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[paintbrushes]

[The messages appear one at a time, in fairly quick succession. They're preceded by a lot of messages consisting of things like 'aaaaaaaa' or strings of emoji. She's (kind of) mastered writing words with the phone. She hasn't yet got the hang of the difference between the mognet and the search engine.]

green stuff

what is green stuff

show me picutrs of doggs

who put me in green stuf

why is it green

do dogs com out of green stuff as well as peopl

why did green stuf take my hat

[And yes, many of these questions (the one about dogs especially, she has been very insistent) have been answered, as far at they were able, by very patient WRO staff while she was recovering. Multiple times. She probably wasn't listening.

And then, after a few hours-]

how to win mattiria crush

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[narrating]

[ho boy. Marlene, you can do this! Clearly this person needs help, and the WRO is dropping the ball. Again.

Before answering the questions, she takes a moment to crack her knuckles. This will take some work. The messages come one after another as she answers them.]

Okay! The green stuff is the Lifestream! It's what keeps the planet alive. It's good, I promise! Think of it as like... the planet's energy!

[Insert pictures of dogs here. She likes to take pictures of them as the strays roam the streets outside the bar.]

Not sure who put you there. We still don't know! And I'm not sure why it's green, either. Huh. Now you're gonna make me think about it!

Also I'm not sure if dogs come out of it. Maybe?

It's rude that it took your hat!

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[thegreatninja]

Your priorities are strange.

[She likes that.]

What green stuff?

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Also I'm the best at Materia Crush!
[She likes to boast even if it isn't at all true.]

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[backwatertrooper]

[At first, the green stuff gets flat confusion from Cloud as he reads it, but the more messages pop up, it's clear what's meant. And he's also pretty sure most of these weren't even intentional...

So it takes a bit before he decides to reply with anything at all.]

I think you want something like this; small>[have a link to an actual search engine] for some of the questions.

[A pause before he adds;]

The Lifestream seems to take anything that's not part of your body, probably why you lost your hat. [And probably why the guy Zack had fished up had been naked (as they all had been, apparently)... and why he's lost even his earring.]