[105] [voice]

[embracethewaves]

[the audio clicks on and at first it's kind of muffled; a few short knocks can be heard]

Hey, Ryou, I understand if you're sick or something, but if you're just slacking off--

[a door creaks open, and a very...very long silence follows]

They didn't-- ...they wouldn't--

[another short pause, and there's a click as Umi pushes the record button;

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[bokuwadoctaaa]

...Umi?

[embracethewaves]

Hey, Chopper.

[bokuwadoctaaa]

[D-don't give me that look. ;~;]

I don't know who Haseo is, but I can help you look, if you want...

[embracethewaves]

[h-hey don't give me THAT look ;__;] Haseo...he's been a friend pretty much since I got to this place.

I think-- ...His frequency's gone and he's nowhere to be found. Guess I'd be kidding myself, thinking he's still here.

[bokuwadoctaaa]

[...]

I'm sorry.

[embracethewaves]

It's... Hey, it's not something you need to be sorry about, y'know. That guy got into enough trouble, so he's better off at home. Just...I'm not gonna see him again for a really long time.

[bokuwadoctaaa]

...o-okay. I still feel bad, that a friend of yours that you knew for a long time left. ...he sounds like Luffy.

[...]

You won't forget him, right? H-Haseo, I mean.

1/2

[embracethewaves]

He's more like Zoro...I think. Because he got pretty grumpy a lot of the time.

[embracethewaves]

Definitely not. Maybe it's just stubbornness or something, but I'm not planning to forget anyone.

1/2

[bokuwadoctaaa]

...that does sound more like Zoro.

2/2

[bokuwadoctaaa]

I don't think it's stubbornness or anything. It's... that's the best thing, to not forget your friends.

[...]

You'll be alright, Umi?

Re: 2/2

[embracethewaves]

It really does, huh? No wonder they never got along.

I think so, too. Those scientist jerks don't know the trouble they're causing, messing with peoples' memories like that.

[...very short pause] Yeah. Don't worry about me, Chopper.