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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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[Having been here long enough, it doesn't take much guessing for Tear to come to the conclusion of what had happened. Still, there was always the hope that she could be wrong, even if it were unlikely and rather selfish of her to think that.]

How long ago did her things disappear?

[Ginji sounds calm enough, if a bit subdued. And anyway, if there's a chance Noelle's gone back home, it's way better than worrying about what the Malnosso might do to her. Just, it'd be nice to know for sure where people disappear to.]

It was sometime this morning. I was out picking up groceries, and when I got back, everything was the way it is now.

... I see. [There's the softest sigh making its way past her lips, but beyond that her composure is calm and collected. Noelle was returning back to their home after all, and there was no use lamenting that when they would see each other again.]

That means she went home, then. Very rarely does it indicate otherwise.

[Tear's a soldier, so he thinks she'll probably understand his next statement without trying to sugarcoat the facts or make him feel better about the situation.]

Yes, that's what I've heard, but I thought it was only an assumption.

... For all we know, it can be. There are people who have returned home, only to come back so they say. But whether a person remembers being here before is another matter entirely.

[It was that part of this village that bothered her the most. Why was it that some people were allowed their memories of times past, but others weren't?] I've been told that this is my second time in the village, but I don't remember anything from before.

Really? [Being here before and not remembering. It's not a happy prospect, and to be unable to recall your friends and the times you spent together. How awful.] ...That sounds like it'd be tough. I'm sorry.

Though to be honest, I'm not sure I'd want Noelle to come back here at all.

There's no need to apologize, but thank you nonetheless. [It had bothered her a lot at first, meeting people whose faces she should remember by the way they spoke to her, only to see their smiles fall when she admitted to not recalling having ever met them before. Eventually she had moved on from that, preferring to not dwell to much on what she could not change.]

I understand your feelings in not wanting her to return, though... the possibility is still there.

I know. It's just wishful thinking on my part. Of course I'll keep an eye out in case Noelle ever gets brought back...

[He sighs, less out of depression than an attempt to rid himself of this dreary mood. Not that he isn't still worried about his kid sister.]

No use in idling, though. If it's just one of us representing Class M, then I've got my work cut out for me.

Yes, I suppose so. [In regards to representing the people of Class M. While Tear wasn't as familiar with Ginji as she could be, there was no reason for her to not have faith in him for whatever endeavors he elects to take on while in Luceti.]

Have you been working on anything in particular lately?

Well, aside from running a few adjustments on the weather instruments, there's the zip line. Other than that, I've mostly been limited to drawing up plans. There's just not enough manpower or enough of the right materials to take on anything too big.

[And then there are models. But that's just a hobby and they don't really do anything exciting.]

Though, I guess I've learned quite a bit more about forging weapons since I got here.

Have you perhaps presented these plans to others who share your passion for machinery? It could be that there's more possibility to them and not enough people have gathered to bring them to fruit. [Though really, she didn't have much to contribute with as little as she knows about fontech...]

If I may ask, why weapons?

No. I mean, I haven't shown them to anyone yet... [Besides his sister.] At least not officially.

It might not be a bad idea since there do seem to be a pretty good number of us interested in machines. Some of the plans aren't exactly practical, though. [Some were just kind of sketched up on a random whim; he's not usually in charge of these sorts of projects, so it's more of a personal indulgence.]

Well, not just. The smithy makes lots of things, but a fair amount of it is creating and repairing weapons.

I see. [If Ginji said they were impractical then they most likely were, though that did not necessarily rule it out as entirely impossible. Maybe it would just need some tweaking or realizing that they were more within his grasp than he thought.] If it's what you enjoy, then I'm sure there will be a means.

And I'm afraid I've rarely been to the smithy since I arrived here. [A potentially grave mistake, now that she thought about it.] I hope you can forgive my ignorance when I say I am not very familiar with the business they deal with.

[Well. For example, a flying city is kind of impractical. Figuring out a way to get it off the ground, keeping it from running out of energy, and then...there's the dome.]

I'm sure we'll find a way if there is one. [Or make a way. That works sometimes, too, although it's usually way more reckless.]

Hey, it's all right. Not everyone needs to, and that's probably a good thing. Basically if it's made out of metal, the smithy works on it. You just heat it up so you can shape it into whatever you want, then let it harden back. [Admittedly this is an extremely abbreviated version of the work process - Ginji's learned not to bore people with all the details unless they ask for them.]

So there's things like swords and tools, nails...we even had a request for a kind of engine once.

[As long as none of the attempts resulted in Ginji's death, she can't object to him doing what it was he wanted. Though she could afford to worry about his safety a little.]

Is it really that simple a craft? [While she most certainly did not think it was as simple as he had made it sound, there is some curiosity to her tone now that he has begun to touch on the subject.]

[His stunts are always totally safe. Honest!]

I guess I wouldn't call blacksmithing "simple" [since there's a method and an art to it], but it's not hard once you've got the basics down. It just takes some practice and a little elbow grease. [Okay, so at times it requires quite a bit of physical effort, depending on what you're trying to do.]

[Then what was that little incident involving saving his life before he fell to his death? :|]

Then it would be better to be experienced with some form of manual labor before then. [Which is how she's hearing it. Physical effort was not her forte, though not for lack of trying...]

[The Meggiora winds were stronger than expected and their patterns difficult to track on the Albiore's monitoring system. Otherwise it would have been totally safe! (Maybe...)]

Well, yeah...it'd definitely help. Especially with the larger projects. [He's been stuck doing grunt work since he was a kid, so this is a very minor detail to him.]

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