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[ when the feed starts, there's some shuffling with the sound before VIDEO is finally activated, to display Crona looking a little (read: a lot, as usual) anxious about something. in truth, he's been cooped in his room since the moment he found Maka was gone-- especially considering their last conversation, and is just now pulling himself out of
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But wait...Maka Albarn? Where did he hear that name...?]
Maka...? Kid's friends? That means you must be one of his friends as well, right?
[He pauses then sighs.]
...In any case, I know it's very hard, when your friend disappears suddenly like this. Mine also disappeared and went home... but he came back here after a while... So maybe your friend will also come back?
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I-I am.
[ that's...Soul had done something similar, hadn't he? even if he didn't remember very well...but still, it isn't enough to just know that when he's feeling this. ]
I-I know that, but, the thing is...! What if she never comes back here, a-and I never go back there? I don't want to think about it, b-but it's hard not to.
[ a beat, ]
We were supposed to go back together.
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[He sighs a little.]
I understand... But I think... that we won't stay here forever. [He shakes his head.] No, I'm sure that all of us will come back home sooner or later...
[He tries to sound certain of his words:]
...And I'm sure you'll see her again.
[Ah. He hesitates, frowning.]
...I guess it isn’t so simple in a place like this, especially... seeing as people just suddenly leave like that. [His frown deepens.] ...Thinking about how we can’t do anything about it... makes me feel kind of helpless though...
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...the only problem, of course, is that he knows that-- unless...things are different when he goes back, he'll never see her again. she had known his future, right? ]
C-Crona.
[ he introduces, quickly moving on in his shyness ]
I...something t-tells me I won't, but...I-I have to go back eventually, and until then, I have the r-rest of my friends here. P-plus, it isn't unheard of for people to show up a-again here, so...!
[ a slightly more resolute (as this guy sounds at least a little lost, just like he is) ]
I-It'll be okay...hopefully.
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But then as the other says he won’t see his friend anymore, Ruca gives the other a questioning look. He doesn’t ask about it though, as he somehow got used that when someone wanted to tell him something they just did. Asking about the problem never really got him anywhere.
He then smiles a little at Crona, trying to sound at least a little optimistic.]
...Yeah. It will be okay.
[a pause.]
But even when you get home, there are things that can be changed... and, hopefully, everything will be okay in the end.
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[ he echoes, shifting the Seal a little bashfully. ]
I-I hope so. I...may be unsure here, and I may be unsure o-once I get back, but I know...I want to try.
[ in all honesty, Crona doesn't know if he'll be able to change his future-- from a timeline standpoint. maybe...he'll end up making all the same mistakes, no matter how he tries. but he won't know unless he does try, and he knows for certain that he doesn't want to leave Shibusen. ]
T-t..thanks.
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[It would be nice if Ruca actually listened to his own words...
At the thanks, Ruca suddenly looks troubled and looks away.]
B-but... you r-really don't have to thank me. I-I didn't do anything to be thanked for...
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I-I won't...!
[ oh, but...that's...
his face contorts into a bit of a nervous pout, fingers twisting together now that he's balancing the Seal on his knees. ]
O-of course you did...! I-I mean it...
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I-In that case...
[He smiles, looking up.]
I'm glad I could be of some help.
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[ how do you respond to that? he isn't sure-- isn't...used to people being so grateful to be thanked, of all things. ]
I-I'm glad too...!
[ ...welp. that probably wasn't it, but it's the best he's got. ]
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The fact that he can help someone makes him really happy.]
So, um, next time if you need some help or something like that... just let me know... okay?
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Oh...
[ feeling his face heat up with semi-embarrassment (or perhaps bashfulness) he stutters a quick response: ]
O-okay. Y-you too, I mean, I'm not very useful and to be honest I usually just make things worse and it's not a very good thing but--
[ Crona cuts himself off, giving a small, nervous laugh ]
Y-you too.
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Don't worry about any of this... I'm sure you're more helpful than me. I can be really useless most of the time, you know? ... But... it's the thought that counts the most, right?
[He smiles nervously.]
...That's what a friend of mine told me once, at least.
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[ oh man. spiraling downward. ]
I doubt you could get any more useless than I am...b-but yeah, your friend was right...! I'm s-sure of it!
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I think nobody can be more useless than me, actually.
[...and you're not going to convince him that he isn't right.]
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[ oh, this is pointless. honestly, nothing will probably stop him from thinking he's an incredibly useless person, but this guy seems to think so too, so...
Crona replies with a long, dejected sigh. ]
We can b-both be useless, I guess.
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