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A True Alternative: Exodus; ATA4's Alternate
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Topic Started: Jul 17 11, 2:37 PM (23,314 Views)
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Lenna Suzaka
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Aug 2 11, 1:47 PM
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"H-hey!" It was too late. Glenn already activated the circle with fire mana, which had some macaroni, and some cheese... but suddenly a flash of light occurred and he was blown back into the counter. "Owwie..." He groaned, dazed. "Glenny!" His mother called as she ran over to him. "Are you okay? What about you, Mai-Fei?" She called over as Ai ran to her daughter. "Dammit you guys..."
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Blaze Gamma
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Aug 2 11, 1:50 PM
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"I okay... But why is no one asking about floating Ela? Is she okay?" Mai-Fei asked, causing several people in the room to look at her.
'How does she... Know that name?' Derrick thought.
"Floating... What?" Irvine's eyes widened.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Aug 2 11, 1:59 PM
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"What!?" Taini, shocked walked over to Mai-Faye, though she knew she could feel a presence. Was this because she was dead herself at one point? However, she couldn't see the girl at all. "Ela... you can see Ela...?" She asked the girl.
"Who's that?" Glenn asked as Taini was too shocked to say anything.
"That's your... dead daughter right?" Ai asked.
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Blaze Gamma
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Aug 2 11, 2:02 PM
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"Yeah, she's right behind Glenn and poking him in the back." Mai-Fei said. As if on cue, Glenn could probably definitely feel poking in the back. "She says she wants to play with him, forever and ever and ever." She giggled.
"I don't understand..." Derrick said, looking to Irvine and Ai. "Does this have something to do with... That?" He asked.
"... I don't know." Irvine said.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Aug 2 11, 2:06 PM
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"It could be..." Ai replied as she frowned. "H-hey!" Glenn squeaked as he turned around. "But... but... I'm scared..." He mumbled as he ran to his mother, shivering. "Why does she want me? I don't wanna... I'm scared. :(" He repeated before he clung to Taini's leg.
"Ela..." Taini frowned deeply as she patted her son on the head. "Don't worry... it's okay Glenny. She's your sister. You should let her play with you." She attempted to encourage him.
"I... I don't know how... I can't see her... or hear her... or talk." He whimpered.
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Aug 2 11, 2:12 PM
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"She says she's your big sister and you're making her sad!" Mai-Fei said. "She's been here and she says mom and dad have been ignoring her and always crying for her and she always wanted to hug them but she couldn't!" She said.
Derrick was a little shaken up by all this. "That's really bizarre..." He mumbled. 'I hope this stops when she leaves...' He thought.
"... Mai-Fei..." Irvine said. "Maybe you should..." He muttered, not knowing what to say at this point.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Aug 2 11, 2:17 PM
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Taini lowered her head, not know what to say. She wanted the girl to stop, as it only caused her an incredible amount of pain, but she couldn't stop her. She didn't want to.
"I...I..." Glenn stepped forward from his mother's leg, then glanced at nothing, beginning to make out an outline. "S-sis...?" He squeaked as he then held up a hand shakily.
"Glenny..." He heard a small voice.
"Y-you're my sister, right?" He asked.
Ai shook her head. Too bizarre... this kid... What did you do Mai-Fei?
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Aug 2 11, 2:20 PM
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"I let him talk to her!" Mai-Fei said, clapping happily. "Now they can play together!" She giggled. "Now she'll be happy to have a friend, auntie!" She said, apparently forgetting the fact that she had messed up the name earlier. "She's been lonely!"
Irvine closed his eyes. "Mai-Fei... Come on." Irvine said, picking up the girl. "I think it's nap time." He told her.
Derrick hugged Taini, knowing how shaken up she was over the whole situation.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Aug 2 11, 2:26 PM
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Taini returned the hug tightly, now wondering if she was going to be constantly torn at by her presence and what Mai-Fei did. "Ela... Glenny..." She breathed so that only Irvine and Derrick could hear her.
"Mommy's crying... why is she crying...?" Ela asked as Glenn frowned. "She's crying cause she misses you." He told her. "But you're here, right? A-and we can play all the time now!" He smiled. "Mommy and Daddy will be happy that you're here... Hey, she's right here!" He turned to his parents.
"Yes, it probably is best that you have your nap time." Ai replied as she picked up the girl.
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Aug 2 11, 2:29 PM
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Irvine soon sat down Mai-Fei in a bed. "You should really go to bed now." He sighed.
"I don't understand." Mai-Fei mumbled. "I just wanted to make her happy..."
"That's fine... But it's nap time, okay?" Irvine asked.
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Derrick continued to hug the woman, shaking his head. 'This shouldn't be happening...' He thought. "Glenn... Maybe you should nap as well..."
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Lenna Suzaka
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Aug 2 11, 2:34 PM
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"Yes, she'll be happy, okay?" Ai rubbed the young girl's head as she kissed her on the forehead. "It's just that it's around this time you take a nap. We'll wake you up in a couple of hours. Love you."
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"But I'm not sleepy... I wanna play with Ela!" He stamped his foot on the ground.
"Glenny... please. It is time for your nap anyway, isn't it?" Taini asked with a sniffle, recomposing herself. "Your sister can wait to play... right?"
"I can wait..." Ela told her brother as she smiled. "We can have lots of fun after! I wanna play hide and seek when you wake up, okay?"
"Um, okay!" He nodded as he looked to her and then turned to his parents. "Okay, I'll have my nap time!" He cried out as he as he waved his arms.
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Aug 2 11, 2:40 PM
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So, it wasn't long before both the 3 year olds and the 5 year old ghost were put to bed, and the four adults, if they could be called that, were sitting at a table. "I am very sorry about what she did." Irvine said.
"... It wasn't your fault, no need to worry about it." Derrick sighed.
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Aug 2 11, 2:44 PM
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"Yeah... it's not her fault either." Taini said as she placed a pot of tea before everyone and sat down with four mugs. Taking one for herself and fixing herself some mint tea, she continued the conversation. "I should be happy for them... I really should. But it's a stab in the heart. Just a reminder of what happened. I can't see or hear her, but I can always feel her. I'm sure I'll get over it sometime. It'll be good for Glenny." She mentioned as Ai smirked. "Yeah, I'm sure it will! Unless everyone thinks he's a freak." She pointed out.
"What are you getting at? -.-" Taini glared.
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Aug 2 11, 2:48 PM
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"Probably the fact that other children will make a lot of fun of him for talking to an invisible friend... Or for worse, for claiming his dead sister is following him, even when he gets older." He sighed. "It could be a huge issue for him..."
"Yeah..." Derrick mumbled. 'He already has enough issues being small like me...' He thought to himself, looking down.
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Aug 2 11, 3:05 PM
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"Look, we've all been through bullying before. We got over it." Taini grit her teeth, her fangs apparent. "Stop being all gloomy. He'll get through it. Mai-Fei probably won't end up very differently than Glenn. They'll grow stronger as a result, and people will accept them for who they are..." She mentioned before gripping her husband's hand. "I know that will happen. It'll be a few hard years, so what? If it gets too drastic, I'll consider homeschooling the boy."
Ai lowered her head. "She's right. Mai-Fei probably won't end up too different from Glenn. I've always wondered if she will be ridiculed for her hair, or for the Mizuhoan features, or her wings... no one will probably notice she's cursed, but who knows? We won't know until it happens. I'm sure when she goes to school in Baticul, no one would make fun of her... I heard they were fairly open minded people.
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Aug 2 11, 9:01 PM
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"... Yeah... Still..." Irvine sighed for a moment. "She... I'm worried about the whole commanding the zombies thing... Both on the ridicule end and the vengeful end... I am worried that if she is made fun of... That she may be able to use them to do something horrible... I know she would be capable of it too..."
Derrick shook his head. "We should probably drop this subject." He sighed, standing and pouring several glasses of iced lemonade before sitting back down. "Besides, we shouldn't let worry ruin this... After all, we're here for a celebration, right?" He asked. "You two are turning 32 tomorrow, after all." He said. "You should be glad for that, considering everything that we have all been through."
Irvine blinked. "Well said." The man responded, raising his glass. "And soon all of this strife... It should come to an end, along with the revival of the world... The true revival."
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Aug 2 11, 9:18 PM
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"Well, with the births and everything. Makes me wonder about grandma... she was born to quite the insane psychopath," Taini established as she finished her tea then began to work on the lemonade. "...Gah, 32. I no longer feel young... oh wait ^_^. I don't care! But we've been through so much. Remember when we all basically hated each other?" She laughed as Ai nodded. "Well, I hated Derrick. Still kinda do. But I totally crushed on Irvine... and I won him over."
"Those were the days... we had our rough times, but we all had our good times. And of course, I have cheers to the eldest one of us, who also struggled to keep up with us young'uns." Taini laughed as she wrapped an arm around her husband tightly.
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Aug 2 11, 9:36 PM
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"Hey! It wasn't my age that made it difficult, it was my frailty!" Derrik huffed. "You know something, though, with the ages our kids are, you three would just be being born right about now!" He laughed. "At least if I were the age of Glenn or Mai-Fei." He said. "But you know... She reminds me just a little of her mother."
"Quite a lot, actually, when you're around her more often." Irvine spoke. "She clings to her mother more than anything else, hopping on to listen to her every word." He smiled at Ai warmly, then took a sip of his lemonade. "I would hate to have seen what would have happened to her if Ai hadn't recanted her denial... It would have been a real shame to have loved one's mother so much without an ounce of affection in return."
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Aug 2 11, 9:42 PM
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"Yeah, yeah... but I did right? And that was all there is to it. Sheesh, it's like you're trying to make me feel guilty..."
"Hehehe, I wouldn't doubt it." Taini jested as she took another sip. And by sip, she finished the thing in several gulps. "See? You would have learned to speak and such by now. You probably could have done what Glenn does now, Hon." She giggled. "So in other words, you were far ahead than any of us were! It makes you an old fart in that logic." At this point everyone could hear suddenly thumping, which belonged to Taini's tail, which thumped the back of the chair, displaying her happiness.
"But wait... how does she remind you all of me?" Ai blinked.
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Aug 2 11, 9:45 PM
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"Energy." Irvine said rather plainly. "You had a lot of energy that it just jumped out at everyone, forcing them out of their shells, whether they wanted to come out or not. Sure, it made them grumpy at times, but anyone does that, but in the end, it forces us to grow and become stronger." He explained. "Mai-Fei is like you in that regard."
"I don't think that there was a better way to put that." Derrick said, sighing at his wife. "And do you need to be so... Happy about that? Wouldn't that make you an old man lover?"
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