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[And this early evening, the journal will pick up the sound of one small British girl muttering to herself.]

Well, this is very rude. It didn't snow last autumn, you know. I think I ought to complain.

[Huff. Followed by a small ow, barely heard. And silence. Then finally:]

Oh! [And the journal is picked up finally. Because you, the townsfolk, should know the answer to this question. Clearly.] Did we get visited by aliens in the night? I think I've been experimented on. [Okay, that is totally the best thing ever.] I hope they looked like Elvis clones.

Has anyone seen my cat?

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[Now this voice is very familiar. And it generates an odd mix of emotions in the pirate. Gladness, for one---then worry---then fear---then gladness, again. Finally:]

Who's Elvis, Silvertoes Kate?

He's a very silly man with a blue suede shoe collection. At least, he likes to sing about them. My mother thought he was a terrible influence.

Katie! You're back! [Vash tries to remind himself he shouldn't be this happy over a kid being in Luceti, but he's missed you!]

[Don't be ridiculous, she never went anywhere. Katie frowns.]

I suppose that means I was kidnapped by aliens after all. Do they do this often? I would have thought they'd crash into the barrier.

[... Katie.

She's not entirely sure how to feel about that. The youthful voice, the young face. And does she remember? Always a curiosity, that girl.

Still there is that guilty feeling of being glad to see someone again, even in a place like this. The trouble with missing people when they're gone.]

... have you gotten to somewhere warm yet?

[Because priorities.]

Oh, yes. I'm quite warm, thank you. I built myself a fire. [She has done no such thing, but she is heading back for warmer territory now. She's dressed for spring. Luckily, she's dressed for spring in Bath.] Does it often snow this early?

[Well, from what she knows of her, she knows not to trust that answer completely. Sigh Katie.]

It's the beginning of January, the heart of winter. So the snow is quite seasonal... for this place.

January? Did I go missing, then?

[There's a pause. And then a small sound of dismay.]

I missed all the leaves coming down. [UNFAIR. And then guiltily:] Am I in trouble for missing school? I would think 'kidnapped by aliens' is a very good excuse, isn't it?

[ buffy hardly knows the girl. had only just been maybe sorta getting to know her. porridge. the effect her disappearance had inspired in sparrow. the sadness. the confusion, afterwards.

gently: ] You're back.

[Katie is a little confused because she doesn't remember leaving. But it is snowing and she's beginning to work out that this might be the case, so she peers at Buffy through the journal window with a sheepish look.]

Hello. Um. Sorry.

Oh! So you remember this place! Wait... do you think you got kidnapped by the Malnosso?

Well, I could have been. [She doubts it. She's not crazy. ...crazier.] Do you think the Malnosso are aliens? That might explain a bit.

I'm glad, Katie. [The mixed feelings finally resolve into happy.] I'm glad to be hearin' your voice.

I sometimes think they are.

But I don't think you were. All your stuff vanished, so you went home for awhile.

Yes, you were gone for a few months.

... We'd love to have you back, either way. You sound very well, you know, for someone who's been kidnapped by aliens.

So I did go missing, then? [She feels like she's been cheated. All those lovely autumn months. Her eyes drop away to something off screen.] I think I prefer 'kidnapped by aliens'. It has a much nicer ring to it.

[And then in a more uncertain voice:] Do I still have an attic room?

Oh.

...

Couldn't we just say the aliens took that, too?

[Because if she went home, she got gipped. She doesn't remember.]

Well, aliens just like to experiment, you know. Sometimes they just tickle you a lot. [So say the cheesy cartoons of her youth. Oh. This means she missed Christmas, too. That's so unfair.]

Is everyone still here?

[Because Raine will know that, right? >>]

I suppose that depends on who you mean by 'everyone'. [She knows the faces that were in the mural, but even then that feels like something that she shouldn't have too much knowledge of.] ... I would think that at least a majority of the people you knew before may still be around, and surely they'll respond to hearing your voice.

Yeah, sure. We can say that if it's what you want.

[Well. We can't have Sokka acting like he's happy to see her back.]

Have you checked the closest mirror?

[School is out, Katie, did you know? That means Katara is hard at work. Building. A sledding monstracity. She's already had Zuko test it out, and now she is adding another tunnel. Because that is what you do with left-over snow. Due to this intense work, you may see her before she sees you.]

All six of them. [So mournful.] So far I've found two odd socks and a stray dolphin, but no cats anywhere.

Or perhaps brownies took it all for some spring cleaning. In that case, perhaps I can ask for it back.

Dolphins. Well, you've got to watch those dolphins. They're trouble.

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