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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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[jolting]

[he hasn't really talked about it, but] Yes, a few things of mine are gone.

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[cheerleader]

[Longest, blankest stare ever. Slowly, her eyebrows arch, and she's left trying to figure out if this guy is joking or being serious.]

I don't know what fluffy Truffula tufts even look like. But I'll keep an eye out for them.

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[claimyourself]

[What even...?]

Could you describe what those, umm, things look like? I'll keep an eye out for them.

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[obligatorymerchant]

[ In his shop, Zacharie is laughing. (But why are you laughing when the Batter stole all your shit from your office and ruined your amusement park, Zacharie?) ]

Maybe they mistook it for free good. You know, like an item chest. Little rewards for a protagonist.

[thneedifestdestiny]

[The Once-ler takes this as a sign that he has someone he can complain with.]

Ugh, why do they think that just because some woman in a gaudy red dress said they could come hang out over here that it means they can just help themselves to all our stuff?

[jolting]

I suppose they think it's theirs anyway, since they are just Mirrors of us.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

[Excuse you but this is the most serious the Once-ler has been in his entire life. ...Which isn't saying much.]

Oh! They're um...fluffy. And they look like cotton candy! They're softer than silk and smell like fresh butterfly milk.

[That's helpful, right?]

[vlad_dracul]

Not that I know of, but I don't know what "truffula tufts" look like. What is a truffula?

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[petabytes]

My mirror completely wrecked everything I owned... it took me a whole day to replace it all.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

Uh. They look like the tops of trees. You know, fluffy and cotton-candy-ish? And they come in all different bright colors!

[He pauses then.] Well. That's what trees look like where I'm from.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

Ha. As if. My high-quality Truffula tufts would never get mistaken for "free good"...s. Besides, that would still make them thieves.

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[claimyourself]

Oh. Yeah, they don't look like that where I come from.

Though now I'm curious why you have a bunch of tree top-looking things.

[thneedifestdestiny]

It's a tree. It's a really tall really skinny tree with a soft tuft at the top. I had a bunch of the tufts in my room for making Thneeds, but they've all mysteriously gone missing.

[He says it the way a grumpy parent might say all of the cookies have mysteriously gone missing - he knows very well what must have happened to them. Or, well. He can't really know but he is content to blame his Mirror on all of it.]

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[thneedifestdestiny]

Wait, your stuff got wrecked? Seriously?

[The Once-ler looks legitimately shocked by that. His world has been shaken.]

Why would your Mirror wreck your things? I mean, you're...[He struggles to find a word for a second.] You're adorable! It's hard to picture anyone being angry enough at you to do something like that. It'd be like someone getting angry at a bunny.

[He means well, really.]

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[petabytes]

Ah... w-well, thank you, for the kind words...

I think my mirror is probably a pretty violent person... I mean, they're supposed to be opposites of us, right? And since I'm so meek and weak-willed...

[thneedifestdestiny]

Probably. Bet they wouldn't have liked it if we took their things though.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

I make Thneeds out of them!

[And he holds his own up and...well it looks like a pink sweater with some extra sleeves.]

And I sell them to the people and the people love them and I'm pretty sure my Mirror is out to destroy what little capitalism there is in this place.

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[builditstrong]

Ain't seen any 'f...whatever y'just said, but I got some stuff stole as well.

[vlad_dracul]

Why would your Mirror want to steal leaves from you?

...

What is a Thneed?

[jolting]

And what if someone did? What can they do about it?

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[claimyourself]

Oh, okay. Umm, I'll be on the lookout. Just... why the extra sleeves?

[idolises]

Was that even English or are you making stuff up?

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[crybabybootleg]

[Thneed? Sounds like some kinda drugs. What a thing to get messed up in! But he's curious what's gone missing.]

What does a thneed material look like? Maybe he hid it in a cache somewheres- or I heard you can get some stuff from the closets?

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[hypercompetent]

I have no idea what a Truffula tuft is, but someone wrecked my game room, and I'm getting the feeling I know exactly who it was.

You're running a business venture. [ Stiles raises his eyebrows at the feed for a minute. Did you order some sassy teenager today, Onceler? Sorry man. ] In Wonderland.

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[thneedifestdestiny]

If they really are our opposites, then mine probably just really hates capitalism.

[No, Once-ler, stop, that's not even remotely accurate.]

But hey, uh! Don't get too upset about that! You've got the better side of this - it's definitely better to be the way you are than some violent jerk, right?