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[viva_la_materia]

[The letters are scrawled, and slightly wobbly.]

Has anybody seen Night lately?

Comments

[magical-bosom.livejournal.com]

You mean the green-haired young man who works at the Farm, perhaps?

/also obligatory

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

You haven't seen him, either? Um, haven't you two been sort of tight recently? [The preceding sentence is struck out hastily.]

Well, now I am a little worried.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's him! He said he does tulips and stuff.

Aww, Kage is a good friend. ♥

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

He's my rival!

And yeah, usually he's really noisy and kinda hard to lose, but the last few weeks he hasn't been anywhere, and with the army craziness and those holes in the Scrapyard and stuff...well...

[magical-bosom.livejournal.com]

He seems to do a bit of everything, but I have not seen him for a few days. I could ask Cornucopia if he has been to work, if you wish.

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course. My mistake. I'm sorry.

I was supposed to visit him at the Farm, but then something came up at the Bar so I forgot. I really shouldn't have.

It's Night, though. He's tough as nails, right?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Ple Yeah. That would be good, yeah. If you have time.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Is he? I mean, I dunno, he's a really good fighter but he bleeds like anybody else, I mean, he bled all over me one time when we were fighting this monster thing. And if it's the Tree

[Pause, then strike. She feels like she's jinxing Night's life just mentioning it.]

[magical-bosom.livejournal.com]

[Perhaps half an hour later.]

He has last been here on Monday last week. Do you wish for me to pass out a description to Adventurer parties? We have been trying to patrol the present Wilderness with greater regularity.

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to drop by the Watch headquarters. Just to... make sure, you know?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

[A pause, while Materia racks up dates in her head.]

Um. Okay.

Does he miss work a lot?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

That would probably be good.

Can you, um, tell me what they say? 'Cause he's my rival and everything, so nobody's allowed to mess with him but me!

[magical-bosom.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. I do not believe so.

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

[Insert some time here.]

They haven't seen him. And that's good because he hasn't been arrested or found somewhere, but bad because the Watch patrols the whole Sphere. I told them he was missing, anyway. I think that's pretty certain by now.

I really, really hope he's all right.

[cathar-jedi.livejournal.com]

I have not.

If his journal can be found, we will know if he is yet alive.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

I [pause] didn't think so. Thanks anyway, though!

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

The whole

Somebody up there says he hasn't been to work in about a week, either. Kage...

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

"Yet alive"!?

[cathar-jedi.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope that this is the case. I have not sensed anything to contradict it, but my focus is limited.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Of course it's the case! He's not allowed to [A pause. die disappear leave] run off and hide like an idiot!!

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

[Juhani's comment gave her an idea. Insert more time here. Then hasty scribbling that is struck out almost at once.]

He's still alive. I promise you. He's in the Sphere somewhere.

[magical-bosom.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, dear. I am sorry I couldn't help more. But I will tell the Adventurer teams going out to be vigilant.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Are you sure? How do you know?

[She doesn't dare mention her brother, or King, or Void, or...well, anyway, Kagerou knows.]

...if you want explanatory quicklog that works for me, but no more on the journal.

[weaver-girl.livejournal.com]

Yes. Not here.