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[merespark]

[ A guy with red hair is smiling faintly at the camera. He looks a bit lost and embarrassed. The look you could easily picture on the face of a tourist looking for the restroom. ]

Can anyone tell me the way to Heaven? I must have taken the wrong turn.

[ He scratches his head and chuckles. ]

I didn't sign up for this, you know. That death was glorious and it didn't lack drama either. It all served a purpose. Did you even see it, God? A hero like me shouldn't end up in Hell – not even by mistake, haha...

[ He pauses as if he's listening to some distant noise. ]

And what's with the ticking?

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[merespark]

... Ah.

[ of course there are other ladies around. plenty of them who are not her. ]

Well, Orca – Do you think you can promise that to me as well?

[whirling]

Promise? That I'd be a good boy?

[merespark]

Yes. I'd like to hear it from you.

[whirling]

Uhhmmm. I promise I'll be a good boy, and I won't play with anyone without asking first, and I won't take any territory, and, uhmm...

I promise to apologize when I do something bad. [ nod. ] I think that's it!

[merespark]

Thanks, Orca. I appreciate it.

I think I can trust you now. [ as far as trusting 4-year-olds goes... ]

[whirling]

[ salute! ] Un! 'Course you can! I gotta be a good boy, so I'm not telling any lies! [ h-hey he is not four. physically. ]

[merespark]

[ just so. ] So what are you going to do now, as a good boy?

[whirling]

Uhmmm. [ thinking... ]

I 'unno. What do good boys do?

[merespark]

Make friends, I guess?

[whirling]

Oh! [ nod ] But, Agito won't be my friend, so I gotta work harder to be a good boy. And have patience! Akira says he's Agito's friend 'cuz he has lotsa patience.

[ thinking... ] Will you be my friend, Spitfire?

[merespark]

[ smiles. ]

We don't know each other that well yet, I'm afraid. In order to become friends with someone, you need to know them better.

Give it time and maybe I will.

[whirling]

[ hufff. ] Mm'kayy. [ at the very least, he knows that spitfire won't break on him. or maybe he will? he did die, after all. ]

Then, I 'unno what else to do, since I 'unno anyone here 'cept Agito and you, and Agito doesn't want to be my friend.

[merespark]

You have to reach out. It's that simple.

[ pockets hands. ]

Besides you're not alone with that problem. I don't think Agito knew that many persons around here when he first got here. It's the same with me.

[whirling]

Reach out?

[ crosses arms. ] But Agito has Ikki and Pea and Kaito and Akira, that's a whole lotta friends and that's a lot more than I got. Even back home, he's got them, an' I don't got anyone. And I bet you got friends too, 'cuz you used to be friends with Sora, so you must've had a lot more friends too, right? But I don't got anyone to be my friend, 'cuz I'm an evil dragon. [ pout, pout. ]

It's not fair! I wanna have friends too, but I don't have anyone I know except people who don't wanna be my friend anyway!

[merespark]

That's a total of four friends and all of them complete idiots.

You can do better than that, can't you?

[whirling]

Four is bigger than zero!

... Uhm. [ huff.... ] I 'unno..

[merespark]

Four is not much.

[whirling]

Relative to zero, it is! [ 8T ] How many friends do you have in this city, if four's not much?

[merespark]

Less than four.

[whirling]

Then, what's that! They're doing better than you are!