1st Tune [Accidental Visual]

[everydays_great]

[The scroll is open to show a little filly lying in front of Town Hall. She seems a little confused, and even slightly disoriented as she looks around, before looking down at herself.

When she speaks, her voice is very soft, as though she has trouble getting the words out. One really has to be listening to hear what she says.]

A-Am I in...heaven...?

[Then she slowly gets to her hooves, her legs shaking a little. Her scroll goes completely unnoticed as she lifts her head, before calling out as loud as she can.]

M...Mom...? Mom...Where are you?

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[everydays_great]

[That brought a small smile to her face, and she nodded, nuzzling into him.]

I know...You always keep me safe, Onii-chan.

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[linefacingforever]

[He smiled warmly, before moving, nodding for Nanako to follow him. Of course he was going to take her to the Agency and get her a room right away, but he wasn't sure how well she could walk yet.]

Has anyone explained what this place is before I got here?

[You know... in the 2.2 seconds it took him to run all the way here.]

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[everydays_great]

[Yeah, she needs a little help with the walking.]

Mm...a-a little bit...Th-They said it wasn't heaven...

[Which in a way, was a good thing, because it meant that Onii-chan wasn't with her mother yet.]

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[linefacingforever]

[He stayed close by, helping her stand up when she wobbled and letting her take her time to get used to it.]

That's right; this is Equestria, a different world from our own.

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[everydays_great]

Equestria... [Other people have said that, but it's the first time she's really listened to the name.] It sounds really pretty.

So we're all ponies here?

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[linefacingforever]

Most of us.

[A smile crept onto his face.]

Your beary best bear is an actual bear here.

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[everydays_great]

[There's a big smile on her face.]

You mean Teddie?

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu nodded.]

If you see a fluffy white bear in town, that's him.

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[everydays_great]

[She giggled.] I'm glad he's a bear. It'd be weird for him to be a pony.

[Any weirder than all of them being ponies?]

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[linefacingforever]

[Despite the fact that it's probably bad for her to be in this place, Yu can't help but feel his heart melt a little.]

Yukiko, Chie, and Rise are here too.

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[everydays_great]

Really? They're all here? Are they all ponies too?

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu nodded at that.]

We're living together in our own little house.

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[everydays_great]

All of you? Like...a family?

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[linefacingforever]

[That smile was back on his face, and he reached down to give her a gentle nudge.]

All of us.

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[everydays_great]

[She giggled softly.] Mm...!

[Her smile faded after a moment though, and she suddenly stopped walking.]

But...Dad's not here...huh?

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu nearly flinched at that one; he'd been here for... almost a full year? A full year? The reminder that he had been without Dojima-san, and really a number of his close friends, for all that time just... hurt.]

No... sorry.

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[everydays_great]

[She glanced down, sighing softly.]

I didn't....I didn't get to...t-to see Daddy, before I...before I came here...

What if... [She sniffled softly.]

What if I don't get to say goodbye?

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[linefacingforever]

[...nope.]

[Nope.]

[Nanako was not allowed to cry.]

[Nope.]

[He reached down again, nuzzling the top of her head lovingly.]

Don't worry. You won't have to say goodbye to your father for a long time.

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[everydays_great]

[She sniffled a little, looking up at him.]

B-But...someone said...I might be here for a long time...

D-Does that mean...Daddy will be all alone...?

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[linefacingforever]

Don't worry, he's not. He'll be fine.

[Considering Chie was from the future, and she didn't remember them disappearing, it was very likely Dojima wouldn't notice either.]

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[everydays_great]

Really...? I don't want him to be lonely...

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[linefacingforever]

He won't be. We're right there by him, even if we're here.

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[everydays_great]

[She blinked up at him.] Really?

How?

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[linefacingforever]

[...man, how to explain this?]

You know sometime on shows, where the hero has a moment of realization, and time seems to stop around him even though there's something going on?

[He paused, thinking.]

It happened in the last episode of Featherman you saw. Remember?

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[everydays_great]

[Thinking back for a moment, she then nodded.] Oh yeah...it's like time froze.