四十一 (Text/Voice Post, Japanese)

[onikui_tengu]

It's been happening a lot lately. People being returned to this city from their original worlds. Sometimes with the memories they had before, and some without.

Even I'm not counted out of that number. I can remember where I've been.

But what I want to know is the reason why; not that I expect an answer. Not from the people who would actually have it. ...Why the indecisiveness? Isn't one time good enough for you, Scientists?
Hell. I can't tell if this is something you do out of convenience, or if all you are doing is laughing at all of us.

[...]

What about you, Hunter? This must be convenient for you. You don't have to look far to find your prey anymore. ...Che.

[The frequency is promptly switched off.]

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[Voice/Japanese]

[loyal_cube]

Perhaps they brought me back because when I was previously here, I was only around for two or three days.

Maybe we all have a purpose to fulfill here... and they bring people back as they need them?

I've been wondering why I've been brought back, myself. I don't have any magic to aid anyone. It seems a bit strange, to say the least.

[Voice/Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Then how much time will they need until they are satisfied? I could care less about what they want from us.

Ask anyone, and they will barely know the reason why we are even brought to this world in the first place. Let alone a second time. You can try it and see what I mean for yourself.

All I know is that I keep ending up with more questions than answers.

[Voice/Japanese]

[loyal_cube]

Most people don't know what they're purpose is. If the "scientists" in charge have a well thought out plan, they probably get what they want without us even being aware. ["Like how Satan-sama always makes things work without letting anyone know."]

What kinds of questions do you have?

[Voice/Japanese]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I don't like being used.

About this world, and how it came to be like this... how the people that ordinary human cannot see came to be stuck wandering aimlessly between life and death. How memories and lives are controlled... There are plenty.

[Voice/Japanese]

[loyal_cube]

I suppose I said that in a wrong way. My apologizes.

I'm unfamiliar with this world and this city. Are you talking about unsettled spirits? That's so sad.

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

Wait, so are you saying that you're not actually thrilled I'm here again, and wish I'd go home again? That I'd never returned here at all? [He starts off whining but gets more and more amused.] But what about our friendship, Haru! What about our deep bond?

Or are you just afraid that I'll leave your side again?

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[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

.....

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

That's not it!

You are so damn irritating!

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

There's no need to be shy. [Laaaaaugh]

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you that's not it! Are you even listening to a word I'm saying?

Che. ...I was only thinking out loud to spare myself the shock for another day gone by with nothing. It's weird is what it is!

[shockinglycool.livejournal.com]

[Feeding off the progressively weirder faces:] There's nothing weird about our bond.

[kaenmajin.livejournal.com]

There may not be a true reason... perhaps the methods are at fault.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

There's no proof either way.

But what is broken can always be fixed with the right tools.

[kaenmajin.livejournal.com]

Yes. Only speculation.

If those tools are within one's grasp...

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Until there comes a day when it will be more than just that. If it ever happens.

I'd be more annoyed to think that I was the result of someone's "oops."

[kaenmajin.livejournal.com]

On that day, what will you do?

Yet this 'experiment,' if it is one, feels poorly handled. There is little control over what happens here, though perhaps it's intentional.

[nunsensebridget.livejournal.com]

...

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Yes?

[nunsensebridget.livejournal.com]

Before it was fair and we had to let it happen. Now he's prey...

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

Their fight has a purpose, and I have no right to interfere in it. No one does, as long as it has enough meaning for Testament.

That doesn't change the fact that the Hunter didn't waste time on seeking him out like prey.

What is your point, Bridget?

[nunsensebridget.livejournal.com]

Hmmm nothing, whatever you say, Haruka~

[boy-fatality.livejournal.com]

The reasons... I can't think of any logical explanation, but that doesn't mean there isn't one.

You sound really troubled.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

That's about the most that I can reason from this myself.

Do I...?

[boy-fatality.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew. I have the feeling the key to these questions has been staring us in the face, hidden in plain sight.

...You do.

[onikui-haruka.livejournal.com]

If that is really how it is, then you wouldn't be the only one to be played the fool, Tachibana-san.

I am feeling uneasy. I do not know what will be the outcome of the battle ahead.

...The one between Testament and his Hunter.