Twenty Five red letters

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora hasn't heard from Sakura since she last saw her as that little black cat earlier this month. Worried about her friend, she heads to her room to check on her. Wait... That's not... She looks around to make sure she's got the right room. No... this is the right room, there's just something missing from it. She stares at the door for a moment

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[madetothwart]

Ah...

Thank you for informing me.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She opens her mouth to shoot him some snotty remark... but realizes who it is. She settles for just sighing and muttering]

You're welcome.

[madetothwart]

She will be dearly missed.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Yeah... she will. She was one of the coolest people here.

[madetothwart]

She was very industrious, we owe a great deal of our knowledge to her.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Yeah. She was also a good friend, and a lot of fun to hang out with and talk to.

[madetothwart]

I'm afraid I knew her less well socially, though I had endless admiration for her dedication to research.

[eat_me_beat_me]

See, I didn't know her very well as far as the research parts of it go. I mean, I heard about it, but I don't really do much of that.

[madetothwart]

I should have liked to know her better as a friend, unfortunately we did not get the chance.

[eat_me_beat_me]

That seems to happen a lot around here...

[madetothwart]

It is an unfortunate consequence of living in such a precarious environment.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Precarious. I like that. [she sighs] It makes having friends hard sometimes.

[madetothwart]

And yet it makes the friendships we do have, all the more precious.

Each moment is a gift, treasure it while you can and you will be left with happy memories to look back on in return.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[There's a pause as she lets this sink in]

You're right. I've been trying to do that, especially with the time I spend with my boyfriend. It's just hard when my friends keep leaving.

[madetothwart]

It's certainly not an ideal situation, but sometimes they are not gone for good.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Yeah. I've known someone who left and came back... it's weird. It's like. I know him, I've hung out from him... but he doesn't know me.