5th [video]

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This is really important so pay attention!

Has anyone seen Akiha around??

I haven't seen her in a long time [three days] but she has to be around here somewhere. If I'm looking in all the wrong places, someone should let me know.

No, I'm definitely looking in the wrong places but she's definitely hiding and waiting to surprise everyone.

[Yes, yes, she knows Akiha is gone. But denial is not just a river in Egypt. She's been searching for quiiiite a long time and is quite exhausted. So, Kris in on the edge.]

Comments

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She hasn't been ejected anywhere. Akiha is definitely around...

[cobbledtogether]

...That is unlikely. I am going.

[Bluntly. She won't be responding any further, at least not immediately, but she will give Kris her report when she returns.]

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[More depression....more loathing....more no Akiha]

[action?]

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[It's quite a bit later when Lambda returns to the mansion. It seems she wanted to be thorough in her search. She doesn't announce herself, just attempts to locate Kris. If she's not around, she can attempt to send a message over the Vine, but...]

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[Oh, she's at the mansion. Kris has kind of...cooped herself up in Akiha's room. She probably needs some sleep or maybe something to eat but she's mostly just sitting there, doing absolutely nothing. Staring at the wall.]

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[She knocks, but she doesn't bother to wait for confirmation before coming in.]

...Kris.

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[She wouldn't have gotten up to open the door either way.]

What?

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...I was unable to detect Akiha-sama's presence within the Gardens.

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She's just good at hiding, that's all.

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That is unlikely.

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You doubt her skill?

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...No. However, it would be inconsistent with her previously observed patterns of behavior, which are unlikely to change without reason or warning.

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...people can change.

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Yes. However, an abrupt, dramatic change in behavior is abnormal when a probable cause cannot be determined.

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Abnormal things happen all the time so I think it's what happened.

[no...they don't]

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[Kris is going to need a more convincing explanation than that.]

What is the proposed source of the abnormality?

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.....things. That's what it is.

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That is not a valid explanation.

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It's valid...enough. For me.

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[...]

[Well, so long as Kris's denial of the situation doesn't impede her in some fashion, she supposes it doesn't matter. Without saying anything further, she moves to leave.]