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[ Angel Devil. ]
[  chatcube, or action. ]
[ if you're visiting the rose barn,
look for the door with the creepy bat-and-angel-wing sigil on it. Knock first! Or get zapped. ]

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...why should I care about my own replacement... who's spent his life standing in the sun?

[catposting]

[ floats Angie's coin out of the water. tosses it back in. ]

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Stop.

_{[ the picture does, as the angel sheep is mid- pouring his heart out.]}

[catposting]

[ did it get to the part about Zidane? either way, Akrinak simply waits. ]

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_{[ it's early. mid word. something about graves. ]}

There was no one there... but there was someone there... there was no one, but I feel so sure of it that right there, beside me, was...

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Ow, ow, ow ow ow...

[catposting]

[ debates reaching out. but Angie doesn't do comfort like a mammal.

he perches on the fountain's edge, looking up at his friend. ]

The more I tell you, the more it'll hurt. ... And if you end up trying to dispel the curse yourself, you'll forget this conversation ever happened.

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--f, fine! Those are just parameters to operate under! "Can't just break it, or you lose" -- that's a basic trap for protecting sensitive documents. I can work around that.

_{[ breathes in slowly through his nose. ]}

...Kefka Palazzo cursed me! Honestly. No wonder I'm tripping around the pasture like an obvious drunk, that's the equivalent of a minotaur trying to weave an intricate bracelet.

[catposting]

There was someone there.

"He didn't leave me when I was dying."

That's what Dove said.

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<sub>[ looks mad. then, thoughtful.

takes the coin from the fountain, clutches it in a vice-grip, until a bead of water falls from between his fingers.

Back in the water it goes.

...
In a gloomy place, in the depths of the Iifa Tree,

A boy with̸̬͆ ̸͎̈a̵̘͌ ̷̣̋ṃ̶̛ȏ̸͜n̴̙͗k̸̭͆e̷̥̍y̸͇͠'̵͈͐s̸͕̅ ̵̨̅t̸͇̓a̸̘̾i̴͈͋l̸̤͝ A black silhouette that seethes at the edges, sometimes with two sets of wings, sometimes with only one set from the head, sometimes a monkey's tail, sits at Angel Devil's side. You can tell just by looking at Memory-Angie, injured and more bedraggled than he ever lets anyone see him, that he's not going to make it. 

Voice cut through with a strong rasp, Angel Devil grinds out,

"What are you doing here? I thought I told you to go." ]</sub>

[catposting]

...

Convenient, those things.

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_{[ blandly, ]}

Think I should tell Faith "thank you?"

[catposting]

[ thinks on it. ]

If you're not being sarcastic, then... maybe? Chances are she'll just say "I didn't do it for you".

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Tch~. I was being sarcastic! I'm sure she's going to use all our efforts for something nefarious.

[catposting]

Obviously.

[ unspoken: it didn't stop you from chaining memories like this, you shameless monkey ]

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...

I've probably said this to you before, but I have no idea what to do about this in the moment. And, anyway...

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While I... do, have the strangest premonition I wouldn't be "happier..."

...

Anything he did to me can't be anything good.

[catposting]

[ tosses one of his own coins in the air ]

Want a distraction?

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It's not like I have to hide with you, either.

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...

Sure. I could use one for a few reasons lately.

[catposting]

If I get another misfire, I'm incinerating this entire stack...

[ he doesn't sound serious -- perhaps surprisingly. anyway, he tosses his coin, and... it doesn't misfire! it's kind of cute, actually. Akrinak rolls his eyes as it plays, but it's obvious that it's a fond memory. ]

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"Teammate," huh...

_{[ understands something the cat used to call him, a little more now.]}

[catposting]

... Yeah.

[ almost looks like he wants to play it again, but doesn't. ]

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Go ahead.

[catposting]

[ FLUSHES ]

It's- ... ugh.

[ PLAYS IT AGAIN ]

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No wonder he--

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_{[ catches himself before "wanted to keep you," in reference to Workshop Guy. ]}

Followed you. Look how much your tail was waving around with your every twitch and frown. Too entertaining to chase.