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[Yuuna had been living a relatively easy life compared to some of the other residents in Luceti, still bearing the idea of 'it won't happen to me.' Until it finally did, and in the midst of the early morning of the 15th she disappeared from Luceti. Thankfully, she was returned no less than a day later, no worse for the wear, but pretty shaken up by the whole ordeal. Her body hurt a little, but it was nothing she couldn't handle.

Returning home sometime in the morning of the 16th, she enters House 44 very much wide awake, telling herself she needs to go look for something to eat. Not for long, as she moves on from there without even starting to look for any food, standing with a blank look on her face until she decides to go upstairs instead. But when she gets upstairs, she stops outside her room, looking around with a confused look, before she heads back downstairs and into the living room where she finally sits.

And even then, she's not sure why she even went in there in the first place.]

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Hey everyone! I know it's been a while since I used this, but I just needed to ask some of you that...

[But her voice trails off, looking at the camera with a blank look.]

Well um, I guess I had a brain fart or something, it was on the tip of my tongue. Hold on, I'm sure I'll think of it. [How embarrassing. She thinks for a second, turning away- then looks back, in surprise.]

This thing is on?

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[Yuuna's about town, doing errands, or at least trying to. She heads to the grocery store, where she puts down her basket and completely forgets about it, then the bakery where she decides she wants to get a cake for dessert for dinner, only to start to walk away without it in hand after she's already had it prepared and sitting up on the counter ready to be taken. She'll also be found wandering about the square, not really sure as to where she was headed in the first place.

Later she can be found helping out at Mythoria Café, formerly known as Cloud Nine, chatting it up with some folks. And of course she can be found at House 44, doing the normal Yuuna things- if she gets to them. Some of her chores are left half done, or not even started. She hasn't even finished making dinner, and things are starting to boil over on the stove, and other kitchen disasters commence.]

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[Hector meanders about the grocery store, cloaked, hooded, and gloved even long after coming inside. He's still far from happy about wandering into the village and facing the more crowded places, but with an empty icebox and little more than potatoes and apples left in his pantry, he's presented with few other options. Even a sorcerer has to eat.

Standing on his toes, he reaches for a block of cheese, catching sight of someone walking off from his left--leaving their basket behind. Hector stuffs the cheese into his satchel and calls after her, the forgotten basket in hand.] Miss, I believe you left this.

[Turning around at the sound of his voice, she looks once at Hector and then down to her basket. Oops. She immediately heads back to pick up her basket, greeting him warmly.]

Thanks! I almost forgot. [She peers under his hood.] Hector, is that you?

[Hearing his name comes as a heart-pounding surprise, but as he looks more attentively at her face, he manages a smile, relief softening his eyes. Too long has passed without a familiar face.

He nods, nudging his hood back as if to prove it. That, and it's incredibly impolite to don a hood or hat while in a lady's company.] Yuuna, 'tis a pleasure to see you again. Have you fared well?

For the most part. [She sets the basket back down, so she can talk to him for a moment, at least.] I just got back from the experiments I hear so much about, but I'm in better shape than some when they return.

[And it wasn't fun at all.]

[The smile fades from his face, replaced with concern. After spending several evenings eavesdropping in Good Spirits, he's heard plenty enough of the experiments and what purposes they were thought to serve. Shivers pass over him; the mistletoe had been bad enough. He suspected that would be child's play in comparison to experimentation.] At least there is that. Thus far, the Malnosso has spared me. I pray they continue to do so.

I hope so too, for your sake. [She grabs a box off the shelf to look at it quickly, to see if that's something she could use to cook a nice dinner one night.]

I don't remember much from it. I guess that's for the best.

[At that, he nods and brushes a bit of hair back from his face, wondering if there happened to be any way to avoid these experiments. The loss of memory would be an initial blessing, but would eventually prove more wounding than any of his woes. He was rather fond of recalling what happened to him. Or at least remembering what he'd eaten for breakfast.] Have you any idea why they chose you over someone else?

[Tossing that box into the basket on the ground, she looks back at him sadly.]

No. I'm just guessing it was my time to go. No one knows if they have a system or not, at least as far as I know.

[Hector coaxes a chuckle from his throat, a quiet thing that he hopes will lighten the mood between them. The sound of his own laugh still sounds so bizarre to him, so unnatural, but he keeps the feeling from his face without the slightest hitch.] In that case, perhaps the Malnosso merely flips a coin.

I like to think of it as taking a name out of a hat. [She turns back to the shelving, and she grabs another box. It's the same product as before, one of the same that she's already dropped into her basket.] And some people seem to be more unlucky than others.

Quite plausible. [He gives a nod, another smile. It's purely by chance that he catches her reaching for a duplicate box, and being aware of the experiments' effect on her memory, he points to her basket and speaks gently. If her pantry was anything like the corner of his storeroom at home, she didn't have much room for multiples of the same item.] I mean no offense, but have you not already taken one of those?

I don't think so. I saw it just now, and thought it would be good to pick up for dinner. [She looks totally serious, face skewed into an expression of confusion.]

In that case, I must be mistaken. [A chuckle passes from his throat, a clever accent to his innocent lie. Stirring any degree of conflict over a measly box, to him, was foolish, especially when Yuuna had shown him nothing but kindness in the past. His days of waging war were long over.

He turns to the shelves and stands on his toes, plucking free a few packages of pasta and stowing them into his pack. Only then does he recall that he sent his familiar out to hunt for meat for the ice chest. Blue eyes find her again, this time apologetically.] I fear I must take my leave, Yuuna. My fellow will soon return from his hunt and will miss me before long.

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Sorry for the wait!

You're ok! I'm slow too now cuz 4th wall sob

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