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Fifth Crash [Voice/Action]

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I thought I should let all of you know. Noelle's disappeared.

But I don't think it was a kidnapping. At least, I haven't found any signs. It's just that she and her things have turned up missing. And anyway, if she were around, she'd probably tell us not to worry about her.

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[Your friendly neighborhood pilot can be found sitting outside Community Housing Building 4 with a writing pad on his knee, pencil idly tapping a heavily scribbled page. He seems to be judging the distance between his window and the nearest tree. This can't be good.]

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[...oh. Typically that can only mean one thing -- but it's still best to confirm it regardless.]

When you say her things are missing, do you mean her room looks as though it's been cleaned out?

[Ginji's already reached pretty much the same conclusion, but he'll answer Ion's questions anyhow.]

Yes. It's like she moved out all of a sudden.

I see... usually when that happens, it means a person has been sent back home.

[And it certainly seemed like a lot of people were being sent home recently.]

I'm sorry, Ginji.

It's all right, Ion. I was thinking along those same lines myself. [He doesn't sound dismissive, just...solemn.]

By the way, how have you been doing? No more kidnappings, I hope.

[He nods. Perhaps it was for the best... after all, not being here meant she was safe from the malnosso's experiments, right?]

Ah, I've been all right. [Though the less said about that kidnapping on his birthday by a certain pair of pirates, the better-- wow, he really was a princess, wasn't he?] Though I've spent the greater part of the past week and a half in bed with a cold... even with the warmer weather, I guess I'm a little hopeless when it comes to getting sick.

[Ginji sure hopes so.]

[There's a bit of a frown in his voice. Gee, Ion, you never get much of a break, do you?]

That doesn't sound good. Maybe we can think up some ways to help boost your immune system.

Boost it? [Was something like that even possible? Ion didn't know too much about why his health was so poor outside of the fact that he's always been a fairly weak replica, but--]

Well, if there was something I could do to improve my health, I'd no objections to trying it. But for now, I guess I'm just used to it. Even my original was known to get sick fairly often.

Sort of like how eating certain types of food can give you more energy. Of course, I can't guarantee something of that nature would work, but it might help a little bit.

[Especially considering this has been happening over a period of time. If there were some sort of medicine Ion could take, they'd surely have prescribed it to him by now.]

Though, I've been wondering... [Since Ion brought it up and no one has really clarified.] How are you three related? You, Sync, and Florian.

[Considering his usual ~~live-in mad scientist~~ doctor was rather AWOL at the moment, its anyone's guess whether this is something just related to him being a weaker replica, or just a rather severe cold.]

Oh, that's...

[There's a pause for a few moments. When Sync is the subject of conversation, a filter is necessary. Though he can't manage a very good one at the moment without just abandoning the conversation for a bit.]

...I guess it's easy to forget that not everyone here from Auldrant is aware of it. The three of us are all replicas of the original Fon Master Ion.

[And he's saying this as if learning the figurehead or your religion was replaced with a replica isn't a big deal, nope.]

All three of you?

[Ginji's not the most religious, Score-fearing person in the universe, so the news that the leader of the Order of Lorelei's a replica doesn't have the absolute most jarring effect on him. It does catch him a little offguard, though.]

[Luke, Ion and Florian, they're all decent people. Sync...maybe. Anyone can tell the greens are related to one another, but all replicated from the very same person? That's tough. Asch and Luke seem to have enough problems on their own with just the two of them.]

[Ginji recovers from his initial surprise, falling back into his usual relaxed manner of speaking.]

I see. Then you're kind of like brothers, aren't you?

[Ion would be more surprised if Ginji hadn't reacted at least a little, but at the same time Ginji didn't seem like the sort of person who would... mind, really.]

[So, when Ginji relaxes, Ion does the same.]

I guess that's one way of looking at it... though I have a feeling Sync wouldn't agree.

[Thoughtfully, although he probably shouldn't be quite so free with his opinion:] I've only met him once, but he did give off an impression of being the moody and rebellious type.

[And Florian's cheerful and enjoys games. And Ion's...well, Ion.]

[Well, he can't help but let out a soft chuckle at that.] I don't think that's too far from the truth, actually.

Still, I can't bring myself to fault him for how he acts. He's been through a lot... certainly more than I know. And I'm sure the fact that I was around wasn't helping matters. He... doesn't exactly like me very much.

[Understatement.]

[There's a hint of a smile.] No, I guess not. People can be funny sometimes about how they deal with their feelings.

[Although, Sync not liking Ion... Given Asch's grumblings about Luke, he supposes it makes sense. Maybe having other replicas around makes Sync insecure about himself or something?] Why do you think that is? Has he come out directly and said that he didn't?

I don't think it's something he needs to say, but... [Not that he hasn't, of course. Multiple times. Because Sync is a jerk.] Even though we were all born for the same purpose, only one of us could have become the Fon Master. Perhaps... if I hadn't been born, his life may have gone down a much different path from what it did.

[Clearly it's a replica thing, to be able to say something like if I hadn't been born with a smile.]

...though I suppose it could be that our personalities are just too different for us to get along.

[Even if this is a replica thing, it doesn't make hearing it any less alarming.]

Hey, come on, don't go saying things like that!

Every person's life is their own, isn't it? Whether or not someone else had a purpose in mind, you should be able to do whatever you want with it, go wherever you want to, and follow whichever path you feel is right.

[Wow, this almost sounds blasphemous saying it to Ion's face, considering the position he holds in the Order. Or um... used to hold while he was alive.]

...Th-that's part of what all of you were working towards wasn't it?

So you see, it isn't your fault. Life could have gone differently for Sync, I won't deny that. But things didn't turn out that way, and even if they had, he still might not have been any happier.

I think Sync just needs to figure himself out. Maybe the only reason you aren't getting along is because he doesn't want to.

[Ion looks a rather taken aback at his sudden comments, but not for the reason Ginji might think. Ion usually wasn't the one on the receiving end of arguments like that. Whether that had more to do with who he chose to talk to in regards to his feelings about being a replica or simply how carefully he usually phrased things, he wasn't sure. Either way, it's enough to render him speechless for a few moments.]

[His life was his own... he knew that already, didn't he? For all their similarities, both appearance and otherwise, he would always be a different person from his original. He has the freedom -- perhaps even more so in Luceti than he ever did on Auldrant -- to live his life however he chooses, in whatever way that makes him happy. Focusing on the "what-if's" wouldn't solve anything. It was something he thought he knew well...]

[But it doesn't hurt to be reminded every once in awhile. There are people here who care about him. And he has people here he can live for. If he hadn't been born... why, there's no real reason to even bother thinking about such a thing. Regardless of what it might mean for the future, you can't change the past. And selfish though it may be in regards to Sync, Ion wouldn't want to.]

[It takes a moment or two after Ginji finishes speaking for him to recollect himself, but when he does, he's smiling.]

...thank you, Ginji. I'm sorry, I think I was speaking rather thoughtlessly just now. Although it would be a lie to say I don't feel any guilt about being the only one chosen to succeed the original Ion, I truly am grateful for the life I was given.

[It might have been a contemplative silence for Ion, but Ginji over here has been fidgeting ever since the words came tumbling out of his mouth. Normally he tries to be agreeable, after all what's the point in arguing against what other people want to believe? But there are times when he can't help but speak his mind. Listening to one of his friends talk about what might have happened in their absense is one of those times.]

[Fortunately Ion speaks up in time to spare Ginji from stubbing his fingers.]

That's good. And it's okay, Ion. No one can fault you for how you feel, but it's a bad idea to keep holding onto guilt about things you can't change. So try not to be so hard on yourself. I, for one, am pretty happy with the way things turned out. Otherwise we never would have met, right?

[He laughs weakly, the sound of someone letting out pent-up tension. He's still wondering if maybe he shouldn't have been a little more respectful somehow.] Besides, it's way too easy for a person to get caught up in their failures.

[Aww, Ginji. He can't help but smile a little brighter at that.] That's right.

...you know, I think that's the first time someone's ever spoken to me like that about being a replica.

[That's probably not helping with Ginji's own little internal struggle over there, but he keeps talking.]

As the Fon Master, I always tried to encourage people to follow their own path in life. The Score was simply a guide to help those who had fallen off the right path... and even though our lives have gone in such different directions, it's still our choice to continue living as we do.

Every person's life is their own... I guess even the Fon Master-- no. I guess even I need to be reminded of that every once in awhile.

[Yeah, no. It's not really helping exactly.]

...Guess there's a first time for everything. Though, the reason no one has before is probably because they know better than to lecture the Fon Master.

[He can't know to factor in that most people didn't realize what Ion was. But, Ginji doesn't feel too badly about speaking up, in retrospect. And it really is a good thing that he's met Ion, and Luke, and Florian... If all Ginji knew about replicas were the ones he encountered at the Tower of Rem, he'd have a very different opinion about them.]

I see. But not everyone thought about the Score like that. A lot of people held on like it was the only way to keep bad things from happening, and when they did anyway...they panicked.

I think we all need to be reminded sometimes. [Everyone's a unique individual as well as part of a team.]

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