✿ Chapter 003. [Audio][Day 62]

[burntviolet]

[Hello, Asgard. You all must have noticed the fog cleared, right?

Well, now you can hear this familiar quiet voice, more shaky than normal, but for completely different reasons that aren't half negative- but not that positive either. Hanako still can't believe her eyes when she's looked out the window this morning.]

The colors... the c-colors returned...

D-does that mean that we... we can go back home now? Or...

[There's hesitation, and then an abrupt click as she puts the feed off.]

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[seventeenpills]

It's pretty amazing, isn't it?

Maybe we can. I haven't seen the Gods say anything about it on the network, but I DID notice some new people arriving recently. Maybe they tipped the balance and fixed everything?

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

That... That must be it. [Still shaky omg] This is so sudden, though...

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[seventeenpills]

I know. I'm pretty surprised. I'd expected something more gradual than this. And right after that strange fog, too...

[He hadn't minded the fog - it had given them a good excuse to stay inside and read. But still. Something didn't quite ad up.]

Until we're told we can go, let's just be careful, alright?

[burntviolet]

... Are you saying something bad might happen, Hisao?

voice;

[patronizing]

Your intelligence levels must be decreasing exponentially if you think that’s the case. This is surely another trick those Gods are doing. My advice? Don’t be fooled so easily.

[seventeenpills]

I'm just saying let's be a little cautious. I want to go home too, but it just seems too easy. Too sudden. I can't help wondering if there's a catch.

You know the old saying - if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

[Uhhhh, what. Hanako feels herself shrinking at the harshness.]

I... I was just wondering, miss.

[burntviolet]

... Uhm...

But what if it's actually true...?

voice;

[patronizing]

[ don't take it personally Hanako, it's just the way she is. ]

Humph. What, do you actually expect the Gods which not long ago killed some of us live, to go back home just like that? No question asked? You really are naive if you think that’s the case.

[seventeenpills]

Then we're going to go back, I guess. Unless you wanted to stay here longer?

[He could sort of see how that might appeal to her in some ways. Heck, he could see some appeal in it himself.]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

[And she doesn't like it, sob.

Her voice gets more shaken and faltering as a result.]

B-but... there's n-nothing w-wrong... with wondering...

[burntviolet]

[She takes a while to consider this... actually, she's pretty torn, since she got to know more people these days.]

... I don't know.

voice;

[patronizing]

[ she can't help who she is!! ]

When it comes to this place it’s best to not get your hopes too high.

[Video]

[utenamobile]

I dunno... This feels too good to be true. It's kinda like not fightin' a final boss in a video game and skipping to the ending.

[seventeenpills]

Well. If you decide that you wanted to stay for a while and if we're even allowed to, then, I'll stay with you.

voice.

[uncertainty]

It's so, bright out there.

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

I'm s-sorry, but... again, I was o-only wondering, miss. We all have o-opinions.

[sudden urge to hang up raising...]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

... Do you think the g-gods are up to something?

[Audio]

[lightinheritor]

It's a little strange. With everything we've heard so far, I'd have expected... something else to happen.

Still, it'd be nice if we could all go back home now, wouldn't it?

[Video]

[utenamobile]

Yeah... They might be. Still... It's refreshing to see some color around here.

[burntviolet]

... Would you?

But I don't want you to hold back. You have your parents in our world, they must... be worried about you.

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

... Yes, it is. My eyes needed a while b-before I could get used to the light again.

[seventeenpills]

I would.

I do have my parents to think about... but we wouldn't be gone forever. And from what I understand, reading the questions answered by the Gods last time, we get returned to the moment we left anyway. So, right now, they don't know that I'm gone.

Besides, even if they did, they would be pretty dissapointed in me for breaking a promise to a friend if I left.

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

I... I guess it would be.

[Brief pause.] Still, this means everyone'd have t-to part ways...

[Audio]

[uncertainty]

Yeah, mine too. But, that's okay.