( voice / open action )

[tried]

... Hello! [Was that how you were supposed to start these things? Oh well.] Ah, sorry if I'm interrupting anyone. My name is Ringo Noyamano, I just arrived here a few moments ago. I think I understood most of what I was told, and I'm sure I can figure it out otherwise, but I am wondering one thing.

[A slight pause, and it was good she'd picked voice as opposed to video, because she looks pretty embarrassed.] Can anyone tell me the quickest route to a clothing store near the... Hold, I believe it's called? Any clothing store will do-- I shouldn't be too picky in an emergency. Thank you for listening!

[Then, much softer, right before she ends the feed--] It's really cold...

[And in case anyone near the Hold did happen to pass by, she was currently crouched behind a makeshift barrier/chair, her back to a corner-- her outfit had been fine back home, given the situation, but now she just felt ridiculous.]

Comments

voice;

[tried]

... I'm sorry. I should have noticed.

voice;

[sixwinged]

You weren't supposed to notice, that's the point.

voice;

[tried]

I know, but still. I mean it!

voice;

[sixwinged]

It's okay? I mean, Kogarasumaru would've fallen without Ikki and Agito, it's better no one noticed we were missing. I went back home once and was right where I was before I left, so it's not as if I've missed out on anything. Aside from the things Ikki remembers that I don't.

voice;

[tried]

Mm... this is all pretty strange.

voice;

[sixwinged]

Maybe you won't stay around long enough to need to adjust to it.

voice; 1/2

[tried]

[YOU'D LIKE THAT, WOULDN'T YOU.]

voice;

[tried]

You're right, maybe we can all go back home for good soon.

voice;

[sixwinged]

I don't want to go home.

voice;

[tried]

Why not?

voice;

[sixwinged]

Because when I went home before, I forgot everything that happened to me while I wasn't home.

There's a lot of things I don't want to forget.

voice;

[tried]

That makes sense. Mm, I never thought something like this would be possible... Have they all been for the same cause, in the places you've been?

voice;

[sixwinged]

No. In both the other places, no one explained why, and we definitely weren't fighting any wars.

voice;

[tried]

Maybe they're all connected somehow.

voice;

[sixwinged]

Or maybe our world is just like theirs -- and they're all connected.

For all we know, there could be others from different worlds hiding in our own. Maybe nothing's connected at all, and it's just entirely random.

voice;

[tried]

... It's probably too much to hope for to think the library here would have some answers, huh.

voice;

[sixwinged]

It couldn't hurt to check.

voice;

[tried]

You're right. Might as well, since it doesn't look like they're just going to send us back if we ask nice enough.

voice;

[sixwinged]

No, we'll go back at random whenever this world decides to eject us, I bet.

Or maybe we won't go home. Maybe we'll end up somewhere else entirely.