☣ third story. (video)

[thinkbrave]

( Ellie's just sort of lying down by the vine, playing with a tiny tiny fruitknife. It looks blunt and useless, and like it's seen better days, but Ellie is just unfolding and refolding it. )

I've been thinking. ( A bit of a pause, and her voice drops, something like self mockery. ) Big shock, there.So, if we're all here, and we're all... stuck.

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[sheroic]

I want Japan to be here! Canada's here, though, so I guess it's OK. Because I know I can protect them both if anything happens!

[thinkbrave]

Oh. Are you another... ( ... politically organized body of people under a single government? ) uh. Friend of Maggie's?

But if they're not here, it means you don't have to protect them from whatever they could run into in this place, right? They might be safer... back home.

[sheroic]

I'm her sister!

But I'm not at home, so they definitely can't be safe there! What could they do without me?

[thinkbrave]

Oh. ... Hi. I'm, uh, Ellie.

( Oh. It.. feels like she talking to a mockery of herself. I mean, she was about to call that egotistical and then... well.

But she's different. This is just a weird... country. Person. )

Maybe it'll be good for them to give a crack at being independent?

[sheroic]

Nice to meet you! Speaking of home, what country are you from?

They're independent, but they need the heroine there anyway. I've saved the world tons of times before!

[thinkbrave]

Australia.

( A quiet snort. ) Through the power of modesty, I bet.

[sheroic]

[ Give her a second to remember where that is. ] Oh! Koalas!

Haha, do you think? Thanks!

[thinkbrave]

Yep, that's the one. Koalas, emus. Drop bears. Bunyips.

I sure do. ( so much drywall, dear god. )