008 ☀ video/voice;

[sablemeister]

[ when the feed starts, there's some shuffling with the sound before VIDEO is finally activated, to display Crona looking a little (read: a lot, as usual) anxious about something. in truth, he's been cooped in his room since the moment he found Maka was gone-- especially considering their last conversation, and is just now pulling himself out of

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[grimreaping]

It seemed too impersonal to relay over the Seal, but regardless, I'm sorry for letting you find out this way, Crona.

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[sablemeister]

I-It's alright, I didn't ask either...

[ a beat, and his voice lowers slightly. ]

I should have noticed sooner.

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[grimreaping]

We all should have. She'd been so quiet lately that...

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[sablemeister]

...t-that it wasn't r-really obvious at first.

I know. I just...she's- [ and again his voice lowers, down to barely a whisper in his anxiety ] -gone. And t-there's nothing I can do...

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[grimreaping]

Precisely.

[ pause, then... although it should be obvious, he knows that at least for Crona, it won't be easier to handle ]

Absent friends are still friends, Crona.

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[sablemeister]

[ it's true. even if...their last conversation hadn't covered so much of what had been causing his anxiety lately, even if he hadn't told Maka about Medusa-- though she'd apparently already known, somehow-- all of this is too much. how could he just accept that she was here one second, gone another? ]

S-she is-- I... I hope she's...at Shibusen, and okay. That's what's supposed to happen, right? S-she went home?

[ Crona makes a sound of affirmation, as if he's going to say something else, but closes his mouth abruptly. this is really too much... ]

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[grimreaping]

[ firmly: ] Of course she did. We know from other people who've left and come back that is what happens.

[ it's more like one person, but for Crona, everything he said had to be without an ounce of doubt; only that way, would Crona know to trust him ]

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[sablemeister]

[ he's knows that's true for a fact, but-- how can he just accept it? how can he just accept that she might not be coming back?

it takes him a long time to reply, but when he does it's in an even more sullen tone than usual ]

S-suddenly, I-I'm not sure if I w-want to stay here forever.

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[grimreaping]

[ Well, that's worrisome. Kid had rather thought they'd already worked past the whole concept of wanting to stay in Splendor indefinitely. ]

I understand. She's the most important of all of us, to you.

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[sablemeister]

[ well, in a way, but...the idea that he's now in a world where Maka simply doesn't exist is incredibly terrifying.

...Crona can't help but feel a little guilty, when Kid says it like that. ]

I-it's just...that we were supposed t-to go back together.

[ scanning the Seal despondently in his hands for a moment, he continues: ]

I-I'm glad you and Soul are still here. I don't know what I'd..

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[grimreaping]

[ Maka, why would you promise something like that? Especially in a place like this? Siiiiiiiigh. ]

I'm certain she would've like that to be the case, if given the choice.

Thank you, Crona. I'm glad you're here still as well. I know Soul wanted the three of us to get together soon... is that something you'd like as well?

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[sablemeister]

[ adding onto that that this was the last conversation he had with her before she disappeared...it's a lot to bear. especially for someone like him. ]

I-I don't blame her. I-I mean, like you said, it's not as if she had a choice, probably...

[his voice perks up a little at that, though ]

Huh...? Soul did?

[ blinking a few times, the smallest hint of a smile creeps onto his mouth. ]

U-Um...I'm glad you're-- o-oh, I already said that, um, uh...I-I would like that.

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[grimreaping]

All right. Do you want to let him know?

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[sablemeister]

Y-yeah! I-I will!

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[grimreaping]

Then I'll look forward to it.

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[sablemeister]

Okay. B-bye-bye, Kid!