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[Hoo boy, has Mary ever had a lot on her mind since the whole dramaballs thing. Being literally tossed aside by someone you thought you could trust really does put a spin on your perspective. Here she is now, gaze downcast, looking like she's thinking hard about what she wants to say. But also looking like she's hoping being on the extra cute and vulnerable side might help make this easier.]

Um... Hey, everyone...

I had to think a lot about this. For a really long time, too! But I think I finally know what I have to do. And that's apologize.

Seth did a lot of bad things, and that fat guy too, and people are mad at them... But I did bad things too and I think people got mad at me for them. Even when they said I should stop I kept doing it because Seth told me to, and friends listen to each other... I... thought he was my friend. He wasn't.

So I'm... sorry. I'm really, really sorry! To Ai and Vianca and Red a...and Garry. And everyone.

I don't want to be bad, so... I'm going to try to be good, and then nobody can even be mad at me. and we can all be friends. Real ones. Okay?

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[Garry was...upset.

When he was released, he would eventually have found himself at a hospital. At one point, it felt like he knew what he was then...there was nothing. Then he felt like he couldn't move. He couldn't see. He felt like he wasn't in his own body and then he was.

He got sick. He got dizzy. A pain surged all over. He was about to go out like a light. Unconscious.

He was only discharged when he was sure he was fine, at least physically. No real injuries to keep him there.

He then remembered. He remembered that night when Mary...He was upset and then he heard about what happened.

Mary was in the infirmary. A rage greater than he felt in a long time came over.

As much as he was angry...he was very worried about her. He can be upset all he wants, but he didn't want to have her pay too great because she felt like Seth was a real friend. He was sure that was what happened.

Because he just saw this. He then felt a new pain. Regret.]

Mary...

[Wow, just because she apologized to Garry doesn't mean she wants to look at him. It's hard to. Partially because she's still mad about everything he did back at the Gallery, but also because she is... ashamed.

She stares off to the side, one arm wrapped around herself.]

You're mad, right? I know.

Well...I am but...

[He shook his head. If Mary looked, there was shame too. Loads of it.]

...I'm mad at me too. I heard what happened to you and I didn't want that.

You didn't believe me, but...I still couldn't stop such a thing from happening.

I'm sorry, Mary.

I believe you now... but it's too late now. Um... Maybe I'll believe you more from now on.

Don't tell Ib, okay? What I did.

I won't.

[He held up his pinkie.]

It's a pinkie swear. I promise I won't.

[Despite it all, he managed a small weak smile. Unsure of what to do, what grounds they stand on. Garry cared for her even though he was pissed. But putting that on her now...would devastate her more. She had the whole world whack her on the head.]

Mary...would you like to come with me and get some art supplies? I can get you some more crayons if you want.

[...]

[That gets her attention. She finally looks at the monitor again, an uncomfortably long silence settling over her before she finally holds up her pinkie and pushes it against the screen, just as she did with Eirika recently. Is that even the barest hint of a smile on her face for a second? ~~He'd better not break it or else.~~]

Okay. I really need yellow and green ones! I'm going to draw the trees changing colours...

[For that moment, it felt like it was all okay. It was gonna be okay. It really was. Garry was going to make it so.]

Are you really? We should get you some red and orange ones too. Once the trees are at their peak, it'll make for the best pictures. You should be prepared!

That's right! They turned red and orange last time too... I can't wait, heehee! I wonder if the leaves on my new pet are going to change, too...

...New pet?

[When did...Mary ever get a pet. This is beyond new.]

Hey kid... my advice'd probably be even less than two cents especially that I don't really know what happened but sounds like you've been played up by that Seth guy.

[He awkwardly scratched the back of his neck.] And look, even if you make a big mistake, the fact you acknowledge it and apologize for it. [Sigh] A real friend would forgive 'ya.

Huh? Who are you?

... Does that even actually matter right now.

[WAY TO BE AWKWARD, BROWN.]

Uh, well, I'm the new guy around for starters I guess.

Oh...

[Aww man, she doesn't want even some new guy knowing she messed up pretty bad. Too late now.]

Well, my name's Mary. Ummm, what you said before... What do I do if people don't forgive me?

That's tough, yeah. But well- 's like, if their your friends they'd understand you fu- messed up and would still try to be forgiving especially if you say sorry and wanna avoid repeating the same mistake.

If they don't forgive you without a good reason, then they're just jack sh- poop. Ignore those kind of guys, honestly.

Ignore them... That sounds really hard, if it ends up being people I like who don't forgive me.

This is gonna sound really harsh but... would you really be happy with that? Knowing that they don't like you enough to forgive you but you still keep trying to get them to like you again just as how much you like them.

Like, I don't mean you hafta go and ignore everyone, but there are just people who won't change their minds even if you prove them you learned your lessons; those kind of guys, not the greatest friends materials ever.

[Eirika's taken some time to think about this. Because hearing it all, her heart aches. Mary has had something of a penchant for not necessarily being a 'good' girl, but so much of it is naivety. And the princess cannot hold it against her.

It's hard to see her like this.]

Mary...

[But what to say? She has a lot available to her, but knowing how to say them to a child is difficult. It's one of those times that she wishes she wasn't quite so regal, because it might make this easier.]

Would you like to do something with me?

[So she'll start out small.]

[Eirika still wants to do things with her, even after admitting she's done some awful things. Would it still be the same if the princess knew all the details? It's okay if she never finds out. Mary has no plans of telling her, because this way is better.]

...What are we going to do?

[Fortunately for Mary, Eirika has just enough compassion that it can put her at risk. And has. And likely will five hundred more times in the future.]

Would you like to go dress shopping?

Yeah!!

[Whoa, that got her in high spirits almost instantly. What a material girl.]

They gotta be warm ones, because it's getting colder some days...

[Haha.

Eirika knew that was going to work.]

Whatever you'd like. We'll find you something you prefer and there's a lovely tailor in the town. We can have you properly fitted.

[And maybe. Mary's kind of being treated like a daughter.]

Okay! I want one that's pink and purple... they can make one like that, right?

I should think so, yes. Whatever you'd like.

It sounds as if you accept my proposal.

[ Wait. What did you do? There's so much going on around this place that Ib doesn't understand but she doesn't think asking is a good way of going about figuring this out.

Mary seems upset. ]

It will be alright.

Ib...!

[She is the last person Mary wants to know all the details about the last year or so, since that's the last friendship she wants to risk.]

If you think so, then... yeah, it definitely will!

[ It would probably take a lot to lose Ib right now but she's not going to ask and risk upsetting Mary more.

She nods. ]

You apologized, so you just need to make it right.

I just don't know how to do that part...

[ Ib doesn't know what Mary did so she can't help with that. All she can do is sort of shrug and shake her head. ]

['Forgive and Forget' was not a life lesson Vianca had ever had a real reason to learn. She remembered when people did not say goodbye, or when they had done something they should not have. While she was here, Vianca had entrusted Ai to Caim, but she certainly had not forgiven him for what he had done. She was simply acknowledging that she was powerless where he had strength.

But whatever her feelings, someone else's mattered more.]

... I will inform Ai of what you have to say.

Okay.

[She stares at the screen for a long moment, fidgeting a little in her seat. Vianca's one of the people she's most worried about, since she went and told everyone what she did in the first place.]

...Everything will be okay then, right?

[Vianca just stared back, not particularly moved by the other girl's fidgeting.]

Perhaps in time.

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i'm okay now. are you okay/ a lot of people had to go to the doctor after that.

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he told me to sell candy for a while and they made people sick i think. and he had divises that made people like me.

[YEAH THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE FOR.]

but i heard his name wasn't really even seth. he was mean and a lier.

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he let me trap garry but i don't know if he hurt anybody. i didn't know you hurt anybody. but somebody hurt you do you remember/ at the pool. i don't know who else got trapped.

I think you should get a second chance!

Yeah! Me too! See, you get it...

That Seth guy made you do bad things, right? So it's not really even your fault! It's his fault for makin' you do it!

[Is he trying to convince her, or himself? HMMMMM]

[They're in the same room at this time. Chell hasn't been blind to Mary's change in mood, her behaviors twisting around and suddenly seeming to have this darkness over herself.

Chell has to remember that she's just a little girl. Not a robot. There's a distinct difference, of course... And she barely even knows what's been going on. It's best to simply stay out of these affairs, as long as she herself is safe.

But... she knows this has something to do with what just happened. Eggman and his damned robots. Whether Mary is good or bad, Chell wants to know. So even though they're in the same room at this time, Chell still types a response here.]

What happened?

[Mary, meanwhile, doesn't bother to type up a response back. She's not the speediest typist just yet, and she can't even figure out how to make capital letters anyway, so her typing looks stupid compared to everyone else's. She slowly spins her chair around to face Chell, though she takes more interest in swinging her feet than in looking at her roommate.]

He hurt me. Seth did. And I hurt people too! Which was... bad to do.

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[Shortly after that response, Chell hears the other chair in the room creak. She turns her head to see Mary talking to her in response.

And it's at first a pang of sadness that Chell feels when she sees Mary fidgeting and telling her that this Seth had hurt her. She's just a kid...

Chell picks up her notepad then and writes back a response.]

Why did you hurt people?

[Reading the words out loud to herself makes it sound really bad, doesn't it? Well, it is.]

Oh, umm, it wasn't on purpose!! I did things because Seth told me to, but it turned out they were bad things... Because he was bad...

[It's something Chell wants to believe, really. Mary is just a kid...

But Mary also has a creepy edge to her. Those horrid dolls can be really unnerving... And she's almost like that Vivian. Vivian, a gun taking the form of a little girl. No, Mary isn't Vivian - Mary is a human being. But kids can be cruel. Kids can be corrupted easily. Maybe Seth had irreversibly corrupted Mary.

Still, Chell nods at Mary's words before scrawling out another message on the notepad.]

What did he tell you to do?

Umm... Uhh...

[She averts her gaze, kicking her legs back and forth just slightly enough to make her ankles rub together.]

Mm, like... I trapped someone! And I gave out bad candy... Things like that...

But--! He pushed me off a roof, so he's a lot worse!

[Assisting in the trapping of someone... If Chell had been on the other side of that, she would hate Mary. But as she's not on the other side of it, she can somewhat sympathize. It's easy to follow the words of someone when you're desperate... and perhaps Mary was.

Chell's gaze remains on Mary even as the girl averts her eyes.

There isn't much Chell wants to say. Maybe there are many thoughts running through her head, confused and mixed emotions for Mary's plight, but she writes down the one question she's curious about.]

You survived falling off a roof?

I got caught by Ulki...!

[It's not something she really wants to think about, though, and it's pretty clear in the way she takes a sudden interest in spinning her chair around and around.]

But none of it would have happened if I... didn't listen to him...

[Despite not having spoken for years, Chell still isn't the best at reading body language, unless there's something very clearly dangerous about the situation. She knows that Mary is uncomfortable with the way she spins her chair, but Chell also attributes it to her being a child.

"None of it would have happened if I didn't listen to him." Chell can relate to that. But ultimately her own situation is still better, right? And so is Mary's.

So she gives somewhat of a shrug in response before shaking her head. She doesn't know exactly what to ask or write, doesn't know exactly how to feel about this other than to just move on. Seth is gone now, or so it seems, so he can't hurt Mary anymore.

Her head shake isn't exactly dismissive, it's more of a shake with a half-smile, as Chell wants to just say "It's okay to move on."]

[Mary herself isn't too great at reading other people, so she's not sure what to make of Chell's silence. She's always quiet, of course, but now she isn't even writing anything, and Mary fidgets a little in agitation. The smile has to be good, though. So she returns it, a little uneasily.]

So you're not mad that I did bad things... right?

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