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[shatterings]

[ The stream opens up with Naminé holding a Ducklett and a Torchic in her lap. It takes her a while to speak, and when she does, it's slow, pained. ]

When people leave... do a lot of them leave at the same time?

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[paopuprincess]

[Oh you sweet innocent thing. Kairi is quickly trying to think of something she can do to cheer Naminé up.]

Sometimes, yeah.

[shatterings]

Mm... then it's very common?

[paopuprincess]

I dunno. It doesn't happen all the time, but it happens enough that you notice it.

It just... really sucks when its a bunch of people you know.

[shatterings]

Mm.

[ She absentmindedly pets that Torchic a little more, the bird chirping sadly. ]

I know it's... silly... because it can happen to anyone, but... I didn't think Roxas would leave.

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[bylight]

It's something I've noticed as well. What was your friends name?

[She might know them.]

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[shatterings]

Roxas.

[ She holds up a green marble. ]

... He left this for me, too. It was important to him... I'm surprised he left it to me.

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[dressofheaven]

Where are you?

[She'll worry about actually answering Namine's question later... maybe. She might just stick to finding her and comforting her.]

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[shatterings]

[ She pans the video around to show her. ]

I'll wait for you here.

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[paladinlost]

...Departures tend to be more common at the beginning of months. They're not nearly as regular as arrivals, but that's still been the pattern for years. As far as I know, no one has found out why.

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[shatterings]

I... guess I haven't been here long enough to experience so many departures at once. It really is something that can happen at any time... isn't it?

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[bylight]

Ah...

[She holds up a red marble, panning her camera till there was a Noctowl in view.]

Seems you and my sister knew him. He left her this marble and a Noctowl named Fuu.

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[paladinlost]

[Cecil nods.]

Not just at any time, but after any period of time, too. I've seen people disappear within a month, and others after years. You eat lunch with them one day, and the next...

[He doubts he needs to finish that sentence.]

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[shatterings]

I... it's unavoidable, I know, but... it's sad. [ She hesitates, the Torchic cooing sadly and nuzzling her hand. ] But... if we keep them in our hearts and thoughts... I think it'll make things a little better.

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[shatterings]

Oh, Fuu...

He must have cared for her very much.

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[bylight]

Fuu or my sister? They've both been rather down since he's left.

[she doesn't like seeing her sister cry.]

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[dressofheaven]

I'll be there in a moment. It won't take long.

[And indeed, it's less than five minutes before a very worried Ilya jogs up to her, face flushed with exertion from rushing over.]

Namine! [She gasps a little as she takes the last few steps, having pushed herself a little harder than usual.] It's... Roxas, isn't it?

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[walkersystem]

I don't know ...

_{[Nothing she's thought about, but she looks concerned, ignoring the Noibat climbing up her shoulder.]}

Did someone you know disappear?

[diehardreaper]

Sometimes...

[ There's a frown though. Between Ib and then Snake and now Namine was talking about someone? ]

Who else's gone then?

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[paladinlost]

...It does, even when they are gone for years or return with no memories of the time we spent together. The smiles we shared, the times we fought side by side... they help us keep going, when it still seems impossible.

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[shatterings]

Mm... both of them, I think. Those marbles, they're... He wouldn't leave them to just anyone.

[shatterings]

I-Ilya!

[ She's worried, now, about Ilya, too. Naminé hugs her, not too tight, but just enough. ]

... I think he left early this morning, or last night.

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[shatterings]

[ It does bother her that he may return and not remember, but... she'll keep that marble, the one he left her, close. ]

I think he'd appreciate that... even if he never knows I'm keeping him in my thoughts.

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[shatterings]

Mm.

[ A nod. ]

He was... my best friend.

[shatterings]

Other than Ib... Roxas. I don't know if you ever spoke to him, but... he left either this morning, or late last night.

[ There's a sketch of him with her Altaria that she'd never been able to give him. ]

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[bylight]

So they're for his closest friends... I'll let Serah know that when she gets back. It'll make her happy to know that.