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npc contact.1
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The ghost is quiet, but Nene will be able to see the light surrounding the gorinto flicker, like a phone line breaking up, and may suspect that this interaction may be time limited and if there's anything they want to learn from Aiko they'd better make the most of the time they've got. ]
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quietly, she tugs at saihara's sleeve a bit- if only because she's still wary about saying their names. )
We might not have much time.
... Um. Okane-san? What did you mean by the game?
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I-If you're out of it... then where are you right now? What's going to happen to you?
[ There was actually one more thing that he wanted to say to her, but... that has to take a backseat for now. ]
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[ though the pause and abrupt start suggests otherwise. it's a killing game! nobody is surprised ]
And I'm not anywhere. You're in... my head. Like my own thoughts, like I'm talking to myself.
[ But she doesn't know where she is. She must not be anywhere— she can still feel her skull splintering and giving in, and there's no way she can be anywhere after that. What's going to happen to her...? She doesn't know. There's no way she can say anything with any certainty.
She's going to disappear. She's going to lose consciousness and then all there will be is oblivion, endless and timeless and she's— scared, oh god, she's scared. ]
I don't want to die... I don't— please! [ Desperation cuts into her voice, thin and frantic, the light around the gorinto flickering. ] I don't want to go! I can't! I'm not—
[ not ready ]
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Okane-san, it's- I know we were too late to save you. And I'm sorry. But is there anything we can do for you now?
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...You wanted us to find your killer, right? I understand that -- I don't want to give up on it either.
[ He's honest about that -- but there's something he's been meaning to say about this matter all along. ]
But is that really the kind of last thought you want? There are other people you'd rather think about, aren't there? People who'd also give anything if it meant they could see you again.
[ Why did she focus on her murderer first, and not on those? What kind of game... even skews someone's priorities like that? There might be a tinge of anger in his voice, but it isn't really aimed at Aiko. Maybe it's for his own powerlessness -- maybe he's even projecting his own issues onto her. But still-- ]
Don't you... have anything to say to them?
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What does she want them to do? What does she want to say? What can she say, when there is nobody to convey her final wishes besides the two around her? ]
...Put an end to all of this. Don't let anybody be alone. And... [ the light dims, the voice quiets, ] If you can... take me far away from this place. My body, my memory... whatever is left. I want to leave this school.
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We will. I promise.
( and if she tries to see if there's anything of hers left later, that's her business, nene thinks. how much time do they have left? she's growing fainter- dang it. )
While you can- is there anything you know about this situation? There's so much we don't know.
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...We promise. We might not know how to do it yet... but we won't give up. No matter what. And... we won't forget you.
[ This comes kind of in unison to the first half of Nene's, echoing her while they're both for the most part... still moved and intermittently silent with emotion. He can feel his voice trembling a little -- and he doesn't say anything to the other half, falling silent in full.
Something tells him... Aiko might not be there to respond anymore. She's said what she wanted to, after all. ]
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ah- they were out of time then. she should have... no. thinking like that would only hurt her more. after a moment of silence, nene wipes her eyes with her wrist before giving shuichi a very sudden hug. )
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[ It takes him by surprise. Shuichi would have stood there in silence with that dull sense of hollowness in his stomach, for probably a longer time if left by himself. It's never so easy to come to terms with the loss of a human life, after all. No matter who it is -- no matter how you knew them, or didn't.
With a quiet shuffle of uniform fabric, he wraps his own arms around Nene before he knows it. They don't need words for what she feels... he thinks he knows. ]
...Are you alright? If you need to cry... I don't mind.
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( few things can withstand the emotional honesty of one nene yashiro, and this is not one of them. instead, she stays like that for a bit, the two of them left only in the wake of aiko okane's final words, a moment between the two of them alone. and she heard his tremble, saw his shock over everything. )
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[ The only thing he has... is he's gotten used to this. To these things he thinks no one should have to get used to, like saying goodbye to people and hearing out what they had to say in their final moments. But he doesn't want to tell Nene that. ]
I think you're stronger than me, Yashiro-san.
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( she speaks softly, because raising her voice feels wrong after all that. even now, jus this feels like it's too much. and yet leaving so quickly feels... she doesn't know. she doesn't have the same experience with this sort of thing that her friends do. even with mitsuba-kun... )
Be kinder to yourself. Okay? You're the only you you have...
... I'm sorry I didn't ask that when we still had time.
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As for talking, it's easier to focus on the other, more practical topic. ]
Ask her...? You mean, about the things she might have known?
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( and no, she will not elaborate. go get menaced by kazuki first, shuichi. )
... Why does everyone expect us to know things about this place already?
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...I don't know. I don't know right now, but--
[ There's that note of resolve, so very rare in his voice. ]
As long as we're here... we can still find out. We promised Okane-san, right?
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[ He finally lets her go, or at least as soon as she's ready to since it seems like the moment ended. Casting a single last look at the gorinto after... ]
She told us something important, after all. She didn't... really want to be here, either.
[ Maybe no one does. That feels like a soothing distinction to make, in a way. ]
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( resignation...
this isn't the first time she's been told to accept something terrible, or do something worse to escape. and she broke through the first time. they'll do so again. )
If there's anything else, you know where to find me. I wish I could have helped more, though.
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good end point?
yup! ♡
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Just to see if... the vision of Aiko's last moments is still there, or if it's gone with her. Which one is it? ]
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