3rd Cut String | [video / voice / action]

[stringless_doll]

[video | filtered to Ayumu and Souji / sneeze and you'll break it]

[Nataku is sitting with the book open in his lap, frowning but not obviously distraught.]I thought I should say something even though it's late now

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[Voice]

[byname_bynature]

All the time. And when I left it felt as though my family was only getting started.

[voice]

[stringless_doll]

I can't imagine. You didn't have any family before then?

[voice]

[byname_bynature]

It was a complex situation full of parental expectations and losses. And strange new discoveries and new lives. My family was in shift for years, though I only experienced two of them. And now I am here.

[starts_destiny]

[Family. That's a hard question. Relations with his mother and her many suitors have always been strained at best, and his aunt and uncle...well, that's better left unsaid.

But he had Satoko. He always had Satoko, until now. And, if he thinks about it with the bitterness Satoshi would never let himself admit, Satoko is now his only family.]

...Yeah. I check for her every day.

[Her is not expanded upon, but Satoshi covers up the melancholic tone to his voice with weak, sheepish laughter.]

Guess that's kind of stupid, isn't it?

[voice]

[stringless_doll]

I don't think so. It just shows that she's really important to you.

If anyone tells you it's stupid, they're not worth listening to.

[voice]

[starts_destiny]

Hahaha...that's nice of you to say. But I'm sure she'd scold me if she saw how useless I am without her. [He laughs at it, but truly, it's agonizing to think about.]

Umm...what about you? Have you, uh...been okay here?

[Voice]

[stringless_doll]

I dunno. There aren't a lot of useful things to do around here, are there? So long as you're taking care of yourself, that's something.

[He's still unaccustomed to so many friendly people so there's a brief pause that's mostly surprise before he continues.]

It's... different. My name is Nataku, by the way.

[Voice]

[lost_koneko]

Kirimi miss Onii-chama...

[Voice]

[stringless_doll]

[He doesn't know who that is, but she looks really young to be stuck in a place like this.] I'm sorry they're not with you. Are you alone here?

[Voice]

[lost_koneko]

Nobody from Kirimi's world here...

[voice]

[stringless_doll]

Do you have anyone to stay with? You can come and play with me and Goku sometime if you want.

[voice | filtered 100%]

[cookingninja]

[Her response is a little while coming, and when it does she bumps up the filter liek woah.]

You are welcome here whenever you'd like to be.

[voice | filtered 100%]

[stringless_doll]

[He's still not sure how to respond to her, but there's an obvious note of relief in his voice.]

...I appreciate it.

[voice | filtered 100%]

[cookingninja]

[She can hear that, and in response manages a smile to lighten her own tone.]

Just don't let Okita-san get you into too much trouble.

[voice | filtered 100%]

[stringless_doll]

What if I get him into trouble?

[intangible_girl]

Every day.

[Voice]

[stringless_doll]

That seems common. I hope you can get back to them soon.

[Voice]

[intangible_girl]

Thank you.

...Do you think it's true? That no time passes while we're here?

[voice]

[stringless_doll]

I can't think of a reason for people to lie about something like that, but it's... hard to believe. Maybe time just passes differently here. There are a lot of things about Luceti that shouldn't be possible.