Video ◌ 009 ◌ You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.

[maple_syrup_can]

[The feed comes on and there is a slight shuffling sound, but the video is blackness. After a moment you can hear a tiny, sobbing gasp. The video resolves with the little light available, and you can see the dim outline of a bed, and a shape that is perhaps someone curled up under the covers. Kumajirou's soft voice comes from very close to the

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[private text]

[maple_syrup_can]

[A few days later on Sunday, Whitney gets a text message back.]

I'm so sorry I didn't reply to you right away.

I'm... really very sorry to tell you this but... Jasmine is gone.

[Not that you can tell by text, but it took him a really long time to write that.]

Sorry... I know that you are a good friend of hers...

[private text]

[maple_syrup_can]

I... [He's tried everything, but can't find her! She's disappeared! But what can he say?]

I'm sorry.

[private text]

[maple_syrup_can]

[He feels his face flush in anger at that - of course he's looked everywhere he could think of! But... what can he say.]

Right...
If you happen to see her... please tell her to call me?

Re: [private text]

[maple_syrup_can]

Okay.

Take care, then, Whitney.

[May 31, private text]

[maple_syrup_can]

[And Canada just doesn't have the heart to reply to that, even if it comes across as rude. Sorry.

But, a few days later on the 31st, Whitney will get a private text to her Guide:]

Jasmine is back!
She was taken back to her home for a while, but somehow she came back today!
I think she really looks forward to talking with you.

Re: [May 31, private text]

[maple_syrup_can]

[Aw, yay!]

It's really great.
She's at home.

[May 31, private text]

[maple_syrup_can]

You're welcome! Have a nice time.