seventeenth film // video

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[There's a moment of fumbling-someone with very unsteady hands is operating the Fansuwoth, and there's a flash of long fingers. Finally, it focuses on the face of none other than Shoshanna, looking incredibly pale and disoriented, but alive. Her eyes are wide, and when she speaks her tongue feels thick and heavy in her mouth.I am unsure of what has

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[ ...now here's a shocking sight. ] You're... that lady... right? The last-- [ Victim? ]

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[She shakes her head, not comprehending.] The last...?

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[ She swallows something, finding the truth of this rather uncomfortable. ] You died. [ No time to lose the voice, now, Nene. ] I saw you. A lot of people did...

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I was aware I had, yes, but...

[Her stomach clenches uncomfortably.]

How?

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H-how what...? You want me to tell you?

((ooc: I'm going to apologize OOCly for the bad direction this is likely to take. ^^;))

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I think I have a right to know. If you would rather not, that's fine. Was I murdered?

[The blood's pounding in her head now, adrenaline thundering through her veins.]

[OOC: No worries~]

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[ She clenches her fist out of sight. ] Yeah, you were. Third one so far... The second one... Aya...

[ Nene pulls the device closer. ] Did you see her?

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[Shoshanna nods, slowly.] I didn't see-

But I heard.

[And from what she had heard, it wasn't pretty.]

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Heard? Heard what? What did she say to you? [ Missing the fact that the lady didn't mean it in the sense she hoped. Nene's voice is also slowly rising in volume as this goes on. ]

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[Shoshanna shakes her head.] You misunderstand. I heard of her death.

My apologies. Has Aya not returned?

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Of course she's not back! Why do you think I asked?!

She's... [ Nene takes a breath, trying to calm down, but the more she pushes that misdirected anger aside, the more other feelings surface, and she'd really rather not break down right here. ] She's taking too damn long.

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[There's a tiny flicker of anger in her eyes, but she keeps it out of her voice.] My apologies. I am still quite...hazy.

I am sure it won't be long.

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At least you're here. [ She slumps back against the wall, almost losing her grip on the device entirely, the camera's view now showing a skewed view of the closed doorway. ] It's not fair...

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[Shoshanna's mouth sets into a line for a moment, before softening.]

She will come back.

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What if she doesn't? What if... that's it for her? People disappear all the time. [ A sniffle. ] What if... it just happened when she left this time?

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[Shoshanna sounds exhausted, but she tries her best to be understanding.]

It will not do to give over to conjecture, Nene. The afterlife, it was a very difficult place. Nothing made sense. It is possible that Aya is merely taking longer to come back because she doesn't realize where she is.