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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, PriestOfHope. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 087.10.149.52 *** PriestOfHope has joined 087.10.149.52 <PriestOfHope> have you ever wondered what happens to your thoughts when you send them? <PriestOfHope> people say if a camera takes your picture it actually steals your soul! <PriestOfHope> maybe computers do the same thing... <PriestOfHope> oh this is jataro. i guess you can leave a message if you want.

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Not fully. I'm still learning and trying to understand it too. I'm not an expert.

[Remember how flustered he'd get around Monaka basically always? Yeah. Yeah.]

Then that's the scenario we'll play out. Though...I have to ask, is the water to fight the fire also going to be pretend?

[Not that he really sounds like he minds either way. You know how much he enjoys a good sprinkle every now and then.]

[maskinglayer]

[Still better than him, but he won't argue it anymore. They have a game to play.]

Nope! I'm gonna be using my water!

[So he's definitely going to get in a good sprinkle today.]

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[Yeah he is not even surprised by that answer. Instead, the nymph shrugs and pushes himself off the bed.]

Well let's go then.

[maskinglayer]

[Getting to his feet, Jataro lifts the truck up in the air and-- ah, there are the noises Nagisa had been expecting. As he 'drives' it through the air, he makes a variety of engine sounds, happily making his way out the door. This is going to be so fun!!]

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[There we go...this is the sort of reaction he was hoping for in response to his gift. A happy Jataro making silly engine sounds. Nagisa smiles to himself and follows the mer across the room and out the door.]

[maskinglayer]

[The fire truck flies the whole way there, getting noises and a few beeps as he approaches doors that need to be opened before they're outside. Once they reach the playground, he stops and looks at Nagisa expectantly.]

Don't worry! I'll definitely protect you from the pretend fire.

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I'm not worried. [It's pretend fire, after all. Jataro has made that point very clear. Once they're at the playground, Nagisa also comes to a stop. He looks over the various bits of playground equipment with a pensive look. If Jataro wants to rescue him from a pretend fire, he needs to be in a pretend burning building, right? Which one would make the best pretend building...] I know you will.

[Ah! Yes, that'll do. Without another word, the nymph walks over to the highest slide and starts climbing up the ladder. Once he reaches the top, he settles himself on the little platform, legs resting on the metal chute of the slide itself. There. Perfect. He calls down to Jataro.]

Ready?

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Uh huh!

[He's so ready! Though a lightbulb seems to go off in his head after a moment and he raises one of his empty hands.]

Oh, oh! Remember to call the fire department! How will I know you need help if you don't call?

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Don't worry, I was going to call the fire department first.

[Maybe. He'd at least thought about it, because that IS what you have to do in real life. But if Jataro just wanted to jump right in to the fire part, he wasn't going to complain.]

Ring ring, ring ring!!

[He's holding an invisible phone up to his ear and everything, Jataro. Taking this game of pretend Very Seriously, as usual.]

[maskinglayer]

[He's so excited. He bounces a little when Nagisa agrees, waiting for the "call". And when it comes through he puts his hand up as if he answers the phone, holding it to his own ear. He even does a polite little bow as he answers.]

Hello! This is the Dyster fire department!

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[There's a pause on Nagisa's end, because he was not expecting this to be the Dyster fire department. Crap. There are no tall buildings in Dyster! That was the whole point of getting to the top of the slide! To pretend it was a tall building in Bavan. Or back home. Time to improvise...!]

Hurry! The inn is on fire! The staircase gave out and some of us are trapped on the second floor!