Homophonic: Fei Du

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[It's what it is, but what it is certainly sucks.]

... Yes, I can understand that. You have every right to be angry.

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I'm not - well. I won't say that. I am still angry.

[ he will probably always be angry. ] The two of them should be extremely glad that I was dead.

I'm sorry, that you had to - [ fei du trails off for a moment, briefly - there's a ripple of that matching effect of pain she felt earlier. ] ... Know what that feels like, too. How unlucky - let's hope Libby never has to complete the set.

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[And that is his right.

Kyoko has a very difficult tie staying angry, but that's distinctly what makes her herself. Humans and Digimon are all different, but this is just who Kyoko and Alphamon are.]

It was only momentary for me, at least. [Kazuki and Eiden she worries over much more. At least she's used to taking some kinds of damage. Those two...]

We'll all hope for that. I don't think we'll get another set of special missions this close to the end but... we'll see.

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God, I hope not. Two was enough.

[ sometimes your luck is also really bad and you get drawn into two terrible thursday missions and one of them happens after you die.

also in his baby heart he wants to make sure wenzhou doesn't have to go on another one. he's seen enough. :( ]

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Two is enough.

I'm already dealing with five lifetimes of memories thanks to them. My own and Kyoko's were enough to begin with.

[Please stop giving her fake memories. This feels insane.]

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[ he. laughs? he can't help it. ]

Three, for me. [ bad!!! ] These things have a way of making you believe you're something you aren't.

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Three? What's going on with these missions?

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A lot of them seem to be based in people's memories, so in a dissociative way, it makes sense. If they're based on what someone experienced, then, it seems right that we need to experience it the way they did.

[ a pause. ]

Though, my first one wasn't. All of those were in my second one.

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[She's a little grateful that whoever went into her office didn't end up with her memories...]

What did they make you believe?

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That I was a character in a fairy tale.

[ he had such a time ]

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Think it fit?

[Which one?]

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[ a dry snort. ]

Sort of. Are you familiar with Chinese fairytales?

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A little bit.

[In that she does love lore and wikidives.]

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[ nerd. he doesn't quite hesitate, but does pause for a moment. ]

...It was the legend of Hou Yi and Chang'e. The story of the ten suns.

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[She's an investigator, what do you want from her.

Kyoko nods.]

With the elixir of immortality. The reason for the mid-autumn festival, isn't it?

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[ he loves that about her tbh

a little nod in return. ]

The story was a little different than the original, but, yes. I found myself in the position of Chang'e.

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The goddess of the moon?

And you... went over this story three times?

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Sort of.

[ he holds up one finger. ] As far as I could recall, I had lived a thousand years before I was shot down from the sky by the archer himself. After that, I lived a second life [ two fingers ] where I met up with the others who were with us, and we went to the kingdom of Yan to try and solve the problems there. More specifically, to solve what remained in the aftermath of the tale. I died, trying to...

[ ... ]

... Trying to fix something that went wrong. And then, I woke up a third time with new information about the story, and we traveled off somewhere else to try and set things right. So. Three times.

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[That's not exactly how the story goes, but she supposes when she tells the Crane-Wife it's a little different every time. Depending on the story teller, the story changes bit by bit every time.

She catches the trailing off, but she won't push.]

Three seems to be a theme in fairy tales. This does sound exhausting.

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Very.

[ :/

but yes, his story wasn't quite the same. there were lots of smaller, more tender details, lots of things that went wrong. he'd tell her if she asked, but he appreciates the discretion. ] Someone told Wenzhou about it, and they shouldn't have. It wasn't that big of a deal, it was just tiring.

[ :/ :/ :/ :/ ]

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Yes, I believe Rang told me to tell Wenzhou about it.

[:)]

Tiring or not, he does worry for you.

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[ :NYEH:

he thinks Of course it was Rang. that rat!!!!! ]

There was nothing to worry about! I wasn't even hurt.

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People are allowed to worry when they care for you. That's what I've been learning over these months.

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They really shouldn't.

[ he is not worth worrying over but he will acquiesce.... ]

It was hard to watch you all come back, admittedly. And not be able to do anything.

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When I say that they just double down.

[She has given up on humans and their desire to worry. Can't stop them.]

It must've been difficult when Wenzhou was on one.