17 - voice

[ash_like_snow]

*The recording starts with silence that stretches for a good three minutes, before someone takes a deep, shaky breath and a low voice finally speaks.

The voice is deceptively calm, with an undertone of bitterness and guilt.*

...

I cannot become Gundam.

*The recording is terminated abruptly.*

[ooc:
1. Louise died. ;_

Comments

[taco_overlord]

Hm? Is something the matter?

1/?

[ash_like_snow]

2/2

[ash_like_snow]

Louise perished.

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[taco_overlord]

W-What?! You mean... that lovely young girl I spoke to earlier...?

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[taco_overlord]

...You have my condolences. It pains me to see such an innocent young girl meet such an end. I didn't know her very well, but... I had seen nothing but kindness from her.

Is there anything I can do? I know how hard it can be in a situation like this.

[ash_like_snow]

...you spoke to her earlier?

[taco_overlord]

Only briefly when I first arrived. She seemed like a kind and sweet girl, not unlike someone I know back home.

[ash_like_snow]

Did you meet her in person?

[taco_overlord]

I never got the chance, unfortunately. I haven't gotten to speak with anyone else, save for talking over these devices.

Why do you ask?

[ash_like_snow]

...

It is nothing.

[taco_overlord]

Are you sure? You seem rather upset.

...If I may ask, how did Miss Louise perish?

1/2

[ash_like_snow]

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[ash_like_snow]

A slash wound. The blood loss was heavy.

[taco_overlord]

A slash wound?! But that means-

I had thought it was something from the surroundings, since that's what I have been told have been hazardous... Are you saying she was... murdered?

[He says the last word hesitantly, as if hard to speak it out loud]

Private

[ash_like_snow]

...

Yes.

Private

[taco_overlord]

...This is terrible news.

Do you know who might be behind it? Did she have any enemies?