Report 055 - [Accidental Voice]

[arrayed_back]

[At first, the post is quiet, the sounds of Adstring at night evident on the feed, but as one listens longer, heavy breathing can be distinguished, as if from a distance, intermixed with some moaning and a shuffling of feet.  Next, a louder sound of metal sliding on metal, followed by a click, is heard, and anyone who knows firearms will

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[bloodseal_soul]

... Ms. Riza.

[It's barely more than a whisper, but. He understands.]

[Voice]

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[She doesn't want Alphonse to see this.]

It had to be done.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

I know.

[Softly. Once he may have argued. Now, he understands.]

I'm glad she didn't have to suffer being like that.

[Voice]

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She knew it was going to happen.

...She asked me to do this.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

She must have hated to ask you.

[Voice]

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...I don't know.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

... but she trusted you with that.

[Voice]

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She did.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

And you were able to come through for her.

[Voice]

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[She knows he doesn't mean it in this way, but to think that she is only successful in the areas of death is off-putting.]

...Yes.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

[In a way that he can't be.]

... I-

Please, come stay with us until this is over.

[Voice]

[arrayed_back]

I...couldn't impose on you.

[Though her refusal is weak. The alternative is staying in an empty house. By herself. With two dogs and That Damn Cat. Or at Unohana's clinic.

Staying with friends would actually probably be good for her.]

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

It's not imposing. I'm asking.

Besides, we'll all be safer if we stick together.

[Voice]

[arrayed_back]

Then I...

[She quietly clears her throat.]

Thank you, Alphonse.

[Voice]

[bloodseal_soul]

We'll get through this, Ms. Riza.

[Voice]

[arrayed_back]

I know. We have no other choice.