Fourteen 74

FOURTEEN #74

tl by molokidan

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Chapter Three
The Blood of Immortality[22]

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1: Over?
2: What's over?
3: The trees are over!!
4: Bobby said so!!
5: It's over!!

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1: But there are tons more trees! Look!!
2: See how many?!
3: Tell Bobby that even if that old tree is gone, that the rest of the plants
won't die!!
4-5: No!!
6: It's all over now!!
7: You didn't help it, papa!!
8: You're a liar!!
9: I hate you, papa!!
10: America!!
11: I hate you, papa!!
12: I hate you!!

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1: America got angry...
2: and then shut himself up in his room.
3: He's only a two-year old, and yet he possesses such sensitivity.
4: I can't forget those eyes of his, overflowing with anger. I had never seen him
like that before.
5: I hope this doesn't leave any permanent wounds in his heart...
6: I will not stop my journal on America here, though.
7: Whether he turns 12...13...or even 14...
8: clang
9: What's America doing right now?
10: I wonder if he's sleeping alright?
11: I'm going to go check on him.

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1-2: creak

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1: Oh good, he's sound asleep.
2: slam
3: Now, to get some work down.
4: I need to check on all the data coming in from all over the earth...
5: creak
6: The balance of the earth must be protected,
7: even after my son grows up,
8: and even after his son grows up.
9: Eternally.
10-12: clack

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1-4: clack

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1: THE BIZARRE HAPPENING IN THE NIGHT
2-4: Uuuuuun
5: Huh?!
6: jolt

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1: Wh-who's there?!
2: Who is that?!
3: It's me.
4: Bobby, the cactus.
5: Ehh?!
6: Bobby!!

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1: Good evening, America.
2: This is the first time we've been able to meet like this, isn't it?
3: Bobby! It's Bobby!!
4: Yes, it's me.
5: Looks like you understand now.
6: We've talked many times until now, haven't we?!
7: But it's the first time you've seen me in this form, right?!
8: Why, Bobby?!
9: Why?!
10: Why have I changed into this form?
11: In order to bid you goodbye.

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1: Ehh?!
2: Goodbye?
3: That's right. In order to say bye bye...
4: I wanted to shake hands with you before I leave.
5: Ehhh? No!!
6: I don't want to say bye bye!!
7: And yet, the time has come.
8: Now that the three-thousand year old tree has fallen, the number of plants on
this earth will lessen.
9: It is truly a sad thing.
10: That is why I must say bye bye to you.

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1: I suppose you're still too young to fully understand my words, but we really
must say goodbye now.
2: Thank you for listening to my words until now.
3: Please shake my hand.
4: I-it doesn't hurt?
5: Of course not.

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1: See?
2: Okay now, America. Goodbye.
3: Ahh! Bobby, don't leave!!
4: No!!
5: Nooooooooo!!

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1-3: Bobby!!
4: creak
5: Bobby!!
6: Bobby, Bobby!!
7: Bobby!!
8: Bobbyyyyyyy!!
9-11: Bobby
12: America's voice!!
13: And it's coming from the hallway!!
14: What is he doing up in the middle of the night?!
15: creak

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1: Ahh, America!!
2: Bobby!!
3: America!!
4: Bobby!!
5: What is the meaning of this?!
6: Bobby!!
7: You're talking about your cactus, right?!
8: Isn't it right next to your bed?
9: N-no!!
10: No!!
11: Bobby said goodbye to me just now!!
12: Ehh?!
13: So you saw a dream.
14: Don't worry, Bobby isn't going anywhere. He's your friend, remember?
15: Now, return to your room and go back to bed.
16: No!!
17-18: Bobby,
19: Bobby said bye bye!!

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1: Geez...
2: creak
3: It took forever to get America to bed.
4: The cactus Bobby appearing and saying goodbye to him, though...that's a really bad dream to have.
5: Why would he see such a weird dream?
6: Why would his best friend, Bobby the cactus, want to say goodbye...
7: Huh?!
8: The dandelion on my desk!
9: It's withered!!