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[thanabro]

[There's a boy on the screen, and he looks rather... confused. And pretty upset, too.]

Destroyed? But... we just... that shouldn't be possible.

[He clutches his scarf tightly.]

It's not possible. It has to be lying.

Anyway. Hey there.

[He smiles a bit, putting on as much of a brave face as he can.]

I'm new here, I guess. My name's Ryoji Arisato. It's nice to meet all of you.

[He pauses, as if he's about to say something else, but then reconsiders, thinks about it another moment, and then shuts off the broadcast.]

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[fractus_animus]

[ ... His expression falters from confusion to... attempting not to make a biting comment at this point. But he has to hold it back because figuring this out is important.

But argh, more SEES. Great. ]

... What do you mean by death?

[ So much confusion augh. ]

[thanabro]

... The thirteenth arcana. The last of the giant Shadows. It was sealed in me during that accident...

[fractus_animus]

[ ... ]

You're not making any sense. There were only twelve to start with.

[ And SEES defeated them. Didn't they? ]

Are you saying there's a hidden one? ... Is that why the Dark Hour's still around?

[ If it is--! Then SEES hasn't won yet...! ]

[thanabro]

Yes. Defeating all of them just brought its pieces together. And... Death's role is to call the goddess Nyx to Earth and wipe out all life there.

It... claimed that's what humans wanted. What they were calling for.

[He looks a little sick at the thought.]

[fractus_animus]

[ ... He just shakes his head. This is far too confusing. ]

Are you saying... SEES wasn't just fighting to stop the Dark Hour? Were they manipulated into this without knowing it, or what?

[ FUCK. This is so frustrating--! He is really, really upset by this. ]

... All this time we spent trying to stop them... and in the end they still fucked everything up. Because they just can't leave things alone, can they? Dammit. I knew their stupid hero complex would screw us over somehow.

[thanabro]

They believed Ikutsuki. He was one of the scientists involved with the whole accident. He wanted to bring Nyx to earth, too... and he tried to sacrifice SEES to help do it.

[fractus_animus]

... I... I know about him, but...

[ Augh. Pieces, he only has pieces. ]

And what about Strega?

[thanabro]

... I don't know very much about them, to be honest. I know that they're led by someone named Takaya, and I know that the other two members are someone named Jin and also Chidori. I know she was in the hospital after SEES captured her, and the others in Strega broke her out.

Aside from that, I don't know anything about them. I've never met them in person.

[fractus_animus]

[ He is silent and expressionless for a very long time before he finally speaks again. ]

... I see.

[ That's all he'll say. The idea of Takaya being the leader churns his stomach, so his next words are forced cold cordiality. ... Possibly also due to the weight of the conversation and Ryoji technically being in SEES. ]

You should probably go find your teammates or something, I'm sure the br-- [ Wait, sister. Habit. ] --Minami can figure it out.

[ Yeah he might be hanging up now oops. Good luck, Broji. ]