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[nrgsvr]

What kind of manga would people want to see?

Does anyone want to do anything not related to romance?

[ Mayu attatches a cute Setsubun comic involving a girl dressed as an oni. The art style is similar to his brother's.]

Comments

[Video]

[shy_mage]

Y-Yeah, that's it!

[He smiled brightly. It did sound familiar somehow. Although, Mayu probably could have told him anything.]

Y-You like drawing pictures about it?

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

I practice judo. Back home, I was captain of the my middle school judo club. I used drawings to teach techniques.

Do you practice judo or know someone who does?

[ He wants a sparring partner.]

[Video]

[shy_mage]

[He furrowed his brows and shook his head, holding a staff in view of the video.]

I-I'm a mage.

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

Okay. Cool.

[ He's too lazy to say more.]

[Video]

[shy_mage]

[Oh boy, they weren't going to get far like that. Bracken failed too much at carrying a conversation.

He glanced down awkwardly as silence struck, scraping the bottom of his staff idly along the floor. Was he... supposed to say something?]

U-Umm....

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

Yes?

[ He's oblivious to the awkwardness of the silence.]

[Video]

[shy_mage]

A-Am I supposed to say something?

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

Not unless you want to

[Video]

[shy_mage]

I-I want to but... But I'm not sure what t-to say.

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

[he nods]

That's hard.

[ He means it Thinking of what to say is part of what makes talking a difficult task. This is why he usually let's other people talk for him.]

I'm Mayu.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

I-I'm Bracken!

[That part was easy enough, at least.]

H-How long have you been here?

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

[ He nods again as acknowledgement of the introduction.]

Two and a half years.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

Th-That's a really long time. Are... Are your friends here yet?

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

They went back home.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

Th-They... They went back...?

[He just thought when his friends arrived they would live together and everything would be fine.]

A-Are you okay?

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

[ Mayu nods.People constantly leave and sometimes forget about their experiences when they come back.]

I miss them.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

[Maybe they didn't know each other, but he understood very well the pain of missing friends.]

I-I'm sorry.

[Glancing down, he fidgeted a bit.]

...I-Is there anything I can do to h-help?

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

I don't know.

How do you move on after losing people?

[Video]

[shy_mage]

I... I'm not s-sure. I-I've been waiting for my friends to c-come, but I didn't think they would leave, t-too...

[That was a sad circumstance. They could always come back, right? He wasn't sure. He pouted, furrowing his brows in thought, and mumbling the next sentence before he'd fully formed an answer.]

I...

...

I-I could be your friend?

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

People arrive and leave all the time. Sometimes they come back, and forget they were here before.

My friends from my world are safer at home.

[ Not many people could say the same.]

Okay.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

Th-That's really sad...

[Words weren't his strong point, but his emotions were fine, and he could imagine how stressful that would be. He had friends. He knew how much he missed them. And having them forget him would be harsh.]

Y-You can come to the forest in F-Fayren anytime you want. It's... It's pretty here, and there's a p, a pond, and I have lots of r-room in my house.

[Video]

[nrgsvr]

[ Mayu nods. Friends from his world wouldn't forget him, unless they came from a time before they met.]

My house has lots of room too, and I work at Sand Gym.

[ He doesn't go to Fayren very often.]

[Video]

[shy_mage]

W-Where is the Sand Gym?

[Maybe he could visit sometime, even though he liked to linger in Fayren.]

Video/text

[nrgsvr]

It's in Genessia on Aspen Avenue and 11th street.

[ He types out the exact address.]

Video/text

[shy_mage]

[He nodded, concentrating as he went through his device to mark it down on it. At least that was something he could figure out how to do.]

O-Okay, got it. Maybe...

[He trailed off again for a bit as he started another sentence that he wasn't sure how to finish.]

M-Maybe... I'll visit sometime, and we can be f-friends.