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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Harry Mason is very tired. Also he's pretty sure he's supposed to be dead....again. He smiles a bit though at the screen. He's leaning against a tree somewhere. Trying to act like he isn't utterly worried.]

Well, apparently there's no rest for the wicked. Or ...authors for that matter. I don't know how long it's been, it seems different here but if feels like I just left. Though that might just be from the point in time I left my world from.

[The death part. He was dead, apparently it didn't stick....again.]

Now this is a familiar question. But has anyone seen a little girl....okay I'm teasing. My name's Harry Mason. I'm wondering if my daughter Heather is still here. Her and a man named Henry Townshend. We travelled together when I was last here.

[And Henry is also family.]

So if you guys are here...uh..I'm somehow back in the starting town with a new pokemon? I'm not really sure how that happened. Also all my stuff is gone. Minus the stuff they give you when you first get here....I have new ones of those.

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[a_sin_for_him]

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[Well those are two names Lust certainly recognizes. Three, actually, as Heather has spoken some about her father, and how he used to be here. A very long time ago, before Lust herself even arrived. How many years was that? She isn't even sure, she doesn't know how long before her arrival he vanished. But she knows what it will mean to Heather, to have the man here.]

Heather and Henry are both still here, living in Goldenrod.

You're Heather's father?

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Okay at that, just a lot of worry, okay fear it was fear, drops from him.]

Oh thank goodness...

[He was really worried terrified she might be gone.]

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Okay, he's okay now....well he's not but he's better at that news. His smile is more real now.]

Yes....I'm Harry Mason. Her father. I take it you know her?

[a_sin_for_him]

Yes, I do. We're...rather close.

[Lust isn't sure how else to put it, it's...complicated and odd, and she realizes this man doesn't grasp how long he's been gone.]

She's spoken of you.

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[unconchonable]

wwait youvve been here before
thats a fuckin thing
i kneww people showwed up and left but i guess i didnt really consider the possibility a people returnin all wwilly nilly and such
wwhats it like hoppin univverses like some wweird transdimensional amphibian

[Hey Harry, heard you're a writer. Hope you don't mind Eridan's egregious lack of grammer, punctuation, and his doubles on Ws and Vs!]

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Wow, this hurts his eyes and his brain. Is this how kids text these days? Schools really are failing them.]

Yeah. I was here a while ago it seems. ....very confusing is the answer I'd give. Especially since I remember being here but everything I had is gone and it looks like they want me to start over again.

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[unconchonable]

[I'm sure Harry would be appalled to know that Eridan never went to school.]

howw cruel of them
or maybe they didnt wwant you havvin an edge wwhen you took a vvacation wwhile evveryone else wwas out there bustin their fuckin nook

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's almost pointless, to try and put words to the rush of emotion she feels when she sees that face and hears that voice on the network.]

[People don't always believe that you can be so happy that it hurts, but Heather knows it's true.]

[She's not going to cry, though.]

[... Maybe a little on the inside, when he makes the little girl joke.]</sub>

... Hey, old man.

<sub>[LOOK HARRY IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER!!]

[Older, tanner. Maybe not more in-shape (because it really doesn't take long for all the hiking to catch up with you in this world), but definitely still there.]</sub>

We were wondering if you'd ever get home and stop all our wild partying.

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[HEATHER. He laughs because he's relieved and she's there and he gets to hear her jokes again. He's not going to cry because look how grown up you are....okay maybe a bit on the inside as well because he was never supposed to see you older.]

Hey there yourself, kiddo.

Now, Heather Cheryl Mason, what is this about wild parties?

[His smile is still there though because...well see above.]

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[foolishwren]

Oh, you know, lots of drinking, an orgy here and there, and like fifty drugs, every night.

But I guess we gotta stop now. Darn.

<sub>[More than anything else, she's relieved that he remembers. That she doesn't have to explain Pokemon, or why she's so different, or even worse, who she is. It's not that she couldn't do it again, if she had to... but after everything? God, it would hurt.]

[But THEN AGAIN... god.]

[It's been... has it been three years, or four? So much has happened. It's tempting to just keep joking around, but some of it is actually pretty vital. She flips the feed onto 'Private'.]</sub>

As you can probably imagine, there's, uh.

It's been a few years.

Stuff has happened.

Mostly good.

But complicated. I'm going to get the really urgent thing out of the way first, which is that there's a cultist here.

Walter Sullivan.

The guy who dragged Henry into all the... Hill business.

But before you panic, it's... under control. As under control as it can be, anyway. We're not in any danger.

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[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry's backdrop is the Goldenrod Pokemon Center breakroom--it's easy to tell from all the lounging Chansey. Henry himself is in his scrubs and though he looks (mostly) clean-shaven and has a haircut that suggests he isn't just a bum, there's a big splash of coffee dripping down his shirt.]

[Classic.]

[The Receiver blinks rapidly a few times down at his gear, cup still dripping in his other hand.]</sub>

Don't come to Goldenrod yet, I have to clean the house.

_{[THEY'RE GONNA BE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE.]}

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Just smiling because he missed you Henry. He doesn't even remember being gone but yeah.]

Well, I'm in New Bark Town right now...and it's going to take me a while to get there. So I think you'll have a few weeks to do some cleaning.

....should I still be worried?

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[no_ufo_ending]

N-no, sir!

_{[Henry doubts Harry will be in New Bark that long with Sunny in Heather's arsenal. He's already glancing around, hoping to spot a nurse to wave down. HE HAS TO HIDE. THINGS.]}

I'm glad to see you, Mr. Mason. It's...been a minute.

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[shiro2hero]

If you haven't heard from them yet... yeah, they're still here.

I know Heather lives in Goldenrod, but I'm not sure where Henry would be. I've only spoken to him once or twice.

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

I've gotten an update from both of them actually.

Henry's in Goldenrod as well.

Thank you for the information though. I was more then a bit worried when I woke up here again, that they might not be here.

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[shiro2hero]

Glad to hear it.

Heather's... been a big help since we've met. I'm glad she's got someone from home watching her back.

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[exeggutorhead]

[Envy actually recognizes Harry, even before he introduces himself--he hadn't really known the man, before, but he remembers what he looks like.]

[Although now the idea of actually talking to him is about fifteen times more nervewracking than before. Sure he'd have wanted to make a good impression even back then, because his daughter being good buds with a mass murderer would have almost definitely been something to frown on...but now it's even moreso.]

[He skims through the other responses, just to see who's chimed in...but Heather's cuts off into private. Has she mentioned him? Should he just play it cool?]

[HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE ACTING.]

[He settles on assuming that she hasn't said anything yet, and he'll just...see how this goes. He makes an effort to look friendly and tone down The Smirk (tm), grinning instead.]

Looks like you've already got your answer, but yeah, they live with us in Goldenrod. Name's Envy, I don't think we really met last time you were here.

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

I think I saw you around back when I was here and we talked once or twice. You were friends with Heather right?....also didn't you find Henry in a forest once, or am I thinking of someone else?

[This time jump is weird. Also their entire lives are weird.]

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[exeggutorhead]

Oh...yeah! Henry and I got lost in the woods, that was a few years ago now.

[You're friends with Heather right? Oh boy.]

[Yeah Envy's not really sure he wants to spring the change right away. Maybe he will just leave that up to Heather. Yes.]

But ha, I guess since they live with us now we're gonna wind up talking a lot more this time around.

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[notvaljean]

Heather's here!

[Jean doesn't know Henry, but he's pleased to pass on the information that Heather is around.]

You're her dad? She told me about you.

[Clearly good things, based on the tone of voice.]

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

I've heard, but thank you.

[He's glad so many people seem enthusiastic about his daughter. She is the best.]

Yes, I'm her father. Harry Mason, a pleasure to meet you. Are you a friend of her's?

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[notvaljean]

Oh, great. She'll probably be coming to pick you up as soon as she knows.

Nice to meet you, Harry. I'm Jean Kirschtein, and Heather is the greatest. She's been really helpful since I got here.

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[armoredsoul]

I'm another of them both--Heather mentioned you once before, it's good to meet you!

[He'll refrain from any comment of what exactly was relayed, for both of their dignities.]

My name is Alphonse, I lived with them for a while. Do you need help getting out to Goldenrod, or have the rest of them gotten that covered already?

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

It's good to meet you too Alphonse.

[He smiles and shakes his head.]

I'm good. I've already promised Heather I'm not to move from this spot until she shows up.

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[armoredsoul]

Hehe, I had a feeling. You'll have a lot to catch up on, I'm sure--there's so much that's happened even in just the couple years I've been here!