[009] Action/Video

[baoziaru]

[Action Part A]

[The communicator seems to have turned on by itself again, for all that can be seen is the ceiling of China's apartment. However, a surprised cry breaks the silence followed by the sound of three bullets beings fired.]

[Action Part B]

[China can be found walking around the city, carrying his twin hook swords on his back, and his

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[asideglance]

...China-san?!

[baoziaru]

[A respons will come five minutes later, once he's done looking around his apartment and finding all the corpses lying around. When he does pick up, the handgun in his hand is easy to see.]

I am fine, aru.

[If you don't count his heavy breathing and wide eyes.]

[asideglance]

[...Oh... He clears his face so it's straight and frowns. H-he wasn't worried at all just now nope.]

What happened?

[gochuugoku]

[China is quiet for a moment, before moving the comm so it completely takes in the body of what appears to be Vietnam.]

She was right in my face when I awoke this morning, aru.

[asideglance]

[Okay, he manages to keep a grip on the communicator (he nearly dropped it) but his eyes widen considerably.

No, he couldn't... be bothered by this. They can't be real...]

V-vietnam-san was--... I see...

[gochuugoku]

She is not the only one, aru.

[He walks around his apartment, revealing more corpses. Some looked like the rest of their family, though it was hard to tell since a few no longer had their faces. It's not just family, though. A few of China's own previous bosses might be lying around somewhere. He returns to the room with Vietnam and turns the comm back to himself.]

This cannot be Vietnam lying here, though. I saw her many times before I was summoned back here, aru. If she could be fighting America for so long, then there is no way she would fall so easily to something like this! [He moves her bangs to reveal a single bullet wound at her forehead.]

[asideglance]

They surely must be fake. All of them...

[There's a pause. He's really... angry at all of this. Was someone messing around with them? Trying to scare people?]

China-san was not the only one to experience this.

[gochuugoku]

I know that. I have heard various cries over the gear, aru.

Still, I cannot help but think that this is-- [He blinks and shakes his head vigorously.] No.

[asideglance]

[He doesn't like to pry, but...]

Think that this is...?

[gochuugoku]

[He shakes his head. It couldn't be.]

No. It is only my mind making up things due to the situation, aru. I refuse to act in panicked way since that is probably what the culprit wants.

[asideglance]

...China-san... It is fine to be upset, but please do not let it control you.

[gochuugoku]

Who would not be upset by something like this?

And I am not letting it control me, aru. Why do you think I said 'no' to what I was thinking earlier? It was a ridiculous idea that came into my head, aru. It is from old tradition, which makes it even more false.

[Yet the back of his mind kept screaming "curse" at him.]

[asideglance]

...Ah, yes, I am certain China-san is quite good with remaining calm...

[...He's being PA there.]

[gochuugoku]

[That had better not be sarcasm.]

We are straying from the important topic here, aru.

Who did this? How did they do it and why? Those are questions we should be thinking of right now, aru.

At this moment, I cannot think of anyone that we know on Fortuna who is capable of such a thing. Then again, I still have not been here very long, so I am keeping an open mind, aru.