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[knightofratatosk]

[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.]

Comments

[crisisrain]

At least it's fixed I 'spose.

So, how many of those bottles do ya plan to throw into the river?

[knightofratatosk]

Well, I have messages for Richter, Marta, Tenebrae, Lloyd and Genis from my world, and then Horatio and Luke and Faize and... um, a lot?

[crisisrain]

[He peers over at Emil's large bag.]

Ya might wanna throw them in sparingly, or they're just gonna clog up the river.

[knightofratatosk]

[He'll just be rubbing the back of his head, a little embarrassed.]

I've been throwing one in and then watching it float downstream before I put in another just to make sure nothing happens to them.

[crisisrain]

That's fine then! Don't me stop ya from sendin' out yer sentiments. It'd be a little hypocritical of me ta judge.

[knightofratatosk]

[... suddenly he has a thought.]

Um, two years ago Richter made a little boat with a lantern in it as a way to send off the spirit of... someone close to him who had died. Maybe you could do the same thing for Casey. You could even put in one of those flowers you planted once they finally bloom.

[crisisrain]

Heh, it's a nice idea but a sailin' boat wouldn't mean anything. Casey died at a place called Mt. Temza, so when the flowers bloom I'm gonna go throw them off the mountain like I used ta do back home.

[knightofratatosk]

You could still tie a message or something to the flowers, just in case her spirit really is here right now.

I'm sure she'd be happy to know that you've gone to so much trouble to remember her even though you can't actually go to Mt. Temza. She's really lucky she had a friend who cared about her as much as you do.

[crisisrain]

I don't need to. She was a bright lass, I'm sure she already knows.

[He doesn't say anything to that last part. Of course he cares about her, even felt something towards her. But it eats him up inside.]

[knightofratatosk]

Yeah, but sometimes it's nice just to say it anyway, even if they already know. Richter knew that I loved him, but it made me happy to say it to him.

[crisisrain]

Richter is still alive though, different circumstances and people deal with loss in different ways. I don't feel like I need ta say anythin' at all.

[knightofratatosk]

Oh... I'm sorry, I didn't mean... I should've paid more attention to what I was saying.