01 | First Flame

[courage_of_fire]

[ An image flickers onto the screen. At first it's an aerial view of the grass below, but the camera shifts focus. There's a trunk of a tree in the distance before the camera flips again, whirling past a sea of red, before settling on a horizontal view of the surrounding foliage]

Just what is this thing?

[The images spin and whirl again as Hikaru

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voice;

[guardianjoker]

Hikaru? You're back?

[courage_of_fire]

Back? This is the first time I've been to the City.

[Pauses before adding]

How do so many people already know my name? Do the Deities anounce our arrivals?

voice;

[guardianjoker]

Ah- that's, well you were here before. Sounds like you don't remember that though.

[courage_of_fire]

Are you sure? [Oh my, could it have been, her. Hikaru's voice gets more serious.]

Did I say anything strange? Did I hurt anyone?

voice;

[guardianjoker]

Yeah, I'm sure--

...Huh? Why would you think that?

Re: voice;

[courage_of_fire]

I was just curious, that's all. Nothing to worry about.

[Unless it was her]