I often wonder precisely when this place will run out of things to throw at us. It seems a testament to survival how we all continue to persevere and yet...

Mm. And yet at what price? Some return and remember, others...do not. What guides them here and dictates why they may or may not remember.

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...While the sky isn't crying at present...still the town collects the tears.

[Konan glances up from where she is sitting near a window, peering at the communicator, which is being held somewhat shakily, stubby sack arms appearing at the fringe of the screen now and then. She reaches forward, plucking it free gentlyI'll take that, thank you ( Read more... )

I noticed the ringing phonebooth had returned to working condition once more. Did anyone deign to answer it? Was it worthwhile to do so?

[She pauses]

Ryu-san? Link-san? Are both of you well? Others? The dreams...

...Sometimes they are worse than others.

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Nagato...

[There's a brittle steel to her tone, as if she is desperately struggling to cling to her composure.]

Come...Rakuen.

[Whispering to keep her voice level]

[Konan is walking, peering at the screen as she moves, though now and then glancing up and away as she talks.]

More come and go all the time...No rhyme, no reason. They simply come and go with the ebb and flow of the tides. The Tower returns, the dreams come. It begins over, with minute changes.

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I wonder...what is happening back home at this moment. If the inevitable war broke out, truly. Or if things were altered, somehow.

...I simply do not know.

To those who have lost someone, my condolences.

Rest in peace, Itachi-san. Take care, Haruno-san.

[Konan's voice is quiet and coolly neutral as she speaks. There is a soft ring of authority in her tone, commanding attention, without ever having to raise her voice]Well. Now the need for a new residence is most-assuredly a certainty. Tobi-san seems to have found a suitable structure large enough, and in stable enough condition to house us all in ( Read more... )

...It is not an even exchange by any means.

I will be out, today. With Rakuen

Perhaps...it is simply better this way.

Should anyone require anything...you know where and how to contact me. I will not be far and will lend what assistance I can.

How quickly things change on the outside. But...if I were to be returned at this moment would it be as if nothing had happened? Would I still be waiting for Pein to finish his battle with--

It does not matter. Deidara-san. Tobi-san. I am going out.

I am not sure when I will return.

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