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[forgottenmagia]

I - [phone, afternoon]

Am I really...just a replacement? I do not feel like one. I feel much like I have ever been. [There's a lengthy pause.] Someone...believe me...

Ichirin-chan? Kyouko-chan? Mamizou-san?

....Miko-san?

II - [action - Church, evening]

[It was not her temple. No, she did not have her temple and she would not, unless Murasa suddenly

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[shotapope]

[He was already in the church and had been there a while. He had nowhere else to go. All he had left was to pray, pray and hope that God would hear him. He had thought no longer existing would mean nothingness, not to watch those around him think he was a fake. So while Byakuren was sitting and reciting to herself, so too was Alessandro. He recited the prayers of Rosary in Latin for fifteen decades over and over even though he did not have his rosary.]

[forgottenmagia]

[After a while, when there is a pause in both their words, Byakuren opens her eyes.]

If I may ask...are you of this Church's denomination?

[shotapope]

[He jumps having not expected anyone to approach him. Who would approach someone who was "wrong" and "fake"?]

Y-y-yes.... I-it's a little different than h-how it is at h-home though....

[forgottenmagia]

[She tries to muster up a gentle smile.]

How so, dear?

I - Phone

[tenth_desire]

[God she hates the phone things. The sound quality is crap and it drives her up the wall.]

Believe you? By everything great about the Way, who would believe someone that decides to impersonate, of all things, the fallen monk?

[forgottenmagia]

I impersonate no one...and I am not fallen!

[tenth_desire]

You may not be, but the monk is.

[Oh if only she had her Desirehaxfu ability. She'd be able to see right through this...

... Only to make fun of Byakuren for everyone not believing in her]

[forgottenmagia]

[She starts to reply, but just forces out a bitter laugh.]

So, you are nothing without those ears...I expected...much more.

[echoes_sutras]

... Ane-san has to be real... She has to be real, because I'm real, even if people are saying I'm not...

[forgottenmagia]

They are saying you have disappeared as well?

[echoes_sutras]

Uh huh. They are.

[forgottenmagia]

[She gulps. Kyouko seems a bit off to her. There's just something seeming not right. But maybe this is what everyone else is talking about. and she also just couldn't out and say it, if this really was Kyouko and the town had just cast a form of cloaking magic.]

Tell me. Do I seem strange to you? Is there something about me that seems different?

I

[brbgoing2russia]

...You too, huh?

[forgottenmagia]

[There's a sharp intake of breath. So even people she's never met...]

It would seem so.

[brbgoing2russia]

Look. I have this bad feeling about you. But... you're probably feeling the same about me right now, huh?

So if you need someone to believe you that bad, I will.

[forgottenmagia]

Yes...unfortunately.

[She pauses again.]

Thank you. My name is...Byakuren. Byakuren Hijiri.

I

[letunityblossom]

You aren't fake, Miss, although no one will believe you except others who disappeared.

[forgottenmagia]

The fact alone is comforting. [A sigh.] And you?

[letunityblossom]

Everyone believes I've disappeared, if they haven't forgotten me entirely.

[forgottenmagia]

So this is widespread. [Frowny-frowny-frown.]

Was your name listed on the news bulletin?