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[February 19, early afternoon]

[Larry made a very unfortunate discovery this afternoon when he felt like checking in on what Miles was up to. He was greeted with that error message that no one wanted to hear coming from their friend's line.

Miles was gone.

No. He didn't want this day to come. This wasn't fair. Panicked, he tried to contact Clover to see if Miles had broken his 'Gear or something, despite knowing the difference of error messages quite well. He wasn't about to accept Miles' disappearance so easily. But that ever familiar message came from Clover's line as well.

Clover was gone too.

Now, he wasn't very familiar with Miles and Clover's other friend. Ken, right? But he figured Ken was his final chance. He would know what's up. Maybe something weird was going on at the house, and their 'Gears were acting odd. He was kidding himself. However, he got the same error message as the two before.

They were all gone. That entire house, in one fell swoop. Johto really knew how to bring a guy down just when he was feeling pretty damn happy again.

Shortly after, a shoddily written text appears on the network.]

edgey clover and ken are gone. figured i'd let you guys know. edgey is miles btw.

[February 19, late evening]

[Today was supposed to be a free day to wander around Cianwood, but Larry's friends have likely noticed that he hasn't left his inn room at all. Any questions about it resulted in Larry saying he was fine and he was busy with something, but now that it's late in the evening, it's very obvious that something is wrong.

The poor sap needs some help, guys.]

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[ She rests one of her hands in his shoulder now that he sits up. ]

Kisa and Ritsu are gone. I'm truly glad that we could spent all those happy moments together as I will always treasure them. And while I couldn't even say goodbye to them properly, I hope that their future is always a bright one and they could overcome all the bad things they went through their lives.

And maybe someday, we will meet again. So it's more like... a 'See you soon'.

[ She gives him a small smile. ]

Right, Larry?

[Yes...there is no doubt that he'll see Miles again someday. It makes him wonder what will happen to their future if Miles retains all of his memories of his time in Johto. What will he be like in Larry's time now?

Well, Ur has a point. No matter what, his friends, Miles and Clover, will overcome the hard times to come. Still, he isn't sure if he can overcome this hard time of his own so quickly...

He slowly shakes his head and places his hand on hers.]

Your strength amazes me, Ur. [Worryingly so.] Don't you ever...don't you ever wanna really let it out sometimes? I mean, who knows how long it'll be? Nick and Iris, they...it's been almost a year already. I thought I'd see 'em soon, but... [A year isn't really "soon" to him.]

[ Perhaps that one of her strengths here in this place. She already had gone through many sad things here and in her world... So maybe that's why she can stand strong here for others. ]

I know that the strong bonds we had are still in my heart, and even if I will miss them a lot, I know I can wait all the time it takes to see them again once more.

My student, Gray, he was in this world once. He looked older than the last time I saw him. I never thought I would see him again, yet I this place brought him here. [ Such fond memories. ] Waiting is really hard, but you are not alone here. Nobody wants to make their friends feel bad for their disappearance, so what you can try to do for their sake is to overcome this pain and try to be happy.

So when they come back, you can share all those happy memories with them.

[Larry listens intently as Ur tells her story. He hadn't really thought of it that way. Ur was able to see someone again in Johto that she may have never seen again in here own world. And she's right, too. It's not like they could help that it was their time to leave...but he isn't really mad at them for it. Still, would they really want their friends to be moping around because of them? No.

After she finishes talking, he shifts again so he's sitting next to her, and gently leans against her. She's really like a pillar of strength to him. He briefly remains silent, coming up with a response to everything she just said.]

'm sorry.

[Yes. That's a good place to start.]

[ She wraps one of her arms around him. She understands that it's hard to overcome this kind of pain, but such as when he was there for her when she got Ultear's clothes, she wanted to let him know that she was there for him as well.

Ur smiles a bit at that. ]

It's fine. Don't worry for that.

[Thinking it over, he feels bad for being kind of dramatic about this. These reactions were the easiest ones to back on in such situations. He figures it's something that will never change, but at least he'll always have someone to talk it out with.

He rests his head on her shoulder.]

Thanks for being here, Ur.

[ Well, seeing him a bit better is a relief for her. It's fine, because she knows she will be there again if something like this happens again. She really hopes it won't, of course.

Here, she rests a hand in his head, messing with his hair a bit. ]

Anytime, Larry.

[Normally he'd get a little antsy at his hairdo getting messed with, but it's not like he's styled it much today. So instead he smiles at Ur.]

So...what did you do today? It was our free day and stuff.

[ Besides, she would just do it again. ]

Hn, I trained the new pokemons I had a bit.

[ bit = ENDLESS TRAINING. ]

[With all that's been going on lately, he had already kinda forgotten about their little Safari Zone trip.]

Oh yeah! I gotta get on that too. You planning on challenging the gym soon?

Yeah, I'm confident with my team, but I wanted to train the young ones.

Makes sense to me. They've kinda come in late in the game, huh?

I don't mind. My team was almost at the maximum level, so it gives me something to do.

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