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-The video is having a lot of trouble focusing, but some people might pick up the transmission as coming from Mariner High. The camera darts about, the owner taking in everything in a hurry. What's more, was who the transmission was coming from at all... Finally, she speaks in Japanese.-

WHY IS EVERYTHING DIFFERENT?!

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[After Marisa had appeared, flipping through the communicator channels had suddenly seemed like an excellent idea and Flandre had been much more vigilant about it.

...but after a few days, her sudden interest waned a bit.

So it's a little while before Flandre's daily channel surfing--]

[--she knew that voice.

She knew it. She knew who it was. What her name was.]

[--but was it really?

She hadn't been very afraid of the city in a...very long time. The last time Flandre saw Cirno, she was--

...and she hadn't heard her voice in so long, it seemed. Even though she knew it wasn't just a year, or more, and--]

[...maybe this was a trick, to make her afraid again.

All that elation swelling in her chest turned...complicated. It made her smile, yes, but also grind her teeth and twist her hands on themselves.]

[But Cirno sounded...almost afraid. Or not quite but close enough that her mind made the jump from one to the other and it made her pinch her eyes closed for a moment and--]

Cirno? Is that you? Are you there?

[Please don't say you're a ghost. Flandre's voice is small and plaintive enough as it is.]

...please say you're still there.

[Here and gone, here and gone...like her dreams had been.]

Flandre!

What happened!? Why is it all different now?!

Ci--[her voice hitches for a moment]--Cirno...

You've been gone a...long time.

[...the voice sounded just like Cirno. Just like it, and--Flandre couldn't help but whimper at the screen, and claw at it, as if she could dig the fairy out of it and free and talking to her still and all that time hadn't happened at all.]

... A long time? -It couldn't have been that long... could it?-

...Koishi left, after you did. Then Haruka, and Shinjiro, and Kantarou and Sunao, and...the library burned away, and there were other cities after all, and...

...I'll come get you, Cirno.

-All of them... her nakama... her family... But Flandre was still there. Without her. All the sudden, the fairy sunk. She felt... horrid.-

I'll wait...

[There's a rattling sound as Flandre's wings unfurl--and then in broad daylight she takes off. It was uncomfortable, and itched terribly, but...Cirno was waiting.

She could still barely believe it, that there was even a little bit of hope at the fairy's return...but...

Flandre hasn't put the communicator down; instead, the device is all curled to her chest and catching dizzying glimpses of the world racing by below between her claws.

But her breath seems to catch in her throat when she sees a little bit of blue on the roof of the high school; Flandre puts on a burst of speed, wings briefly flickering bright white before returning to their normal colors.]

Cirno?

[Was it? Wasn't it?]

CIRNO!

[INCOMING]

-OH SWEET MOTHER OF GOD SHE WAS NOT READY! Cirno just barely avoids being snapped clean in two as Flandre tackles her to the floor.-

[She tried to be more careful, she really did, but...this was Cirno. It was, it was, and she tried vainly to curl her wings around the fairy as tears welled up in her eyes.]

You came back, Cirno.

Y-yeah... yeah... It's me, Flandre. -She gently pets at that blonde hair, taking in its scent and a plethora of memories with it.-

I'm sorry... I didn't mean to go away.

[Flandre relaxes a bit, at the comfort...but she couldn't stop crying, or stop that keening, whimpering noise in her throat.

Eventually, she flutters up and to the side so Cirno could get up, but she doesn't let go of Cirno's hand. She's trying to be more careful this time; though her grasp is strong, it's not bone-crushing or even uncomfortably pinching anything.]

Um... h-hey, uh... Where are you staying now? I don't think I could live here without Kantarou or Haruka...

I was staying with Marco, until Cube came back. But Cube is back now, and I'm staying with him.

[She twitches a bit, as if reminded of the sun's presence all of a sudden. But she didn't move from her spot. Cirno was here, not over there.]

Hmm... We should get you out of direct sunlight then. Let's go, okay?

Okay, Cirno.

[Even though the itching was bordering on painful, Flandre still took her time about it--scooping Cirno up and holding the fairy crosswise, but close to her still; as if she were a doll.

...though in the end the vampire just crosses over the relatively short distance to the hospital instead, before the shaking got so bad she couldn't lift her wings. She ducked into the doors, into the shade--and sighed in relief. This was better. Much better. She could think now.]

Edited 2012-05-09 04:09 (UTC)

-And of course all of that concerned Cirno.-

Hey... Don't push yourself so hard, okay?

But...Cirno is here, now.

[She squeezes the fairy a little.]

It's not so bad.

I am... but I don't want you to get sick because of me.

I'll get better, Cirno.

[Another squeeze.]

But Cirno doesn't want me to, so I won't.

[...she should probably let the fairy stand up now huh.

Flandre sets Cirno down, leaning a bit to rest her forehead against Cirno's and closing her eyes.

As bad as everything had been, before she had come back...it didn't seem to matter so much now.]

It's been to long... so let's take it easy, okay?

[She can still curl her wings around the fairy's shoulders in a hug, right? Right, she's doing that anyway.]

Okay, Cirno.

[And there's nothing but cuddles for a long time.

Eventually, though:]

...does Cirno want to see the rabbits?

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