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[bloomingsound]

[The camera focuses on Sakuya, her head is titled, looking up at something out of frame, and as if she's listening to something that cannot be heard in the video.]

It's different here. This is not Rougestu.

You? Are you here?

[She turns her face towards the communicator now, looking directly into the camera before the feed cuts off.]

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voice;

[forcingrituals]

-Sakuya.

voice;

[bloomingsound]

You.

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[forcingrituals]

Where are you.

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[bloomingsound]

I- don't know. I was walking.

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[forcingrituals]

Stay where you are, and I will come find you.

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[bloomingsound]

How will you find me?

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[forcingrituals]

Equip the video on your device, and I will manage.

-Are you hurt?

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[bloomingsound]

Alright-

[the camera clicks on to show sakuya standing in front of the rec centre.]

Ah- no, I'm fine, You.

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[forcingrituals]

Close your eyes. And don't wander off.

[ a muffled rustling as he's already in motion, setting out of the apartment ]

I'm on my way.

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[bloomingsound]

Close my-? Ah.

[she does so, still holding the phone in front of her.]

I'll be here.

[forcingrituals]

[ ACTION LOG WITH ME BECAUSE HE'S COMING TO FIND YOU. ]

[bloomingsound]

[OMG YES GODDAMN PLEASE.]

action!

[forcingrituals]

[ when he finally reaches the clearing, haibara is sure that it's the fastest he's run in ages. that his heart races with equal parts urgency and anticipation. when he'd commented, in passing, on the comfort one finds in the presence of family, never had he imagined this.

his fingers grip her arm tighter than necessary. as much a need to gain her awareness as to cement his uncertainty. ] Sakuya.

action!

[bloomingsound]

[ sakuya had found a seat on a bench while she had waited for her brother to come and find her. she was starring around at her surroundings, but not really seeing anything, more just her eyes flitting about. in her hand was the mask she had shown up with, and she turned it over and over, only stopping when she felt the fingers close around her arm.

she looked up at him and only then did her features reveal any sort of feeling, a small smile creeping along her lips.] You.

[forcingrituals]

[ his gaze doesn't stray from her face, fixed intently on her features. for a fraction of a moment, he'd been certain she was a ghost. some figment of his imagination, or a piece of memory. the words he'd written come to mind, unbidden. my sister will wake up. one day. for sure. ]

You are-

[bloomingsound]

[her eyes never leave his as she gazes up at him, setting the mask down on her lap. She reaches one hand up to lightly touch his cheek as her smile widens slightly and her head tilts a bit to the right.]

I am?