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[notmynature]

Hello? Coooome on, work. You've done enough not wor...Oh. [Ellie, finally on camera, grins.] I've been tryin' to get this thing working since everything started.

So, uh, about the whole dying thing. [She laughs a bit nervously, possible with a tinge of guilt, and holds her arms out.] I didn't. It's kind of a lot to explain and I'm not really supposed to but I'm okay and I'm traveling with some people. They're cool, so...

Yeah, sorry about that, about worrying everybody but I'm glad I got to meet the people that came. It was pretty awesome, knowing there's places out there like that, where people take care of each other.

Does that happen a lot? Not the caring for people but meeting...friends, I guess? from other worlds? It'd kind of suck never really getting to see them.

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[archerartemis]

Good to see you're okay. We got worried.

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[notmynature]

[She scratches the back of her head.] Yeah, the phone just stopped workin' right after.

So, hey, I'm glad you came. I wanted to let you know I took care of your body, when I was in it. It was weird to wake up as somebody else but I kinda kept to myself.

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[archerartemis]

At least everything's kind of okay.

Thanks for that, by the way. I did the best I could to keep you out of trouble too.

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[notmynature]

Your end was a little easier, probably. I mean, I didn't know where anything was but that's probably better than the soldiers and cordyceps.

So, uh, I noticed your mom' gone, too? She dead? [Not the most delicate of questions but it's a common thing in her world so she may not have the best filter.]

[pintsizedpyro]

Heh, somehow I just knew you'd be fine! Glad to see you're okay, I'd hate to get stuck with just these boring losers!

[He's a lot happier to see she's okay than he sounds, honestly. But, you know. Tsun.]

I've met some people from other worlds, sure. Wouldn't exactly call 'em friends, though.

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[notmynature]

[To Ellie, that's a total statement of happiness.]

Man am I glad to see you. It's been a while, you know?

[She sighs before pulling a leg closer to herself, propping the phone up on her knee.]

Not even in your new world, after you left all the digimon behind?

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[pintsizedpyro]

It sure has been. I was starting to think you'd kicked the bucket after all!

[He shrugs and leans back a little against the tree he's sitting in.]

Eh, not really! I don't really do friends, see, it's not my thing! I'm more of a lone wolf type, I guess.

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[notmynature]

Nope. Turns out I'm harder to kill than that.

Huh? We're friends, right? [She scratches under her nose.] I kind thought we were.

[lifeisbrief]

I'm sorry something bad happened to you.

But I think a lot of people make great friends on here! Even if you can't visit them, some of the time.

[notmynature]

Hey, it's okay. It all turned out okay. Kind of. [Not everybody was as lucky as her so there was that.]

I don't know, it just seems like it'd feel... far away. Kind of lonely sometimes.

[lifeisbrief]

I'm glad.

I guess it does...but at the same time, you can't be separated from your friends here by something like distance.

[notmynature]

There's no phones here. [That may seem a bit of odd way to start an explanation but it ties in.] So, if you wanted to see somebody, you went and saw 'em. If they were too far away, then they were gone. It's still weird to see people I can't touch.

[embersandashes]

It's incredibly common, yes. Very few people seem to have come away from this place without at least one friend.

[notmynature]

What if you never got to really see 'em? [She shrugs, smiling a crooked smile.] I mean, yeah, I'm glad I met them so I guess I just want to know how you deal with not really ever being around them?

[embersandashes]

... Well, that isn't as much of a problem for most people as it is for you. But on one of the worlds I live on, friendships that exist entirely over computers are becoming increasingly common.

[notmynature]

People can be weird.

But I guess it's better that way, better to only see people here than not see them.

[She lets out a large sigh which moves her bangs.] Man, it's complicated sometimes.

[ponytailprince]

[he'll point out the obvious here-]

At least... I'm glad you didn't die.

[notmynature]

[Ellie grins.] Yeah, me too. Would of kind of pissed me off to die right after I made so many friends.

So...uh. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to make you worry but I'm pretty tough.

[ponytailprince]

[he shrugs.]

Who said I was worrying? [kouji...] ...Maybe a little bit, but that's in the past now.

...So... why didn't you die then?

[sandinmyboots]

...you died? Are you a zombie now? You seem very eloquent for a zombie.

And yes, we all pop up here.

[notmynature]

[Eloquent, even if "for a zombie", isn't something used to describe her very often.]

I was dying but I made it. [She holds up the sleeved armed that housed the bite.] Still alive and kicking.

[sandinmyboots]

Interesting. [Hmmm!] Zombie bites are curable on my world, but I assume they aren't over there. I suppose that makes you very lucky or very powerful.

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[pinkbefriendingbeam]

[ Nanoha stares for a few moments before she realizes exactly what it is that she's seeing. She's not how it's possible, but that doesn't change the fact that Ellie's here, speaking to her like this. ]

Ellie! You're alright! I... I thought you were gone!

[ Sorry her response isn't a bit more elegant Ellie, but well, nine year old. ]

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[notmynature]

[Ellie grins. Don't worry, it sounds great to her.]

Hey! I was hopin' I'd see you. Sorry about all that. I guess I'm gonna be around for a bit.

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[pinkbefriendingbeam]

Well, I really hope it's a lot longer than a bit Ellie!

[ But yes, this is wonderful news and Nanoha doesn't even care at all that she was worried. It's not like Ellie lied about what was going on. She was just wrong. ]