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[twinsanity]

So does this place just hate autumn? Really, last year this place did some horrid things around this time as well; I'm starting to think it's just an annual occurrence.

[Alfred, no one asked you.

That said, he's currently sitting in one of those Nondescript Rooms^TM that seem to be all the rage around here; he's got the device set up on the desk in front of him, and he's got his chin propped in one of his hands, looking almost bored despite his words.]

That said, it's the second time in less than a week that the ground has felt the need to throw everything into disarray, it's incredibly irritating...

[He pauses before picking something up from the desk in front of him, too close to the 'Gear to be picked up by the camera; he turns it over in his fingers as though considering it for a moment before holding it up in view of the lens. It looks like a pink crystal of some sort, and while it's not doing anything particularly special (outside of being kind of pretty maybe), his tone is clipped when he speaks again.]

I don't know if it's related, but these things are acting strangely and it's been making Lady very upset. Tell me if you have one.

[...not that he's going to specify who Lady is before turning the device off, but okay.]

Comments

[twinsanity]

You wouldn't be the only one, since I'm sure most of us don't want to experience that ever again.

[...HE IS NEVER LIVING DOWN THAT BALCONY, IS HE...]

But when it comes to those stones...crystals, whatever we're calling them now...has yours been acting strangely as well, or have you not noticed?

[bertall]

I wouldn't want anyone else to deal with it either.

_{[Just like he'll never live down the drunk dialing on his birthday![}

I thought it was just my imagination at first. I haven't really been paying too much attention to it since it usually just hangs around my neck or sits in my pocket.

[twinsanity]

Those spires that they came from were destroyed...

[He's thinking out loud more than looking for confirmation, though he's not exactly opposed to feedback.]

Strange that they should be reacting now despite that, isn't it?

[bertall]

Yeah. ...Normal rocks or crystals don't do that... Right? I mean, maybe they do in other worlds but they don't in mine.

[twinsanity]

...They don't in mine either, actually. At least, I've never heard about it.

I'm sure it'll all become clear eventually, at any rate. This place has a tendency to do that, after all.

[bertall]

Hopefully it won't be a repeat of last year. I'd like things to be peaceful just this once...

[twinsanity]

Well, last year wasn't all bad. At least, I don't mind some of the results.

[...HE TRIED.]

[bertall]

...We did find out some things, I guess...

_{[Never forget. Never. Ever. Forget.]}

[twinsanity]

...Would it make you feel better about everything if I promise to not vault over any strange railings?

[NOT...SURE IF SARCASM...]

[bertall]

Only if they're ones where you can't see the ground.

[twinsanity]

Somehow I don't know if seeing the ground would have helped there or not.

[bertall]

...Have someone else go over next time then. I'd at least like to introduce you to someone before that happens again, okay?

[twinsanity]

...What sort of someone?

[like, is this just an acquaintance or a friend or something

did you find him a date

...did you find yourself a date]

[bertall]

Someone I grew up with.

<sub>[It's

It's really complicated.]</sub>

[twinsanity]

Well, perhaps I wouldn't mind, then. If it's a friend of yours.

[bertall]

R-Really? I'll have to introduce you guys over the gear sometime if I don't get back to Goldenrod sometime. He's the one I told you about before - Reiner?