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[thneedifestdestiny]

So uh. Question.

[The Once-ler coughs into his gloved hand and looks at the camera. He looks like he's trying very, very hard to be calm but is actually freaking out not very far under the surface.]

Anybody else get a whole bunch of their stuff stolen after that chess thing? Because I haven't seen any of my Thneed materials anywhere and it's been days and I'm pretty sure my no-good lousy nerd of a Mirror snatched them all.

...Unless anybody's seen them around? Anybody seen a bunch of fluffy Truffula tufts around? If so, uh. Let me know. Because that is my entire company right there, and I would really.

Really.

Appreciate. It.

Thanks.

[And he hangs up.

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[claimyourself]

I guess anything I own could be in danger if it happens again.

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[petabytes]

Yeah... somewhere in the middle...

...If you got them from the vendors, they're probably valuable, right? Maybe your mirror knew that, and stole them...

[jolting]

What would be your solution to that?

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[thneedifestdestiny]

What? Of course it's legal here. Everything's legal here.

[Once-ler, you're not helping any misunderstandings here.]

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[thneedifestdestiny]

If they were finished Thneeds they'd be in that category!

[Screw you Zacharie; his Thneeds are diamonds shining a warm and valuable light on your miserable existence.]

I don't have a substantial reward though - that's kind of the whole problem.

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[crybabybootleg]

Right, I saw they have the bar...

Sorry about your thneeds. If there was a way we could steal 'em back from that side, I'd suggest you'd find yourself a good heist team. But we're here and they're there, so it looks like you might be fresh outta luck, pal.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

Dangerous weapons?! Why do you even have those? Aren't you like ten or something?

[Kid could be any age between seven and nineteen and the Once-ler would probably still call him ten.]

[thneedifestdestiny]

No, I think that's just what they do. They're all life-ruiners.

It does everything! A Thneed is something everyone needs.

[thneedifestdestiny]

Well, maybe you don't know English as well as you think you do!

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[thneedifestdestiny]

Yeah, that's right.

[Suddenly, all the reasons that's problematic start to sink in, and the Once-ler looks kind of uncomfortable.]

Look. I was going to figure out how to make an economy. And I took barters! My company was doing just fine here!

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[builditstrong]

......................Twenty-four. I'm twenty-four. [It's hard looking young.]

[thneedifestdestiny]

[He just glares at that because wow, rude.]

They look like, uh.

[Cotton candy probably isn't a good metaphor for Elsword. Hm.]

They're fluffy and softer than silk. And brightly colored. They grow on trees where I'm from.

[He draws Els a quick picture on his chalkboard, and it looks very much like a spirally fluff ball.]

[vlad_dracul]

Perhaps we can find a way to return the favor.

[Why, yes, he has quite a large vengeful streak in his nature.]

Perhaps you could give me an example? It resembles a rather...intricate sweater.

[vitalityaura]

... It looks like cotton candy.

Wait, don't tell me they're edible, too. That would just be too crazy. [ugly sweaters that can apparently do anything and they taste delicious??? that is going a step too far, sir.]

But if your mirror took them, he might have taken them back with him to the other side... How did you get them in the first place? Do the vendors sell them?

[idolises]

Or you don't. You're pretty quick to insult, too.

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[cheerleader]

[Here's more staring. That's the most sugary sweet description of anything she's ever gotten in her entire life.]

It sounds like something out of a Disney movie.

[Much like Wonderland itself, really.]

Where do they come from?

[video forever]

[thneedifestdestiny]

He's definitely rude, since he's apparently running around stealing my stuff. ...Wait, does that mean you've actually met him?

And...yeah, something like that. [Somehow, he doesn't feel as good about it as he did the first time he bought them.]

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[thneedifestdestiny]

Probably. And there's really nothing we can do about it either - to keep them from switching with us, I mean.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

Yeah, that's probably what happened. And I'll bet he knew they would be hard to replace, so it was probably equal parts him being greedy and him being a huge jerk.

[Once-ler, you have no room to complain about other people being greedy.]

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[petabytes]

It looks like a lot of our mirrors tried to get at us, in their own ways...

[thneedifestdestiny]

I...don't have one. Look, can't a guy just complain once in a while? What would your solution be?

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[claimyourself]

I don't get why we even have our mirrors here in the first place.

[jolting]

I've made a list of all the things that went missing, and next time he switches with me I'm going to take them back.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

[There's a long pause. And then, a lot of laughter.]

Twenty-four? Are you serious? You've got to be kidding. There's no way we're that close in age.

[thneedifestdestiny]

I wouldn't be totally against that.

[His Mirror is a jerk who deserves it anyway.]

And it's so much more than a sweater! It's an umbrella and a bag and a cat carrier and pretty much anything else you can think of!