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[Five years, six months and eighteen days. A long time, and yet to actually believe it was over was difficult. Rise was trying hard not to think too much on it. She was ashamed to admit that she had been dreading this day for a long time, despite how she continued to work towards it--she had simply met too many people she had grown close to for it to be considered a happy occasion for her.

Life was life, it continued, and now it was time for all of them to return home. She should at least try to content herself with the fact that she had met them all--that she had met Matt.

Even if she would never see him again.

Rise closed her eyes as the countdown began, unsure of what to expect. When it reached one she felt a strange, uncomfortable sensation in her stomach that went as soon as it had come. Her eyes shot open and she nearly tumbled to the ground but caught herself before she did. She was now in what looked like a very cozy room. Definitely not the Kishin Chamber, but definitely no place she knew.

Stranger yet was Matt was by her side. She blinked a bit--what was going on?]

Matty?

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[Her eyes widen a bit, and she feels a blush rise to her cheeks, and her heart seize a bit. She's quite again, but her thumb is gently stroking Matt's cheek, and she places a very soft kiss on his lips]

Listened to the both of us

[startles just a bit at that and looks up at her. He fights back the smile for a moment and just laughs for a moment. Softly, in between choked sobs that have forced their way out.]

[she smiles back and leans in close to him, closing her eyes and holding him. She's nowhere near over this. Yes, she definitely couldn't stand the idea of never seeing Matt again but she did have people she loved, that she had lost.

Not only that but...things might be a bit difficult for the team. She came from a point where they hadn't defeated Adachi...but they could do it. She was sure of this.

And she had Matt. That counted for so much. So much]

[Will just stay there for a moment until he can calm down.

After some time passes he'll speak up a bit.]

I should make tea.

[she nods, and stands up, helping Matt up as well. Five years ago she probably would have been crying a lot more over this, but she's come a long way since that sixteen year old girl that first entered Death City]

[in an attempt to lighten the mood] And maybe I could make something for us to eat [alas, the same could not be said for her cooking]

[That's okay because there isn't a spicy thing in his entire kitchen.

There might be some steak sauce in the fridge for Alfred but that's about it.]

Mm. I-If you'd like I could show you around. Since this is the first time you've ever visited my house.

[ wat D8 ]

[She holds one of his arms with both hands, very lightly resting her head against it and nods]

I'd like that.

[Is smiling a little more now.]

It's not much to look at bu--AAIIIE [and this is matt tripping over a suspicious ball of white fluff and fur in his pathway.]

Ack! Ma-- [what's this? Rise blinks down at the ball of fluff and then]

This is...Kumajiro? [blink blink, awww!]

[Blink blink. The bear looks at him and tilts his head to ask:]

Who?

[Matt's eyes well up in tears again and he glomps his bear.]

KUMAJIROOOOOO~~ [BAAAAW]

[ffff awww, Matty why so cute. She grins at the reunion, putting a hand to her mouth to keep from giggling]

Aww~ and family reunites.

[The bear looks confused and asks him who again.]

C-Ca-Na-Da you...[skjdla cling. He'll stand up, taking the bear with him and hold him in his arms. Aww don't they look like they just fit?]

[does laugh a little then and she looks at the bear. It's almost surreal to finally meet the fuzzball that she's heard so much about for the past five years.

She reaches for his head, petting him a little behind the ears]

He's so cute!

[Sniff sniff your hand lady. Food? No food but you are oddly like Canada.]

Who?

[Oh wait petting is cool.]

[Matt is beaming meanwhile and will offer him to her.]

Oh! [she's a little unsure at first--he looks a little heavy--pudgy thing he is, but she takes him and carefully finds a comfortable for both of them to hold him]

Aww [nuzzles into his fur x3] Hi Kuma~ I'm Rise!

[The bear responds 'Who'? again and bumps his nose into her. Matt will guide them over to the table and sit Kuma there for now. He'll probably dig something out of the fridge for him to eat.]

[But first! Time to start making the tea.]

[aww, so soft and wet. When they sit down she plays a little with him, but when Matt begins to make tea she's thinking again.

There's something a bitch strange about the resonance--if she could even still call it that, that she got from Matt now. It was still as stronger as ever, perhaps even more so, but something was definitely different.

She's remembering those voices, and the possibility of BREW acting on their wish to never be apart]

Hey Matty? About those voices...

[she continues playing with Kuma, not taking her eyes off them]

[There's an abrupt stop in his movements before he continues on again with the tea making.]

... They're the same voices that I hear, I think.

[thoughtful pause]

So that means I'm also Canada now? Can there be more than one person as a country?

There are two Italies, though they represent separate parts of Italy.

[Pauses thoughtful, somber.]

If...you are- I mean. If ...did you ...get any information along with the voices? Strange facts you didn't know before?

[she takes a moment to think, closing her eyes. With Matt so close the voices are very faint, but since she's reaching out to them--]

[Bit of information--populace, demographics, geography, history--she has to close her mind off to them all as they start to come in quickly. She shakes her head, to clear it, then nods. All the information she got was somehow related to]

Ontario. I suddenly know a lot about it.

[Nods slightly.]

A province.

[Pauses to consider this.] It's where we are now.

The home of my capital. My heart.

[At that she actually pauses playing with Kuma to turn and look to Matt. Her smile is actually rather shy at that, but definitely happy before she bashfully looks away]

Ottawa.

[Funnily enough, this is easier to deal with than the idea of not returning home. If she really is here for good, she'd rather it be as a part of Canada. One of the few good things she had thought about being separated from Matt was that at the very least he would remember her young, energetic and healthy. At the very least this way, he wouldn't have to watch her grow old, and eventually die]

Do you think it was because of BREW? Or maybe because we've resonated?

[The shy look is returned and he glances at the tea.]

I'm not sure. Maybe a little of both.

[she gets up and slowly trails over to him, giving him a gentle hug from behind]

Mmm. I guess in the end it doesn't matter much. [places a small kiss to his shoulder blade]

You'll have to teach me how to--I mean, what it even means to be a representation.