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[purgatory_maren]

[The communicator clicks on, but there's silence for several minutes as Minato stares down at the couch in his living room where Leeron usually sleeps.]

Yoko. Leeron is gone. His frequency is dead.

...Shit.

[He takes Leeron's belongings and rushes them to his room, sliding them under he and Kadaj's bed, the clattering the last thing heard before he

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[dothefusion]

You okay, Minato?

[purgatory_maren]

... Yeah. Yeah, I'll be alright.

Heh.. It won't be the same, him not staring at us in our boxers at breakfast.

[He laughs a little bit]

[dothefusion]

He-

What?

[purgatory_maren]

Ha ha, he was.. kinda weird. But he was a really good friend- it really won't be the same around here. My boyfriend was ready to kick him out the window, though, he was always hitting on him. I just thought he was funny.

[dothefusion]

You- you have a boyfriend?!

[purgatory_maren]

I- Yes. Kadaj. I'm sorry.. Does that bother you?

I do prefer girls..

[dothefusion]

No no, man, that's cool. I just didn't kn-

...wait, Kadaj? You mean that...kind of violent, high-strung guy?

[purgatory_maren]

It's recent.. I guess some people don't really know.

That would be the guy. He's really not as bad as a lot of people think.. I understand him, and I know how to talk to him.

More people should give him a chance to be something else. He aims to please really, so he lets himself be whatever somebody expects of him. If you expect a monster, you're likely to get one.

[dothefusion]

Well, whatever man. To each his own, you date who you wanna. Not like I really talked to him, anyhow.

[purgatory_maren]

Well.. Maybe if we have that barbecue I can bring him with me? Wouldn't mind if I brought a guest, would you?

Anyway.. Sorry for being so depressing. I should be glad that he's home now.

[dothefusion]

Naw, I don't mind.

It's cool man, you're allowed to be depressed when friends go home. You'll still miss him anyway, even if he's better off, right?

[purgatory_maren]

Yeah.. You're right about that. Hit me hard when you and Trunks left. But I remember how bad you wanted to get out of here. Now I'm being selfish! We'll hang out a lot more now that you're back, I hope.

[dothefusion]

Well, now that I know I'm not worrying people at home while I'm gone, it's not as bad. So yeah, we should hang out more. Although it's kind of hard to hang out when crazy stuff like people getting murdered happens like every day.

[purgatory_maren]

We can still do it! We can protect ourselves, and we can't let all this stuff keep us from enjoying ourselves once in a while, either. I do what I can in that, but if Kadaj has taught me anything, it's that I can have fun too.

[dothefusion]

Yeah, I kind of wish other people would just chill the hell out. Seriously. There's plenty of monsters and other shit to kill you here, do we really gotta kill each other, too?

[purgatory_maren]

The Scientists have a funny way of trying to fix this place up. Bringing killers, bullies, and madmen here with lazy people, kids and computer nerds. I'll start to really worry when the good people start to turn...