FOURTH | VIDEO | JAPANESE

[embodytheflames]

[The feed begins rather suddenly; from the wild - though temporary - swinging of the camera angle, it's clear that it fell, or was dropped. The image shown is that of the ceiling... though, one side of the screen is dominated by a small, redheaded girl. Hikaru's curled up into a ball, and is alternating between burying her head in her knees, and

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1/OMG YOU SADIST

[embracethewaves]

[At first she just...doesn't quite get what she's seeing; a blank screen? What is this?...]

[embracethewaves]

[but dfhgjkds RECOGNIZES THAT VOICE] Hikaru...?!

[embracethewaves]

Hikaru?!

[embracethewaves]

[...those words-- ...s-sob this is just cruel.]

[voice]

[pursuestruth]

Miss...? What's wrong?

[video]

[embodytheflames]

[She stares at the communicator for a moment, not certain how to answer that; at length, though, she squeezes her eyes shut, and shakes her head fiercely.]

[voice]

[pursuestruth]

Are you hurt?

[video]

[embodytheflames]

[She shakes her head, albeit hesitantly.]

[threesword]

...Hikaru?!

[voice]

[embodytheflames]

Z-zoro...?

[...she can't think of anything else to say, of any way to explain what's wrong.]

[voice]

[threesword]

Is everything okay over there?

[video]

[embodytheflames]

I-it's...

[She looks at the communicator for a moment, ever-so-slightly bewildered. After a moment, she shakes her head; no, everything is decidedly NOT okay.]

[gallantgoggles]

Hikaru? Are you okay?

video;

[embodytheflames]

[She just shakes her head; she's so out of it, it doesn't even occur to her to do her normal lie-to-make-people-not-worry thing.]

video;

[gallantgoggles]

...What happened?

/just watches.

[distemperate]

lmao you creeper

[embodytheflames]