victory_road | ☆74☆ [Video]

[On this mild first afternoon of November, the feed opens to a porch, where a Clefairy, who can usually be seen wearing a rose ear clip but today is wearing a whole bouquet of roses arranged in a flower crown, is seated on a table, eating dango to her heart's content.

There are multiple empty boxes next to her, and more on the other side that haven't been touched. Where does she put it all, the world may never know. She'll probably be here a while, though.

From behind the camera, though, Ryner starts talking.]

...You know, since it's been seven years today and all, I should probably have some kind of inspirational speech prepared about how far we've come or something. But I dunno, I'm not really any good at that stuff. So I don't really have one, sorry.

I guess what I will say, though, is, ahh... I don't regret it, being here. And if a even a useless guy like me can do enough to make Rose happy, and the others...

[The Clefairy, finishing her latest stick of dango, blinks at the camera before sweetly giving it the most adorable smile she can muster.]

Even if it all changes tomorrow, if I can do this much right now... Maybe that's enough. You know?

...Ahh, sorry, I'm probably not making much sense, huh. I'm way behind on sleep... But I guess what I'm saying is, I don't know what tomorrow will bring, and if you told me I could choose where I'd be tomorrow, I don't know what I'd decide...

...But I'm glad I'm here today.

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... Y'know, some days you just can't muster an inspirational speech on the spot. We've all been there.

But what you DID manage to say... I think we've all been there, too.

_{[To some people, this place would never be home. But Heather's pretty sure that being here is a good thing regardless, whether it was for five days or five years.]}

This world does kind of have that effect on people, doesn't it.

Heh, yeah. It kinda does.

Seriously, if you'd told me a world like this existed before I came here the first time, I'm not sure I would have believed it. But I'm glad it does.

No kidding.

I think if anyone had told me about it before I came here, I'd probably have assumed they were messing with me and flipped 'em off.

Now I can't imagine living anywhere else.

I'll admit there are a couple things I miss...

[and a couple reasons why he doesn't just 100% wish he could stay here forever with no reservations at all]

But aside from that, yeah.

Yeah, most people have something back home...

_{[She can really only think of one thing that she can actually fairly say she misses. But well, one thing is still something-- even if it doesn't even come close to making her want to return to her own world.]}

But at this point... this is home.