♠ THE COLD PART → { one }

[medeating]

[VOICE // PUBLIC // JAPANESE]

[there is a moment of silence after the initial clicking-open of the device. Small pops of static disrupt the quiet, and her usual icy and airy voice is marked with disorientation. She speaks hesitatingly into the device, an anxious curiosity creeping into her tone:]"Use me"? How strange...Who gave me this? Whose

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[witchoftheweek]

No. Read this please.

1/2

[medeating]

Who are you?

[reads over the information, overwhelmed by the apparent situation]

Scientists? How do you know this-

[...and then she gets to the chip part]

...!

2/2

[medeating]

...A chip? You mean--Medea!

[she's clearly distraught over the nature of the chip, voice suddenly sharp with distress]

But you said there were monsters here. How can one survive...

[witchoftheweek]

Patchouli Knowledge, personal experience, and others brought here work together. Some have had their chips removed.

...Medea?

1/3

[oneenemyleft]

Dark Hour?

[oneenemyleft]

-!

[oneenemyleft]

You're- Chidori-san!

[medeating]

How do you know--

...You. You're one of them.

...! Are the others...here also?

[pursuestruth]

The Dark Hour? ...

No, this isn't death. You're in a place called Discedo.

[medeating]

Has anyone else mentioned it? Or anything about Shadows?

[might as well see what's been told to outsiders]

[pursuestruth]

Yes. In fact, I was about to ask- Miss, are you from Iwatodai as well?

[medeating]

I am. Have you met the others like me?

[fate_foretold]

[Even before he sees the recording, there's no doubt about who it is. She'd been gone for over two months (five, if you counted his time here), and even before that, they had held her prisoner in that stupid hospital. Seeing her here, suddenly, like nothing had happened, was more than a little jarring.]

...Chidori.

[...Not sure how he should feel about this. Or what to say.]

[medeating]

[she, too, easily recognizes who it is, and feels her stomach turn at the situation; last time she had seen him, she'd given her life to their enemy. How does she address...?]

...Jin. I--was told you were here. By...Fuuka.

[awkward silence on her end too, here]

[fate_foretold]

Tch. I'm not surprised.

[Momentarily sounding more impatient, more like his normal self (that Yamagishi girl was so annoying-), but it quickly fades right back into silence.]

...It's been a while. [There's so much they need to discuss, but... Where does he even begin with this?]

[medeating]

It has.

...What happened after I--

[there's so much she doesn't know about him and Takaya, now, the two boys she had spent so many of her nights with. It feels wrong.]

[notyourpage]

This isn't death.. or I don't think so.

[medeating]

That's what I'm being told. You are?

[notyourpage]

Oh, I'm Tetsunosuke Ichimura! It's nice to meet you.

[medeating]

Chidori.

[pauses]

How long have you been here for?