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ｏｎｅ。ａｕｄｉｏ。

[ There are a few slight moments of silence - perhaps, if you listen closely enough, you can hear some slight sounds of nature from the forest's edge in the background - before a girl speaks up with a quite deadpan (and calm, considering the situation) tone. ]

Am I being reduced to this again this soon already? I really must be popular with all of you witches. So, which one of you do I have the honor of dealing with this time? Bernkastel again, or even that Featherine witch? ... Either way, you can come out and start laughing now. If you're looking for your cue, this is it.

[ She pauses for a moment, as if she actually does expect someone to pop up. But when it doesn't happen, she just continues talking. ]

It's pretty inconsiderate to let someone waiting after dragging them in, you know. Although I guess I should expect as much from the lot of you.

And what's up with these wings? 'Sure, let's give her pink wings this time just to see the look on her face, ahahaha' or whatever, right? I'm not laughing, but surely you predicted as much.

... Any normal person would start to think I'm going insane by now, like I'm talking to myself. Ah.. it's useless, it's all useless. Does anyone who's not me feel like speaking up already?

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You were so caught up in searching for the truth that you've lost sight of what's important. I'll try to guide you on the right path as long as I'm here.

I say that but I won't force you into anything.

Edited 2011-05-14 20:54 (UTC)

Sure, I had all of that back then, but.. I can't change anything about the fact that during the family conference on Rokkenjima on 1986, everyone except Eva oba-san died. I know that now. I can't get my family back no matter what, so.. what's the meaning of living on without everyone else?

Wouldn't you feel the same way if it had been you instead of me who was left behind alone, onii-chan..?

I tried searching around for the truth of Rokkenjima on my own, I did everything I could in 1998, and yet.. there was nothing left to find. Every trace, every possible evidence, everything.. everything was gone! I was barely even able to recognize the island when I got back there after twelve long years.

... So.. you could at least share the truth with me, right? Why wouldn't you want to tell me..? Aren't I your little sister? I was--

[ She stops mid-sentence, and instead lets some uncomfortable silence linger. She doesn't want to argue, not with her older brother of all people - not with the person she has been waiting for all this time. Not when she can at least see him again here in Luceti.

Her throat feels a little dry. She really can't make sense out of him not telling her, but.. maybe she would just have to accept it, considering it's the only option. ]

Eva oba-san came out alive. She probably knew what was inside of the cat box. However, she choose to keep it shut. Even so she tried her best to raise you like her own child.

The meaning of life...that's for you to figure out. No one can tell you how to live.

No, probably not. I'm a different person I can't say that I'd make the same decisions as you once did.

That's to be expected. Did you really think you could find out what happened on that day by visiting the Rokkenjima alone?

[He's not trying to be mean at all. Battler just wants Ange to be as happy as she can. Searching for the truth actually made her miserable. ]

Sorry, I can't. Not even with you.

Please respect my decision.

[There's no room for debate. He's leaving it at there because it doesn't look like she's willing to listen. Well that's fine.]

Eva oba-san, doing her best to raise me as her own child..? Of course, you weren't there to see it, onii-chan, but.. we didn't have the best relationship, to put it lightly. She probably would have rather seen me die in that incident as well. Sure, I can't say I don't understand her at all. The incident left wounds on her heart as well, but the one she took all of that out on was me.

[ After that.. yeah, she's just silent for a few moments. Because she knows Battler won't change his mind on it. And she just can't understand why he wouldn't tell her, why he would have any reason to keep the thing she wants most from her.. So she's just silent since she's unsure on what to say. Unsure if she can even say anything. ]

... Whatever. You won't even listen to me. [ Her tone sounds a little bit weak. ]

It must have been difficult for Eva oba-san too. She lost George and Uncle Hideyoshi. Then you lost Rudolf, Kyrie, and I. There were probably...a lot of misunderstandings between you two.

No, that's not true. I've been listening to you this whole time, haven't I?

... Misunderstandings? Yeah, I guess it was like that at times. Both of our hearts had already been torn to pieces, we just took it out in different ways. Eva oba-san couldn't stand her own pain, so she dumped all of it on me as well.

And then she died without ever telling me anything.. no, she died without telling me anything exactly to bother me even more with my lack of knowledge about the incident. Instead she left me money and a title I don't care about. It's so much like her to do that.

Aunt Eva didn't necessarily have the obligation of telling you what happened on that day. Sure, she was hard to deal with I'll say that much. Sometimes she did things that were a little over the top but she always had the best intentions.

I remember she used to tease me often as well. Fall Fall....

[He had fun with Aunt Eva and all the other cousins. Ange's making Rokkenjima sound worse than it actually was.]

Money can't bring back your family. You should have realized that from the beginning.

Even if it wasn't exactly an obligation, the least she could have done was tell me! My family died as well, didn't I have a right to know why and how?

[ She raises her voice slightly without even realising it, if not just because this is one of the few subjects she's still truly passionate about. ]

What other reason could Eva oba-san have had to hide the truth from me other than her being the culprit and being afraid of me telling everyone she's guilty? I know nothing can bring back my family anymore, so.. why don't you explain that one, onii-chan?!

What would you do after you found out the truth?

[He's asking this seriously. Battler's still calm and composed in contrast to Ange. You forget who's older...]

...Do you honestly think...she killed mom and dad? And so many other people?

The only one who returned from Rokkenjima that day was.. Eva oba-san. How would she have been able to escape whatever happened otherwise? I can't just buy some story about how she was in the hidden mansion nobody knew about before this family conference by coincidence. If she was innocent.. she could have just explained it to everyone and be done with it.

But she didn't say anything about the incident. ... Not for all those years.

There was a hidden mansion on the island at the time. Kuwadorian was built some time after world war two. I can confirm that it exists.

I can't speak for Aunt Eva so I have no idea what she was thinking at the time.

[Battler wants to smooth things over now. He wasn't supposed to talk about this with her now.

After all, she's still adjusting.]

This is hardly the time or place to discuss matters like this. Ange, let's drop it.

[ Part of her doesn't want to drop it, but.. another part of her realises it's just common sense to not talk about all this stuff when she's just landed in some sort of weird place and they have more pressing concerns. So she nods, even if it's somewhat relunctantly. ]

... Yeah. I'll come to the village. Do you want to meet up somewhere, onii-chan..?

Sure.

Do you know where the Fountain is, Ange? I'll come meet you there.

Hmm, I can see the village, so it shouldn't be hard to find from that point on. Don't worry, I'll see you there.

I'll be waiting for you.

[Click.]

[ okay, so it takes her a little while to get there since she actually had to find the thing in the village. But once she spots that attention grabbing ~~duckbutt~~ red hair and the big cape, it's hard to not recognize her older brother, even if it's from a distance.

And even though she's talked to him over the journals already.. This is different, feels different. It's really him, he's really here with her.. ]

Onii-chan..! [ She runs to cover the last distance between them. ]

[Oh...Looks like she's here now.

Battler smiled at her sadly. He's still depressed because of everything that's been going on, but at least Ange's doing okay.]

Ange. I'm glad you could make it.

[ o.. h.. she sees that sad expression on his face almost instantly, because.. well, she didn't quite see it coming. ]

Onii-chan..? [ She frowns a little now out of worry - Bernkastel was in this place too and her brain quickly made a connection with that, if not just out of sheer paranoia. ] Is something wrong?

Yeah...it doesn't concern you though. [welp...

Bernkastel told him about the seventh game]

Don't worry about it.

[ wow, way to make her worried right there.. ]

What are you saying.. Of course it concerns me too if it concerns you! [ sorry, siblingsforever.png now. ] Did something happen before I came here? You said you were still new too, right?

That's right. I definitely said that. I'm not lying about it either.

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