voice-testing; surprise for a friend

[kaedesshield]

Y-you said she would be here, right? I need to know if she's okay! It was my fault! I need to make sure Lucy is okay!

Please...she was my only friend...Don't hide her from me.

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[tyke_bomb]

Why do you want to do a stupid thing like that?

[kaedesshield]

It's not stupid! She is my best friend!

[tyke_bomb]

Best friend? She isn't allowed to have one of those.

Threadjackin' like a boss

[saudadist]

[ Mariko, get to steppin' . . . oh wait you can't, your legs are made of fail. ]

Don't touch her or I'll take your head off again.

Bring it Queeny

[tyke_bomb]

[Not what the anime version goes by.]

Oh, so that's your friend? Why do you have someone like that?

Oh I WILL Silpe...lit-y...

[saudadist]

[ She'll make them fail then. ]

What, so you can have your Papa and Big Sis, but I can't have the friend your precious Papa murdered?

Go to Hell where you belong, you impudent little shit.

[kaedesshield]

Yes she does! Who are you to decide that!?

[tyke_bomb]

She's like me, so we aren't allowed to have friends.

[kaedesshield]

Well she has a friend no matter what you say! And she has more! That one man told me so!

Warning: Incoming comment spam 1/???

[saudadist]

[ ...WHAT ]

2/???

[saudadist]

[ No really what? ]

3/???

[saudadist]

[ There is no way this is real, right? This can't be real. ]

4/???

[saudadist]

[ But she's RIGHT THERE and she's okay?! ]

5/???

[saudadist]

[ Yes, she's actually right there. She's alive! ]

6/6 okay I'm done murdering your inbox

[saudadist]

Aiko...?

I shall hold a funeral for hims shortly

[kaedesshield]

[Aiko immediately smiles, though is a bit shocked at seeing her perfectly fine. She really was a good magician!]

L-Lucy!? When did you--[Don't mind Aiko, she's now in shock at how big you have gotten.]

[saudadist]

[ adlkjdshfds that name... ]

Don't...don't call me that.

For you, it's just...Kaede. [ Hugging you now because oh God so many feelings ]

1/3

[kaedesshield]

Kae--

2/3

[kaedesshield]

[Oh hey, hugs! Aiko is a bit stunned, but only a single second, with the next spent wrapping her arms around her best friend, face pressing into her shoulder.]

3/3

[kaedesshield]

[And then the waterworks come as Aiko cries. If Kaede was happy, so was Aiko beyond belief. She is gonna apologize for the tears later, but let her cry this time, damn it!]

Kaede!

[saudadist]

[ Oh God now she's crying?! She doesn't know what to dooooo! ]

C-C'mon, don't cry. Why are you...you shouldn't be crying.

[kaedesshield]

I-I know! But Y-you're c-crying too!

[Don't mind her as her sobbings are getting worse. To be here with her best friend, even if she was now older...she really couldn't ask for more at this point.]

[saudadist]

Because...I thought you were dead. [ She shakes as she hugs her tighter. ]

[kaedesshield]

I...I thought you were gone too. [Just a few sniffles, doing her best to calm down now. But she is smiling more now, and hugging Kaede more now as well.]

[saudadist]

I can protect you now. I'm stronger...nobody will ever hurt you again.

[kaedesshield]

Right...You are the greatest magician after all now, right?

[saudadist]

The best. There's nothing I can't do.

[kaedesshield]

Of course! [She could always feel safe around Kaede. If she was okay now, there really was no one who could beat her now.]

[saudadist]

I've gotten a lot better at drawing too. We can paint things together...like you wanted.

[kaedesshield]

[She laughs.] That man told me about it too! You may even have to teach me now!

[A joke, but either way, more time spent together, the better. And the fact that she even took up drawing was warming to her heart.]

[saudadist]

Not that good a teacher but...sure.

[kaedesshield]

But what else has happened? That man, mun was it, won't really tell me more...

[saudadist]

A lot happened...it's a long story.

[kaedesshield]

...It's okay, Kaede. [Have a gentle hand squeeze there, despite her being concerned.]

[saudadist]

A lot happened, but I'm okay now. [ Seeing you alive helps tremendously, Aiko. ]

I'll be okay.

[kaedesshield]

[That smile is definitely back, along with some laughter.]

I'm glad. Nothing can keep you down!

[saudadist]

Yeah...magicians can't be broken by anything. We're just too good.