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[He's too frazzled to keep it to voice. Seated at his desk, the feed begins with a very black-haired Kanji peering through his glasses at a small stack of papers in his hands. He had to go over them again, sweating visibly before he managed to swallow and get some moisture back into his mouth.]

Son of a bitch... I-I, ah, I gotta put out a warning to everybody!

S'about that Ware Wolf Shop that pops up around now. Dude sells a lotta good stuff, right? Well, he don't feel the need to tell ya about the fine fuckin' print!

[As he places the papers in a neat stack, the sharper eyes can spot the light going through the last flyer he held in his hands, staring at it in more than mild panic, bidding The Shirogane-Tatsumi couple a hearty congratulations and to please use these coupons to make their first anniversary just as memorable.]

Just... just don't buy the fancy rings, y'hear me!? Not unless you're real serious! D-don't make me explain it...!

[He rest the bottom half of his very red face in a palm, lost in thought for a moment. His adam's apple bobs with the next swallow. How the fuck was he gonna explain this to-

The feed cuts.]

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I don't know what we'll do. A big part of me doesn't want to give them back. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to marry her someday, you know?

But I would have wanted to make the call myself and have a ceremony and stuff! Make it a special day! I'm angry because I feel like I had it all taken away from me, and there's no surprise to it anymore.

Naoto's been really quiet about it though. I don't know if she hates that this happened or not. It's scaring the shit out of me!

there's usually a ceremony to go with it/

[ No wonder Kanji feels cheated by the situation. ]

maybe she's just surprised by why happened too and isn't sure how she feels.

Yeah. It's a ceremony, then everybody has a party after. Then the couple goes off on a fancy trip to be romantic all alone.

[A pause. Naoto did hold her cards close to her chest...]

I bet you're right. I hope this doesn't mess things up...

sounds nice. you can probably still do all that stuff if you want. just because the surprise is gone, it doesn't mean you can't share the experience with your friends. think of it as a test run for when you want to do the bigger one.

...Test run, huh?

[After that egg incident, hadn't he said the same thing? A test run for a potential future with kids? Then maybe this shouldn't be different. He just hoped that somehow some weird record wouldn't pop up declaring him married back home.]

Shit, being here on Prismatica is a hell of a test run itself, isn't it? It's easier on my blood pressure, that's for damn sure!

yeah, so you know how you want to do it even better next time.

being here is easier on your blood pressure than your world/

Sort of. My mom cracks the whip when it comes to training me to take on owning the shop and she was getting on my damn nerves.

I had nothing to do otherwise, since everyone else moved away and all. I come here and I turn into a freaking werewolf, sure, but I'm helping to save a world while also learning more about myself in the process? That sounds more my speed.

what kind of shop/

and do you really think we're helping/ i know we've changed a lot of things, but we've also brought back those monsters too. it's hard to tell sometimes.

Oh, fabric. You're probably not surprised about that, huh?

I think we're helping. The thing about gods is it's never really simple and they always want to test humans about their resolve or whatever. We just need to tough it out and kick their asses when they get uppity.

not at all.

you deal with them a lot back in your world/

Only a couple of times, when I was in high school. They wanted to see humanity's willpower or whatever, or we'd all turn into monsters.

It's a long story.

what does that mean/ humanity's willpower/

The desire to live however we wanted, I think. This goddess was about wiping out humans if we screwed up our 'gift of life' somehow.

Like we need to be babysat or something.

so they wanted you to appreciate the life you had

[ Roxas can't say he exactly disagrees with. He's run into too many people here who have seemed bizarrely bothered at a second chance, something he'd been beyond grateful for. ]

We do, though! We just have a lot of shit to put up with. Wasn't worth wanting to kill us over it.

they thought because you were having a rough time that you didn't want it at all/

Yeah. Something about, "Why don't you all live in blissful ignorance as mindless monsters because life is hard?"

Life is supposed to be hard. That's why we're all awesome people with the quirks we got. Having life easy is boring.

i don't know what i'd do with an easy life. there's so many hours to fill each day.

but it's nice for things to not be completely crazy every now and then.

Yeah, having it chill out sometimes is good for the head. But too much chill makes your head rot.

I guess feeling jitters as I ride this damn train counts as 'not chill'.

you're on your way to explain to naoto/

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sorry for the unexpected hiatus