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[roundandaround]

[Rinku gasps a little, her eyes going wide. She makes a surprised, overwhelmed noise.

This is the version of Yuuri in Wolfram's head. Someone Wolfram's told her is uncomfortable at best with the kinds of things Rinku's discovered about herself. And yet to hear him say this anyway, that there's nothing wrong with being who you are even so, that she's right to embrace who she is whatever it leads to...

She looks like she's about to hug Yuuri. She might still. But what she does do, eyes watering, is spin in a circle and shout out in English.]

「Happy Around!」

1/? (I at least kind of know why she does this now after seeing Ep1 hehee~)

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( And at first, Yuuri just looks really fucking confused bUUT... )



[ There's a very vague memory of Murata. Where's mURATA when you actually might need him?!??-- ]

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-- Wait!! That's also English--!!


Hah.. -- I'm not fluent!! But I was born in Boston and lived there for a short time before my family moved to Japan...
I was very young -- so my memory of Boston isn't very good but--

-- it still slips out sometimes--!!

( and now Yuuri looks a lot more sheepish in turn-- )

3/3

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-- But, what's that -- pose you just did??


( He's KIND OF GETTING that it made her REALLY Happy just now but... He's Yuuri thus Confuse!!! )

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Wow, really? I'm bad at English, but I know a few little bits! But I grew up overseas too, mostly in a place near Madagascar called Tiotio Island! So I know some other languages better.

[Rinku bounces on her heels.]

And hm... 「Happy Around」 is 「Happy Around!」 It means I'm happy and I want that happiness to go around everyone around me and then come back around.

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"T--Tio...tio Island"?? Wow, I've never heard of that one...

( even though Yuuri's almost always also peppering his ramblings with random foreign location names at various times too-- )


-- Oh, I do kind of know where Madagascar is though--!! Huh, there's really another such island near it??... .. .. .

( Less about that, but something else she said suddenly also caught Yuuri's attention, and-- )


{ Yuuri suddenly lowers his head and murmurs but it's loud enough for her to still hear... }:

2/? \o/ {He Is Having Epiphanies}

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" Every bit of love you give will come back to you... .. "

( And suddenly his expression became slightly hidden under his own bangs, but-- )

3/3 Yuuri Shibuya Is Still Slow AF

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-- Oh, sorry!! Something you said there reminded me but...


{ slightly lopsided grin }


I don't... completely know where that one came from but it felt relevant...


( ... His ""memory"" might also be a light bit of a jumbled mess in places post-Somarium, too. )


... I think it was something... Wolf liked to say every now and then. Mostly just to himself. But...


... It's not 'usually' something Wolf would say on his own... so I'm not really sure ""where"" he'd have gotten it from if anywhere...

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All the love you give comes back to you... That sounds amazing! Anyone would be happy with that kind of thing, wouldn't they? I'm sure it makes Wolfram-san happy too!

1/? (Wait for It)- {He's A Bit Conflicted}

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( It's not that he's bothered by her, not at all by now, but Yuuri does remain quiet for a slightly longer moment... )

... Well... I...


... I-If it makes Wolf happy, I'm glad!... I... think it's something that Wolf needs to hear more often too but....

( Slightly under his bangs, his slightly more visible face/expression might seem slightly pained again. )


{ ... Seriously, where did Wolf get that from?? It really bothers him that he can't remember when they've spent so much time together-- }

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( ... Even when Yuuri flits about Wolf's much more positive, surface-level memories, he can't seem to find a direct connection... )

( is Wolf blocking it out from him...?? ? )

{ He's really trying not to pry!! And unlike Shinou he leaves Wolf's deeper memories alone completely!! But }

( There's another part of ""Yuuri"" that's conflicted by it, too. Even if he agrees with it... )


( ... and Yuuri lifts his face again, trying to plaster on the same smile as before-- )

3/? What Is Acknowledging Certain Other Feelings

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... Y-You know, Wolf sure is sleeping a lot this time, isn't he??

( tRYING TO DEFLECT from his earlier hesitation-- )


Maybe I should try to wake him up now...!!


( ... but can you-- )

4/?

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( and Yuuri takes a deep breath, cups his hands around his mouth, glances at her-- )

... This might get a little loud...


{ Consider his warning if you'd like--!! } --

5/? Wolf Why TF Aren't You Waking Up When He Needs You To?!??

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( Yuuri at least smiles under his hands, and says in a bit conspiracy-like way first-- )

... Because he's like a Mr. Sleeping Beauty.

( he can't help that reference, even if he's not that huge into Disney himself nowadays but-- )

And he's also a big meanie so it takes A LOT to get his attention--!!

{ IT'S A DREAM hE CAN SAY IT THAT WAY IF HE wAAANTS HERE-- }


... WOLLLLLLF!!! HEY, wOLF!!! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!


( ... ) { and might look a bit comically frustrated } Man, you even have a { Blatant English!!! } CUTE GIRLFRIEND { fast switch back to Japanese }

-- here now too and you can't wake up NOW too??

You're SO missing out, do you know how many people would kill to be you--!!

[ YUP ""YUURI"" CAN BE SHAMELESS TOO.... ]

6/? {Wolf is at least much more like icon right now currently}--

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( After a couple long moments pass, nothing seems to change and Yuuri facefaults )


... He can't hear me. [ grumble gRUMBLE ] --


Augh, but I was trying for so long even before I found you--!!


( and Yuuri glances back at her-- )


-- ... Maybe... It's still bad outside... too...?? I can't see everything that happens from here but...

{ and he looks a little worried again }:


... I think Wolf's like this because ... his body's trying to keep him safe from the outside...


( And Wolf just might have been subconsciously trying to keep her -- them -- safe here for a bit too.... )

7/7

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... S-Sorry, it's a little boring here, but...


Please try to hold out a little longer! I'll keep trying--!!


( at the same time, he seems slightly caught off guard that Wolf didn't even hear him when he implied that, he was sure that'd get Wolf up and yelling back at him... )

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[Blink. Blink blink.]

Oh, it's okay! I'm sure the way out will show up eventually. It did for everywhere else I've ended up.

If it's dangerous out there, I gotta do something about it. The person doing all this stuff outside in the real world used me to do it. So even if I didn't mean it, doesn't that mean I should keep trying to get out to fix it? I'm sure there's a part of Davis-san still hanging on, waiting to be saved, too. And who knows who else is hurt?

[It feels like an argument to Wolfram's dream itself, rather than to anyone inside it. To let her back into the collective unconscious so she can keep searching for a way to help.

That said...]

English, English... I slept through that class a lot in school, but I know 「cute」 is "cute!" And 「girlfriend」... "girl friend," right? Really? That's so nice! You're a cute friend too!

[Why is she like this.]

1/? {see the 'bAM' react from before--}

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( Yuuri looks pretty relieved at the first thing she says, and nods along lightly to the rest,
though eyes growing concerned again once she mentions things like "fix it" and her friend...
He can at least tell she's continued to be genuine in what she says, though, and that it probably isn't aimed at him or Wolfram-- )


{ and then she says That }


( if it was possible for Yuuri's face to cycle through more reactions right now... )

2/? Digging His Own Grave Too Possibly

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-- U--UM!! WELL it's true it combines those words in English but...!!

( she has it all wROOOOOOONG!!!! )

I-It means more like [ mumble mumble ] { " Kanojo " } ( ... ) { " K-kOIbito??... .. " }

3/?

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( ...and suddenly the air around them seems to almost ripple.... )


... H-Huh??


( the light is still pulsating in overall calmed waves, rising and falling in a sort of rhythm, but now rippling just a little bit around them )


... Wolf?? --


WOLF, you're NOT laughing at me ARE YOU--????!!


( WOLFRAM, YOU'RE SO ONE TO ""TALK""!!!! )

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( The light ripples again. She can't hear this part at least but she can see how the light rises and pauses Significantly... )


{ " I'm not laughing at you. " }


( ... )


{ " You're just stupid. " }


( and Yuuri facefaults further in "response"-- )


Who're YOU Calling--

5/?

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-- O-OI!! If you're awake enough to laugh at me you're awake enough to WAKE UP!!!!! So wake up--!!


{ " I'm NOT awake. " }


You ARE if you can "sAY"--!!


{ " No, I MEAN it. I'm not awake. " }


... What do you mean--??

{ " My body feels like I just did my training for the war all over again and it's like a weight on my eyes. " }


... That bad?? ?

6/?

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( The pulsating light seems to stop and come to a rest for a moment before... )


{ " ... .. Even in MY dreams you continue to chase other women, you 「 henachoko. 」" }

... What ?? ( and here Yuuri just sounds confuse-- )



... Wolf?? ? ( ... )


-- wAIT, DON'T go back to sLEEP--


{ but then sUDDENLY... } ( another certain memory PINGS Yuuri... )

7/?

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... Like that time...


... when I slapped... and he couldn't wake up then too...


( ... Wolf HAD woken up right after that back then, right?? Right??-- )

8/8

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... -Oh!! Don't worry about what I just said there, it's just something that happened by accident a long time ago--!!


( okay now Yuuri is flailing out a bit for real, waving arms slightly-- )


-- But it's a kind of custom in Wolf's world sO...!!


( Now that the idea is in Yuuri's mind, he's afraid to ask. Can she even physically touch him...?? ? )


{ Initially he had the feeling if she had tried to hug him back then, she would have just phased through... }