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[daughterofthemark]

Hello! You have reached Arianna Wakasa of Caledonia. It seems I am unable to answer you at this time, for which I must sincerely apologize. If you would leave a message, however, I will contact you at the earliest opportu--BEEEEP

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[serrata]

We should try and arrange a little get-together for them all at some point. I'm sure it'd be nice for them to all play together again now they've settled in.

[ It seems like she's working – she's a bit less frazzled when she sets their drinks down on the kotatu and takes a seat under it herself. She's not exactly happier but... calmer, maybe. ]

... I just keep wondering if maybe I'm worrying for nothing. Maybe he's just gotten himself into some kind of trouble and now he's on his way back.

[daughterofthemark]

[Isn't it nice when families can all be together instead of being separated?]

I hope that is the case.

[Yep, families being together is good. She had a conversation or two about that...]

...Rii-san?

[serrata]

Mm.

[ There's a horrible swirl of guilt in her stomach that Arianna is here and they're talking about this. It's not like Yuuri is the only one who's had someone leave – Arianna was here missing someone from the start and Touko had disappeared too, just as Junpei had. It's not fair that she should be making Arianna sit here and commiserate with her.

She's lost in that train of thought and doesn't immediately respond. But then she seems to realize Arianna's spoken to her and she glances up. ]

Oh– what is it?

[daughterofthemark]

[She takes a deep breath and lets it out. It's time to find out whether her idea is a good one, or a stupid one that only makes things worse.]

What if I stayed here?

[serrata]

[ At first, Yuuri doesn't immediately peg what she means by here – she thinks of the station, this world as a whole and doesn't get what Arianna means but then it clicks. ]

Oh, you– really? Are you sure?

[ Because the question of if Arianna can or should isn't even really a question to Yuuri at all. The part that matters is if it inconveniences Arianna too much. ]

I'd love for you to be here but aren't you already staying with a friend?