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[goodwilled]

Are you really sure about this? If this is what you want to do, then I"m going to support you. It's just..there are some things that need doing back at home. Some of my friends need our help, and leaving them in trouble is the last thing I want to do. Are you sure that this won't affect how things turn out? I guess all I can really do is trust you, just like I can trust my friends in being alright even if I'm somewhere else. I believe in them. They're strong.

[ a pause, and his hand moves to the side of his head ]

Still..a world of dreams..sounds like something out of a book Hubert might have read when we were kids. Well, if that's where we're headed, I'll give it my best shot.

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[windfell]

Who needs help?

[ You had best be talking about someone else that isn't him, Asbel. ]

[goodwilled]

[ alkwfjaew. it's weird seeing him like this again. after how he last saw him -- and asbel really isn't one to lie, so he answers honestly ]

Well, you --and Sophie, even if she won't say as much.

[windfell]

That's not what I remember last.

[ But you seem okay on the surface anyway... But he's still looking you over to make sure you really are. ]

[goodwilled]

[ what did that mean? to both that, and his looking over, asbel furrows his brows. ]

Richard? Are you alright?

[ are you really alright? ]

[windfell]

I'm fine...

[ It's you he's worried about. ]

[goodwilled]

[ he looks really confused. last time he checked richard didn't look much like himself anymore, and now he seemed..just like he had been before. before all those things had been set into motion. ]

That's .. good. Last thing I remember --wait.
[ a pause, and he looks up again ]
What do you remember?

[windfell]

[ ...if you don't know, he doesn't think he wants to tell you. And that does nothing to ease his worries about Asbel's well being. ]

...it's nothing.

[ He smiles. ] I'm glad things worked out okay somehow. [ Even temporarily at least. Boy he sure did miss being able to just. IDK be with you like this. Without weird impulses to destroy the world or voices in his head trying to tell him you'd betrayed him. ]

[goodwilled]

[ is it really nothing? it felt like he hadn't seen the real richard in ages. that's right. the real richard. the one who's our friend. it's really him.

he has a lot of questions, none he feels wise to push onto richard after watching him suffer for so long but..it really seems somehow, that it's alright. ]

It really does seem like you're alright now.
[ his face slowly relaxes, until there's nothing but deep relief in his face ]
I don't know what exactly happened but ..there's no way I would have let you suffer like that anymore, Richard. Not me, not Sophie, and not the rest of our friends. It's the only result any of us would have accepted.

[windfell]

I am fine. [ He smiles. Because those words... they were special to him. ]

...thank you my friend. I...

[ He wants to say he's sorry... to apologize for all the trouble he's caused, but he doesn't really know... how. It's not simple. He's done so much to cause Asbel trouble, and yet Asbel never gave up on him. How can he express the relief and happiness he feels? ]

[peachbutt]

It's a little weird being sent to a game, but... You'll be fine, Asbel, and so will all of us. It'll be alright, no matter how strange it is.

[goodwilled]

Cheria? You're here too?
[ there's no denying it's a relief seeing her. though that does surprise him ]
Wait, you've been sent to one of these 'games'?
[ cheria were you okaytellmeeverything--]

[peachbutt]

[a small laugh] Yeah. It's good to see you again, Asbel.

I have, though I'm not at one anymore. I was confused for a while at first when I got there actually, but the others there helped explain the situation to me right away.

[goodwilled]

Yeah -- it feels like I was just with you until I came here, though. Still, I'm glad one of you guys is around. I don't want us getting seperated.
[ for five seconds cheria he actually was talking just about you and then everyone else..isn't he charming...]

Where were you? You were safe, right?

[peachbutt]

[ASBEL WHY... No it's okay this time, she's not expecting anything special out of this unlike all those other times!!]

Yeah, it's... Well, it's a little confusing to think about. I think it's best to not focus on the details about it. [Otherwise SHIT GETS CRAZY.]

Of course I was! You don't think I can't take care of myself, do you? [though it's obvious she's just teasing] It was a place called Asgard, and a lot of us were there actually.

[goodwilled]

[ CHERIA I WANNA KNOW WHAT LOVE IS.....i want you to show meeeeeee --- anyway. ]

Well, I guess..it all seems a bit too over my head anyway.

[ headscratch. that question causes him to gawk a little ]
N-No not at all! I just wouldn't want you to be there alone.
[ plus he would feel better if he were there protecting all his tomodachis. ]

They were? How many of us?

[peachbutt]

[Maybe one day when Asbel is less dumb I MEAN--]

Mine too. Trying to think too much on it just sounds like it would give me a headache.

Thank you, I appreciate the sentiment. [how do you hold all of these tomodachis] But since so many of us were there, I can't say I was alone. Let's see now... There was Sophie, you, King Richard, Hubert, and Pascal during my time there. They didn't always stay long, but I definitely saw all of them at least once.

[goodwilled]

[ WOW EXCUSE YOU CHERIA. EXCUSE YOU.


tbh idk how i hold all these tomodachis but watch me try. ]

Me? But I don't remember being there..
[ a pause ]
Wait. It's like..there are -- multiples, right? My mundane explained it, she sounded just like Pascal, too. At least some of you guys were together.

What was it like there?

[captain_cleavage]

A world of dreams certainly sounds fanciful.

[This is probably not the captain you are looking for.]

1/idek

[goodwilled]

Captain!

[ boy is he glad to see yo----]

[goodwilled]

[ wait. something..feels off. but what could it be? ]

[goodwilled]

[ did he..cut his hair? when in doubt, someone must have cut their hair. his voice sounds kind of different.. ]

ok i'm done i swear.

[goodwilled]

[ oh well. must have been his imagination. ]

Captain, are you feeling alright? Your voice sounds kind of different.

FABULOUS; never change, Asbel

[captain_cleavage]

[Malikah raises an amused eyebrow.]

Oh? How so?

such a smart kid, that asbel

[goodwilled]

Well..kind of high sounding? Like..well...
[ well a girl, captain!!! ]
Kind of like a girl? But I mean, are you sick? That could explain it!

straight-A's in denseness!!!!

[captain_cleavage]

[Malikah finally allows herself a chuckle.]

No, I'm not sick. In fact, I think this is the best I've felt in quite a while.

[Whether or not this Asbel is from her world, she is glad to see her student again.]