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[ EVENT: So long and thank you for all the fish ]
Characters: Everyone in Death City
Location: Death City
Rating: G
Time: October 8th and onwards
Description: It's time to say goodbye
A day after Medusa's defeat, Shibusen makes an announcement on the network: BREW is acting up again but instead of bringing new people in, it has created a portal.
It's in the Kishin Chamber, available to anyone who wants to go through it. Anyone who looks into it will see the place they came from, frozen in time. The moment you step through everything resumes and, maybe you'll forget or maybe you won't. Either way, there's no need to hurry right now. Shibusen assures all of you they will keep a sharp eye on BREW's energy readings and tell you the moment anything changes. For now, the portal is stable so take all the time you need to say goodbye and settle everything before you go.
Location: Death City
Rating: G
Time: October 8th and onwards
Description: It's time to say goodbye
A day after Medusa's defeat, Shibusen makes an announcement on the network: BREW is acting up again but instead of bringing new people in, it has created a portal.
It's in the Kishin Chamber, available to anyone who wants to go through it. Anyone who looks into it will see the place they came from, frozen in time. The moment you step through everything resumes and, maybe you'll forget or maybe you won't. Either way, there's no need to hurry right now. Shibusen assures all of you they will keep a sharp eye on BREW's energy readings and tell you the moment anything changes. For now, the portal is stable so take all the time you need to say goodbye and settle everything before you go.
[closed to Eve]
Keroro had gone through most of the day on auto-pilot, going through his daily routine of morning training, breakfast with Eve, open the store, buy lunch for all the employees (today's had been fresh croissants stuffed with ham and cheese, fruit salad and a cake with strawberries as a farewell) and now...this was really it.
He couldn't leave the closing up of the shop for the day to anyone else, so he'd asked for them all to leave early. He and Eve would close up. Amidst wet eyes and tears, he'd told them cheerfully, one last time, that he left the shop to them. Take care of it. (OR ELSE)
Looking over the shop, at all the memories he had associated with it, he props the mop gentle against the cash register.]
Eve-dono. Do you remember...when we first opened the shop, de arimasu?
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The workers had promised they'd take care of him after she left. These people were different from Saya or Hughes or Yuichi or any of them because Death City was and always will be their home.
Eve misses them alread.
She's just about finished wiping the glass on the display case when Keroro asks that question.]
...yes.
[She hadn't even known how to run a store back then. She only decided to run it because Keroro wanted to.]
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[He chuckles a bit at that, his eyes fond as he looks at everything around them.]
But there are so many memories here. Itou-dono, Hughes-dono, Saya-dono....
She used to sit here and read manga. Itou-dono would make tea, and Hughes-dono would smile and taste-test them for us.
Remember when that guy came in and stubbed out his cigarette on the floor, de arimasu? You can't even really see the burn mark anymore, de arimasu.
[He's not sure what he's trying to get at here anymore.]
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Saya getting into a fight with Keroro...Itou correcting the way she held a brush and formed her characters...and Hughes who always seemed to be smiling and laughing.]
There's Yamazaki, too. [She tilts her head and smiles a little.] He turned out okay, right? I thought he wasn't going to be able to do anything. And Yuichi. I really liked the food he made.
[Her hand drops to her side and she stares at the display case for a moment, remembering the time she set up the display for the Chara Misfortune Keychains.]
Remember when everyone was here for the Chara Misfortune Keychain?
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[There's also a photograph of Roy looking surprised on the corkboard, almost a trophy of sorts.]
I told the guys to make sure to keep that robot for Ritsuka-dono, in case he comes back, de arimasu.
And I think we...they'll be hiring a new barista as well, de arimasu.
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[She'd never met Ritsuka herself, but she knows which robot he's talking about.
The mention of a new barista makes her chest ache though. This will be the first employee they didn't interview themselves.]
I hope they'll like it here.
[She turns and looks through the sliding glass door leading to the Hikan Cafe. Earlier their remaining employees, all of them locals, had thrown them a party and presented them with the Keroro float (an ice cream and mint soda float) and the Eve sandwich.
She'll miss this place, really.]
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[He's quiet....looking over to the cafe.]
I wonder if we could convince them to ask him to put on some glasses, de arimasu.
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[She's seriously considering it.]
I hope, if we come back one day, that this place will still be here.
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It'll be just like it is now.
[Keroro hops up, pointing out the various spots of interest.]
The Metokkori R keychain display will still be here, but covered in dust. And then I'll get on the new manager's case for a job terribly done. And Eve-dono's calligraphy will still be here. And Itou-dono's pseudo-glasses. And the menu will be the same. And then...
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No matter what, we'll see each other again, Eve-dono.
I-
[...I promised myself that I wasn't going to cry.]
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She'd been trying so hard not to cry. To think about things she's leaving behind and try not to be sad.
But then Keroro stutters, and she feels something in her chest clench.]
We will, right? [She turns and her hands are clenched into tight fists.] Promise?
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Keroro reaches out to gently rest his hand against her fist.]
...of course. I promise, de arimasu.
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But her voice is choked and her eyes are brimming with tears and she can't stop it.]
It's a promise. And promises can't be broken.