episode 2 [video/action]

[bamboozler]

[Once again, there is a panda on the journal. Someone should look into taking it away from him. This time, he's got a backpack on, and he's got a very important message for everyone.]

Goodbye, Loocity!

[He's leaving.]

I was thinking...with how crowded it was a while ago and how we ran out of bamboo, it's time for me to leave. I haven't really had a very fun time, but I'm sure you're all going to miss me a lot! It's been a dull vacation! [He pauses.] Actually, I was going to leave yesterday, but I tired myself out thinking of how much packing I'd have to do.

[He waves to the journal.] Goodbye! Maybe I'll come back another time, but I wouldn't count on it. [And there. He finally closes it.

Unfortunately for Panda, he hasn't quite realized that there's...no way out. He figures there's a bus stop or train station around somewhere, so he can be found all over town looking for them. Of course, he'll break down and eat bamboo sometimes. Or you might just find him laying on the ground in the middle of the road, panting like this is the most work he's done since arriving (it is).

Once someone (hopefully) fills him in, he'll bit hitting Good Spirits Bar and 7th Heaven looking for some bamboo and coffee. Don't mind the panda just pulling up a seat and sitting at the bar.]

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[shinesbrightest]

[Shinji happens to be out for a walk today, so it's inevitable that he'll come across Panda in his travels.

...he's not really sure how many pandas there are in Luceti, but when he sees this one lying in the middle of the road, well... he's pretty sure he knows who it is anyway. He wonders if he should just leave him, but somehow, he can't bring himself to do it. So Shinji approaches, cautiously.]

Panda?

[bamboozler]

Is that you, taxi captain? Are you finally here to take me home?

[He's tired and kind of getting down. As down as Panda can be, at least. He lifts his head to look at Shinji, opens his mouth to say something, and then rests his furry face back on the ground.]

I definitely didn't see anything.

[shinesbrightest]

[...welp, sure looks like Panda's making about as much sense as ever.]

Didn't see what?

[bamboozler]

I definitely didn't see Shinji-kun! The next person I see will be the bus driver.

[He's ignoring you, bro.]

[shinesbrightest]

[It's okay, Shinji already knows that senpai won't notice him....... ;_;

Still, he has to hold back his sigh. Seriously, this panda...]

What bus driver?

[bamboozler]

The one taking me home. I'm tired of walking, so he'll have to find me right here.

[shinesbrightest]

...I don't think that's how buses work. [But that's beside the point!] There aren't any here anyway, Panda.

[bamboozler]

That's not right at all. Remember how I got here...? I fell asleep on the train, didn't I?

[He doesn't remember.]

[shinesbrightest]

[Shinji makes a face at that. What a weird question!]

How should I know? Besides, there aren't any trains here, either.

[bamboozler]

[He moans and rolls over, shielding the sun from his eyes.]

He'll be here any second now...and then I can go home. Ahh, I miss my old bed...

[shinesbrightest]

[...okay, he actually sighs this time.]

Weren't you listening? There is no bus here.

[bamboozler]

There has to be something, though. I'm sure they'll find me and take me home...

[He sits up.]

You probably know where to go, right?

[shinesbrightest]

What are you talking about? We can't go anywhere, Panda.

[bamboozler]

Everyone keeps saying that, but I don't think they're trying very hard.

[shinesbrightest]

I-I don't think that's true... If we could leave, I think someone would've figured it out a long time ago.

[bamboozler]

You don't know how to leave either, Shinji-kun?

[shinesbrightest]

If I did, do you think I'd still be here?

[...well. That question isn't actually fair, he might still be here.]

[bamboozler]

If someone asked you to stay here, you'd probably still be here.

[He's saying you don't look like you have a backbone, Shinji.]

[shinesbrightest]

H-how would you know?

[It's... the truth... sob...]

[bamboozler]

Ehh...I don't you think you say no very easily.

[shinesbrightest]

O-of course I do! [He says no when it counts...!] A-anyway, this isn't about me. There's really no way to leave here, Panda.

[bamboozler]

That's very close-minded, Shinji-kun! [He sounds...impressed.] Of course there's a way out of here. I had to get here somehow, right?

[shinesbrightest]

You're here because those scientists brought you here. If we knew how they did it, everyone would have left a long time ago.

[That's a general "we", of course. He really can't imagine that so many people would stay here if they knew how to leave. Some, maybe, but...]