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[ Aerith pops on screen looking a little winded, and maybe just a tiny bit frantic.

See, she has this Materia - a tiny little ball of glowy magic, courtesy of her mother - and she's managed to lose it.

There's no telling where the thing is. Usually, she tucks it up tightly in her ribbon, but recently she's been pretty distracted with the arrival of some of her favorite people, and maybe she's let her routine slide just the tiniest bit.

Whatever the reason, it's now gone and after she's turned her room upside down in her search, she figures she'll put out a message on the network in case anyone's found it. ]

I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I've lost something of mine. It's green and about this size. [ And she props her little device on a side table, so she can stand back and make a shape with her hands. ] It's not big enough to really stand out, but it's not small enough to fall through any cracks or vents.

[ She picks up her device again, sighing. In all the time she's had her mother's Materia on her, she hasn't lost it. Not like this. Especially not in a mansion that likes to throw monsters and tricks their way. ]

I'm going to look more through the mansion, but if anyone comes across it, give me a heads up?

[OOC: Just a heads up - she won't be finding it anytime soon, but everyone is welcome to help her. Also, feel free to run into her anywhere - she'll be searching high and low and through the grounds. ]

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[ His text is met with a laugh, because he's right - it does like to play hard to get.

And she goes off on her own quest, with some help from a few others. No matter how many corners she looks in, how many tables she's peeked under or how many books she's made faces at, there's still no sign of it.

She's resigned to the fact it'll have to be outside somewhere, because she's surely checked everywhere else, right? Maybe not the roof, though. She was up there a while ago...

Aerith's shaking her head over the whole situation when she gets his text. ]

No, I had no idea there were caves. Are they near the gardens?

[ She doesn't think there's any way that it would be there unless someone purposely took it to the caves, but she can't help feeling a little curious about them. ]

around the back of the mansion. real out of the way

[He's gonna go ahead and assume that's not where it'd ended up, if she hadn't even been aware of them. It couldn't possibly have rolled over there on its own.]

any luck inside

[ One never knows in Wonderland, but she doubts it'll be there, too. Unless some Wonderland animal found it, dragged it back there...no, that's way too far fetched. ]

So far, nothing. I feel like I have at least half of the mansion on this search at this point.

got any other ideas? you hvanet been by the maze have you?

[At this point he's just throwing ideas out there- there are a million places something that small could have rolled...]

I was near the maze a few days ago, but I never went in.

[ She would never have him actually go inside the thing, that is asking way too much. ]

Mostly I just stick to one area in the garden,so it wouldn't be in too many places outside.

[Near the maze is reason enough to at least check it out. He's not gonna go in and get lost, but it could be stuck under one of the outer hedges. It's worth a shot, anyway, and so he heads there to see what he can see.

...Which is nothing, of course, and he isn't exactly surprised. Little fucker is nowhere to be found, god damn.]

got nothing out here

[And then he sends a second message:]

sorry

[ Though she hadn't held out much hope, there's still a drop in her heart when he can't find anything. ]

That's one area down, then.

[ Aerith will probably head out to the gardens on her own at least, just for her own piece of mind. She's sure if Daryl hasn't found it, then it's just not out there. Hard to argue logic against her emotions, though. ]

Thanks for looking, Daryl. I owe you a pie at least. I'll be sure that Ruby makes it, she's much better at it than I am.

you dont owe me. i didnt find it

[She wouldn't have owed him anyway... And certainly not a damn pie. He wonders, briefly, if Ruby's up and about enough to make something like that anyway... He doubts it, and that's where that train of thought ends. Nope, he's not doing it. MOVING RIGHT ALONG:]

if you think of somewhere else it might be tell me and ill look

Sure I do, it took time out of your day. No time limit, either, in case you change your mind in the future.

[ While Ruby is certainly not at one hundred percent, Aerith can always get her to give directions over the phone if it came down to it. She doubts it would, though, but it would be funny to see the outcome of that particular pie. ]

I'll be sure to poke at you about it if I think of anywhere else.

hope you find it soon

[He'll probably poke around for a little while longer, maybe give those caves a quick look just because he's never been there before and it couldn't hurt... In any case, he isn't ready to head inside just yet. Sitting around wasn't on his agenda for today to begin with.]

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