[010 // Voice]

[witchbuster]

[There's a long silence punctuated only by the sound of shuffling and the faint sound of breathing. Eventually--]

Kim, Rose and John are gone. Jade and Tavros have been gone for a while...Soul and Kid are still out.

[Despite her tone, Maka clears her throat and continues in a matter of fact tone:] It's pretty quiet around here now.

...That's all

Comments

video;

[xdrunkmanjuu]

Maka?

[ Earperk. Worried manjuu. ]

It's okay. Your friends are back home, maybe. And safe.

video; 1/2

[witchbuster]

[Happyfacehappyfacehappyface--everything is fine, lil manjuu, promise.]

Uh-huh! They're--they're okay...

[...No, they're not. At least the kids not from her world aren't. She heard about it, but is almost afraid of believing it.]

K-Kim will have Jackie back... [She can't just burst into tears in front of Mokona] John can...see his dad again...

[No he won't no he won't no he won't--]

video; → text

[witchbuster]

[There's a short gasp from Maka before she cuts the video feed.]

[A few moments later, text appears.]

im sorry mokona i cant realy tlak too well righgt now

video;

[xdrunkmanjuu]

[ Flippers were not made for typing. But oh no... ohnoohnoohno.... ]

Maka...

[ There's a teeny headtilt as he picks up the SFC. ]

Where are you? You look like you need company. Mokona wants to help.

[ voice ]

[noghostsplzkthx]

Wait...are you serious?

[ voice ]

[witchbuster]

Pip started begging me for food.

[That's somehow her way of communicating "yes a good half of our friends are gone or indisposed somehow."]

[ voice ]

[noghostsplzkthx]

Oh jeez...well. Uh...Patti's at least back, and there's you and me...and at least Soul and Kid are still here, even if they are out. So at least we're not alone? At least they're back home and not here, right? [though that's also kind of a bummer.]

If you need help with Pip, I can do something. [even if she's still weirded out by it.]

[ voice ]

[witchbuster]

Yeah...they'll wake up eventually. We should just go about our business until they wake up, do something fun, or something like that.

[voice]

[hexywitch]

I've just arrived here, and it seems as though half the people I've spoken to are new and the other half are mourning the loss of someone. Is it always like this there?

[voice]

[witchbuster]

Well, waves of new people seem to come in monthly, but the wave of people leaving is a little out of the ordinary.

I mean, people disappear sometimes, but it seems like it's been one after the other for people from my world and friends I've made here.

[voice]

[hexywitch]

Monthly. Interesting.

Well...hopefully it will die down soon? Everyone disappearing, I mean. And there are a lot of new people here who could use a friend right now, I'm sure you'd be able to help someone who's just arrived a great deal.

[Lily's gone into Prefect/Head Girl mode. Problem solving, counseling, etc.]

I'm Lily, by the way.

[voice]

[witchbuster]

I'm Maka...these aren't really the best circumstances, but it's nice to meet you, Lily.

Since you've just arrived, I think it'd be only logical to help you out first! Although right now it seems more like you're helping me.