loyal_cube | ✪ Orbs! Seeking the link between faces! ✪ [Accidental Video]

[The screen lights up and takes a moment to focus due to the strange bright glow for this time of night. Cube's face is outlined by an arrangement of glowing orbs in front of his face. Some are brighter than others and there does seem to be one that shines more than any of the others. It may be hard to see but when he touches the orbs, a ghostly image appears next to it. Soon, all the orbs have images next to them. Images of people's faces.

People Flandre has met.

Unaware of the recording transmission, Cube's tired face searches over each one, putting aside a few he doesn't recognize or is suspicious of. The brightest one gets pushed to the other side, Cirno's face chasing alongside of it as it's moved.

Cube arranges and rearranges the orbs, sighing every once in a while as if trying to solve a puzzle. The communicator eventually times itself back out as if it were bored with the scene.]

((ooc: Only people Flandre has developed CR with will show up as an orb, not just one-time acquaintances. This goes for anyone who has made an impact on Flandre as well. The brighter the orb, the closer the relationship or bond is between Flandre and the other person. If you have questions, please contact me or Flandre-mun if you're not sure.))

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[...and her head flops right back down, defeated. The bat's eyes pinch shut, and she makes a sad little noise.

No, Flandre was pretending. Yes. Pretending...if only her ears stopped working, it would be easier.]

[Cube's ears drooped. He continued to pet the small bat. A strange annoying feeling tapped at him, at if he was supposed to know something. He could feel something about the bat but could not pin it just yet.]

Ah! Please... I--

[His thumb that was gently petting between Flandre's ears stops. Cube's tired eyes grow wide as a race of thoughts fill his head. He takes another look at the bat in his hands before stuttering some words.]

F-Flandre-chan...?

[One moment, there's a depressed lump of black in Cube's hand

...did she just hear her name?

The next, it is a somewhat more awake lump, ears perked up and eyes peeked open. She peeps softly, like a little bird; where did that come from? Cube didn't know who she was anymore, and it didn't sound like Gash or Koishi and they were gone anyway...]

[Cube swallows, not sure if he should repeat himself or not. he could just be making a fool of himself, after all.

Fool or not, He tries]

Flandre-chan?! Is that really you?

[...did...did Cube say her name?

...he did.

The bat's ears go all the way up, her eyes widen all the way--]

[--the bat scoots backwards off of his hand and glows.

Then where there was a bat, there is a child.

A very timid and sad--but faintly, faintly hopeful--child.]

[Cube's jaw just drops as Flandre's child form appears.

He reaches for her, eyes tearing up.]

Flandre...

[He reaches to hug her. Even if it's an illusion or whatever else messed up thing this world could give him, he goes to hug her.]

Flandre-chan!!

[Flandre isn't an illusion. She's very, very, real--and rooted to the spot.

She whimpers when the demon hugs her.]

...Cube...Cube remembers?

[Cube squeezes her, crying, thankful. So very very thankful.]

Yes. Yes, I remember. I remember you, Flandre-chan. I-I've been looking for you. I thought-- I- I didn't know if I'd ever see you again!

[He is too happy she is there to scold her at the moment]

I'm glad you're alright. I've looked all over the city for you.

[While holding her close, Cube pets the vampire's blond hair]

[She starts to shake; shivering in Cube's arms. Properly humanoid again, she could cry--and did.

When she speaks, her words are punctuated with broken sobs.]

...Cube...Cube forgot. When the things, made of words, when they happened and Cube didn't remember me or the city or--

[And here her voice just breaks completely.]

[Cube continues to hold her, a knot forming in his throat. He remembered that but at the time he couldn't. It was horrible, and the place with the boat. Cube started to stroke Flandre's hair once more before he spoke]

I did forget but- it must have been the fish because I remember now. I never left. I'm here now and I- I would always come back for Flandre-chan. I'll always come back, even if it takes me years.

[He squeezes her, tears still rolling down his cheeks.]

I'll come back for Flandre-chan.

[Flandre cannot speak--only cry. But now she moves, as if unfrozen--though still stiff. She reaches up, curling her fingers into the demon's shirt near his shoulders and folding her wings around him and clinging too hard, like a drowning person.

But she heard every word. The shivering stopped, slowly, gradually--but they did.

That empty sadness in her chest didn't seem so big now.]

[Cube remains in wrapped in Flandre's wings, even if her clinging to his shoulders was tight, he didn't want to pull away. Not when she was physically here and upset.

He continues to hold and pet her for a long stretch of time. There wasn't any need for words. However, when the demon's eyes were finished crying and he had settled, all that was left was worry.]

W-where... where have you been? No one took you, did they?

[Flandre's still crying--but she sniffles and shakes her head here.]

No...I was hiding.

Hiding...

[The thought processes while Cube brings out his wings and covers his vampire daughter]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry I scared you.

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