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[conniemaheswaran]

Maheswaran here! Go ahead and drop me a line if you need to talk.

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[uncutetomboy]

"It was-- weird," Akane agrees. "But we had to make it to school so I didn't think too much about it at the time, except then I fell unconscious and woke up to Fake Mom telling me it was time to go on my Pokemon Journey."

She's going to tentatively wrap her arms around Connie. "And then, you know, I was here and at first I thought I'd been kidnapped again and I was waiting for Ranma to show up--and then I realized this was better than being home, because even if I miss everyone, I'm not just-- I don't know. The no-fun girlfriend from some manga, maybe? After a while, that's kind of how I started to feel. Like I was just-- Mm. The Girl in Ranma's story--though I guess that's not really true, if Ranma was also secretly a girl all along."

[conniemaheswaran]

"That's the thing, isn't it? We only recognize these patterns, these stories, once we're out of them, because we're in them we just don't want to. Or... we can't. Which is the scariest thing to think of."

Connie leans into Akane's hug, shivering. It's all just... so much to think about.

"I... ever since I got back, I've been feeling weird. Like everything insignificant is just... slipping away, with only these small moments with you feeling meaningful and real and it's like I've been- I don't even know. Like I'm not, like I don't exist in between.

"It's like somebody out there is just... forgetting all of us, and I don't know what that means for me."

[uncutetomboy]

Akane hugs her tightly. "Oh Connie. I-- I'm so sorry. I don't know how to make that feeling go away. I wish I did. I really wish I did. I just-- I don't know. I really don't. I wish I could help."