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[The morning of July 31st, all residents of Mielikki's lodge will receive a rather rude awakening in the form of one Barry Goodman jolting up in bed and screaming. And as a fun bonus for everyone else, in his panic he knocks his phone off the side table next to the bed, so everyone else in the Far Shore gets to witness this fit too. Thankfully, he sleeps in shorts and a t-shirt, so at least he's clothed. What he is not, however, is quiet.]

UWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

[Throwing the covers off, Barry jumps out of bed and immediately falls to his knees right in front of the phone. Viewers are treated to a low perspective shot of him balling his fists, raising them into the air, and screaming into the heavens as tears begin to stream down his face.]

MAMORI! I'M SORRY! I FAILED YOU!

[This will especially troublesome for Hiyoko and Hibiki, at least until he calms down. There's enough guilt here about something to cause problems, but he's also constantly apologizing about it, so it won't actually progress very far. But the way he's pinballing between guilt, sorrow, and a deep desire for repentance is sure to cause some discomfort.]

UNCLE BARRY STILL LOVES YOU, MAMORIIIIIIII~!

[...Still, someone should probably do something about this.]

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[The best thing about not doing this in person is that he can hold the phone away so it's not as loud when Barry's making that awful noise. It's making the pit of his stomach clench with worry, though, and he blinks a few times before responding.]

Is she hurt?

I'm sure she's okay... she's strong. She doesn't need her Uncle Barry around anymore!

[He's trying to work this out, but "she's okay, she's strong" at least sounds better than his first thought, which was that someone else had gotten killed.

Cautiously, he keeps probing.]

...Is she here in the Heavens? Or someone on the Near ShorE?

She's back home. Probably doin' just fine without an uncool old man like me around.

[Less wailing, more pouting. At least they're making progress.]

... I'm sure she misses you! But hopefully she is doing fine, right?

Did you -- did you just remember her?

Yeah... she doesn't need me anymore. Kids grow up so fast, y'know?

[He nods all the same, though.]

Just now. I had a dream about her.

They sure do. [Tsuzuki sighs in old-man agreement, reflexively.]

I've heard that kind of thing happens sometimes.... Are you okay? Feeling okay, I mean.

I'm just... sad, I guess.

[There's a lot of emotions mixed up here, but that's what they equal out to in the end.]

It's not fair, suddenly knowin' all that. It's like... this whole shinki thing was okay, 'cause I didn't know what or who I'd miss anyway. But now I do, and it hurts.

[Tsuzuki's tone is uncertain. It's hard to even think about questions like that: who would he miss? Who has he forgotten?]

That ... sounds tough.

But I'm sure she's got people there who can help her, even if you're... you know.

[Dead.]

Of course she does. She's got Itsuki. Stupid Itsuki! Stupid stupid stupid!

[He's getting riled up again.]

[Yikes....]

It's okay! Um, I'm sure Itsuki'll do his best! Really!

He'd better, or I'll haunt him!

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