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Where are you

I need to show you something

It's from Buzen

[the reply is immediate]

library

[and Itsuki will be coming out of the building to presumably meet Vin, expression tense and also -- wildly hopeful,]

[she's covered in slime when she comes because passing this around seems more important than being clean]

Kashuu has the actual papers, but—

[she's holding out her phone - there are two pictures of letters on it that she shows him. the first one is:

Yasu-san: you don’t need to dream about Aruji looking for me again, because I’m still here. Repaired, just somewhere else. We’re going to find a way back and get out of the Prism. Tell everyone I’m sorry for being a little too quick, and I miss them. We get all your letters. I’ve gone ahead to scout a different area, but we’ll meet again. Stay focused on the mission - we protect everyone, and get out of here. Buzen.
Why won’t it let me write more than two notes tell Hot-san and Ro-san and Meric-san I tried :(

and the second one is:

I hope you don't think any less of me because of what happened. I wouldn't blame you if you did. I suppose, in the end, I got what I deserved, didn't I? The world balanced itself out.
Now it's time we start to tip the balance in our favor. Chaos comes from somewhere, but so does order.
May we meet again.
Chinatsu wanted to say hi.]

[Itsuki gazes at Vin's phone for a very long time and then,

he puts his hands over his face, sinking down into a crouch.]

...Buzen.

[there's a quaver in his voice that's very obvious. his first instinct is to pull himself together, but

this is Vin, and she'd already seen his grief. what's more, she'd understand it.

he absolutely starts crying im so sorry vin]

[oh, this is heartbreaking.

she doesn't say anything quite yet, but she does crouch down next to him, at least.]

[THEY'RE REALLY THAT SAND MEME

after a moment, he'll reach for her slime hand so he can pull her into a hug... slime hug,]

-- Thank you.

[she thinks about reminding him of the slime but it is too late. anyways. that's fine.]

...Of course.

[HUG!!! HUG DESPITE SLIME!!! after a moment he lets go, expression still a little teary, but smiling]

It's like what Vax-kun said. They're still here -- somewhere else, but... it wasn't the end for them.

[she nods, her eyes shining a little brighter.]

And... They are trying to come back to us.

...Yeah. Buzen and At-chan... We can see them again.

[he'd have been happy to hear this news from anyone, but the fact that it's Vin... It makes his heart hurt more, but it's a warm kind of hurt. Maybe this is a bit too soon for hoping, but he can't help hope.

They've already lost so much. Can't they have this one thing?]

We found letters too -- from Ma-kun and Ryu-kun. Ryu-kun asked after you and Wagahai.

...We can.

[it's a little terrifying to trust in that just based on a few pieces of paper, but if anyone deserves affirmation of that fact - she imagines that it's itsuki.]

Was it the one where he called me Bin...?

[she sounds a little touched by this somehow]

[he smiles a little]

Yeah. They worked really hard to write that letter, huh? Even though they were struggling.

[he's feeling very soft for all of this right now]

At least the same thing will not happen if they are able to write to us again.

...That's true. They'll write to us again.

[the reminder is making him even happier,]

Though I guess we'll have to write back first and say we received them... except they probably know that too, huh, if they're watching us.

LET'S GO LESBIANS LET'S GO

w5, tuesday

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