Listen closely and you should be able to hear

Before, you said that things would be fine.

There are things that I wanted to make you see, but it's pointless now. Both you and your "Master" are now gone.

If you were still here, I doubt that you would be able to say those words so easily as you did then, Testament.

[Click.]

[Off-Network // Mariner High School, Rooms 103-105]

Kantarou, you said before that we should try and go somewhere and make ourselves as safe as possible before.

I hope you have a plan.

[There is a pause, though Haruka can be heard humming thoughtfully in the background as he examines the karasu tengu mask he received for Halloween.]

... Oi, Kantarou.

You can have this. I have no interest in holding onto it.

[...] I still don't trust eating this thing. What is it, anyway? It's orange.

Hm. About before... Don't people usually appear on those boxes when they start to work like that? Nothing happened this time. Though the air felt different... I'm surprised that I didn't see any youkai appear.

...and what was that scream? I have a bad feeling about this.

[...] I wonder if Bonten predicted that he would be returning home soon through his Heaven's Net.

[[ooc Strikes = thoughts/unhackable]]

The messages in the high school... they've disappeared. No one tried to scrub them away, because there are no markings left behind.

[...]

The revivals... they're chosen. With the ghosts that were wandering through the city, how many of you noticed it?

There had to be a time when death stopped for us. Because they weren't so lucky. It's no wonder that they were acting so restless.

( Private to Shinjiro; Hackable )

( Private to the city doctors; Hackable )

( Private to Kantarou; Unhackable )

[The communicator falls onto the street below with a clatter, the video feed fuzzy with static before revealing a rear view of Haruka standing in front of a Trance Rhino, poised and ready to attack with a sturdy mop in his hands. But where is his partner...?

The Noise charges at him, and blocks the impact of its horn with the handle of the mop. He gets pushed back, the soles of his shoes scraping against the ground. With a shout, he reaches one of his hands up and then brings it sharply down near the Rhino's face like a tiger attacking its prey. It falls back, and that's when the tengu rushes in with a relentless assault. Clawing and smacking at it with the mop.

The Noise doesn't go down easily, as its attempts at running Haruka through with its massive horn clearly show, but he ultimately becomes the victor as it finally fades into a wisp of formless... noise. He collapses to one knee, catching his breath.]

Haruka!

[Kantarou can be heard, running up to him where the camera can't catch it. There is quiet, until the sound of a fierce smack can be heard as Haruka hits his partner's hand away.]

Don't touch me!

[[ooc Comment log post for Kantarou! Also, Haruka has gone sort of aggro from the sudden death of Sakon.]]

[A heavy metal door creaks open, and Haruka can be heard shambling out.]

Ah... It hurts...

[He takes a step backwards, bumping hard into a wall and the communicator falls onto the ground with a clatter. The camera is switched on in an upview by accident. He can be seen standing up uneasily and pressing a hand against his skull, as if in pain.]

No... Stop...

Don't!!

[He falls to his knees, panting and his eyes open wide in shock. He is sweating badly, and breathing heavily.] Ah... Ah... .....!!

[Suddenly, he turns his head slowly to the side, before his eyes widen. Once again, he holds his head with his hands, as if trying to shut something out.] Ugh...

Shut up!!

[He yells outs, holding onto his head while his eyes gain a crazed and desperate look.]

SHUT UP!! Just shut the fuck up!!

[Huff] That's right... Just keep quiet... I...

[He quickly stands up, moving out of view. There is silence, but the video of the communicator experiences more visual static than before, even if it's just a view of the sky.]

What's wrong?

It was you... It was you who taught me this... Fuji...

[[ooc Haruka just experienced a flash of his memories in the form of the ghostly vision of Fuji, his previous master who had sealed him away. He is unharmed, but very traumatized. Feel free to talk to tag him, but he probably will be reluctant to answer and won't be coming back to the high school or the Northern Lights anytime soon.]]