[Eighty Fifth Case] : [Accidental Audio] [After Rin's post, Aug 23rd]

[whoshotsherlock]

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--going?

I don't know. Somewhere else.

But where?! And why?!

Because.

That's not an answer, Greggo.

Do I look like I care?

Come on, man... talk to me...

I'm done talking. And apparently everyone else is, too.

[door slams, comm shuts off]

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[canhasleekplz]

Let me come with you, Nii-chan ...?

[whoshotsherlock]

I...

I didn't really come out here for company, Miku... I'm sorry...

[canhasleekplz]

Okay ...

I'm going to go out for a little bit, too ...

[whoshotsherlock]

... I'll be at the park.

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[canhasleekplz]

[ you don't have to tell her twice. she's out and slamming the door behind her in a hurry. ]

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[whoshotsherlock]

[Greg is right where he said he'd be. Only... he's actually in a tree. Like, sitting on one of the branches. Why?

Who the hell knows. Probably because he can.]

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[canhasleekplz]

[ like the dumbass she is, she arrives at the park and looks around, trying to find her brother.

... and of course, not seeing her. because little miku never expects her family to be up trees.

she eventually just gives up, figuring he was taking some time to get there, and sits down on a bench, bringing her knees up to her chest and hugging them tightly, burying her face into them. ]

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[whoshotsherlock]

[Greg sees her, but stays quiet for a while. Eventually he starts talking, just... randomly. About random things.]

I keep looking for familiar constellations. Like I'm actually gonna find Orion or the Big Dipper out here. [sigh] I think all that time I spent out past the city back home was made a little less lonely because I could always find something familiar in the sky.

... is that weird?

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[canhasleekplz]

[ her head jerks up, and she blinks a few times, blinking back a few tears that had made their way to her eyes. She looks around, then follows the found of his voice to where he is, finally seeing him up in a tree.

She shakes her head. ]

Nuh-uh.

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[whoshotsherlock]

Mm...

Do you know the story behind the constellations?

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[canhasleekplz]

[ she shakes her head. ]

Nuh-uh. [ she sounds like a broken record right now. ]

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[whoshotsherlock]

[It's probably fiction, but it was a story his Grandpa Olaf used to tell him all the time, and probably the one that stands out the most in his mind. For some reason he feels like it might be something Miku needs to hear right now

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[canhasleekplz]

[ she managed a smile. though she didn't intend for it to be this way, however, the smile ended up being one of her empty ones. ]

That was nice of him, waii ...

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[whoshotsherlock]

[Greg doesn't smile. He can't. He's tried but it just winds up looking pained.]

... maybe if we hope hard enough, we can be Orion for Onizuka.

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[canhasleekplz]

...

[ she looks like she's going to cry again. ]

I want to fix it all ...

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[whoshotsherlock]

[he has been crying, but he's doing a good job of not letting it be known]

I do, too.