animus_network | eighth prayer ⚜ video

[Kyoko appears on the screen. She's obviously shaken by the last pair of network posts that preceded hers, but more than that, she's really pissed off (or, more likely, she's turned her fear and confusion into anger.)]

What the Hell was that? That girl..she just ate her own companion, didn't she? She just ate him like he was piece of meat! Even though he hadn't done a single thing wrong...! What the Hell does she mean, "rotten!?" The only thing rotten here is her!

[She clenches her teeth and reaches to end the feed, then suddenly stops. She didn't really care about Dax, but she thinks, probably, he was the only one she came close to liking, but more than that? It's infuriating to see someone betray their companion like that.]

Ruana! You're watching to this, aren't you!? So why don't you show yourself already! Tell us all about how you used to pray to keep your soul while going around and stealing everyone else's. That's the real point of all this, right!? You were never interested in saving anyone to begin with!

Seriously, whatever the Hell it means to lose your Tower in this place, you deserve it! Denying people even death, stuffing them into bodies that they don't want and killing them just for fun, doing things like that to your own companions--I hope somebody years your heart and soul out, you disgusting waste of space. Nobody here needs your kind of salvation.

As for the rest of you, I could care less about what you think of this post. If you ain't got anything useful to say, don't even bother.

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[The face of a very pale, incredibly shaken Naoto greets her.]

Where are you right now?

Right outside of room 02-13.

[She opens her mouth to add say something, but then stops abruptly, instead falling silent for a few seconds. There's no need to ask if Naoto's alright. She fall silent for a few seconds before simply adding,]

...You coming over?

[Kyoko's not sure whether or not she herself is still alright either, not really.]

If you don't mind.

Sure, that's fine. Come on over.

[Naoto nods in thanks before shutting the feed off and in just a few minutes she's there, offering a weak smile.]

I'm relieved to see that you haven't tried to break things yet.

'Course. I don't have time to waste on the small fry today, y'know.

[She clenches her fists. She's trying to hard to hide it, but she's obviously ready to break.]

If we leave her alone, she's just going to keep doing things like this, so it's fine just to kill her, right? That girl.

[This is really a bad plan. Deep down, Kyoko knows that too. She's terrified of Ruana, even, it's just that right now anything seems better than just being left to mull over Dax's gruesome death and the implications that come along with it.]

[Her smile fades quickly, a worn look of exhaustion in her eyes.]

You know as well as I do that that's a terrible plan.

...Tch. [She hates that Naoto's right about that.] What're we supposed do then!? It's not like we can just stand here and wait to see what'll happen.

No, but acting now would be a foolish decision. If we're to do anything, we first need a firm plan of action. We can't break down the doors and hope for the best.

But--nngh.

[She looks like she wants to argue that point, but the look on Naoto's face stops her just short of doing so.]

...You're right. She's probably just waiting for somebody else to make an example out of now, huh.

Precisely.

I know you want nothing more than to go and take care of her yourself, but if we're going to make this work it's going to take careful planning.

[Yes, Kyoko. This is Naoto subtly offering to help.]

"We"...?

[Kyoko blinks, just barely catching that. It gets her to smirk, despite everything.]

Yeah. If it's the two of us, we can take on anything, right? [And maybe a few others as well, but...she'll worry about that later!] You got any ideas?

[A small smile of her own appears. She nods, glad that she managed to catch it.]

Not just yet, I need some time to think, but we do need to find a way to infiltrate the lower floors...

However, in the meantime it would be prudent to gather a small team together.

Edited 2013-03-01 01:08 (UTC)

[Why does that sound familiar?]

Ah, that's right. You had one of those back home, right? Some sorta investigation team.

Did Yosuke-kun tell you about that or --

[Naoto's brow furrows, trying to figure out how she knew about it when she's suddenly reminded. She was Yosuke for a little bit. Whoops.]

My apologies. But yes, we did have something similar back home.

Heh. If I'm being honest, it was actually nice to see justice and courage win out for once. That almost made it worth it.

[It's once in a lifetime miracle, something she'll never be able to see again. Reality is too harsh, the events that just transpired are proof of that.]

...don't tell him I said that though, 'kay? That guy'll just take it the wrong way, y'know.

[she laughs]

My lips are sealed.

So, how about you? You still gonna be able to hold it together after seeing that?

[That's probably not the best way of saying it. It's too blunt, to too the point, but she's not really sure how else to broach the subject. At the very least, she sounds concerned though.]

[To be honest that's one of the things Naoto likes about Kyoko. She doesn't try to step around sensitive issues, she doesn't treat people like they're made of glass no matter who they are and sometimes that brutal honesty is exactly what people need to hear.

Naoto hesitates for a moment, brows furrowed.]

I'll be alright. I can't afford to break down after something like that. There are people who depend on me, after all.

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