It had been the better part of a month and Fluttershy had easily become a part of the massive ohana, all the experiments accepted her and even Lilo and Nani were quite welcoming of her presence. Being quite opposed to freeloading, Fluttershy tried to clean the house only to meet Felix the experiment who can clean or mess up a house faster than Fluttershy could blink.
Thus started a series of events where Fluttershy tried to be useful, only to find that there was already an experiment to fulfill that particular function around Hawaii.
She was getting frustrated until Bonnie pointed out that she needed someone who can help rehabilitate her little brother and Clyde definitely needed the help, even after he had been entirely filled in on what he was missing. Clyde was glad he couldn’t remember it or much of anything aside from his family and the good times he spent with them, he remembered Bonnie fondly despite all the stuff she was partially responsible for putting him through.
Among the things Clyde couldn’t remember, were pain, any suffering, his thousands of thefts, his primary function and he couldn’t even remember what happened with the long since euthanized Leroy clones. Heck, the guy could barely even remember how to walk. He had to be taught how to do multiple things again, including math as he slowly reintegrated back into his family and the society they were a part of. He was happy to be accepted so readily back from wherever he had been and Fluttershy was happy to help him around as a chaperone. He had forgotten the functions of many of his family members and was happy to explore them with Fluttershy whom he liked and thought Bonnie had made a really good friend in her.
Fluttershy was of course kind and incredibly patient with him, despite becoming as clumsy as one of his brothers known as Woops who was the local walking disaster zone who knocked things over. Woops even started a new branch of the Nerima Construction Crew in Hawaii. Shoe was also another experiment whom took to following Fluttershy and Clyde around to give them nothing but good luck as a walking luck generator; he was invested in helping out his brother as were the six hundred and twenty four brothers and sisters. Reuben had to return to his job as a head chef of the galley onboard Gantu’s ship as support personnel and personal friend to a head Galactic Alliance Enforcer, he just wouldn’t leave until he found the perfect sandwich for Fluttershy and he had done so within three tries. His primary function was oddly sandwich maker; Jumba may have goofed up his genetic programming slightly but it obviously turned out okay in the end.
Fluttershy wondered if Jumba used the same genetics for Reuben that he did for Bonnie and Clyde, since they resembled each other so much.
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“Hawaii is a really nice place, it’s so exciting and yet so peaceful.” The nature was beautiful, the food was great and Pudge the fish was some kind of god like entity that Lilo somehow correctly guessed the name of, thus she earned his respect and friendship.
It was a little odd that Pudge controlled the local weather around Hawaii, even the other experiments were a little put off by Pudge being capable of doing so once they had Fluttershy as a translator. Lilo couldn’t have been any smugger to her older sister about being right about the fish she kept giving peanut butter sandwiches to, also it was confirmed that Pudge didn’t like the idea of eating Tuna.
“Yeah, there’s no place like family. Its home and where the heart is, I’ll always have a home here.” Bonnie was sitting on the beach staring off into the horizon again, this time Fluttershy was sitting besides her staring as the sun slowly sank over the horizon and they were alone together. She was wearing a red scarf around her neck that had been made by Clyde due to Flutterhsy helping to teach him how to sew and knit.
This situation was a bit odd considering that neither Bonnie nor Clyde had been alone ever since they came back to Hawaii and Clyde was partly restored; now that Bonnie looked around curious as to where everyone was. Even Soft Echo wasn’t present at the moment and she felt something wrap around her body and pulled her into a soft embrace, the little filly was probably enjoying all the exotic fruits somewhere else while she was busy here enjoying an exotic cuddly mare.
“I heard Wander was supposed to be arriving soon, can you really say good bye to all of this? Your family really cares about you and will miss you if you come with me Bonnie.” Of the things Fluttershy liked about Bonnie, she was as cuddly as a teddy bear and she was a good friend despite her vast history. She was glad to have helped Bonnie become a better person. She brought her wings around to wrap Bonnie in a nice comfortable blanket of warmth and cuddles.
“The guy stops to help everyone, it’s really kind of annoying that he could have gotten here by now if he didn’t make stops along the way. What’s keeping him? Is he carrying passengers or something? He’s a male version of you, willing to stop and help everyone!” After her little excited shout Bonnie leaned into her friends cuddling and finished watching the sun set in a picturesque scene that was Hawaii.
Seconds afterward a portal opened in the air and out popped Lion with a confused looking Steven, Connie, Amethyst and Garnet. Causing both Bonnie and Fluttershy to lazily look towards them, they didn’t separate from each other and continued to cuddle.
“Hello Steven, Connie, Amethyst, Garnet and Mr. Lion, what are all of you doing here?” Fluttershy was comfortable in her position and she wasn’t about to change her positioning because of unexpected visitors. She wanted to cuddle and she was going to get cuddles!
“I don’t know, Lion just woke me up and then he took us all to Connie’s and then brought us all here… is this Hawaii?” Steven was looking around and saw the trees and the local flora, so yes he figured it was Hawaii as the sun was going down. “Lion, why did you bring us here?”
Lion didn’t answer and was looking to the sky, as were Fluttershy and Bonnie. A Large bubble slowly descended from the sky carrying several figures. Two of them were obviously Wander and Sylvia, another one was Pearl in pony form and the last one was a bit of a surprise when the bubble fully came into view. Maud was with them, it looked like Fluttershy would have to give Maud her souvenir early since it looked like she was going to be on this planet for a while if the suitcase was anything to go by and her bland expression.
“What?” Maud asked as she saw Fluttershy staring at her, the bland toned mare had a bit of a blush going on in her face as she slowly moved over to Pearl who was being enthusiastically welcomed by her family.
Amethyst was already making fun of Pearl’s highly adorable pony appearance and Pearl was soon to introduce them to her personal rock psychiatrist who would eventually help them through all their issues.
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“Boulder, come here boy, heel.” The rock stopped at Maud’s hooves and bounced a few times, she smiled slightly at him as he remember all the good times they’ve had together after she gave him a onetime use polish Fluttershy bought at the convention. This was the most active Boulder had been in years, he had never been capable of moving this fast before.
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Head Hunter was operational and Fluttershy saw that they were almost upon the Luxmea and saw a different elongated ship that had a familiar mask on the front of it next to Grand Councilwoman Veritas’s ship.
Following the Head Hunter was Hunter Mark Two and the Valkyrian mother ship repurposed. In fact it was entirely restructured, renamed and of course painted mostly red as an aesthetic choice of Jumba’s children. The ship was now called The Jookiba Jumbler, it was put to a vote and all of Jumba’s children liked that name. The two escorting ships were there for Fluttershy to make sure nothing happened to her as she made her way home, but first she had to make a few stops on the way. For the pony’s first stop, telling Veritas that she was on her way home with overkill for escort.
Fluttershy really hoped that Veritas didn’t mind the Jookiba family having their own ship, along with multiple fighters.
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It was so nice to see Mr. Knight again and his ship the Halberd was really unique and hand built, the fact that he built it all by himself was a testament to how incredible Meta-Knight was. He had hardly any help, yet he managed to build a huge battleship like that? Well he had managed to ‘rebuild’ it after dredging up the wreck that Kirby had caused.
Veritas was a little upset that the Jookiba’s had a ship, but she decided to let them finish escorting Fluttershy. She dared anyone to be stupid enough to attack the entirety of Jookiba family minus Reuben, the experiment who was now recognized as an all time sandwich champion of the Galactic Alliance who could match a personal sandwich to anyone’s tastes.
“I hope they don’t cause too much trouble.” Stated a bland Veritas as she watched Fluttershy set off for Rhizome, she was worried all the Jookiba’s running around in one place would cause untold havoc. So far she was still holding her breath that nothing would happen and that no one would be dumb enough to upset the six hundred plus dangerous individuals.
“I believe that Lady Fluttershy has things well in hand at the moment.” Meta-Knight came to stop beside Veritas and watched as all the ships warped away. Swishing his caped as he pivoted around his eyes met the tall councilwoman’s. “We must prepare for the future. Nightmare still plagues Popstar, like a moth to a flame the planet of dreams draws the most of its power and my incredible young charge is holding its dangerous attention almost constantly. From what you tell me it is apparently not idle in trying to spread its influence elsewhere, this planet of Equus might need our help in the future if it truly seeks to start another void war.”
“We will be waiting for that eventuality should Nightmare try to rise up too far.” Veritas said after a moment of silence between them. She added after a moment of pensive thought. “Can it ever be truly defeated?”
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Now Fluttershy was on Rhizome, in a hospital. She was visiting an old friend who had something horrible happen to them. Walking up to the counter with her little filly on her back, Fluttershy smiled slightly at the receptionist.
“Um please excuse me miss, sorry for interrupting you if you were busy, but could you tell me what room Kleptchi Mossport is in? Well that is if she’s still here.” It had to be considered that they would have had to be here a while to still be in the hospital, Fluttershy was hopeful however that Kleptchi was all better. Truffle likely was already out and about.
“Of course, she already has a visitor in the room so please don’t shock him. Its three floors up in room C twenty three. It’s nice to see you again Fluttershy, the great mother Janet is happy to hear you’ve come to visit one of her infirmed children. Wait here while I call a nurse to lead you up to her room.” The receptionist called someone to lead them to the room and it was none of than Pwerta Delarosin. Roller revved happily at seeing a familiar being, he was out and about now giving Soft Echo a ride since Donnabelle was too small to carry her weight.
Virgil and Samus were elsewhere taking an interest in the Janet’s body and were walking around with the Cosmic Crown with Virgil looking at his magical scroll as they explored the world Janet gave birth to.
“It is so nice to have you here again Fluttershy. I hope that you can stop by the spa, the girls would really like to give you a full treatment and I must say you certainly look better than you have been.” Continuing to lead the group, Pwerta stopped outside the room that Kleptchi was in and looked back to Fluttershy. “I know you were upset about what happened to her, but she’s been mostly fixed up and she’s been doing better. At least she’s lucid enough to receive visitors; Truffle is also in the room and visiting his friend. He still wants to thank you for saving his life; he’s managed to get back into athletics.”
Fluttershy wilted slightly only to be gently dragged into the room by Pwerta, upon looking up she saw Truffle look up from the bed he was seated at and came over to her and gave her a strong quick hug.
“I’ve been waiting to say this for a long time, thank you. Kleptchi has really wanted to see you by the way; I’ll be taking my leave then.” Truffle looked happy as he left Fluttershy to move towards the bed he was sitting at, she crawled into the nearby chair and looked down on the poor Rhizomian occupying the bed with part of her suit still fused to some of flesh and she looked as immobile as ever despite the serene smile on her face.
“Ms. Mossport, are you awake?” Fluttershy tried and Kleptchi slowly opened her eyes and reached out to rub Fluttershy behind her left ear.
“I am, though I could be better Fluttershy. I must still look like a mess to you. Removing me entirely from my suit will still kill me, but at least they freed up one of my arms from it. I hope to eventually be able to move again in the future, being paraplegic isn’t fun.” Kleptchi shook her head and her mass of hair shook with her, it look relatively clean which meant someone had to come in and brush it for her and keep it clean. “When you have so many friends, hope keeps you going that things could get better if even slightly. It’s nice that you actually came to visit me before you continued on your way home.”
After that Fluttershy opened up slightly and talked about how she’s been feeling lately and what she’s been through since she left Rhizome. It was a fantastical tale that Fluttershy wouldn’t have believed herself had she not lived through the fall of an empire.
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With no other distractions in her way, Fluttershy and rest of her strange little fleet set off for Equus with Wander leading everyone towards the home planet of the ponies. The stars blurred by the Head Hunter as it moved through the universe with Fluttershy at the helm.
“I can’t believe I’m almost back.” Had it really been so long ago that she had been stuck out in space without a single way home? Fluttershy would like to think that she had never left, that home was always in her heart, but she would have just been lying to herself as she sorely missed all her friends.
“Well you better believe it; Wander says that as long as nothing distracts us from this course you’ll be back home and frolicking in flowers soon.” Turning to the puppy, Bonnie couldn’t help but note her dour attitude. “Okay what’s wrong with you dog breathe?”
“Does Equus even have Manga? Also I floss and brush regularly thank you!” Donnabelle was along for the ride and she was in the middle of lamenting at the fact that she’d never get more chances at getting manga.
“My world has magical comic books you can really get into.” Fluttershy hoped comics would do just as well for the puppy.
“It’s just not the same.” Donna cracked open a manga she hadn’t read several times before.
“Well you’re obviously intelligent and so am I, so why don’t I suggest something that you seem to be missing. If a planet doesn’t have manga on it, then publish your own and sell it!” After saying that Bonnie could swear she saw the dollar signs in the puppies eyes, rolling her own she looked to Fluttershy. “So how hard is it to set up a small publishing company in a four legged economy?”
“Not that hard, how is the stock of fruit doing on Jumbler?” It was rather important to keep track of how much fruit the ships collectively had; it was safe for Fluttershy to say that Soft Echo would never get scurvy when she was currently wiping out all the fruits on The Jookiba Jumbler. She was a hungry little growing filly.
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There it was. A sight Fluttershy didn’t think she’d see again since long ago when she was trapped in a magical bubble. It was just as beautiful as the last time she saw it. The planet of Equus, she was home once more. Her eyes were starting to water with relief to finally be back.
“Hey it’s okay to cry Fluttershy, you should know better than to hold it in. Let it all out into Roller while I take the wheel.” Bonnie thought the planet looked beautiful and peaceful; she just knew the powers that be probably wouldn’t leave it alone. That was provided that anyone could actually find the planet without a Star Nomad that is, it was in a really obscure place in space that was not easily reachable unless you knew how to get there.
“But if you take Mr. Wheel, how will I cry into him?” A giggling Fluttershy was happy to be home even as she got up from the helm and went over to Roller to get hive a hug. “Oh I can’t wait to see all my animal friends, provided that they are still around that is, things must be so different or must have become different without me around. Oh I’ve read stories about trying to go back to how things were after being away for some long and it becoming impossible to adjust.”
“Hey we’re here aren’t we? Well let’s stop worrying about what ifs and gather those who are going ground side, I would suggest that only one ship go down to the planet since it’s only technically space capable with having magical travel bubbles. Apparently not as good as an Orbble, but you somehow survived the experience. I and Wander never had a problem when it comes to food.” It was obvious that Sylvia was talking about Wanders hat giving them what they needed when they needed it. “It’s quite a beautiful world you got there, then again Janet was also looking pretty good despite all the children she had.”
“Oh yes and they were all oh so cute and friendly!” Wander shouted gleefully as he came forward. “You know Sylvia; we should really go around meeting old friends to see how they are doing. I can’t wait to see what kind of party Pinkie Pie has set up for us this time, oh wait… you don’t suppose she’s sad that her sister moved away to another planet entirely? That going away party had an awful lot of tears in it.”
“Wander if there’s one thing I know from traveling with you, things will always work out in the end.” Sylvia leaned into Wander as she lifts him up and hugged him.
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It was a little cramped in Head Hunter and Fluttershy was the pilot for the landing, along with Roller, Bonnie, Soft Echo, Donnabelle, Virgil, Samus, the Etecoons, the Dachoras and finally Clyde who wanted to say his final goodbye to Bonnie.
Apparently Discord was going to be involved in some kind of cover up about where Fluttershy has been for more than a year, he would distract any news ponies and keep them away from Fluttershy’s landing site which was just outside the Ever Free Forest near her cottage.
Samus would be taking her Mark Two back into orbit after she helped unload all the souvenirs from Fluttershy’s journey; she was one of the few who weren’t staying with Fluttershy along with Clyde and Virgil. Clyde was going back to Earth with the rest of the ohana and Virgil was going to take up traveling with Samus.
The ship coasted along the sky and Discord was making sure it was completely invisible to any nefarious ponies. He didn’t want anything to happen to his friend now that she had finally made it home. It landed peacefully and soon it opened and Fluttershy walked down the ramp to see Ponyville in the distance and her friends waiting for her.
Soft Echo was perched on Fluttershy’s back wearing the Cosmic Crown and she smiled at seeing so many other beings like her mother, was this where her mommy was from? This felt right to the filly either way.
Fluttershy immediately ran straight for the group and the group did likewise. Even Discord was jogging gaily forward with the other ponies to meet with Fluttershy, however the Cosmic Crown activated and the planned surprise party for Fluttershy’s return was put on hold for a few minutes. Her friends of course ran through the one way portal and Fluttershy backed far enough away from it for it to close. At least the party would be put on hold until Discord could teleport them back from halfway around the world.
“Oh my goodness, this is just another day for you huh Fluttershy?” Bonnie was laughing riotously, even Fluttershy started laughing, Donna chuckled dryly and shook her head as she started to drag her bag of manga past them towards Fluttershy’s home. Soft Echo didn’t know what was so funny, but she laughed anyway because the laughter was just plain infectious at this point. Even the usually stoic Dachora and her child were cackling jovially alongside the happy bouncing Etecoons.
“I take it every planet has a portal system like this?” Fluttershy asked of Virgil who simply nodded at her and would later give her a copy of the Equus hidden pathways. A familiar white rabbit rammed its way into Fluttershy’s chest having avoided the same mistake that befell the other elements of harmony and Discord. “Oh Angel, I’m so happy to see you too! Wait, no, my friends! Are they okay, what if that portal was dangerous?”
“They should be, the portal just opens out on the exact opposite side of the planet. Above a calm river it would seem.” Virgil didn’t ease Fluttershy’s worries, but Discord popping back with her friends looking waterlogged and spitting a fish out of his mouth into a fishbowl cheered her right up.
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The welcome home party was vast; though Fluttershy brought many strange friends home with her the ponies of Ponyville were welcoming and less scared of newcomers than they previously were. They didn’t want to have a repeat of Zecora shunning since these visitors were definitely friendly, even Celestia and Luna were here.
The party was exactly the kind of party Fluttershy would like, calm and quiet with tea. Not too many ponies and all the ones who were there were friends, she needed to discuss the possible impact of introducing Dachoras and Etecoons to the planet. The mother Dachora was already nesting in her living room and Fluttershy was back to business as usual as all her animal friends came up to her to show her how much they missed her presence.
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Kasumi didn’t believe the money she was just handed and a first edition issue of the cute manga titled “Problem Pony”, the author was apparently Fluttershy who named her as the one to receive the grand prize.
Sitting down to read the book she smiled, she was going to create a bank account and keep this money out of the hands of her father and Mr. Saotome. She wasn’t about to let them waste it all on frivolous things.
As she was reading, Ranma and Ranko ran by being chased by multiple martial artists who wanted to know how Ranma became cured of the Jusenkyo curse and were pestering him and Ranko all about it. Except curiously enough Ryoga wasn’t one of them and came to the table to calmly sit with Kasumi and drink some tea, she noticed he had a strange unicorn stallion with him that was levitating the tea cup to his mouth.
It was so nice that Ranma had finally managed to find a cure and that he shared it with his best friend, but she didn’t think he was ever going to settle down and marry anyone who didn’t try to get to know him first. Ranko was certainly quite helpful in fighting off the more forceful suitors, plus Kasumi always wanted a pony when she was younger.
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It was the end of the party and Fluttershy was showing her new family around her old home, her friends were quite intrigued or happy to meet Soft Echo. They couldn’t understand her adorable little squeaks, but they liked her all the same and Donna’s ability to talk was a novelty to Twilight who had seen it before.
“It’s so good to be home.” Fluttershy said as she yawned and crawled into bed to lay her sleepy head, then she was joined by every other animal in the house including a bear. Her bed was broken, but she didn’t move from her spot. She was too tired to deal with her destroyed bed at the moment and just closed her eyes as she was buried under a mountain of animals and friends. “Good night.”
A bunch of noisy animals sounded off and then it was quiet as a mouse, her souvenirs handed off, her journey at its end and all the pain and or horrible things she went through... Fluttershy slept peacefully and had a good night’s rest in her bed.
Thend?
Space… what can I say about it? It’s really out there and… beyond compare~!
I was launched out into the atmosphere. In a powerful bubble of magic... I was lost in space, I did fear.
Can’t, you imagine how I must have felt? Constantly getting into trouble, starting with polluted planet, my homesickness it did swell!
Craziness, out in space, I was always one step from being in danger. I was slowly falling to madness, until I met some friendly strangers. I made some new friends!
It starts!
The first was a friendly team of mercenaries. (Yes, mercenaries) Who fought for peace… it’s their dream, and they were quite nice!
Can’t say, that I’m really to be blamed for what happened to me next. It was a really quite a bit... well… kind of sort of… it was actually beyond strange!
I was captured by horrible alien toads, with their strange ships and awful machines. With my friend whose name is Katt, and then we rescued all their captured slaves~. Yes, we did all that~!
Stage left!
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What happened to me next wasn’t quite a nice thing; I was warped into a twisted into halfway stuck between bat and pegasus. Now can you guess what happened next? It’s quite a tale.
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I made some animal friends who nursed me back to health. I was sick and they saved my life, really~. Then I escaped an exploding planet~. I lost hope and then Discord and Luna sparked it right back!
What followed was me getting trapped aboard a strange vessel, and separated from those friends. I got stuck in some vents, at least for a while. Then I stole the Head Hunter, after saving a life, but at that point, could you really blame me? I was really messed up!
Craziness, out in space, I was always one step from being in danger. I was slowly falling to madness, until I met some friendly strangers. I made some new friends!
Next up!
I went to a planet of completely wondrous dreams. Where you all appeared~, I had to continue, pushing forward.
I~ was attacked, by a killer tree~. And that’s not really something that I thought I would come fear, and then there I found out, that there was still much more in store for me!
I then met Roller, but I really like to call him Mr. Wheel. He’s been my constant com-pan-ion, ever since I patched his wheel. He’s been there for me!
What now?
I was now entrapped in a really scary place. (Horrible it was) With all these killer robots, they really wanted to~, eat my face.
As the end result of a rather complicated hectic struggle, I get small a taste of home~, before a lot of random chaos… sorely popped my bubble!
Craziness, out in space, I was always one step from being in danger. I was slowly falling to madness, until I met some friendly strangers. I made some new friends!
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I end up on a new planet that’s alive~ and met with space ranger Mira Nova~. She taught me of Space Rangers, she became my friend and I knew rest until the robots came.
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You’d think by now I would seriously get to the point. I seem to attract a lot of trouble~. I got involved in helping the friendly people of the planet. Now I’m a friend to all of Rhizome~!
What followed was me being target for multiple assassins. It was terrifying~, I wouldn’t give up, or even quit. I never really believed myself this strong you see~. Then I end up in a torture chamber, because of my good new friend, whose name is Bonnie!
Hey, don’t be mad at her! I forgave her for it long ago~. She’s been a true companion to me, as you all should know~! Really girls~!
Race Start!
I found myself involved in a really dangerous race~. With Herja trying to hound me, but she couldn’t keep up, with the pace.
I then, find myself, coming in fourth place. I and Roller did better than we thought we would. Especially considering, all the dangers that we would face!
I paid for Bonnie’s bail, and then we went to a strange planet that was called The Earth. We were on our way to save Clyde only to crash, strangeness was truly given birth~! It was weird~!
Last part!
We explored the earth and its many magical wonders~. (Everything was incredible) My daughter was a result… of a magical trolls… blu-hunders~.
I, can’t really say that I’m really upset about that at all~. Soft Echo and Donnabelle are as cute as you can get. They make your hearts, just melt and fail!
Traveling through time and space, with what is a rather innocuous looking hat. Magical bats and aliens, plus the crystal gems in the midst of all that! Japan up to bat~!
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You’d think I would be okay with things thus far in avoiding the mass of demons. Only to come into more trouble, then I met Nerima and its strangeness will certainly cream ya~.
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After a pitched fight with even more robots and dangers~, I started my journey to come on back home to all of you~.
I’m so happy just to be back from whence I did~ roam! It’s a relief, to finally be all the way back home~!
Then you threw me this really~ big party. For my new family, it has definitely increased, by a lot more than three.
I’m no longer the lost soul of kindness, with these last few words. My song will truly be, completely fin-ished!
Craziness, out in space, I was always one step from being in danger. I was slowly falling to madness, until I met some friendly strangers. I made some new friends!
Made it!