001 | video | April 23rd

[helpstroubled]

[ The feed clicks on, and you get a blond, blue-eyed young woman staring down at the screen, nothing but blue sky beyond her. Her brow is furrowed, her nose is somewhat scrunched, and her mouth is set in a slight frown. ]

Has anyone seen or- or heard from Chief Nathan Wuornos or Duke Crocker? [ She sounds exasperated - and maybe a little worried. ] If you have - let me know please. As soon as possible.

[ She disappears from the screen, and all that can be seen is sky, and all that can be heard for a moment as she fiddles with the device is clicking. Then: ]

I hope they aren't off somewhere killing each other trying to find me.

[ The screen goes black. ]

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[video]

[helpstroubled]

[ She can't help but smile. It really is cute. Distractingly cute. ]

Well, it does it's job, all right!

Why do you want to be cute? That other- [ A pause, and she squints a little as she tries to remember. ] The other Keronian [ Hopefully she said that right- ] was definitely trying hard not to be cute when I spoke to him before.

[video]

[starfruitfrog]

Why not, de arimasu? [It also helps make him more memorable as a character!]

That would be Giroro, de arimasu. You can just ignore what he says most of the time. He's just shy, de arimasu.

[If you get killed by Giroro later for saying this, you only have yourself to blame, Keroro.]

[video]

[helpstroubled]

[ She actually laughs at that one. ]

He didn't seem to be very shy!

[video]

[starfruitfrog]

He's just good at denying it, and because of his appearance, people end up believing him, de arimasu. He's a lot more sensitive than he seems, de arimasu.

[Keroro looks pretty happy to be defaming talking about his friend of nearly ten thousand years. Although there is a bit of good-natured mocking including in there.]

[video]

[helpstroubled]

[ She keeps smiling. Audrey's obviously enjoying having such a simple chat. ]

You two must be close.

[video]

[starfruitfrog]

[Even if it's with a space frog?]

Of course! We've known each other since we were children, de arimasu.

[video]

[helpstroubled]

[ Oddly enough, especially because it's with a space frog! He makes her feel surprisingly at home. ]

That's great, that you both have somewhere here who's familiar.

[ It makes her miss Nathan - and Duke - just that much more. ]

[video]

[starfruitfrog]

[Don't be like that, Audrey! Keroro will keep you company till Nathan and Duke show up!]

I-I'm sure that the people you're familiar with must be here somewhere too, de arimasu. And if they aren't, they'll be here soon, de arimasu.

[video]

[helpstroubled]

[ She smiles gratefully. ]

Thank you, Keroro. I hope they do show up.

[ They could all use a break from Haven. Something tells her that, here, there is no Hunter. Her time has stalled, and she has the chance to remember herself longer.

It's the perfect situation. Minus a certain Troubled man, of course.

And her son.

... Yeah, there's no perfect where Audrey's concerned. ]