Ninth Spool of Thread-[Voice/Action]

[so_shik]

[Everybody should be used to this by now, Shiki's sitting on her soapbox outside of All Passions with Mr. Mew just people-watching and half-reading the magazine in her lap]

Well, I can't say I've ever made a sail before, but it's finished. Everything's finished and everything should have been picked up by now...oh!

Arashi, I finished yours! I can either deliver it or you can come get it, whichever works best for you. Hopefully it'll look okay.

Now that everything's done, what's left? Come on, I'm starting to get bored here! There's only so much room in the shop for me to store stuff I've made. [She goes back to reading her magazine then, though her eyes are still peering over the top of the pages to watch the streets.]

Another cycle gone and he's not back yet. He better be okay back there.

Comments

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[emp3thy]

I've been fine.

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[so_shik]

Just fine?

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[emp3thy]

Just fine.

I think a friend of mine went home.

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[so_shik]

...you mean the person that Kanji was upset about?

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[emp3thy]

No, I'd only met her once. It's Ryoji-kun.

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[so_shik]

More people have disappeared?!

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[emp3thy]

[nods]

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[so_shik]

...ugh, those stupid Malnosso! Who do they think they are, just bringing us here and then sending us back!?

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[emp3thy]

They don't have control over it, Shiki-san.

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[so_shik]

...what do you mean?

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[emp3thy]

...You haven't been reading the posts lately?

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[so_shik]

...sort of. [read that as yeah but haven't been actually absorbing it]

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[emp3thy]

The Malnosso don't bring us here. It's some other force.

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[so_shik]

...well that makes a little more sense then. Still!

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[emp3thy]

They're like us, but in a better position.

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[so_shik]

Captives to the other force?

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[emp3thy]

It sounds that way.

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[so_shik]

Hmm...so really, everybody's fighting against the wrong force.

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[emp3thy]

[she might notice that his demeanor is less sleepy and more serious than usual, as though he's put a lot of thought into this question... and maybe similar questions in the past.]

The Malnosso still have us captive, and don't want to cooperate. We do have to deal with them.

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[so_shik]

...[she murmurs a little then] Almost like the reapers and the Composer.

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[emp3thy]

From the Reaper's Game?

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[so_shik]

Yeah. The Reapers were the ones stopping us and giving us orders for the game, but the Composer was the one who was behind it all.

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[emp3thy]

And they weren't directly connected?

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[so_shik]

Not...exactly. Some of the lower-ranked reapers don't deal with the Composer directly but some of the higher ones, like the Conductor or the Game Master deal with direct orders from the Composer. The Composer creates the entire game though and sets the rules even for the reapers.

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[emp3thy]

What kind of game was this?