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[invocate]

Li-Na Yiu shared a video. 10/04 near Viea Village

[The video opens with a shot of a pair of black, shiny ballet flats. But there is a... odd quality to the shine. An almost metallic look to it.] So... I got these in the mail today. From Retrospec. I guess they belong to the girl I am having memories of? [Her hand appears in the frame as she picks up one of the shoes and turns it from side to side.] I am not sure what to think of them? The material is a little... stiff? [She taps the shoe against the table they are sitting on, which produces a soft metallic sound.] Well. They are my size. [Her phone camera bobs as she sets the shoes on the ground and slips her feet inside. A second later, the shoes come to life, WRAPPING their way up her legs until they reach mid-thigh. Though, that detail might get lost, as the moment the shoes... boots start to shift, Li-Na drops her phone and begins to scream.]

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[redarm]

Okay...

Try focusing on willing them to deactivate. Sometimes saying it out loud helps too.

[invocate]

[takes a deep breath... let's it out]

Focus... okay...

[AND THE LINE GOES DEAD B/C LI-NA HASN'T CHARGED HER PHONE YET TODAY and trying to keep this from overlapping with Chiyo too much]

[redarm]

[There's a pause, as he realizes he hears nothing]

- Li-Na?

[He pulls the phone from his ear, seeing that the call is ended. Calling again? Just gets her voicemail]

Fuck.

[invocate]

[some twenty minutes later... after Li-Na gets the boots to deactivate and plugs her phone in, she sees that's Noah tried to call... and calls him back]

Sorry. My phone closed.

[redarm]

[He'll pick up immediately and that sounds very much like a sigh of relief. Since yeah, he was worried]

You alright?

[invocate]

Yes. I am okay now.

[her voice is noticeably calmer now]

I deactivated the shoes.

[redarm]

[BREATHES]

Thank god.

I mean, nice going!

[invocate]

I put them in the box and I put the box in the closet.

[Way, way, in the back of the closet, at the very, very top. Where hopefully no one will find them.]

Until I know more, I am not putting them on again.

[redarm]

That's a good idea...

I wish I could take mine off.

[invocate]

[that's right... Noah's claw is kiiind of attached to him permanently]

Why... do you know why yours is like that?

[redarm]

[A DEFINITE PAUSE.]

Visions, of course.

[SURE DIDN"T HAVE IT GO BERSERK AND WRECK A STORE, NO SIREEEEEEE]

[invocate]

[THAT... ISN'T AN ANSWER NOAH

she gets the feeling he's not wanting to talk about it though, so she lets it slide]

Oh, I remembered someone else. He had a sword. I do not think he likes Allen.

[understatement of the year]

[redarm]

Oh yeah?

[Guy with a sword...]

Did he have long hair?

[invocate]

Yes, pulled back in a ponytail. He was pointing his sword at Allen and she just... hit him. With a...

[she makes a frustrated noise as she fishes for the English word]

... tablet? No... board. She hit him with it.

ty for the regain

[redarm]

He-

[He makes a gasp sound as the memory comes back to him]

-- A clipboard! She smacked him with a clipboard! I remember now!

lol it's something everyone should remember

[invocate]

Yes, clipboard! With papers on it.

[she laughs a little, because it is a pretty funny memory, this girl whopping sword-guy on the head]

And he looked so... like a puppy caught doing something bad.

[redarm]

Yeah!

[He makes a soft amused sound too]

Yeah, well he was ignoring the guy telling him to stand down. So he deserved it.

[invocate]

'He is on our side.'

[Li-Na makes an annoyed noise]

Why do we only get these bits and pieces? His face seems familiar now, but I do not know his name. And the voice, she knows who is talking to them, but I cannot tell who it is.

[redarm]

[He makes a "hmmm" sound as he thinks about it]

...Kanda and Komui. Kanda's the fucking arse with the sword, and he called the guy talking over the golem "Komui". There was also another guy called Reever. He sounded pretty annoyed at Komui, but they were all arguing before Lenalee showed up.

Apparently Timcanpy with Allen was proof he was a student to a General Cross...

[He trails off, thinking over his own regained memories and how they connect]

[invocate]

Kanda, Komui, Reever, General Cross...

[she sighs]

None of those sound familiar to me yet. I feel like I am reading a book a paragraph at a time, but skipping around here and there.

[redarm]

Yeah, I feel the same way.

And with us here, I get the feeling the ending's gonna fucking suck.

[invocate]

Because if we are here, that means Allen and Lenalee died?

[redarm]

Yeah.

I mean, I haven't gotten any memories about Allen growing old with a dozen grandkids. So...that can't be good.

[invocate]

Just because you have not gotten memories of when he is old does not mean you will not in the future?

[she hopes, she really, really hopes]

[redarm]

Maybe.

But I'm not getting my hopes up about it.