Woolly Magic

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[When the feed starts, there is a gentle bleating and a rather harried looking Hibiki on the screen. Around her head, an agitated hummingbird zips around. Now, what could this possibly be about?]

U-umm... On the way to the hospital, I saw a lot of sheep eating away at the plants, and I thought I could feed them a little treat. To thank them for clearing the way. But...

[Her head dips and she moves the screen, giving a great view of a small flock of sheep that are happily following her.]

Th-they won't stop following me! What should I do? I don't think I can take them to the hospital with me...

[Action]

[Around the city, you may encounter Hibiki and her hummingbird buddy doing one of two things!

A. Dashing from one end of the street to the other, followed closely by the sheep, or

B. Sitting down for a break from all that running around, still surrounded by said sheep who are now nudging her affectionately. The little guys sure are attached to her for some reason!]

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I didn't even know sheep ate oatmeal! [Not that he knows that much about sheep in the first place...

But nope, nope, gotta keep running!] Don't worry, Hibiki. We can at least go in one of the Houses!

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Are you sure? What if they follow us in?

[She's so busy fretting, she doesn't even realize that the sheep are slowly but surely starting to fall behind...]

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Wh-whoa, what?! They... They can't! [He shakes his head, his eyes still ahead of them.] ...They can't go up stairs, can they?

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Th-they followed me around on stairs a few times when I tried to run away before...

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[...Dot. Dot. Dot...

...Oh.] Um. But don't worry anyway! There'll be so many people there, it'll be easy to lose them!

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I-I hope so!

[She looks back again to check-!

...W-wait a moment-]

Vyse-san, I only see one left! But where did the other one go...?

[SMALL VICTORIES???]

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[--OH, THANK THE MOONS. One sheep is easy to deal with.

He begins to slow down, though he still takes another careful look around them. Then... he laughs!] Looks like we did lose most of them! We didn't do so bad, huh?

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I-I guess so!

[That sheep is still trotting gamely towards them, but she already feels less intimidated than she was when it was an entire flock.]

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I'm letting you down now. [He warns her before gently setting her back on the ground and crossing his arms. Aw, that sheep doesn't look so bad, does it...]

I guess we can say goodbye to this one now.

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Okay!

[She's more than ready to be back on solid ground again, although she does turn to look at the sheep properly.]

...Mm. If it's just one, I should be able to leave it behind.

[The sheep gives a 'baa', and judging by her expression, Hibiki feels a little bad about this...]

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[He laughs.]

It'll probably go back where it came from now. Or it'll go look for the other sheep.

[...And hopefully stay with them...]

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I hope it can find its friends again... It looked like they got split up while they kept following us.

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[A pause, where he crosses his arms.] Most of them were running in the same direction though, right? This guy's friends have got to be looking for it.

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Oh... That's true!

Then they'll all definitely be able to find each other!

[Since Vyse says so, after all!]

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[He totally believes that'll happen anyway!! Not like he knows anything...]

Yeah! So don't worry. They all probably just wanna get back home together.

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And then they can all eat together, like a family!

[Wow that sure jumped quickly.]

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[He laughs.] Yeah, but not the treats you gave them!

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Eheheh... I didn't realize they would like those oatmeal bars so much.

[She'll never try to feed them the things ever again.]

And I don't think I'll try feeding any of the other animals, either. But there's so much grass, I'm sure they'll all have plenty to eat!

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I wouldn't have thought they'd like 'em so much either. [A pause.] But I guess I don't know that much about what sheep like to eat either...

[Then he brightens, laughing again!] Yeah, they've got plenty of that now!

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Yeah... I don't know too much about sheep, so I just thought it was the closest thing to animal food the store would have.

[She looks kind of sheepish embarrassed? Yeah let's go with that instead.]

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They still liked it though, huh? They were probably really happy you gave those to them!

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They really wouldn't stop following me, so... they must have been!

[At least someone was happy for it!]

Come to think of it... I wonder if anybody else has been having trouble with the animals, too?

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[There's a pause, before he smiles sheepishly awkwardly.] I've heard a few people complaining about some of these animals, but...

Nothing like this!

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Nobody's gotten hurt or anything... have they?

[Worry worry fret fret!]

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[A shake of his head. And a smile!] Don't worry. I haven't heard about anyone getting hurt.