Sketch 036 [video]

[dustedsunlight]

[When the feed comes on, the communicator is facing the wall; it buzzes like a shock, but no one is holding it, so it just spazzes on the table a little and turns in a small circle. When the picture stops, Namine can be seen in the far left corner, sitting in her usual chair by the window. Now that the communicator has stopped buzzing, the people

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[Voice]

[brbmodernizing]

Namine-san?

[Voice]

[dustedsunlight]

Japan?

I hope I didn't worry you... I'm fine, I promise.

[Voice]

[brbmodernizing]

..It seems as if there's a lot on your mind.

[Voice]

[dustedsunlight]

Well... sort of.

I guess I'm uneasy about the city, and my friends.

voice;

[truthsfortune]

Have bodies turned up here this way before?

voice;

[dustedsunlight]

Well... there were ghosts, about a year ago, from the original city. One of the ghosts sang this song to me... I can't seem to forget it.

Plus, once, there were... limbs everywhere, after a large explosion. It was my first day in the city.

voice;

[truthsfortune]

A... ghost? Wait, did you say they were from the original city? Do you mean this place before it was destroyed?

... I see. This place should not bring children here.

voice;

[dustedsunlight]

Yes. They were the original residents, and they wanted us to go home.

It was... from a bomb, I think. I don't remember it that often.

[wirewings]

[Sue listens very intently to her song... And then tries to repeat it with some success.]

Beauty is but a flower
Which wrinkles will devour;
Brightness falls from the air;
Queens have died young and fair;

[dustedsunlight]

[Namine listens and smiles.]

You sound very nice.

[wirewings]

...I thought that if I sang, I'd understand what it means.

But it didn't help.

[dustedsunlight]

I... I'm not sure what it means, either.

But I know it's from the city, so whoever died might know what it is.