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[soulofocean]

[Voice]

[Right from the moment she starts speaking it's noticeable something's wrong with Umi: her voice isn't as self-assured as usual. She sounds more than a little drained and jaded, as if she just woke up from sleep.]

Sorry if I worried anyone. I couldn't be around yesterday. So tired...

[There's a pause.] It was... something, huh. Just the

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voice;

[alleviatingly]

Ah- so you were affected by that curse?

voice; 1/2

[soulofocean]

Louise! I'm really glad you're okay! Hikaru and I were worried.

voice; 2/2

[soulofocean]

Yeah, it was nasty. It hit us in the worst possible way.

voice; 1/2

[alleviatingly]

Ah, you were? Well I'm definitely okay.

voice; 2/2

[alleviatingly]

Yeah, it looks like it considering how it was making everyone fight over flags.

voice;

[soulofocean]

Then you weren't affected. That's good. People were running around doing horrible things to each other. Just what this place would want...

voice; 1/2

[alleviatingly]

Mm, yeah-- thankfully, I wasn't.

voice;

[alleviatingly]

Yeah, it definitely seems like something this place would do just for the hell of it.

I only just saw what was going on, for the most part...

voice;

[soulofocean]

...Louise.

Did you get to see what happened above the City and near the beach? The battle...?

voice;

[alleviatingly]

Oh-- yeah, I did see that...

voice;

[soulofocean]

I'm sorry you had to...

I remember you said you didn't know Mister Lockon's friends before you got here. But... they're from your world too.

voice; 1/?

[alleviatingly]

That's--

voice; 2/4

[alleviatingly]

...Lockon?

Well I do know they're from my world since we met here but...

voice; 3/4

[alleviatingly]

...I don't understand. Were they the ones who were involved in that battle?

voice; 4/4

[alleviatingly]

What do they have to do with this?

voice;

[soulofocean]

You didn't... Oh jeez.

Well... we were all dragged into that curse together.