❖ two fragments ( video + action )

[nodeathinhope]

✿ video.

[ It's been a few weeks, but those weeks have taken a toll on Furude Rika. She's lonely without her friends, and she isn't exactly certain if she can handle it much longer. Plus, there's simply just something that she needs, and it's getting a little difficult to continue to buy that 'something' without a job.

Which is why Rika decides to pipe up today with a huge smile. It's forced, but it isn't as if anybody's bound to notice. ]

Good afternoon, everybody. I saw the newspapers recently and was wondering what kinds of jobs do you guys think would be suitable for me. I've never had a job before, so I'm rather curious to see what would be fun. I'm really good at playing games and I know how to cook and clean, if that helps anybody out. I'm really excited to be working with each and every one of you. Nipa~✰

✿ action: garden park ( really late evening, around 11 PM )

[ Sometimes, it gets dull in a world you don't know. And for Rika, there's only one way to get rid of that dullness. With a little bit of wine, of course. How did she manage to get it, a mystery... but she sure didn't do it illegally, that's for sure.

Someone might note that it's Bernkastel wine that she's drinking as she sits down on a bench, rather bored before staring up at the sky, speaking in a dark, cold voice; one that doesn't belong to a child, but rather, an adult. ]

I never thought that in a thousand years I'd be placed in a Fragment outside of Hinamizawa without Hanyuu... ahh, it's such a lonely sight, in the end. That I have to drink this to even get by... it's truly something.

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✿ action: garden park

[greenmagick]

Are you alright?

[Terra is passing through which she only does at night now. The pressure of the sun feels far more exposed than it had before and the darkness brings with it a sense of comfort. She doesn't plan to stop but seeing what looks like a child gives her pause.]

[nodeathinhope]

Does it look like I'm alright?

[ Idly, she spins the wine around her glass for a few quick moments before downing it in one sip. ]

[greenmagick]

[Terra doesn't try and stop her from drinking.]

No but if I had that answer I wouldn't have asked.

[Her tone is calm and gentle, she merely says what she thinks to be true.]

[nodeathinhope]

I see.

[ Her voice remains even and dark as she pours another cup. ]

So... what are you doing, then, this late at night?

[greenmagick]

I was heading home. I don't like traveling during the day.

[She nods towards the cup.]

What are you drinking?

[video]

[justicereigns]

I thought children were allowed to go to school here instead.

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[nodeathinhope]

Mii? Is that so?

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[justicereigns]

Pretty sure, but I'm new.

Are there a lot of children here?

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[nodeathinhope]

Mii... I don't know. I haven't spoken to many people my age here.

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[justicereigns]

My apologies, kiddo. [SOFT EXPRESSION, HE IS SO OBLIVIOUS GAWD.]

Maybe you'll find some friends at school, even if they're native to this place.

I'm Smoker, by the way. [Small wave.]

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[sizedoesntmatter]

[Yugi had heard someone mentioning they were good at games, so it made him a little curious to know what sort of games. After all other worlds might have different games.]

What games are you good at playing at?

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[nodeathinhope]

Mii.

[ Of course, games were the pride of the girl known as Furude Rika, which is why she's grinning. ]

Card games and board games, mostly, but I wouldn't be adverse to learning new games.

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[sizedoesntmatter]

So if you wanted to, you could work at a game shop, or the arcade.

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[nodeathinhope]

Mii... probably. I haven't played any arcade games before.

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[sizedoesntmatter]

You haven't? They can be really fun. I should show you sometime.

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[justiceerror]

[he knew it, he just knew it. once he had heard her voice, once he heard her speak of fragments, of the kakera back home.... he knew this was bernkastel, or at least part of her.

he had enough of her secrets.

battler stepped out of the shadows, suddenly having appeared in a burst of magic, and he stared at her. he was frowning, not understanding, but even so he knew he couldn't go against her. if she really was bernkastel... then she was a master.]

You speak of Fragments.... I ask you to stop lying to me. You are Lady Bernkastel, are you not? She and Lady Lambdadelta would often speak of other worlds, other Fragments....

I am from a Fragment myself, from.... the world of Rokkenjima of 1986...

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[nodeathinhope]

Kuku...

[ She finds herself laughing out of amusement, her violet gaze fixed on Battler as she spins her drink idly around the cup. ]

I didn't think anyone else would have known about Fragments. While I don't know this Lady Lambdadelta of which you speak, but I have gone by the name Bernkastel before. Frederica Bernkastel.

[ A shrug. ] I traversed countless worlds, wanting to escape the June of Showa 58.

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[justiceerror]

[....ah, this must be an early bernkastel, then. this must be who she was before she became such a powerful witch. it would be why he was drawn to her, but she still felt so different.]

Then.... you don't know who I am, do you? Ah... I shall give you a proper introduction! [battler seemed far more excited now that he understood her.]

I am Battler Ushiromiya.... at least.... I am the 'culprit' made to look like him. My job is, and has always been, to kill and to create the perfect crime. I have been made by witches... and you are one of the witches that made me.

Aaah.... how wonderful....! Well, did you escape? Was it.... a logic error?

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[nodeathinhope]

I don't know what a logic error is.

[ She states this bluntly, although it's clear that she's curious. ]

Of course I escaped it. After figuring out the culprit, I managed to break through the gameboard of Showa 58.

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[justiceerror]

Fascinating!

[battler took another step towards her.]

And now you're here..... trapped in another gameboard....! Aahh.... how very fascinating! Lady Bernkastel, please, will you let me be... your piece once again...?

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[threetipped]

[ A fox jumps up on the bench, his tails curled around his legs and his gaze is turned up at her. ]

Share with me?

[ It's not actually a question. ]

[nodeathinhope]

If you have a glass, I can share some.

[ She doesn't really mind. ]

[threetipped]

Mmm....

[ He doesn't have a glass but..

He looks around, and jumps onto the back of the bench and leaps up to grab some leaves off of a tree. Once he finds a leaf that has not been torn up by his teeth, and he has made sure it's a bit of a curved, bowl-shaped leaf, he pushes it towards her with his nose. ]

This works~

[nodeathinhope]

Alright then.

[ She tips her bottle of wine rather carefully, making sure that each drop lands on the leaf itself. ]

Will that do?

[threetipped]

Yep, for now. Thank you!

[ He does have some manners. Just a little manners. Haruitsuki would be disappointed if he heard that Yahiko didn't thank her for sharing. ]