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Rebel 9 [Written]

First that boy, then Mr. McDohl, now the professor... the Malnosso really do have an odd sense of humor, don't they?

It's getting a little crowded in this apartment. Strange to think just a couple months ago, it was just me here. It almost seems as if Tao's been here the entire time. And now with three of us... I have to say, I'd love to see Tager and Linhua again, but at this rate, I'm not sure we would have the space. Does anyone know if New Feathers are still coming in?

Which reminds me...

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I know this is an incredibly strange request, but -- would either of you mind if Tao and I used your bathtub for a week or so? I'm not sure it would be a good idea to use mine for the time being.

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This place... really is beginning to feel a bit like home.

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[...Oh, no. I'm so, so sorry...!]

M-Mr. Jordan, right? [Apologetic cough. She really needs to not meet people while raving drunk.] Er, thank you, I... suppose I should just continue to keep an eye out, then.

Yes, that's right. Nice to talk to you again, Dr. Faye-Ling.

...But what did you mean about the Malnosso's strange sense of humor?

[Is he... really not upset? She's mildly impressed.]

Yes, it's nice to hear from you again. [I'm glad I didn't scare him off before.]

Ah, well... these past few weeks, I've had a few New Feathers turning up in my bathtub, of all places. I'm beginning to wonder if this tub has always been a landing space of sorts, or if it only started after I moved in.

[...That's kind of strange... why does she sound like she has two lines of thought going at once?]

Your bathtub? I've never heard of anything like that. But I guess that is kind of funny if nobody's getting hurt. Far be it for me to understand anything the Malnosso do, though. At least, as to why you of all people.

I haven't figured out any of it at all, either. The latest arrival is an old friend of mine, though, and I think she's trying to figure out why it's been so popular lately.

[At least I hope that's what she's been poking around in there for.]

I'm sure it'll stop before long. But at least it was an old friend who showed up there. Are there many people from your world here?

[Sheepish laugh. It's best to just leave this poor guy in the dark about Kokonoe's eccentricities until there's a clear reason. Of course, if it decides to broadcast any of these thoughts, the entire point is moot...]

I certainly hope so. And yes, quite a few people from my world have ended up here. Oddly, it seems most of us are even from the same city.

[He utters a small noise that suggests he's chewing on that bit of knowledge.]

That is very strange. Do the people that got brought here have a significance in your world? I've noticed that more often than not the people who end up here tend to be exceptional individuals in their world in some form or another. Very rarely are people simply just ordinary here...

[Before she can stop the train of thought, it's all splashed up in full-color images on the journal pages: Ragna's wanted poster with its staggering bounty, Noel and Jin in full officer uniform, Kokonoe in full Boss Mode and yelling at the scientists below her in Sector 7, the people of Ronin-gai happily bantering about how great a leader Bang is, the Orient Town villagers crowding around Litchi in the market with nothing but praise for her doctoring...

She sighs. She's not sure if that all got transmitted through, but she has a good feeling.]

...Yyyes. Most of us were fairly well-known back home.

[Cough.] What about you, Mr. Jordan?

I'm no exception, even if I don't have magic or anything. Back home I was the Erusian Ace of Aces during the Usean Continental War.

[Miss Vermillion seems to know just about everyone, doesn't she? And Bang...]

[Derailing that train of thought. She's still touchy over that mental image of his earlier.] An ace, hm? I suppose I should have guessed something along those lines.

There really is an interesting assortment of people here, isn't there?

Yeah, there is. I've said it before. This whole place is like a movie or a storybook. So many people, so many worlds, so much difference.

...It does keep things interesting, though.

There's certainly never a dull moment, I must agree.

Although I think I could do without any more surprise visitors in my tub.

[His tone betrays a smile, but it's not meant to sound cutting or sarcastic. A rare wisecrack is coming from 13.]

Perhaps you should call our wonderful landlords and tell them the joke's played out.

[She laughs.] Maybe I should. Although I'm not sure asking would get me much of anywhere.

Probably not. But who knows? They might end up in someone else's bathtub next time if you do.

With my luck, I'm not so sure...

[She really doesn't mean for the mental image to project, but it does: Litchi taking a bath, minding her own business, when a black-haired man suddenly appears in it as well. Screaming commences.

Oblivious that the image is on the journal page, she adds,] Although I suppose it's worth a try.

[Oh hello there, beautiful naked Litchi. ...Wait, no, that's not right. Thirteen turns away very subtly from the image until it fades. Litchi's beautiful, but... they just met and no. Not cool. But... another joke. That'll disarm this.]

You have my best wishes on that. Just so long as you don't send them to my bathtub.

[If she had any idea, that looking away would have earned him some major brownie points. As it is, though, she just laughs lightly.]

I wouldn't dream of it.

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