mylittlejamjar | [Accidental Video] -7th Shadow- Get to me...

[The feed opens on Crmsn talking to a photograph rather abruptly.]

-even reminds me of Serre a bit...definitely has that same tenacity as the kids. You'd never think they'd run out of steam. I think you'd like her. She's gettin' married soon too...I know right? Never thought I'd have the chance to give someone away at least for another twenty years.

[He's sitting by the window of his room, half draped across the sill in the early morning light, with a stuffed purple rabbit nestled up in the crook of one of his forelegs, and smiling wistfully at a photograph.]

Hey love...It was Valentines Day recently y'know. Well...not what they call it here, but the sentiment is the same....

[He shifts a little and softly taps the photograph with a hoof.]

Wonder what you did for yours. Probably would have spent it in the lab, working on the next big project. Heh...y'know that's something I miss the most I think. Sitting back to back in the lab and knowing you were there. That any time I could just turn around and smile at you and...and you'd look over and smile back.

[His voice softens considerably.]

...I miss you, love. I miss the kids...I miss our home, and our friends. There's a big gapin' hole in my heart...I keep tryin' to fill it up, but after a while...there's just nothin' to grab onto. Isn't anything I can do about it either.

[He sniffs, then scoffs a little and covers his eyes with a hoof. Voice going from low to strained.]

I feel like I'm slowly losin' your face. I think that's the biggest hurt. All I have is this damn photo...this world couldn't even let it be normal...had to mess with it and make it different too. I think if it wasn't for that magic of yours I'd-

[He shifts to reflexively rub at his chest, a pained expression pulling across his face.]

You're so close and so far away. I can't reach you...m'not gonna stop trying though.

[He takes a shakey breath and lets it out hard...then pulls the photo up and gives it a gentle kiss. He settles on the sill, half cradling the picture and the rabbit protectively.]

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[Crmsn blinks a few times and turns slowly to look at the scroll. Feeling very much like a deer in the headlights.]

Ahhh....hi Don...

[He rubs at his face a bit and clears his throat.]

...sorry, just....yeah.

[After a moment, Don made the message private, his head motioning towards where he saw the photo.]

...Wife?

[Crmsn goes quiet, looking back at the photograph for a brief moment then nods, moving it over so Don can see it properly. The photo has Crmsn of course...ponified, another earth pony next to him, white with a blonde mane and a large, round pair of glasses. She's trying to keep two young foals from tackling each other...meanwhile a toddler of a dragon, is curiously finding her way around Crmsn's face and looking down at the other two kids, much to Crmsn's amusement.]

The kids too.

[Oh. His...he could feel his own throat tighten at the thought. That was his family, who who misses, who he wishes was with him, or he with them.

For a brief moment, it reminded him of his own family. The family from his universe, those who he'd not seen in years. Who he might never see again, for all he knew.]

They...you'll get back to them, Crmsn.

[He nods and sighs letting his head rest on the sill, ears lying flat against his head.]

I hope you're right, Don.

[He closes his eyes thoughtfully.]

Someone once told me, home doesn't move forwards, that it'd be like we never left...you think it's true?

[He hopes he's right, also. Crmsn. That really is a cute family.]

Honestly? I think it is.

[His eyes furrowed, thinking back.]

The two times I went back to where I had been, no time had passed between the time I came to Equestria, and back. The same thing happened in the previous place I was trapped in, also.

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[That reaffirmation makes a heavy amount of tension almost evaporate from his body, which he releases with a sigh of relief.]

You...have no idea, Don...just how much it means to hear that.

[He rubs at his face, feeling very tired with that extra bit of weighty worry assuaged for now.]

It can't be easy to constantly be pulled in and out like that...at the same time I'm kinda glad. Gave me the opportunity to meet ya, Don.

...Yeah, likewise.

[Its sucked. Horrible. Going back and forth, to other universes, never knowing when he's ever see any of his family again - if he even should.

But at the least, he helped Crmsn, and it was the truth.]

We'll figure this out. So everypony can go home.

[He laughs a little and nods.]

Damn straight, come hell or high-water. It's not the easiest path, but so long as we got friends we should be able to tackle anything, right?

Yeah...yeah.

Hey, speaking of, I'm sorry about the poison joke...

Are you kidding? That was hilarious! I had a blast.

[There's a beat.]

I mean granted we'll be careful in the future, but seriously, if that's a lab accident here, I'll take it. Beats being altered at the genetic level.

That's true. Though, not all genetic mutations are bad...just most of them!

[He's a genetic mutation after all.]

This is true.

Honestly, all things considered the accident wasn't really that bad in the long run. I just worry how the kids are going to get along.

I'm sure they'll be fine. Kids...can be pretty resilient.

[...Dear god he sounds so old right now.]

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Heh...yeah they can be can't they?

[He has a fleeting smile before sighing and shaking his head.]

The boys don't have it as bad as my daughter. Hard to pass off as the societal standard of "normal" when you have wings and a tail...and... [The thought sticks in his throat momentarily. He still didn't know how much of his dark digivolution passed onto her. He clears his throat and looks at Don with an easier smile however.]

Thanks Don. I appreciate that confidence.

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