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[witchbuster]

[The girl that comes on screen hardly seems enthusiastic about using a starfish-shaped communicator, or about being completely drenched, or about...anything in general. Nonetheless, she clears her throat once she's realized the feed has come on.]

So this is Vatheon, I guess! [Her face doesn't really match her cheery tone.] The natives are...

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[mauvesympathy]

[Yeah, see, he's not even gonna bother replying, Maka. Instead, at the sight of that post? Yeah, he's already run out of the house to go see her -- stopping a block or so away so he can catch his breath and ~saunter over~ to the coral, where she hopefully still is.]

... Hey.

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[witchbuster]

[Always so overly dramatic, Soul.]

Hey yourself, where did you run off to?

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[mauvesympathy]

[Nah, he just forgot to turn off his swag last night.]

[a little scoff] Miles under the sea, apparently.

[.... something is off here. B|a where's your spartoi stuff? /jeopardy theme he'll get this eventually]

Welcome to Vatheon, I guess.

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[witchbuster]

[You're going to have to start again, buddy, this is too much.]

Under the--? [SO OKAY MAYBE SHE WASN'T JUST HAVING SOME WEIRD EFFECT OF POST 99TH SOUL GATHERING EUPHORIA.] You're acting like this is normal or something, how long have you been here?

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[mauvesympathy]

A couple months. [sigh] I'm pretty used to this place now, no matter how stupid it is.

Hey, why aren't you in your uniform?

[herp derp]

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[witchbuster]

[...Um. Tugging on her skirt now to make sure she somehow didn't switch clothes somehow on the way down.]

What are you talking about? I'm wearing what I've always worn.

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[mauvesympathy]

No, I mean ---

[DING DING]

... Oh. So, uh...
What's the last thing that happened, Maka?

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[witchbuster]

Um, we defeated Arachne and we had just gotten our 99th soul all over again. Then--[she throws up her hands for emphasis]--the next thing I knew I was here! And--[she wrings out a bit of her sweatervest then]--all wet.

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[mauvesympathy]

... [siiigh.]

This place sucks.

[Without explanation -- because, pffft, who does that? -- he just turns to go, and waves over his shoulder.]

C'mon, we gotta get you home and dried off before you get sick.

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[witchbuster]

...And just where exactly is home? Why don't you try telling me what's going on instead of just being obtuse?

[But she's trailing after him anyway because hey, Meisters gotta stick with Weapons.]

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[mauvesympathy]

I'm not being obtuse. [If he even knows what she means by that. :|a]

It's in the Phanga neighborhood. Little place, but it works. [sigh]

Thing is, I dunno shit about what's going on with this place. All I know is it's a weird city under the see, and we might not even be on Earth anymore, for all we know.

[Heeee'll just lead her down their street, then!]

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[witchbuster]

--WHAT?!

WHAT?!

[THIS IS MAKA HAVING A BREAKDOWN.]

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[mauvesympathy]

... What, what?

[BAD MAKA, NO HAVING BREAKDOWNS. THIS IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS. ;;]

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[witchbuster]

Under the sea? Might not even be Earth anymore? How can you just say that so--so--CASUALLY?!

[Breathe. Breathe. ...Hyperventilation.]

We were so close to making you a deathscythe! All we had to do was just report back to Lord Death. Ugh why does something always have to happen?

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[mauvesympathy]

... [He turns to face her with a grin.]

What, you think we didn't manage it, anyway?

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[witchbuster]

How the hell could we have if we're both here?!