[07 ~ Video | Filtered from Hayate; fail!filtered from Yuri L.]

[blahblahblah]

Hey. I know I don't normally ask for help, but... this is a little bit of a special case. A few of you have met... oh, where's... there. lil_tanuki, Hayate Yagami. Little brown-haired girl. She's in a wheelchair because her legs are paralyzed... and it's getting worse. Without some kind of intervention, she's not going to last a whole lot longer. Six months, maybe a year. I don't think anyone has the kind of medical capability or healing magic she needs, either.

[There's a long pause; she looks a little off-balance. She told herself she wouldn't cry...]

Anyway... Hayate's birthday is coming up. I know it's a weird thing to ask, but... I want to make it a good one. Because she might not get another one. But I don't know anything about parties, or any of that stuff.

[Rita's face is pleading.] Can... can anyone help me?

Comments

[shiningwaters]

Y-yes. Of course.

...I had no idea.

[blahblahblah]

I wouldn't have thought so either, not with how cheery she is. [She can't suppress a shiver; that examination was not a happy experience in any capacity.

Thank you. I know it's a little sudden.

[shiningwaters]

She only said that she was sick. I thought it was nothing more than the flu.

I'll do whatever you need.

[blahblahblah]

She's not really telling us a lot. I get the sense she doesn't want us to worry about her. I only know because I went to her world and tried to do an examination, to see if there's anything magic could do for her. There... isn't.

I'll have to start getting a list together, or something... I'm getting a few offers of "whatever you need" and I don't know how to handle them. I know I'll need transportation for people, if nothing else.

[shiningwaters]

I can handle transportation easily. I don't know what I can offer in the way of food, but I can at least help set up decorations.