PUBLIC CHANNEL [D176, EVENING]

[spaghettimonster]

[It's evening, the Ringmaster reconnected one of the islands to the Carnival so never-kidnapped people can go back and forth, and the Prince still has a lot of captives inside that big stone fortress. Captives without cell phones or radios, so there's almost no way for information to get out. But even though the thick stone, things can happen over there that those outside notice pretty quickly. Especially given reason to think about the person in question.

The radio crackles on, then turns off. A full minute passes before he tries again.]

Does... Wait, I need to be mannerly first.

Hello, everyone! Does anybody know much about, well, sudden onset amnesia? Or, cures for it? I think... I'm getting worse.

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[soft_focus]

[Reira would, certainly, be willing to share. But for someone willing to listen? On a radio, in this sort of time? It's not the time at all.

And at the least, Reira won't say anything unless they ask.] Yeah. ....Yuuya has lots of friends, [She remarks somewhat idly, before moving on.] ....It wasn't a good place. ...It was a little better with niisama, but... ...I still had to listen to 'mom', after she took me. So even if he didn't like that, it was still a bad place too.

....It's nicer here, [she continues, adding-] ....We definitely have to make it a better home, here.

[spaghettimonster]

I see... [Some names and allusions he doesn't know, at least one familiar-sounding... That's never been a thing to stop Papyrus from being agreeable and concerned. He nods the slow, not quite comprehending nod of someone who wants to seem understanding. Then he remembers they're talking on the radio, and his body language is for naught.]

Well! It sounds like it's already an improvement. Is Yuuya here?

[soft_focus]

Yeah.

[An. Awkward pause.] ........He's why I'm here, sort of.

[spaghettimonster]

Oh? Did you make a deal? So many teens are here because they're rule-breaking ruffians... [Well, Rin at least. And he's not here, right now, thanks again to the mentioned rule-breaking.]

[soft_focus]

...It wasn't to break rules, [She says calmly.]

...He thought he was saving me, so. ....I'm not mad at him about it. ...I'm just here because it meant someone else was going to get hurt, so I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen.

[The polite way to say, 'he asked the Ringmaster to pull out a Very Angry Hate Dragon from her soul' and 'Reira really didn't want the Ringmaster to kill said Angry Hate Dragon'.]

[spaghettimonster]

His deal would have gotten someone hurt? As, as a side effect, I'm sure! But oh no! Does that mean yours is just to fix his? That should give you guys a discount or something.

[That's how the Ringmaster works, right?]

[soft_focus]

Mmmmmh. ...no....

....They did a lot of bad things.

...I just know they wanted to fix those things. ...I felt it.

...so there's no 'discount'. I don't think you can do that?

[spaghettimonster]

Well... [He doesn't actually have a reason to lie to this child.] Maybe not. It's always a year, even if broken into pieces.

But you should get a something extra!

Even if it's just from the rest of us.

[soft_focus]

....isn't that cheating?

[spaghettimonster]

Huh? People can give presents whyever, how is that cheating?

[soft_focus]

....I guess that's true....

[She has no idea what this is going to mean in the future, really.] ....I guess I won't stop anyone, then..?

[spaghettimonster]

That's the spirit! Let your friends inundate you with surprise gifts.

[Probably a gift-wrapped bone with a ribbon around it, someday.]

Especially the surprise friends.

[soft_focus]

[She'll cherish it always? (Probably, yes.)] Um!

...I'll do my best! [It's not really a thing one 'tries' but, at least she sort of has it.]