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[bent_the_world]

botan's gone

i don't really want to talk about it but people should know

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[strings_theory]

[Aw, shit. From the conversation they've had before she can take a wild guess who that was.]

You gonna be okay over there?

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[bent_the_world]

fine

it's the busy season, got a whole lot to do

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[strings_theory]

I'm not the type to pry, but if you want someone to talk to or just... idk, shoot the shit or whatever, feel free to hit me.

Fuck knows I'm not doing much of anything for at least the rest of the week, okay?

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[bent_the_world]

thanks

i'm a pretty deal with things silently and alone sort of person, i think i need a few days before anything like that. i need to process i guess

i don't know i just got home and she was gone

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[strings_theory]

Yeah, nah, I getcha on that one. Though my style tends to be either suffer in silence or punch the living shit out of things to get it all out. Which, you know, that's on the table, too, if you're into that sorta thing.

Shit, I can't blame you for being upset with that being the case. I can't imagine... damn, dude.

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[bent_the_world]

whatever works, right? thanks, i have a sparring partner

yeah

it happens but...yeah

[uncutetomboy]

oh no

i'm so sorry korra

[She doesn't really know Botan, but after traveling with Korra on the treasure hunt, she's at least picked up on that Korra and her were close.]

[bent_the_world]

yeah thanks

[uncutetomboy]

can connie or i help?

[bent_the_world]

probably not but thanks

it's just something i have to deal with

[uncutetomboy]

ok

[But then Akane reads Maya's offer below and--]

if sparring helps you can spar with me

[bent_the_world]

thanks for the offer, i have a sparring partner

i just need to deal with this on my own

[spacebolin]

Do you want to hang out and not talk about it?

[bent_the_world]

i dunno

i got a lot of work to do, its vacation season and everybody's coming to the islands

[spacebolin]

Not necessarily today, if you're busy.

But y'know. The offer's there for whenever. I'm pretty wide open.

[bent_the_world]

yeah maybe give me a couple of days

i'm kind of a deal with it in silence and solitude sort of person

[spacebolin]

Sounds like someone else I know.

[He can't say for sure, whether or not Keith still does that, but it's really not his place to try and tell someone else how they're supposed to deal with things. Nor does he particularly want to.]

No rush. I'll still be free in a couple of days.

[bent_the_world]

heh

thanks. i do appreciate it, i just

yeah

[spacebolin]

No need to thank me, really.

I can't imagine having to go through something like that.

[Possibly because he's the one that left people behind before, and has no memory of any of it now.]

I know you don't know me very well, but I'm a good listener. I'm here if you decide you do wanna talk. Or if you don't.

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[notyourgoddess]

Shit, I'm sorry.

I don't know if sparring helps you but if you ever want to fight, I'm free. I won't push you to talk or anything.

[bent_the_world]

[And here is the one offer that Korra finds helpful.]

you feel like coming down to the islands?

[notyourgoddess]

I can always find time for a trip to the islands. Which one are you on?

[bent_the_world]

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little bright blue house down the beach from where snorkel tours head out

[notyourgoddess]

I'll find it.

Want anything from Johto since I'm making the trip anyway?

[bent_the_world]

no, thanks

i just got back from johto, actually

what a homecoming

[notyourgoddess]

Fuck, that's even worse.

Right, I'll see you soon then. The others won't mind if I hope over so it shouldn't take me long to get there.

[Krieg will totally understand sparring when people get taken away.]

[bent_the_world]

yeah

if i'm not actually at home when you get here, i won't be far. and the pokemon will know.

[notyourgoddess]

Got it. I'll be sure to ask them if you're not there then.

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[shiro2hero]

Korra



thank you

for telling us

[Lamest response ever, but oof. This hurt. Not as much as it must be hurting her, though, he knows.]

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[bent_the_world]

yeah, no problem

she had a lot of friends here

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[shiro2hero]

Yeah. Yeah, she did.

I




Matt did
too.

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[bent_the_world]

yeah

he did, too

it really fucking sucks, doesn't it?

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[shiro2hero]

Yeah

I couldn't have said it better myself



They say we could see them again, maybe on those weird weekends but
Doesn't make it much better does it?

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[bent_the_world]

i had a girlfriend back home

she was here when i first showed up. and then she left. and then she came back. and then she left again. and then she came back again for all of a month and never came back again

so no

no it doesn't make it any better because it just means you get to lose the same person a whole bunch of times

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[shiro2hero]

I lost the first guy I cared about in a long time, here.

I know it's not even the same thing



But

You're not alone - hurting like this
and you're right

Having them taken away all over again never gets easier.

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[bent_the_world]

it still sucks. it all still sucks

and it's so stupid, we thought...i mean we've both been here SO LONG...

and we were so worried about losing each other for so long that we didn't even...

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[shiro2hero]

I know. I know.

You're

All of that. All of what you're saying



That's why I hesitated, too. Why I waited.
We barely even got to be together before

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[amaure]

[No sooner did he hear about the fact that people could indeed leave, that one seems fit to demonstrate such. Honestly, he thinks one should be grateful of such an event, but well does he know the selfishness of mortals.]

My condolences.

It is never easy to lose those we care for, even if it should mean they return to whence they belong.

[Well, he almost had it.]

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[bent_the_world]

its not like time passes while we're here so that really doesn't matter

but thanks

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[amaure]

[...Man, he has not been told a lot of this useful information. Steven and all of them had been slacking more than he realized!]

Regardless, is this world not a horrible anomaly? Do people truly prefer this one to their own, despite its clear destabilization?

[NOW IS NOT THE TIME...]

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[bent_the_world]

dude i just lost my fiance

go take a poll if you want to know how people feel

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[amaure]

[Oh, right.]

Yes. Right.

Well then! I do so hope you find yourself able to recover from such ill tidings. Truly regrettable.

[Yeah, he doesn't care, he's too busy thinking about the information he's gained from this. Sorry, Korra.]