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Funeral Service for Adaman and Hodaka Morishima
[ An hour or two after the first trial's end, Hild and the Undertaker set out to invite as many people as possible to the Restaurant for the funerals of our dearly departed friends.
Why the restaurant of all places? Because there aren't enough chairs and tables elsewhere.
Indeed, some of the tables have been moved against the wall to make room for the seats. The chairs have been set up in four rows of six, like an improvised theater or a church. To the side, a small buffet has been set up courtesy of Obi, Mafuyu, and Hild. As for the main event? Two tables have been set up and decorated in black fabric and white flowers. In lieu of a live viewing, two drawings referenced from the profiles have been set up in the center of funeral wreaths... They're not the best, due to the artist's handicaps, but it does look like Adaman and Hodaka at least.]
Why the restaurant of all places? Because there aren't enough chairs and tables elsewhere.
Indeed, some of the tables have been moved against the wall to make room for the seats. The chairs have been set up in four rows of six, like an improvised theater or a church. To the side, a small buffet has been set up courtesy of Obi, Mafuyu, and Hild. As for the main event? Two tables have been set up and decorated in black fabric and white flowers. In lieu of a live viewing, two drawings referenced from the profiles have been set up in the center of funeral wreaths... They're not the best, due to the artist's handicaps, but it does look like Adaman and Hodaka at least.]
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[Mafuyu smiles.
It's a bit more solemn, maybe, but all the same it's one of her regular smiles. Does she bounce back that quickly?]
Time feels a little strange here, sometimes, so deep underwater. I'm usually up pretty late anyway, though. I'll be fine.
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...Well, me too.
[He rubs the back of his neck and takes a seat on a nearby stone. Not the one that did Adaman in, thankfully.]
Mind if I join you, then?
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Mm, go right ahead, Obi-san. There's plenty of room.
The more the merrier, right?
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[This definitely isn't how he expected this conversation to go. He tilts his head a little.]
You all right?
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...Do I... not seem alright?
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You seem a little too all right, frankly.
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[A bit of confusion that's a little too genuine slips into that sentence. She shakes her head.
And just like that, her voice brightens again.]
Everyone is having a lot of trouble. I'm just trying to keep it together, you know?
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For a couple years now, Obi's job has been to look after a determined healer-type girl who tends to push herself too hard for others. This--whatever this is--doesn't quite feel like that, but it still pings his "something's up" radar. He just doesn't know what to do with that sense.
Maybe he's overthinking it. Maybe he's projecting Shirayuki onto this girl because she's been gone since this morning, and he already misses her so badly.]
I guess I understand that. [In a way, he's just trying to keep it together, too.] You don't have to, though, you know?
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No, I...
[She does. She absolutely does.]
It's really alright. It's just as much for my own sake, really.
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[He knows he's just an adult half-stranger to her, still. It's not his place to push her to open up.]
Just, if you get a chance, I hope you take the opportunity to set that brave face down for a while. It gets tiresome, wearing it all the time.
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Thank you, really.
[She's fine, though. Or, well, as fine as anyone can be. As fine as she always is.]
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[There it is, that's what he's concerned about. After today, he can't let anyone be out alone at night if he can help it.]
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Ahaha... I guess you're a person who worries about others a lot, mm, Obi-san?
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[He massages the muscle of his shoulder, thinking about it.]
Could be it’s rubbed off on me.
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[Otherwise, next week...]
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I sure think so.
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