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[soba]

... distance can be more complicated than that.

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...you mean something that isn't physical distance, don't you?

[soba]

[ he just nods ]

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Do your friends know why you had to leave? And about your situation?

[soba]

[ he nods ]

You know how we had that one week where people saw each other's memories? Back home, we had to go through something similar because of the kappa stuff. So, they... saw stuff, about me.

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...is that how all kappas usually work? [The fuck.]

[soba]

... probably not normally?

But to accomplish something we're doing, it's just sort of something that needs to happen.

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You know the next question is what were you doing. It sounds kind of important.

[soba]

... we were collecting things called Dishes of Hope. If we got five of them, we'd be granted a wish.

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But how do you collect them? What were you trying to wish for? [She has a lot of questions?]

[soba]

It's kind of complicated, but the easiest way to describe is that we have to defeat people's manifested desires. When we do, we get a Dish.

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...huh. [She sounds...thoughtful about it.] I'm afraid to ask, but when you say manifest...do you mean physically? Things that really come after you?

[soba]

[ trying to explain this without going into detail of how incredibly stupid it is is hard, he's crying on the inside ]

It's more like... there's this other group, and they're turning people into what's called kappa zombies, which is the manifestations. We have to go after them and neutralize them, so that our world doesn't get destroyed. Or something.

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[..squint...]

So you're like kappa superheroes. [Sure.] It's nice to know there's a way to neutralize them though. It...kind of sounds like something that might help with what's happening here.

[soba]

[ kappa superheroes.... kazuki and enta would think that's cute ]

If I can figure out a way to turn everyone into kappas, I'll let you know.

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It, like, didn't hurt when it happened to you, did it?

[soba]

[ FLASHBACKS TO WHEN HE GOT TURNED INTO A KAPPA

HE MANAGES TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE ]

No, it wasn't that bad.

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That's good at least...[And because this started with them playing Sm*sh, Peach suddenly finds herself falling off a platform.] No! [Pr*nc*ss P**ch flails a little before she falls off entirely and boom. Goodbye, Peach.]

[soba]

Haha.

[ toi doesn't laugh at her ]

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[:T]

Sometimes I think this game's rigged anyway.

[soba]

That's usually the kind of thing that losers say.

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What about if it's true, huh? It could totally be true.

[soba]

[ he raises an eyebrow ]

Is it true?

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Is this the face of someone who'd make something up just because?

[soba]

[ he leans over to pull her ear

it's like, a gentle yank, at least, more meant to just be annoying than to actually hurt her ]

Yes.