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[clownshoes]

 Okay, so...I need help finding someone.

[ see, the problem with your best friend reverting to his 15 year old self is...unfortunately quite a long time of that 15th year was spent hating you. ahaha... ]

I'm trying to find my friend, Riku. He just suddenly left the house the other day and didn't come back.

[ more accurately, refused to come back, but whatever. sora is clearly not above annoying and/or embarrassing him into returning. ]

He looks a little different than people might remember him, so I drew a picture to help!

[ and with that, sora holds up a glorious work of art. ]

If you see him, just uh...Toss him over your shoulder and bring him back to [ wherever they live ], me and him reeeeally need to talk.

Be careful, he might smell a bit.

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[driftsintobuffetline]

So YOU'RE the Best Friend, huh? Nice pic. Pretty accurate.

I offered him our couch. He turned it down. Haven't seen him since.

[clownshoes]

Yep, though he kinda doesn't think so right now. And he's really stubborn like that. He won't even come get something to eat.

[driftsintobuffetline]

Well, he called you his best friend when telling me who you were, so I don't know. He still sort of does think that?

Anyway, leave a trail of breadcrumbs or whatever his favorite snack is. He'll follow it back home.

[clownshoes]

It's...really complicated. I'm trying to talk him into coming back, though.

[driftsintobuffetline]

Still think breadcrumbs are a better bet.

[clownshoes]

It'd definitely be a lot easier if he could be lured with food.

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[dicktate]

[ Have no fear, for 6 year old Jinseok is here! ]

Your drawing is ugly.

[ To be unhelpful and critical. ]

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[clownshoes]

[ R U D E ]

It is not!

[dicktate]

[ Where's the lie though? ]

Yes it is, hyung. It's ugly.

[clownshoes]

[ small child. be patient. BE PATIENT. ]

You shouldn't be so mean, little guy.

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[historiology]

Ri--Ah! Riku? I saw him at the park the other day!

[Except it's doubtful the older teen is still there. And....well. Sorey can't be expected to carry him to Sora. Maybe if he was older as his usual seventeen year old self, but not like this.]

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[clownshoes]

Which one?

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[historiology]

At the De Chima one? I think. I can check with Mikleo, but I don't think we went that far. But I'm not sure if he'd still be there now. But if he's lost, can let you know if I see him again?

[...Sorey, Riku isn't a lost cat. But even so, he doesn't want Sora worrying about him either. If Sorey can help somehow.]

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[clownshoes]

That'd be great! I'm trying to get him to answer my calls but he doesn't want to.

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[historiology]

Oh. Maybe he'll talk to me then. I'll let you know!

[But that's. Very doubtful considering Sorey himself reminds Riku a lot of his best friend.....]

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[glowsferatu]

That doesn't look like Riku at all. [ But, she supposes he did say it wouldn't. ]

...Has he gone off to become a hobo? I've encountered that problem in teenaged boys before, it is always a noisome experience.

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[clownshoes]

That's exactly what he did! I bet he's sleeping on benches!

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[glowsferatu]

God, not again. Do you know what city he's probably taken up in?

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[clownshoes]

He kinda took off before I could figure anything out.

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[glowsferatu]

Alright, so where was this?

[acclimatized]

I'll keep an eye out for him.

[ squinting at the drawing. ]

So uh, he got a haircut?

[clownshoes]

Well, he's like...younger now. So that's what his hair used to look like!

[acclimatized]

Ah, right. Seems to be a bit of that going around.

[clownshoes]

Yyyyeah... Unfortunuately that younger part seems to be when we were having some...problems, so that's what he remembers.

[ which is to say riku's stuck in thinks-he's-scorned jerk mode. ]

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[resoundingpledge]

Riku . . . ?

Mm, I've seen him. He's okay. But getting him back to Heropa . . . that would be a little hard, right now.

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[clownshoes]

That's why you need to take him by surprise! If I tried, he'd just see me and run again.

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[resoundingpledge]

You . . . you're Sora, aren't you?

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[clownshoes]

I am! Did he mention me?

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[resoundingpledge]

Mm, he did. And he has before this, too . . . you're friends, aren't you? Even if he doesn't really seem to like you much right now.