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{Akira chirps quietly, slowly falling asleep as exhaustion from her struggles under the floor and her crying start to take ahold.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira gives a small nod, clinging to Aster, resting on him.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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...

And Mom?

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira gives off a small, quiet, wet chirp, obviously crying- if that wasn't already obvious.}

No leave?

Even when I make you mad so much?

{Despite Akira's crying, she does her best to slowly and clearly say the word.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira leans into her Dad's hold, clinging onto Aster as she hides her face into him. Akira stays quiet and still, clinging to Aster. Though soon enough, you feel something wet on your scales/skin.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira fidgets with her hands, clearly hesitating before she makes a small, unsure uppsies grabby motion with her hands. She's seen Furusato do this plenty of times, and it usually results in him getting picked up. So it should work for her as well- assuming her Dad wants anything to do with her right now.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira gives off a small, quiet calling chirp to Aster that sounds almost unsure, as she watches Aster.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira yelps at the sudden unexpected sting, hissing. Her tail starts to swish in an agitated manner.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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'm sssorrry...

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira closes her eyes as the tweezers move towards her face, and she chirps oh so quietly. Her mimic also disappears- for the time being, at least.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{The mimic goes idle, and Akira peeps quietly. She thought she could fit there. And she thought she could get out on her own... She's small, not helpless... She just wants everyone else to see that too...}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira thinks for a moment. She's not sure. She got stuck roaming around to explore further hiding spots when she got stuck. She struggled for a while before just giving up and taking a nap there. Then she woke up, struggled for a while longer, then gave up again and started calling out. Akira eventually huffs, creating a mimic of herself- from when the voices aged her up- to have it talk for her so she doesn't have to struggle. The Akira-mimic sits down, watching Aster.}

A while.

I got stuck, struggled for a bit, gave up, took a nap, woke up, and tried again to get free.

I think I tried to free myself for longer the second time before just giving up again and calling out.

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira squeaks at the crowbar, not quite expecting it. Her shell is a bit scrapped up, and she has a few small scrapes and cuts on her limbs and even a small cut on her beak, but she seems to be okay. How long has she been stuck and struggling before attempting to call out?}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Akira huffs, going still. As Aster returns and tells her to make noise, she gives off a huffy sigh before just peeping loudly like Aster requested, giving off one loud peep every couple of seconds.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{As Akira hears Aster, her peeps get quieter. You can hear her moving and struggling underneath the floorboards. But there's no opening around her. Akira must have found an opening elsewhere and crawled around before getting stuck in a spot she figured she'd fit through.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{A few hours go by and nothing, no sign of Akira. Though eventually, you start hearing loud peeps. It's Akira, for sure, but her peeps are louder than usual and have a hint of distress and struggle to them.}

{Marlow clings to Aster for a long while before eventually falling asleep. Furusato is up a bit longer, but he, too, eventually falls asleep. Great, the boys are quiet and asleep. Though when looking over the nest, there comes a sudden realization that Akira is once again gone.}

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Aster just looks at the last empty spot and sighs. He doesn't have the energy for that right now.

He sits down, next to the nest and waits. She will come back eventually.

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{Furusato peeps quietly, looking at Asha before looking at his bandana.}

Thanks.

{Marlow wails for a while before slowly quieting down, clinging onto Aster.}

You can hear some soft singing from above. It draws you closer in a mysterious way.

@heart-of-the-family

{Akira peeps extra quietly, looking around before making her way to the source of the sound.}