bamboozler | 6th Episode [Video]

[When Panda wakes up, he knows right where he is immediately. He has those same wings that aren’t quite cute enough for a panda. He recognizes where he is, too. He’s not far from the same building he lives in. Yep, everything is normal so far...except it’s a bit hotter than normal. Maybe he accidentally hibernated? That would explain why he’s been dreaming about home for so long! Almost like he’s been back for more than a few months. But that would be silly.

Of course, if he needs food, he has to check his room. And when that’s empty, he head’s to Shinji’s place. It’s also empty. He almost goes into Pilouette's room, but that's just asking for a vacuuming and it's too hot for that. That’s when things go from bad to worse and a panda who doesn’t know he’s been gone addresses the network. For those who know him might recognize that he’s a bit quieter than usual. That won't last long.]

...Shinji-kun is gone. It doesn’t look like he left anything behind.

[Translated: Shinji isn’t home right now. There’s no bamboo at all. Despite the video being on, Panda is fixed on something in the distance instead...]

I'm sure he doesn't want us to be sad, even if he looks like he is all the time. Instead, he probably wants us to talk about me. [The panda sighs dramatically. It's so tough, being comforting...!] It's getting really hot really quickly, isn't it...? That's not good for my fur at all. Eh...it's so much effort to be cute sometimes.

[He looks down at the journal recording him...is he sad? It's hard to tell sometimes, but he sure looks sad. Before he closes it, he makes one last confession.]

I'll be in Shinji's bed if anyone needs me. I don't really feel like walking anywhere, so someone should bring me some bamboo, right?

[And then he shuts the journal and turns to look at Penpen-san, a pretty clear indicator that Shinji isn't back home. They can make their own fun now that Shinji is gone.]

[ooc; forward-dated to a sane time on the 5th!]

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[Time to cue all the squinting.]

Panda? You're back? [There's a frown too, at the news he bears, but then again... Aang's talked to Panda enough before to be a little unsure about his statement.] But... Are you sure that Shinji's gone?

Mm! I've been hibernating for a long time...! Isn't it great to see my cute face again? [He headtilts. Cutely, of course.] Mm...I got here, and everything was empty. [At least...his bamboo hiding spots were.]

It's... good to see you, too, Panda. I thought you'd went home. But... what do you mean? Everything's empty?

Everything's empty. It's all gone.

[His poor bamboo. :'(]

I never had the chance to say goodbye...

We never do, in a place like this. I'm... gonna miss him and Pen-Pen.

Why are you going to miss Pen-Pen-san? He's right here.

He's... he's still there?

Mm! And now that Shinji-kun is gone, I'll take good care of him...! You don't have to worry, Aang-kun.

Wait, but Pen-Pen doesn't have his own wings! So he'd be gone with Shinji, wouldn't he? I don't know anyone else from his world around...

Don't worry, don't worry! Pen-pen-san has wings!

[....................]

Or maybe they're flippers?

I... I meant the wings like we have. But he does definitely have flippers.

He doesn't having wings like I have...is that bad?

It's not bad right now. [There are other ways in which it is bad, like meaning he'd get no resurrection if something horrible happened but that's irrelevant to the current situation and also depressing.] It means he's not here by himself, so someone from his world's gotta still be here. Like Shinji!

Mm...I don't think it's him. I already looked, and nothing else is here. [He sighs and reclines.] All of the bamboo stashes I had in his room...they're all gone.

[And thus the mystery is solved, if Aang puts it together.]

Bam...boo stashes. Aren't those... your things?

Yes! I hide them everywhere I go so I never get hungry. But it looks like they're all gone...everything's empty.

Do you remember going back home?

I never went back home! I was hibernating. I think.

Are you sure? [He doesn't know enough about pandas to contest this claim.]

Yep! I don't know when I learned to hibernate, but I woke up and I was still right here. My back sure hurts, though...

Why? Did you sleep on your wings?

Mm...no. When I woke up, they were both hurting. I don't know why. Maybe the wings are sick?

[Or maybe he's "new" again.]

Panda... It really sounds like you went home and came back again. I know when I did, my wings hurt again, too.

Ehhh...something like that isn't possible, Aang-kun. I can't just move from place to place like that.

You can't do it willingly. But this world can.

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