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Who: Haru & YOU.
Where: Haru's Garden on the outskirts of the forest or the mansion garden.
When: Day 88 ( pls correct me if i'm wrong on the day)
Open/Closed: Open to all! But there will be a few closed prompts in here!

[Now that everyone is back on the island hub, the work begins again. For at least the last couple of days Haru has been going in-between two gardens and making sure that she is prepared for the worst. One garden she hadn't even had a chance to start planting... the other? Well, it was in a sad state. The already sad looking mansion garden just looked sadder without her there to take care of it.

If one would happen to find her in the mansion garden, she will be on her hands and knees pulling a monstrous amount of weeds out of the garden. She looks a little worn out and perhaps that is to be expected for a huge garden that got completely out of hand while she was away.

At some point she is sending out a mental message to anyone in her vicinity:]

This is Haru speaking, if someone is free... could they come to the mansion garden? I think I may need a hand out here. Thank you!

[Later on in the day if someone were to find her in the garden by the outskirts of the forest, she is still preparing the ground and the soil for a project garden. It's a hard job to do by yourself, but Haru wasn't about to drag someone out here to do it with her if they didn't want to.]

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Thankfully.

[Unlike certain entitled brats from her world! She had wanted to utter those thoughts out loud, but she didn't want to mention Livius around Airis. It was a detail she can live to know without.

All she can do is enjoy their meal for a bit. An enthusiastic nod will be given.]

It really is! I always knew everyone would want to work together to increase our odds of survival. Gardening is one of the key items we can't do without. Are you thinking of extending it to other areas too? I know someone mentioned a grain field once on the message Jay and I cooperated on.

Mm, if I can find enough space and something to garden... of course. We need more variety in our diets after all.

[She's...silent for a moment.]

If I were to ever leave this place I would want the remainder of the people here to have something to live off of.

Then let's head over to the wheat fields next time! To check it out and see if we can make another garden specifically for it?

[Unfortunately, she'll notice the silence, gaining her curiosity. What was Haru thinking about? Maybe it was fortunate their telepathic channel weren't open because her next words will catch her off guard.]

...................

[Enough to leave her feeling silent. How to respond to this? The thought of losing Haru was one she hasn't considered, not even after losing track of Riku and a great deal of her other friends. Why did it feel like Haru was always going to remain when other people have left? Without another thought, Nike will huddle over to Haru's side and wrap on arm around her, offering her a half hug.]

....thank you for thinking about everyone, Haru-nee. You're very kind and...

[How to express her feelings? She wanted to brush her feeling off by telling Haru to not think about it, but she couldn't. No matter how much it'll hurt to lose her, Haru had to go back to make her dreams come true. All she can do was hold her while trying her best to force a smile.]

Don't worry. Your hardwork will not be in vain. I'm sure you'll be blessed for everything you've done for us.

Mm, we can! We will. Then we'll find a way to keep the garden's protected while we're gone to other worlds.

[Haru is taken aback for a moment. Not in a bad way. Just, shocked? She never really thinks much about when she does these kinds of things. They just come natural to her. She wants to be as helpful as she can.

She wants to be better than her father. Also living up to her name as a Phantom Thief— the heroine she's always wanted to be.]

Nike-chan... I don't know what to say to that.

[Though she is smiling and she moves a little more into Nike's hug.]

I just wanted to help everyone, that's all. I don't require anything in return.

I'll leave the brainstorming task to the professionals!

[Which she means individuals like Jay and Nines to figure something out. They're the most reliable people she knows, next to Haru and the rest of her friends too.]

Unless we find our own inspiration in the next world.

[She'll be on the look out for the ounce of inspiration. Whatever it may be. All she cares for it to be useful in some way.

Nike will remain quiet, listening to Haru's words. It wasn't hard for her to understand its meaning. To feel useful and be different were ideas she can appreciate especially from those who were genuinely the selfless types.]

To be fair, everything I said was more of a reflex than anything else. I had no idea what to say neither. To that. About you disappearing too.

[With a weak, bashful smile.]

...I already lost friends. I know it'll happen sooner or later, but...I don't...really want you or all those I've come to care about going home before I do.

[The loss of Riku and Camille was harder than she expected it to be. It stung to have lost them when she had been initially curious about them and their respectful worlds.]

That's the way I feel too, Nike-chan. I don't want to lose my friends...

[Like when Jumin disappeared the first time, that was hard on her after having known him for that short while. John and Dave too, they left so soon. Yet it still hurt.]

I don't want to disappear and leave all of my friends behind, but I know there is a job to finish at home... and I don't think any of us can go to another world.

[She'll nod her head in understanding, knowing the way Haru felt over the heavy burden it leaves for friends to leave. With a weak smile.]

I think most of us are in the same situation. Having unfinished business that needs to be completed at some point.

[In her case, she needs to get married to the World King, give him children, and live happily ever after to secure her country's future. All of it will be difficult. She needs to master her lessons and fall in love with the individual in question. With the brat who has the personality of a sadistic pervert for someone so young. A mental sigh may just escape at the thought, but.]

All we can do is enjoy our stay and the company for as long as we can. Do everything you want to do, not what our kidnappers are expecting of us unless it is absolutely necessary to. [Scratching the side of her head with a sheepish smile.] At least, it's what I plan to do...