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[notchosenbychoice]

[Zelos is going with audio today since, well, he's feeling pretty wary about even being out and about with this new... curse going on. But. Some research is in order, isn't it? He'll take one for the team, guys.]

So. Bubble's fixed, that's all fine and dandy. Now we can all get back to our normal, everyday lives, right? Heh.

Got a question for you all, though: are any of you actually happy down here? What do you guys feel about being down here? Come on, you can trust me, I'm here for you. Don't be shy, I won't bite. Unless you want me to, of course!

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[replicatedcourage]

I really love it down here!

[Sola doesn't wonder at why he's answering this particular person. Unlike before with Doctor Stein, he knows who Zelos is. Of course, he thinks the Chosen is still Zelda's roommate and practically family. He was a little busy when Zelos had vanished and reappeared sanz bubble memories. They hadn't been close at all really though, just said hello in passing every so often.]

I mean, I would be dead if I wasn't here so it's better, isn't it? And now I have a soul and a life of my own and a matesprit and everything! There's bad stuff too, like not being able to explore outside the bubble or some mean people, but I really don't want to leave even if a lot of other people do.

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[notchosenbychoice]

Yeah, being dead-- isn't always the worst thing that can happen to a person. [Nnnnot what he was planning on saying, but he'll roll with it.] But, I wouldn't know anyway, so who am I to talk? Sounds like you got it good, buddy.

...But, uh, hey-- what's a matesprit?

[redcladidealist]

That's a hard question to answer. Sometimes I like it here. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I wish I could go back home and do the things I'm supposed to do there. But I don't want to leave all my friends here either.

[Curse? What curse? Lloyd doesn't need a curse to force him to answer that with truth.

He tilts his head, regarding Zelos with a curious look.]

What about you? Are you happy here?

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[notchosenbychoice]

...You know, sometimes I forget that you're "from a different time" or whatever. As far as I know, everything's alright at home, so it's not like you got that much to worry about, Bud. Though I get what you're saying. Stuff here can be pretty damn screwy, right?

Well, I haven't made up my mind about that. [Aaand that's about as much as he's saying about that. Any more and he might say something he doesn't want to.]

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[xxii_thefool]

That's not a bad question.

I don't think I can say that I'm unhappy, at least! It's interesting, being in this place. And besides, I have friends here.

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[notchosenbychoice]

No point in asking bad questions, right? [He chuckles. He's not that mean... Most of the time.]

Interesting's a pretty good word. No strings attached there. Friends are the only thing that keeps this place from being "bad", anyway.

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[honeyflaaash]

Oh, I... I'm not unhappy being here. I just miss my home. I mean, I miss my friends and my family. Not that my family will be waiting for me when I go home. They died just before I got here.

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[honeyflaaash]

[A soft gasp.] O-oh! I mean... Ah...

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[fundemetal]

I haven't decided yet. There's lots of cool people here, so that's a plus. And I'm not having to fight monsters all the time, so there's another plus. But I miss my friends that aren't here. There's an important quest that I was on before I got here that I'd like to finish. I really want to go back. But this is kind of like a vacation so I want to stay here, too.

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[notchosenbychoice]

Yeah, it is relaxing not having to do anything. Definitely my kind of lifestyle. But it gets pretty boring too, don't you think?

Unfinished business is a pain in the ass, isn't it?

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[livingvessel]

[For some reason, her mixed feelings just kind of spill out to this stranger - ]

I'm happy! I've met so many people here, and been able to do so many things I wasn't able to before. But my stay here is just delaying my inevitable death, so... I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not.

[She pauses.]

And I mean that I would die within a year after leaving here, and probably within a month.

[It may be months since she first arrived, but Ilya hasn't forgotten the corrupted Grail waiting for her should she ever return.]

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[notchosenbychoice]

Aww, that's sweet, hunny! It's refreshing to hear someone say they honestly enjoy it here. [While a little naive, but he doesn't have to mention that.]

Well, will your death have... meaning? I'm sure your world could last a little longer without it, right?

[Audio]

[fightforastar]

Content, maybe. It's an easy living here, and I might not mind the unexpected vacation if there wasn't so much back home I wish I could see through first. I just feel like I'm growing complacent.

[Audio]

[notchosenbychoice]

I know what you mean. Having nothing to worry about is great and all for, what, the first month or two? But even having no responsibilities can get pretty boring.

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[spiria]

I do miss home. I miss my big brother, and I miss my friends, and I miss a lot of people and things that I don't have here.

At the same time, though, I've been in this place for just a few months short of two years. I've met a lot of people, I've become friends with them, and I've seen a lot of the same people leave this place, return, leave again ... and then there are those who have stayed.

I don't know for sure if I'm really ... happy, here. But it has been my home for the past year and several months. Like a lot of people, I had no choice but to make my new home here, and I don't know if or when I will leave it, but I've at least resolved to make the best of it while I'm here. Make friends with people I would never know otherwise. Make my own family, too.

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[notchosenbychoice]

Well, that was definitely an explanation.

I guess the thing is that it's hard to really be truly happy in the first place, hmm? That resolve, though, that's pretty good of you. This place... is certainly unique.

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[openminded]

This place has given me a chance that I would have never otherwise have had. So ... yes, I guess I'm happy.

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[notchosenbychoice]

You still don't sound one hundred percent certain. Second chances are great and all, but things are still missing, yeah?

[Voice]

[ourfirststeps]

I am happy here but...I really do want to go back home and see my friends and family back home.

I know that I just saw them a while ago but I wonder how long I will stay here.

...But at the same time, I don't want to leave my friends that I made here either...

[Voice]

[notchosenbychoice]

That's the thing about living in a bubble like this, yeah? The problem's just that: it's a bubble. No way out, and only one way in.

I wouldn't sweat it if I were you.

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[bondummy]

Dero wants to pop the bubble!

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[notchosenbychoice]

Ahah... You don't say? And why's that, exactly?

[feralfanatic]

[She should honestly just turn the SFC off, but she keeps being compelled to answer these questions when she hears them.]

I am quite happy. This place has given be a chance to once again have all that I had lost. That is because where I come from back home all my friends and loved ones are dead or slaves and I am a barely rational savage hiding in the wilds scared of being found by those loyal to the Empress.

[blink blink. So yeah, there was that.]

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[notchosenbychoice]

Talk about a second chance. Damn.

So coming home isn't really an option for you, is it?

[Audio]

[shippingmath]

[What Dirk meant to say: No dead-end universe without a future and there's no alien bitch here that wants to manipulate me and kill me? Hell yes this place is better. I'm still going back when I get the chance.

What Dirk actually says:]

I'm less miserable here than I was there.

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[notchosenbychoice]

A concise answer. I like that.

So, what's so great about this place, then? Or is it just better compared to where you come from?