridget, whoever she was, to keep something of hers. Although, as Sora had already suggested, that was likely because a stuffed animal wasn't much of a threat. Normally.

As he asked what her own stuffed animal was like, MOMO couldn't help but grin. "To be honest, it's about half my size. He is a rabbit though, so he's even bigger if you include the ears. The one I'm trying to make is definitely going to be a lot smaller, but I don't mind at all." It was going to take some work, but it was somewhat nice having something to do anyway.

"He was the mascot of the U.M.N., so that's where his name, U-kun, came from. Um... he looks a lot like a regular rabbit, except for... well, U-kun has another face on the back of his head. The face on front is just like a normal one, but the one on back is a little... meaner looking. He can also shoot laser beams from his eyes-- at least the eyes on his second face. So, most people prefer his regular, front face only."

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Half her size? Sora's eyes widened as he tried to imagine a stuffed animal that big. It was probably the same size as Donald, in that case! He figured that probably made it a lot easier to cling to and hug, but it had to be kind of heavy, didn't it? He'd had stuffed animals as a kid, but they had always been pretty small.

As MOMO continued to explain the rabbit's name and its darker side, Sora imagined his expression was becoming even more shocked. No wonder they hadn't let her keep it! That sounded pretty dangerous, though lasers might just be helpful in a place like this. How much damage could they do?

"Wow, that's... pretty impressive," he said once he finished. "Does... he just shoot lasers at whoever he wants, or does someone having to control it?" It all sounded kind of scary, to be honest. A stuffed animal like that probably belonged in Halloween Town. If he ever saw Jack again, he would have to tell him about it.

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"Oh, he does it on his own. Ahh, the ones that are programmed with their own A.I. do, I mean. The majority of them are normal, harmless stuffed animals, but there were some that had their own A.I. so they could interact with people. I'm sorry I didn't clarify that sooner." Still, MOMO couldn't help but giggle at Sora's expression. Nothing sounded out of the ordinary to her, but to someone who didn't already know about U-kun, she could only imagine how it sounded.

"Actually, the lasers really come in handy. I used to have an attack that could summon a giant version of him, and he'd shoot lasers at our enemies. It was... It was actually kind of cute!" Even though she didn't particularly enjoy fighting, that was one attack she almost missed.

"Isn't there anything like that where you're from?" the realian asked after a short pause. "Something that can look harmless, but be really helpful when need be?"

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So it was also controlled by A.I.? It was just like what Bridget had told him! Sora really thought that MOMO and Bridget should meet so they could discuss their different stuffed (dangerous) companions with each other. The way she explained the attack it did reminded him of the way that he summoned Stitch, but Stitch was definitely not stuffed.

He didn't really know if something like that could be cute, but maybe it would be for girls? He wondered what Kairi would have thought of all this. Maybe he would tell her about it when he saw her tonight, if he got the chance.

At the question, Sora leaned back in his seat and thought it over. Other than Stitch... "Well, I guess there's Donald," he said, laughing to himself. He was glad his friend wasn't there to hit him over the head with his staff.