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[Morning finds Emil lugging a bulging knapsack up the road to the bridge near CH #1, the ends of what look like a couple of glass bottles sticking out of it. Whatever is inside it seems to be rather heavy-- he has to stop every few yards to rest, but he's determined to make it to his destination despite this.

Once he gets to the bridge, he unzips the knapsack and begins unpacking the contents. Inside is a whole array of glass bottles, each one containing a letter addressed to a friend who has left Luceti. Richter, Marta, Tenebrae, Horatio, Luke, Faize, Lloyd, Genis-- each one of them (as well as several other people) gets a letter. He figures that with all of the creepy supernatural stuff going on lately, maybe, just maybe, if he drops these bottles into the stream now, they'll somehow reach the intended recipients. It can't hurt to try, right? If nothing else, it might make him feel a little bit better about hearing voices and seeing things.

... or so he hopes.]

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[That's new. Sonic wondered what Emil was up to with that heavy bag... and are those bottles? In any case, Sonic approached his friend.]

Emil? What're you doin' with those?

Oh, um...

[He debates hiding them or lying, but finally decides to just admit it.]

... I'm sending messages to the people who have been sent back home.

[No, lying is bad! But not like Sonic would pry even if Emil had lied. His ears perked up.]

Is that gonna work? [His eyes followed the flow of the river. He thought, if he were thinking about it rationally, that it wouldn't work. But in a way, a part of him held hope that you know what, what if it did somehow work? Stranger things had happened.]

... Are you gonna give it a try?

I don't know if it will work, but... I still want to try. After all, if we really are being haunted, then maybe they'll be able to read these.

[He turns the bottle over and over in his hands nervously.]

[It was true, everyone seemed to be hearing or seeing things. There didn't seem to be a good explanation for it yet besides 'experiment,' but they've all seen instances of incidents happening that weren't the case.]

C'mon, I'll tell you what, it won't hurt to try, right? We can follow one of 'em over to the lake and see what happens! Even if it doesn't get to where you want it to go, at least you tried. And you can keep the message for them if they do come back here.

Follow them to the lake...

[He thinks about this for a moment.]

Okay, I guess we could do that. That way I'd know for sure whether or not anyone actually got the message.

[He sensed that little bit of hesitation, then quickly brought up another suggestion.] Or, you know, you could just let 'em go and hope for the best. It's really up to you! Just as long as you're cool with it.

[He could understand the motivation of wanting to send messages, but he also didn't want to take away the fact that just the idea of sending them out there was helpful or a way to cope.]

[That was exactly why Emil wanted to send them-- as long as he doesn't see what happens to them, he can imagine that they've reached the intended recipients. Seeing them in the lake, well... that would kind of dash his hopes.

I think I like that idea better. Besides, it would take a long time to walk all the way out to the lake anyway, and we might not even be able to keep up with the bottles if they really get going.

[So that really was the idea behind it. Sonic nodded at that. He wasn't going to stop him since it would help his friend, and he couldn't blame him for wanting to try.]

All right, then go for it! Let's hope that they do make it no matter where they're goin'!

Do you want to write a letter to someone too, Sonic? I have a few extra bottles with me; you can use one if you'd like.

[His ears perked up. Write a letter too? He considered it for a moment, then nodded. Normally he thought he wouldn't be as sentimental if he had been at home. But he wasn't home, and therefore, that completely changed the circumstances.]

Sure, I'll take one, thanks! Might as well give it a shot, like I said, right? You're sure that you have enough for all of your letters?

Yeah, all of mine are already in bottles. You can have as many of the extras as you want if you want to write to a whole bunch of people. I can even go back to the house and get more if we need them.

[Emil is somewhat of a sap; sentimental things come to him naturally, even if he does get embarrassed about it sometimes.]

Cool, I guess I'll just take one or two for now. Probably two to be safe, heh. Man, if these do make it home, at least our friends'll know where we are and how we're doin' too! Thanks!

[Bring on the sentimental stuff! It's cute! Sonic's not going to judge. ^^]

[And he'll hand over the pencil and two bottles so that Sonic can write his letters]

You're welcome; I just hope they really do reach everyone. That way, even if... even if they don't remember me, they'll at least know that I exist.

[He gladly took the pencil and bottles, and thanked him for them.]

Hey, I hear ya on that. I think it'd make anyone's day if they got a letter sayin' that someone out there cares 'bout them, right?

Yeah, and maybe it'll help jog their memory so they do remember being in Luceti.

Oh, man, wouldn't that be awesome? I know I'd want people to remember this place. Man, too much stuff has happened, and I wouldn't want it to just disappear.

I don't ever want to forget any of the friends I've met here, especially the ones I... the ones I might never see again. I want to make sure I remember them no matter what.

Yeah, I know what you mean. If I hadn't ended up here, I wouldn't have met you or all my other friends! 'Think if we try hard enough, we'll remember. I'm not givin' up on that idea.

Neither am I. That way, when I get back to my world and see Richter again...

[He trails off, but the implication is obvious.]

[He smiled at that, knowing that the rest didn't need to be said. He gently put his hand on Emil's shoulder.]

We'll remember. We have to, and we will. I believe it!

Yeah.

[Truth is, he's not entirely sure he does, but it helps to have someone else who believes it too.]

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