Chapter 6 - A Loss, A Gain
[Phone, backdated to November 1st]
This is a call for anyone who knows Aurica Nestmile. As of this morning, she...
She's been droned, and if the information that I've been given is correct, it's not temporary.
[There's an uncomfortable, pained pause.]
I'm sorry.
We'll take good care of her.
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[Action A - 458 Stone Street, Morning, ( Read more... )
This is a call for anyone who knows Aurica Nestmile. As of this morning, she...
She's been droned, and if the information that I've been given is correct, it's not temporary.
[There's an uncomfortable, pained pause.]
I'm sorry.
We'll take good care of her.
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[Action A - 458 Stone Street, Morning, ( Read more... )
Like Dakki, Chen too is saddened by Aurica's new found dronehood and has been restlessly walking around the house all day as a result. It's only when she sees Dakki and a...greenish light? Okay, wait a minute. Chen casually hops back into the house to inquire.
What do you have there, Dakki? It looks pretty~
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[Dakki is handling it with considerable care. She doesn't want to wing any of the furniture with it, or they'll need to replace the furniture...]
It's a high-quality one, too. I had just bought this, right before I wound up here. [She grins wider, suddenly, a fun realization hitting her.] I hadn't even had the chance to field-test it!
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(Chen's pretty much technologically advanced enough to know that putting water in a pot over a fire will make it boil.)
How'd you manage to get it back?
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[Oh dear, Chen seemed a little too fascinated with it... Dakki deactivates the saber, and the glow dies away. Best not to have the kitty try to swipe at it.]
This is a very dangerous weapon. I shouldn't have it turned on when I'm in the house...
It came in the mail! When the town gives us things back, it sends it by mail. You... oh, you haven't been checking the mail, have you, Chen? What if you've got something back and it's just waiting for you?!
[This is a very alarming thought!]
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Oh, so that energy's the sort of stuff that you use for your magic? That's like what danmaku is made of!
(That is very alarming! Mail for Chen!? That's like a present! Yay presents for kitty!)
The mailbox is too high up for me. Did I get something in the mail!? I wanna knoooooow! I wonder if they can fit kotatsu in that mailbox...can they!?
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Something like that, I think. Danmaku? Is that the kind of magic where you're from?
[With the matter of her saber settled, she pops it into nano-storage. Woosh, it disappears safely. Then she starts for the living room, where she's been keeping the mail piled.]
I don't remember seeing anything. But I could have missed it. [She laughs.] A kotatsu... that's a kind of table, right? I think they have those on Neudaiz... And I think the town would put it in a big box for you, and leave it on the doorstep.
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Mhmm. It's how everyone battles in Gensokyo! There's lots of pretty bullets flying in pretty patterns and spellcards that make extra pretty patterns! I don't know how they would mail that to me, though.
Yes, they're so warm and comfortable and are great to sleep on! I guess they didn't send it, but they might have sent something else!
(Oh, how fun it will be when she regains that~)
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[She laughs and shakes her head, and starts picking through the mail pile.]
A warm place to sleep is always welcome. I wonder what they'll send you back first, though...?
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(Fun fact: one of Chen's spells involve throwing eggs. Easter Chen. Think about it.)
I think I want my powers back first; I'm used to being in cat form, but not so much being unable to fight.
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...that's... [Dakki frowns. What Chen said has made her think. As badly as she wants her real body back, having proper equipment might do her more good in the immediate future.]
That's a very good point. It's better to be able to fight. You're right.
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