dramatispersonae

CORAL

You're standing together on what seems to be the main street of a small village, paved with cobblestones, with low buildings standing silent on either side. If you look in any of them, you'll find them dark and empty.

In contrast to the Ring, it's rather chilly. The sky is slate-grey, and it seems like there's snow falling, blanketing you and the village in pure white. On closer inspection, the snow turns out to be ash – but the bleaching is literal. Even when you brush it off, your skin, your hair, your clothes, and your keys remain ash-coloured.

A single, feeble light flickers further down the street.

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[waking up a little, slowly]

[oh you're ok '^' eyes are still visibly red but he isn't dying now]

[sitting up a little ._. everything is already terrible though]

[not saying anything though maybe I am secretly hovering ,_,]

[I'm still mad at you!!]

[staring at the sword]

[please don't be mad at me forever...]

[I will be mad at you for like a day, that is LIKE forever]

[it is when my brother has rejected me ,_,]

[what about when he discovers about your hand!! ._.]

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Nightingale?

[this is more important than the sword '-']

... are we still in that game ... ?

Yeah... sorry.

It is fine ...

[staring at the sword, starting to shift up for it]

[eyes her and then the sword...]

... Are you sure?

If we do it, then we will be done ... and I am the only one who has not done anything yet.

[squeezes her other hand -- the one not reaching for the sword]

We'll be here for you.

[... nods finally ._.]

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Nightingale-san...

Shark ... are we still in that game?

[staring at the sword]

Yes we are.

[You look like you want that.]

...If you take it, it won't be nice.

It is already not very nice ...

[What if I reach out and gather you into a hug that's really fierce.]

I would protect you if you let me. I can't... Make you sit on the sidelines though. But please don't...

[taking a very deep breath, hugging back ._.]

I, I know, but ... a-at this point, everyone else has done something, and I ... I'm already sad, so--!

That doesn't mean you have to. What I was saying to Dragonfly, that wasn't... We don't ever force people to take on something, you know that. We... Protect anyone on the team who wants it. So you don't have to do anything you don't feel like, okay?

[Please don't hurt your heart like this.]

I would have already--!

[faltering, taking a deep breath]

I don't ... I don't want anyone else to be sad too. D-Dragonfly has his brother, and when Kit and C-Canary and everyone else see they ... they'll just think that I'm being silly again, s-so ... it's all right.

S-so ... if it's all right, can I cry ... ?