Fortieth Note | Glorious World

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[ACTION; 1332 Benny Road]

[She heard the names of so many of those she'd known, some only in passing, others she considered as friends. "Weren't needed or wanted," the broadcast had said.

They're gone only for a few hours before Miku breaks. So many of the people she had talked to, so many of the people she became close to, gone, just like that.

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[Poland's back from his confrontation with Lithuania and his long walk around Mayfield. His eyes look a bit swollen from crying and his nose is red from being out in the cold for hours and rubbing at it with his sleeve.

He'd planned on just going to bed for the rest of the day, but was distracted by the sad melody coming from the kitchen. He leans into the doorway of the kitchen to listen, staying the remainder of the time until she finishes and subsequently starts to cry.]

... [Hoarsely.] Someone left you too?

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[She nods, then looks up at him.]

A really good friend of mine.

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[Pulls out two cups from the cupboard and a bottle of leek juice out of the fridge before sitting down with her.]

What's your friend's name?

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Charlie-san.

[She is trying, desperately, not to let her name and her face fade away. She'll succeed, but only for a short amount of time, because not even robots can remember things for long while here.]

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[Pours her a glass, and pushes it towards her as they talk. Talking about it always helped, even if it doesn't seem like it at first.]

What are they like?

[Poland refuses to refer to anyone who disappeared in the past tense... It made it feel too finite, like it was too late to do anything to bring them back from wherever Mayfield had taken them.]

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She always invades the house, but she's really nice. And...she couldn't possibly be gone!