❖ 003 // [Voice]

[crisisrain]

[Filtered from Xion | 95% Unhackable to her]

Hey I got a little problem I could use some help with. There's this nice, little, teenage girl who's never read a book before, so I told her I'd get her one as a surprise gift. But uh, I'm drawin' up a blank. What kinda books do girls even read nowadays?

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[crisisrain]

You weren't the only person to go through it were you?

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[knightofratatosk]

No, I think a lot of people did.

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[crisisrain]

Then there's nothin' to feel bad about! You could start a little club!

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[knightofratatosk]

Um...

[He's not quite sure what to make of you, Raven.]

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[crisisrain]

...

You don't have to ya know, just tryin' to keep yer spirits up.

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[knightofratatosk]

... thanks.

[He appreciates it, he really does, he's just... kind of discouraged right now.]

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[crisisrain]

[Raven was never an expert at cheering people up, if anything, he usually makes it worse.]

You already thanked me before!

Which reminds me, you must've found your journal to be talkin' to me right? Or are you borrowin' someone elses?

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[knightofratatosk]

No, I found it-- it just showed up back on my kitchen table where I'd left it. Sial couldn't have moved it, so I'm wondering what happened to it while I was gone. I don't think anyone came in the house, either.

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[crisisrain]

Sial? Oh now that you mention it, you did seem a little concerned about someone else when we last 'spoke'. So who's this Sial?

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[knightofratatosk]

He's my chimera. I took him through the portal with me, but somehow we got separated when we were teleported like that. That's why I was so worried the other day.

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[crisisrain]

Did you manage to find him again?

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[knightofratatosk]

Yes, he came home on his own. I wish I knew where he'd ended up, though.

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[crisisrain]

I'm guessin' ya can't talk to him then?

I saw this animal like thing before, I think it was called a Pokemon, he could speak. Maybe yer Chimera buddy can speak too?

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[knightofratatosk]

No. I don't know why he can't talk when all the other animals here can. Maybe it's because he's a monster and not an animal?

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[crisisrain]

I don't think Pokemon are animal's either, seein' as it ends in the word "mon" but I might just be jumpin' to conclusions.

That is kinda weird that he doesn't talk, can he write or anythin'?

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[knightofratatosk]

[BRB GOING TO SEE IF HE CAN GET HIS CHIMERA TO WRITE.

He returns a few minutes later, sounding disappointed.]

He can't do that either. He, um, tried to eat the pen instead.

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[crisisrain]

[Cue Raven laughing again.]

Yer gonna have to introduce me to this Chimera of yours at some point. Can't say I've ever seen one before.

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[knightofratatosk]

They don't have them in your world?

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[crisisrain]

Well we might do, I couldn't say for sure. Karol's the expert on all things monster related from our world.

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[knightofratatosk]

Karol...

[He still feels bad about quitting Brave Vesperia like that and letting Karol and Yuri down.]

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[crisisrain]

Oh you know him? He's a good kid, has a fear of bugs.

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[knightofratatosk]

Y-yeah, we've met a few times. I was surprised that someone that young was the leader of a guild like Brave Vesperia.

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[crisisrain]

Well he has enough experience ta run a guild, he's been in more than anyone else since records began.

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[knightofratatosk]

... is that a good thing or a bad thing?

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[crisisrain]

Bad thing that's corrected itself into a good thing I 'spose. He knows more about guilds than anyone I've ever met.