XXVII

[rashness]

[ Voice ]

Where's Pilouette? [ But he knows. He suspects, at least. He didn't see her when he watched everyone come in. He was then reminded people died, and today that people are coming back. But still not her - he hasn't seen her and he doesn't know. He sounds somewhat lost, he sounds choked up. He half wants to just leave the journal behind and...

Precis... ] I want to- ... Wait, what was that!

[ And then it cuts off- ]

[ Action ]

[ Because his house just vanished. So did the pool There's just a grassy field with a tree in the middle of it. Shiemi was out somewhere and now it's just him and Skarmy, Shiemi's seven foot tall murderbird of steel. Her and Rin loo confused at each other. And then Skarmy squawks at him before making to fly off. Rin ends up flipping her the bird before going to collect Midori the turtle and go off to look all over down for where his house just vanished to ]

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[Voice]

[rashness]

My house just disappeared!

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

The entire house?

[Voice]

[rashness]

The whole house.

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

How strange... I thought those unexpected Shifts had ended some time ago. It's been a while since I last heard of anything like this happening.

Unless... do you think this could be connected to the draft somehow?

[Voice]

[rashness]

How do you mean like... maybe the third party wants to steal our houses now too?

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

I meant that the Malnosso used their abilities to send us all back in time in order to save us. Perhaps this is something similar, only they're sending objects rather than people.

They could be testing this power now that they have confirmation that it works.

[Voice]

[rashness]

So so my house's in the past?

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

Or the future.

[Voice]

[rashness]

But the future hasn't even happened yet!

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

It hasn't happened yet for us, but it would be the present for the versions of us who are in the future.

[Voice]

[rashness]

So it's just going to appear again in a few hours?!

[ Wait what ] But won't that mean it vanishes again?!

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

Yes, that could be an issue. If it were to become trapped in a cycle of appearing and disappearing due to the time paradox...

[He's making this up on the spot, but it sounds complicated enough to be legit!]

[Voice]

[rashness]

What, so my house might be gone for good?! Really?!

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

It's certainly one possibility.

[Voice]

[rashness]

But all my stuff was in that house! And... and all of Shiemi's plants! We can't just let it go poof!

[ AND NOW HE ... he leaves his journal behind to run off and look for his house. Oops ]

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

[Oh... oh dear. Now Richard actually feels a bit bad about this whole thing...

... but not so much that he isn't going to laugh quietly as he sets the journal aside, just in case Rin decides to return to it to yell at him later. He would deserve it, after all.]