56th Chore [video]

[combat_butler]

November... Really is a horrible month

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[newhero]

... Hey, Hayate?

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[combat_butler]

*Now there's a voice he hasn't heard in awhile... Rather than the mopey tone he's had thus far, it's a bit more on the surprised side when he lets out a simple:*

--Sora-san...?

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[newhero]

[obligatory bizarre, seemingly unrelated-- but very much so-- question is a go!]

Are you by an ocean?

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[combat_butler]

An ocean? Well, yeah... It's west of the city and all... That's a hefty walk across town though...

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[gochuugoku]

It has been a terrible month.

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[combat_butler]

*Hayate just... doesn't have the energy to text right now. So he'll leave his feed on video so he can just talk.*

I... I just want it to be over... I know next month won't be any better to me-- not a chance considering what it is-- but... I would take it over this.

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[gochuugoku]

[China keeps his feed on text, and for good reason. However, the replies come back very slowly since he can only use one hand.]

I have had good friends disappear too, so I know how it feels. Not to mention it's been over a year since my family left.

[A few minutes later...]

Were you on the train, Hayate?

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[combat_butler]

Ah... No, I wasn't. Which is... even worse. It's kind of horrible, actually... When I think about how people who I care about were being attacked like that while I had no idea and was just minding my own business...

... ... it kind of makes me feel like a failure.

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[lc_whitequeen]

Hayate ... Miss Mitsuru too?

[ She is ... beginning to agree. This was a horrible month. ]

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[combat_butler]

*It takes a moment for him to reply... There is some clear desperate clinging to the Ninetales going on before he speaks up*

Yeah... She... She's gone. It's... really sinking in the more I confirm it...

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[lc_songstress]

You don't have to say anything anymore ...

I'm sorry.

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[combat_butler]

Y... You don't have to say that... It was just... their time to go... Even though I always thought we would leave at the same time...

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[redeyesforpride]

[ Here she is, running to find Hayate around Goldenrod right now. She knows that pain really well, and even if Keiichi haven't left, her Masters, her sisters... A lot people close to her already left her. But she still has Hayate and she wants to make sure Hayate knows about that.

So there she was, running in her Arcanine to find her. ]

Hayate....!

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[combat_butler]

*Hayate has settled on staying locked up in his room for this... Which would mean a search would prove quite difficult! Still, if someone were to come to his door, he would at least have enough in him to let them in...*

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[redeyesforpride]

[ Well, that's the second place where she could search, so she's the kind of her who just... steps in the room when she's worried, without knocking first. ]

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[uuing]

Uu-, Hayate..

[ Maria's expression isn't as bright as usual, instead she's actually looking a little down as she's worried. ]

Did a lot of your friends leave..?

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[combat_butler]

Ah, Maria-san... *He already feels pretty bad about being so... abysmal about this. The idea of making others lose their cheer because he's having a bad few days just makes him feel worse.*

... yeah. Two really important ones... Almost like they left together.

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[uuing]

... Sorry, Hayate. It must be sad. [ She can know. Sakutaro and Beatrice left relatively close to each other too, not to mention all the other family members and friends she's lost during the time she's been here.. ]

Should Maria try to cheer you up? Maria's magic of happiness never fails.

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[combat_butler]

It... definitely is. Sad, I mean... In a variety of ways. *Himself, mostly. Yet at hearing her offer, he... well, he can't exactly turn it down. And at this point, any offer like that sounds appealing.*

... If it never fails, I certainly wouldn't object to seeing it in action.