41 - There's a monster on the loose

[seeya_next_life]

Hey, chief, Stoneface, I meant to make a report earlier, but I was a little [pause] distracted. By now I assume you've heard Kagerou was killed, but it bears mentioning that she was killed by a monster from Crystala. And she wasn't on Crystala. In fact, I didn't find her anywhere near the bridge--she was along the southeastern bend on the coast

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[seeya_next_life]

[Lea hadn't even realized he'd left the apartment until he was halfway down the street. He was still sort of waiting for the pain to hit him, waiting for the numbness to fade, waiting for... well, something. Anything, really. Was this what grief felt like? This strange and solemn heaviness? This peculiar sensation like something was just pressing down on his sternum and slowly crushing him? Wasn't it supposed to hurt

[sorry for the wait]

[seeya_next_life]

Hanjozo? [He picks up one bottle, then the other, and frowns at the label. Hm, it seems Cloud can read Moonspeak. Interesting. He decides to try the one he hasn't tried yet, and then gives Cloud a knowing grin.][He gestures at Cloud's cards to indicate for him to turn them over--time to see who wins this hand--before turning his own.] Ooh, looks like this one's mine. [A watery smile and he holds up his sake cup in a silent sort of toast.] So, we didn't place any bets, but... what say you to answering a personal question as payup? [The smile turns sly as he takes a sip of the new sake (makes a brief face) and sets the cup back down.] Just to satisfy a little curiosity...

[If he's focusing on other things, he won't be thinking about the fact that Kagerou is dead. Just focus on cards, on the Sphere and how much it pisses you off, on sake and cups and wooden tables beneath your hands. Think about anything else...]

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[iattractmushi]

[Cloud chuckles a little.] Mmm. I've always been able to read that kind of script. [He sees it in his journal too... which possibly means it's the language of his home, that Japan place... anyway, it had been all over the Japan area of Disney World, and the Tokyo wilderness.]

[He snorts softy.] Luck. [A grin, and he starts to raise his own cup in answer to Lea's toast, then... hesitates, putting it down again.] A personal question...? [His expression becomes slightly veiled, though he's still smiling.] ...alright, what is it?

[He's curious what this 'personal question' is, and that more than anything else prompts him to ask Lea what the question is. He could always lie, if it was a question he didn't want to answer...]