*18* Aftermath. [Audio, fail!lock to the Silver Dragon/Hinata Inn, dated to the 6th, evening]

[mrmew_tamer]

[A few seconds of silence, then a strained voice - obviously falsely cheery]

H-hi, everyone! Sorry about not being back after...um, leaving last night. S-something sort of came up and I couldn't...leave a m-message.

I'll be staying at the- wh-what's it called? U-um, the...wizard's shop for awhile. J-just have to....to sort something out!

[Voice is

Comments

[notemophones]

Shiki... are you okay?

Did it work?

[mrmew_tamer]

[Still crying, full-blown now]

N-Neku, it- it s-sort of-

I can't...I can't remember...

[notemophones]

... Shiki?

[mrmew_tamer]

[sniff]

S-something w-went wrong. With the...pr-process.

[hisfathersstaff]

...!

...

I'm sorry.

[mrmew_tamer]

N-no, I- who are you?

[hisfathersstaff]

A friend. Well, more like an acquaintance.

Hi. I'm Nagi Springfield. Nice to meet you again.

[mrmew_tamer]

A-again? You're one of the...people I knew before. I hate this.

[tellmydad]

Shiki?

Is "I'm fine" secret human code for "not fine at all"?

[mrmew_tamer]

Oh...oh no, another... I-it's uh. Ah.

Something went wrong, Jenny and Shiki can't really...remember anything about the Digital World.

[reaperreview]

!

Like a bolt from the blue, it's an upset former Player.

Read the threads with your friends up top. Here for you if you trust me, tiger.

[mrmew_tamer]

A bolt from the...

!

Y-you're one of the-

He's the Reaper Review. Kinda harmless.

...Ah. Th-thank you.

[2nd_spider]

Listen, kid. Like I know the bosses told you... if you need anything, just ask, okay?

[mrmew_tamer]

Y-you're...you're Ben...right?

A-are they going to...fix me?

[locked to Shiki]

[2nd_spider]

Yeah, that'd be me. Ben Reilly.

I've been working for them for maybe.... just over six months or so, and they've... eh, a lot of times, they've done a lot to mess with folks. Sometimes, just in good fun. Sometimes, maybe because they were bored. And then, other times, for the hell of it.

But, they're still basically in the long run here to help us. And that's what they were trying to do here, it just...

...

Well. Yeah.

So, by all rights, I think they're going to do whatever they can to help in this case. Even they wouldn't have ever wished this onto someone.

I'll just do whatever I can to help them.

Re: [locked to Shiki]

[mrmew_tamer]

...A-alright. Um. Thank you.