six; voice. ☆

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[ The message left on the journals is a short one. After all, the message she's bringing is so upsetting to her that she can't really talk much about it. Heck, she can hardly speak up without her voice shaking, and she shouldn't show everyone how upset she is-- after all, it's better for people to not be stuck here, right? No matter how upsetting it might be, and no matter that a lot of people she knows have left already - leaving her all alone in her apartment in the end, even though she's lived with so many people over time. ]

... Um.. F-.. for those of you who knew Yui-chan-- .. Yui Konagi.. she went back home.

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There are some things l-left behind for people too, so.. hmm.

[ She can't even say this properly, can she? Instead she just closes the journal for a bit. ]

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[He didn't really know this Yui Konagi, he only knew that she was Madoka's friend, a close one and that they lived together. Still he can't help to feel something inside him shake the moment he hears the message, a string is pulled, loud and clear. Is it because of Yui leaving to return to her world despite him not knowing her at all? Or is it because the person who's left behind this time and sends the message is Madoka? It may be both, whenever he has heard that people have left Luceti it dampened his mood a bit, just a tiny bitty bit, but it still did. He doesn't know why exactly, but maybe it's because he knows that the chances of those left behind meeting with them again are close to null, even if they are from the same place the memories of Luceti vanish, don't they? So it just won't be the same. This is probably what humans tend to feel about death, something absolute and impossible to stop that will tear apart the things you love until you have nothing left.

Still, he knows it's not that bad, nor death neither leaving. Even if re-encounters won't be the same there's still a chance for them happening be it in life or death, after all souls have to go somewhere when the bodies die. Maybe the Great Spirit isn't just a thing of his world, maybe it reaches to many other worlds and universes even if called differently and maybe inside of its vastness the people who met here can meet again. And even if not... So is life. Sometimes you meet people, sometimes you become apart from them, but at the same time they stay with you in someway, even if it's in memories and the growth they helped you to achieve. So even if hearing about people leaving makes him feel a bit sad, mostly for those that are left as they are the ones suffering the most, Yoh refuses to let it defeat him.

It will take much more than something small like that to make him truly sad. Unfortunately... Not everyone can be so optimistic and stubborn regarding their happiness. Madoka is one of them, even if she tries to put a strong front and even if she is also optimistic and hopeful, he doubts that she's truly fine. After all, as far as he knows, right now, she's alone in that apartment.

And Yoh knows well what it is to be alone even when there are people around you. He knows the kind of loneliness that is hidden behind a wide smile and an optimistic attitude. And Madoka wasn't even doing that much of a great job hiding it so... He leaves the journals alone, let others deal with the message that way. Instead he goes out of his house, Amidamaru in tail, and walks the distance to the bakery.

Minutes later, there's a knock at Madoka's door.]

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[ She doesn't really want to open, but.. it could be one of Yui's friends who came to pick up what was left for them, so Madoka knows she has to even if it's difficult, even if she's sure she can't put up a brave face while it's like this.

So when she patters up to the door and opens it, it's very easy to spot in her face that she's sad - if not just from how red and puffy her eyes are from crying earlier. ]

U-um, if it's about Yui-chan's gi-- [ it isn't until then that she glances at the person, but it isn't anyone she expected. Instead it's.. ] .. Yoh.. -san?

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[She looks awful, though he expected that. Her eyes are all red and puffy, and they lack the usual gleam they tend to have, she's also clearly trying to be strong, she's forcing herself to be strong. Why is it that this girl always manages to do things upside down and the hard way? Yoh offers a small and gentle smile at her.]

I'm sorry, but I'm not here for Yui. I'm here for you, can I come in?

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[ For a few moments Madoka just looks like a goldfish that got taken out of its bowl with the way she opens her mouth and closes it then again, as if she wants to say something she isn't sure of. But then she just nods, moving out of the way a little so he can walk in without saying anything else. ]