>>90786514[Scene: A cozy café resembling Monk's Café, but with an earthy, whimsical vibe. Ceres Fauna sits at a table with Kronii, Mumei, and Baelz. She’s nervously fidgeting with a teacup.]
Kronii: [Deadpan, sipping her coffee] So, you’re telling me… after all the fanfare, the emotional build-up, the entire “graduation” arc, you’re just… not doing it?
Fauna: [Shrinking slightly, sheepishly] I mean… what if I’m not ready? What if… what if I don’t want to leave yet?
Baelz: [Leaning forward, incredulous] You’ve been hyping this up for months, Fauna! Months! The emotional trailers, the collabs with "one last time" in the title—how do you walk that back?
Fauna: [Waving her hands dramatically] I know, I know! But when I was writing my goodbye letter, it hit me. What if I actually like being here? I mean… who really wants to go out into the wild and graduate?
Mumei: [Tilting her head, confused] I thought graduation was your whole thing. Like, you ascend to some… higher forest spirit form? Isn’t that… the point?
Fauna: [Gesturing helplessly] The point, Mumei, is that once I graduate, I can’t come back! I’d be a legend, but legends don’t get to stream comfy ASMR or sing songs about moss! What if I miss moss?
Baelz: [Rolling her eyes] Fauna, this isn’t high school. You’re not gonna run into your classmates ten years later at the Spirit World reunion and feel awkward about it.
Kronii: [Leaning back, arms crossed, smirking] Oh, this is classic. It’s like the person who announces they’re quitting a job and then just… never leaves. “Oh, I’m still wrapping up some projects!” Except your “project” is whispering into a mic about leaves.
Fauna: [Pouting] It’s not just leaves, Kronii! It’s ambiance. Comfort. Healing.
Mumei: [Shrugging] If you’re not gonna graduate, then don’t graduate. Who cares? Just cancel it.
Fauna: [Panicking slightly] But I already cried in my announcement video! People cried with me! If I say I’m staying, won’t they be mad? Or confused? Or… worse… disappointed?
Baelz: [Grinning mischievously] Nah, they’ll forget in a week. Trust me. Just make a new announcement. Call it… uh… “The Ungraduation Celebration.” Add cake. They’ll eat it up.
Kronii: [Mockingly] “Sorry for the confusion, guys! I know I said I was leaving, but turns out, I’ve decided to stay forever! #FaunForever!” [She gestures with mock enthusiasm.]
Fauna: [Covering her face with her hands] Oh nooo, that sounds awful…
Mumei: [Serenely sipping her tea] Or you could just… say nothing. Act like you never mentioned it. Gaslight everyone. “Graduation? What graduation?” Easy.
Fauna: [Looking hopeful for a moment, then shaking her head] That’s terrible! I can’t just pretend I didn’t say it.
Baelz: [Grinning] Look, Fauna, you’re overthinking it. Your fans don’t want you to leave. If anything, they’ll be happy you’re staying. You’re not letting them down; you’re giving them more moss talk. Everybody wins!
Fauna: [Murmuring, trying to convince herself] More moss… yeah… they’d like more moss.
Kronii: [Smirking] And if it all goes horribly wrong, just say it was “part of the lore.” Blame the sapling council for misleading you.
Mumei: [Nodding solemnly] Always blame the saplings.
[The group bursts into laughter as Fauna starts to relax, leaning back in her chair. Cut to an exterior shot of the café, with Fauna’s anxious muttering faintly audible: “More moss… definitely more moss.”]
[End Scene.]
