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[When the feed starts, there's initially a frowning green eye and light brown bangs, before Sakura holds her necklace a little farther in recording, trying to check it.]

Um, this is....this is working, right? I've only replied to others with this so far. Ah, I think that's it!

[Well. She guesses it is working anyway. There's a shift of movement as she gets a little more comfortable, sitting cross-legged on her bed and brushing some bangs from her face, biting her lip and taking a deep breath before starting.

I'm Sakura! I just wanted to thank everyone that's helped me here so far. I know this isn't easy and there's....a lot going on, but if we work together, we'll figure it out and get home! I'm sure of it! I heard others also got things? Some from home, or animals or something? I got a new spell. So, I wanted to let everyone know I can help if you get hurt, okay? Or, I can try. At least try help with the worst of it until we get you somewhere safe to a doctor, I mean.

[Is she rambling? Possibly. A little. But she figures the more help she can offer, the more useful she would be and this way people would know to potentially come seek her if they were injured, right? If she doesn't say anything, how are they supposed to know who might be able to assist them if they were to get hurt in more fighting or something? Not to mention finally mentioning the other magic she has available.]

Besides the Clow cards, this is one other way I can help. I want to do my best. To get all of us back home! Or....those that want to go back, anyway. I know I was in the middle of things, so. I can't be the only one. But I can't do anything about that from here, so I just have to do my best to get home and figure it.

[But. That's not why she's talking like this. Sakura shakes her head, giving a light laugh and looking almost sheepish for trailing off like that, almost apologetic.]

A-anyway, I guess that was the main thing. Other than wondering what everyone else makes of all this. The...the warning. And at that last festival, I mean. What we can do about this? And the sun. I should-- this is enough. Um, thanks for listening!

[As if this were some speech at school. She gives a slight bow of sorts, the motion of it swaying her necklace before she turns it off, rather flushed but pleased with herself at the same time in that last glimpse. She has been meaning to speak up with the necklace for a while and just been so busy and distracted with everything.]

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Heeey, Sakura.

[ If waving a hand conveyed sound, Sakura would be able to hear it right now. Seeing the younger girl really has lifted his spirits, especially when she's out to share good news. ]

You learned a new spell? How does it work?

[It takes a moment, but it's easy to recognize the voice.]

Hello!

I'm not sure exactly. I've never had healing magic before now. But I guess in theory it's like magically forcing injuries to stop swelling, knit back together? I'm going to try practice as best I can so I can be ready! Maybe if there's a doctors or something I could offer to help out?

Oh, that's cool. So you don't have to sacrifice a rabbit to the blood moon to make it work? [ He's got an exciting imagination... ] But I think that would help a lot! It doesn't look like they have fancy hospitals here.

Sacrifice a rabbit....? N-no, nothing like that! [Looking almost sheepish, waving her hands a little in protest and reassurance at the same time.]

But you're right. The hospitals here aren't as well equipped or knowledgeable as the ones back home. So anything I can do to help in that regard would be appreciated, I'm sure.

[ That's cool. He wouldn't want to see headless rabbits everywhere. ]

Yeah... [ His voice turns somewhat subdued, thoughtful. ] I mean, you never know when things are going to take a turn for the violent. Things seem like they're only getting worse around here.

Right. So that's why I figured this would help. If I let people know, they have the option of letting me take care of them if things do get....tense, again.

[She doesn't want more fighting. But neither is she entirely naive to think things will not get to that point again before they figure this out.]

[ He grins. ] That's really nice of you. Are you gonna tell the townsfolk too?

[ Since they can't access this fancy network. Who knows how receptive they'd be though. ]

I can try. I'm not sure if there's a doctor or something I could ask if they need help. If they would let me....

[Because, she is just a kid. And from Another World at that, so.]

[ She's not wrong, but... ]

Why wouldn't they? You're nice and genuine. Yeah, the people here are kind of bitter but there's no way they'd be mean to a girl like you.

You think so? I just-- I know I'm just a kid. And I'm not sure how used to magic they are, and us being from other worlds and all.

[ He has to ask: ]

So how old are you anyway?

I'm eleven!

[Eleven seems so old at the time. Yet it. Really isn't. There's still a lot ahead of her.]

[ ...............

Oh no ]

Eleven?! [ The obvious shock carrying through whatever magical device it is that they're using to communicate. ] Why would they bring someone that young here? You should be back home in school!

[Bolin is hardly the first or likely last to be concerned.]

Well....I don't know. I didn't even think on if there might be a school here. But I guess the lessons would be kind of different if I did try.

[Hey, she isn't complaining over the lack of homework. Trying to help with all this is a mission on it's own.]

[ Okay, maybe school isn't the most pressing issue here. It's not like Bolin had ever gone either.

So, because he has no tact: ]

Don't you miss your family?

I....of course I do. And Tomoyo-chan, and L--Syaoran-kun. But it's probably better they aren't here with all of this going on. If we help, we'll get back home. So....that's what I have to do.

[Like anyone else here. She wouldn't want her father or brother or anyone else faced with dragons and all if she has any say in it. They don't have her powers, her Cards to help them out in this, after all. But that doesn't mean she doesn't ache for them in the meantime until she finds her way back.]

[ It's kind of sad that Sakura is considerably less selfish than he is, and it's enough to make him shift his gaze to the side in guilt, even though the connection isn't video. (He wants his brother here for reasons he can't even explain. It's not like he doesn't trust Korra to be able to handle whatever's thrown their way, because he does. Korra is capable of anything.

But somehow, he just wishes his brother was here too.) ]

Yeah, I didn't think we'd be around here this long. You know, I thought we'd be sent home after the thing with the dragons.

[Being selfless is part of who she is. Why the Light card remained with her so long or was able to in the first place, really. However strange and scary it might be to not have her friends or family around her as her usual support system.]

I'm not sure how long this might take, exactly. It's hard to say when they think we might have helped enough to earn our way home.

Helped enough? [ He parrots, sounding confused. Sakura's wording makes it sound like it's unclear when they'll be allowed to go home.

But Bolin knows. He knows that they'll be able to go home when ] We just have to get the sun to rise, don't we?

I just meant, well. I'm not sure how much we're supposed to do. We helped with the dragons and we're still helping now.....

[So. Kind of hard to predict? She's not sure on what the requirements might be. But she won't stop. Not until she can manage to get back home.]

[ ... She's got a point. ]

... But the dragon thing wasn't that big a deal! This is a lot tougher, y'know? So that's probably why we're still here.

Maybe. It's hard to say if helping with this will be enough too. But, I'm sure if we keep at it , we'll all get home eventually!

[Because they need to be positive!]

Yeah! [ He adds with a lot of enthusiasm. ] There's no way they can keep us here forever.

[ Even though speaking with Sakura has kind of shaken him up a little. ]

We just have to keep helping them is all. Then we'll get sent back home. So we just need to do our best!

[It's all they can do. Wait and hope while continuing to follow orders in the hope that ALASTAIR would keep their word on getting them back home eventually if they wished.]

{1st Clow Card; username:sakurakinomoto; video}

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