[After having climbed up there with much effort and little grace (it took about half an hour), Rin stands atop the carousel! She is out of breath, but pays it no heed. So it is among heavy pants that she speaks.]

Well, well, well.

[DRAMATIC PAUSE.]

Getting cocky, are we, Team Blue? You think you've got us. So sure of yourself!

HOWEVER!

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[The click of the key turning in the lock can be heard, and a moment after it softly closes - not quite as carefully as could have been, maybe. Dull steps on the floor; abused straw sandals crickle.]

I'm home! ... what? Ah, I was... out... busy...

Mh, yeah. Going to bed now. Telling you later.

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The room is small and the air in it a little stale and I think maybe it's all the life stories that have been dragged to light here, for better or for worse. I'm kneeling and so is Nakaya, the man who is my ticket to freedom. He's nervous and shows it all too obviously - blabbering forth in a string of awkwardness. I have to reprimand him - dear ( Read more... )