[Kotoko doesn't answer back for a good 10 minutes, debating on if she should and what to say. Nagisa hadn't liked him, but Jataro obviously had and she's not sure where she stands on anyone still.]
Oh you know. Just curious! Kids are curious and have sooo many questions, you know? Like, why is the sky that shade of blue? And why don't worms and snakes have feet? Are they related somehow?? And why hasn't Shigetsu-kun or Jataro-kun contacted Kotoko-chan or been home all day and apparently up and disappeared without a trace?! And why does the moon change shape like that and make everyone act cray when it's full?
Yeah, but I woke up today and they weren't around at all? But I thought, that's fine they're probably just off doing important stuff for the Fog lady or the treehouse or something, you know?
But they didn't leave a note and they haven't tried to contact me at all and I ran around to all the places I thought they could be but I didn't see them.
This is either the worst or best game of Hide-And-Seek ever.
I'll ask Amanda-san and Kat-san. They're the ones I can think of that would know most about what happened to them. If they don't know then... I don't know.
[Marco starts working on his reply the moment Kotoko's message comes in, but six or seven words into actually reading it, he realises he has to reformulate it.
Right. He may have no idea who she's talking about, but either way, chances are Jataro and Nagisa wouldn't be happy to go home, either.]
Nobody is actually sure what happens to the people who disappear. I'm not the best person to give you the details but There's been some evidence that they DON'T go home.
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Oh you know. Just curious! Kids are curious and have sooo many questions, you know? Like, why is the sky that shade of blue? And why don't worms and snakes have feet? Are they related somehow?? And why hasn't Shigetsu-kun or Jataro-kun contacted Kotoko-chan or been home all day and apparently up and disappeared without a trace?! And why does the moon change shape like that and make everyone act cray when it's full?
You know. The usual kinds of questions.
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Okay,
Okay so I'm guessing they always let you know what they're up to.
And you haven't heard from them in
Longer than usual?
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But they didn't leave a note and they haven't tried to contact me at all and I ran around to all the places I thought they could be but I didn't see them.
This is either the worst or best game of Hide-And-Seek ever.
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[You know, like he's doing.]
Maybe something happened to them that's keeping them from their laptops.
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What if they got kidnapped?!
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[By which he means to say kidnapping would actually be the best-case scenario, but he isn't about to be that blunt.]
I think you should keep asking around and waiting.
If you don't hear anything soon then
There's a good chance they vanished.
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[Wait.] Vanished? Vanished where?
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From Ryslig.
Vanished from Ryslig.
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Back home?To our world? They can't! They can't go back to that bitch, I won't let it happen!
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Right. He may have no idea who she's talking about, but either way, chances are Jataro and Nagisa wouldn't be happy to go home, either.]
Nobody is actually sure what happens to the people who disappear.
I'm not the best person to give you the details but
There's been some evidence that they DON'T go home.
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Okay.
Okay.
That's better, I guess. If they don't go home then where do they go? Or does no one know? How come no one knows anything important around here!?
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I've heard something about a lake
I think.
A body of water of some sort.
Allegedly, it's not the fog god who decides who goes.
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Who decides it then? I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind!
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I really thought it was the fog god but
I suppose it doesn't make sense when you think about it.
Her priests wouldn't vanish if it were up to her.