Messenger Box

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If you need to get a hold of Komaeda, here's where you do it.

Messenger birds, action, what have you.

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[He stares down between them at their hands. It's difficult to find words, and he tries a few times. Finally he bows his head.]

No. We might need those another way. I've been thinking about...a long time ago I went to Elios. He said we humans can't take each other over. But we can influence each other.

I wonder if we linked together we could keep from sinking. [The fear is a little less but only because he's consciously starting to pull it back inside. What Elios had done had shaken him to his very core.]

Just like how your voice called to me. I will call to you. We wouldn't be facing it alone. Or divided. If more and more people tied to each other by bonds of friendship linked together...would it be like a boat at sea? Or a kite?

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A boat. [ He doesn't even really seem to consider the answer, with how quickly he says it. ] ...I don't know if it really is, but bonding together with someone you don't know, that's like a kite. You can do okay, or you're fighting against a storm and feel powerless when you can't find your own control.

[ At least, the way Red is imagining it there. The winds pick up sharply, barely grazing their face like some sort of an example, Red's hair fluttering in some example. ]

But a boat... a wild ride can shake you to the core. That's friendship to me. It can be a cruise ship, or fighting against a storm... pfft--

[ That's a scoff, a chuckle trapped in his throat that find their way out, and there's some presence of liveliness there that had forgotten it could exist, small and fragrant, leaving the smallest smile playing on Red's face. ]

What am I saying? I'm no good at these! [ Metaphors. He can remember Thras's dumb stupid blanket, as much as he'd wanted to take it to heart. He squeezes those hands, as ineffective as it is against metal. ]

But I believe in the power that a bond between two people can give. There's nothing else I believe in more... the bond I have with my pokémon and the bond I have with you--the possibilities are endless!

[ It would still be scary under their feet, but fear was normal. Red could trust it wouldn't swallow him, and he wouldn't fall. Not so easily. ]

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[Komaeda listens with rapt attention and ducks his head slightly to hide his flushed face. Hearing talk like that stirs his hopes that are never far these days. When he raises it his smile is a little more relaxed. Faint threads of green littered with glimmering dragon scales flow through the wind Red called up.]

A boat it is then. I don't know much about them! But I remember they need a wind and sails to navigate without any sort of engine. It's fitting isn't it? Holding steadfast against the elements with just our wits and luck to carry us on.

I used to just let luck decide things. ...it's still strange to think how powerful bonds can be. But, [His smile grows, finally reaching his eyes. A warmth in the grey as he says softly.]

But I've seen the evidence for myself. I'll never doubt the strength of friendship or the courage it brings when you know you're not alone. No matter where we are this tie will always be here.