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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[He nods and smiles a little.]

S'what having a family you build for yourself feels like...something about it is all the more precious. S'what it was like back home for me too...

Family...yes, I miss them.

Not just my friend and his family, but the one I had in the last place I had been. They were good family.

[He winces a little and offers Leatherhead a sympathetic smile.]

I bet they were...

[He turns to face the scroll.]

What were their names?

There was Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello...they're both here.

And then Wheeljack, Bulkhead, Kagerou, Hiccup, Marley...[Realizing how awkward this is getting.] Fluttershy...Arcee...

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That's a big family.

[He smiles at the Diamond Dog.]

You're really very lucky.

[Smiles back.]

It sounds like you have a good family of your own...

[He pauses a moment and smiles a little wider.]

One of the best...and the best part is it doesn't stop growing.

And that helps your pain, does it not?

[He looks down for a moment.]

It has, but...

[He looks at the stuffed rabbit for a moment, and sighs shakily again.]

It doesn't make me stop missing them. Rock's clumsiness, Roll's temper, CB...my wife...I miss walking into a room and seeing her tinkering away on one of our projects...heck I even miss that feeling of anger when Ryuumon would eat the fridge, not just the contents but literally the entire fridge.

[He laughs a little, then goes quiet.]

That feeling that Bass was always there even though he'd pretend not to care...I fought hard to get that family-to build that life. And it's been torn away from me...I guess I'm just....afraid it's going to happen again...

It is true...there are times I wish I did not have the pain of their absence...

But I must continue. I have no other choice.

...Ryuumon?

Yeah....none of us do...we gotta push on for those that are waitin' for us.

[He sighs softly and smiles a little at the dog.]

Thanks for listening to me.

Oh sorry, he was my digimon, a creature born from computer data essentially...

[He pauses thoughtfully. Didn't he mention knowing the Don's and Fluttershy...]

But you knew that already, didn't you?

I saw you were suffering, I would not allow someone to suffer like I had.

...yes. But..I do not remember you there. In the Digital World.

Like minds are drawn to each other, I hear...

[He laughs softly.]

Wasn't the same Digital World, I don't think. Same concept, same execution, different universe.

That seems true.

Oh...another Digital World. [While he's talking on the subject...] Were you given a crest, like I did?

In...a sense?

[He chuckles a little weakly.]

I technically possess the crest of Loyalty? Though my crest went missing and I don't really have access to my tag anymore...

I lost mine as well...it was Friendship...

But it is good, knowing someone from that world...even if it is not the exact one.

Friendship...heh....how apropos...

It is...it's a small reminder of home at least. Some form of normalcy in a very strange place.

[For all that normal was to them.]

If it is your wish...I can keep standing by to...help you remember...

Heh, thanks...uh....

[He stops to blink at the diamond dog.]

Y'know, I don't think I had the chance to catch your name...

Leatherhead.

It is nothing, friend. I hope I could help you.

Crmsn. [He bows his head slightly.]

And...likewise. You ever wanna chat my door and scroll is always open.

Thank you...[He bows back, albeit without as much good timing.]

I would like that very much...Crmsn.

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