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I regret to say Aida Mana and her friends have all disappeared. Hopefully, they are safely back in their homeworld. It seems my crew continues have bad luck when it comes to keeping people around...

Of course, this leaves me with no choice but to succeed Mana's position as the captain of The Friend Ship. [A small sigh.] I should have known suggesting that name would come back to haunt me.

[Written | Private to the Friend Ship crew]

Mana left behind a message for all of us. I will copy it here.

Hello everyone. If Jade-san is showing you this, it means I've been sent home. I'm somewhat unsure of what to write here, considering I don't know the circumstances of what may happen if I depart. But since many have disappeared without warning, I wanted to make sure I had this prepared just in case.

I don't know quite what to say exactly, because I don't know the exact circumstances of my being gone. You can't really know the future, can you? So this may be a bit imperfect as well.

Before I came to this world, I was a student council president, a Precure, and... an ordinary girl. I'd never been the captain of a vessel, and when I found myself one, I found it was very different from any of those other things. And I'm not sure how I adjusted to the challenges that I faced in being a captain. I faced something I never thought I would before, in someone who twisted the love I always believed in into something wrong and violent.

But I also got the chance to know all of you. I got to make friends I never would have met by coming here; friends who supported us when Rikka, Alice, and I found ourselves struggling with what happened. We also had adventures, we fought side by side... and I hope, on one level, I will never forget that.

I'm not sure what else to say, but... I have a great deal of love for all of you. If this is goodbye, I hope you all never lose your heart thumping excitement!

[ooc: message was written by Razorsaw.]

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[Oh dear. Jade can guess when someone is dealing with pain by pretending it's not there. Mostly because it's a very familiar method.

Which once again gives him the awkward feeling he should be saying something emotionally helpful. Hum.]

So it is. Of course, that makes us the ones left behind, but at least we are not alone to cope with it either.

[What are you talking about, Henry clearly isn't pushing down all these troublesome negative feelings, nope, not at all. It's not like he'd be sad about his friends constantly leaving or anything. How silly would that be.]

Huh. Ah... ha ha ha, yeah, I guess so, huh? [That laugh isn't quite as carefree as his usual one. But he's still trying his best to be cheerful.] There's still plenty of people left on the crew, so we'll be a-okay!

[...Right. Jade's not sure his feeble attempt at a friendship speech was particularly successful. What this ship really needs is a therapist.

Well, how Henry deals with it is ultimately his business. Jade will just have to keep an eye on him.]

Indeed. I may not be as lively a captain as Mana was, but I am nevertheless available should you wish to talk.

[That's the problem with a small, non-military crew, isn't it? One way or another, you end up getting involved.]

[Let's be real though, just about every member of this crew could have done with a therapist ages ago. But you tried, Jade, so gold star for you.]

I doubt I'll need to, but sure, thanks.

And I think things will still be lively enough with you as captain! I'm sure it'll be fun!

[Considering Henry's idea of fun... is that really a good thing?]

[Well, it's not completely different from Jade's idea of fun...]

I will do my best to keep things interesting.

[...Do not let Jade in the kitchen.]

[Heaven help this crew.]

Glad to hear it!

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