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[ There feed seems to flicker on and off a few times when it first starts - but actually, it's just someone fiddling with it, really. It's easy to find that out by the way the screen is pointed at something completely random and keeps moving, before it finally seems to display body parts. A much too close up of a red eye, then a hand covering the camera.

After a few minutes of fiddling like that (complete with interested noises, like a kid playing with a new toy) the image finally settles down on what seems to be a young girl. At first her gaze is curious.. ]

So this is what people here use to talk to each other, huh..?

[ ... But then she huffs and seems to put on something that seems more determined or even haughty, as if she's trying to cover up her surprise and confusion. ]

It can't be that seriously nobody knows how we got here, right? There's no way that's true! Those people who gave the explanation were so unhelpful too, geez.. [ she pouts just slightly. ] Someone has a more complete answer to all of this that they didn't forget, right? So.. come on, out with it!

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[What. What is this. What is she doing here. She's supposed to be dead.

Shirou tries to get a hold of himself before replying.]

Um... Actually... What you've been told is about all we know.

[ That girl. Rin Tohsaka is the girl who not only thought nothing of a giant turtle throwing fire at her, but walked into danger without blinking. The girl who fought a pile of bones that was supposedly a dragon and didn't have a moment of fear.

She's scared at the sight of the pouting girl on the screen. People die when they are killed so why was she alive. ]

Not until you give a good explanation as to why you're here first.

[ She doesn't seem to notice the earlier surprise - still caught up in her little mood. ]

... They're not keeping any information from us? Since their story was so incomplete, I thought they were just doing it on purpose.. [ There's definitely something huffy and childish about her right now. ]

... [ For a few moments she blinks at the camera, since.. the statement comes as a surprise to her, is she supposed to recognize this girl? Sure, there's little -- actually, nothing - she can remember right now, but then how could this girl know? ]

Isn't that what I was asking about? I don't have any clue what I'm doing here either.

No. We don't know any more than they told us, and some of us have been here for months.

Well then, how do you expect us to give you any good information when you fail to have any for us in return? You should learn the law of equivalent exchange. [ Why is that important? ~~WHO KNOWS.~~ Rin is selfish, duh. ] Talking as though the rest of us owe you an explanation when you've just shown up. Another competitor for anemoi and a whiny one too.

So there's no way home, and we can't remember anything, and we don't even know why or how we're here..

That's so unfair! Maybe some of us had important things to do back home!

[ It's pretty difficult to tell whether her expression is actually just pouty like a little kid's or maybe a little haughty, as if she's trying to pretend to be strong even in a confusion situation - it seems to waver a little between the two. ]

What kind of explanation do you think I'm supposed to give you when I can't remember anything? That's like asking for food from a hungry person!

[Like getting killed? No, Shirou's not cool with that.]

Well, we won't get anywhere complaining about how unfair it is. We just have to do what we can.

[ little does she know.. ]

... What exactly is it that you do here against it, then? [ At least that seems to slightly settle her down a bit more. ]

We earn anemoi. The more you get and turn over to the lab for processing, the more you remember.

[Yeah, he doesn't want her to remember dying, but he also can't bring himself to lie to a little girl.]

Then.. I'll just have to hurry up and get a lot of it.

[ She doesn't like it - not being able to remember anything like this. It feels strangely empty, thinking how she might have forgotten things important to her, and.. almost a little bit lonely too, to be stuck here like this alone. ]

... I want to go home.

[Man. Shirou just feels bad for the poor girl. She dies at home, she wants to go home, and she's probably feeling lonely without family around.]

Um...if it makes you feel any better, this really isn't a bad place to be. There's a lot to do here, and most of the people are nice.

[ Lot to do.. What kind of things did she used to do at home? She can't even remember that much, no matter how much she frowns and tries. In the end it's easier to just ask questions to distract her mind with. ]

What kind of things are here to do then..?

Well, there are jobs available...though I think a girl your age would work less than part-time. You can get anemoi that way. There's also all sorts of shops and restaurants to go to, an arcade, a gym, a training center, parks, a waterfront...

I'll work if I have to, to get Anemoi.. I want to hurry up and remember. [ She puffs her cheeks just a little at that.

Those other words though.. It's like she hasn't heard of some of those things before, even though he's saying them so naturally, why..? She's not sure if she could go there alone either, but.. well, she's on her own now, she can try and be tough. ]

[...Cute.]

Um...maybe I could show you around the city?

... Huh? [ She looks almost surprised that he offers for a moment. ]

[ But.. no, he really did offer to show her around. And he doesn't seem like a bad person exactly, but.. at the same time, some proud part of her feels like she shouldn't accept help that easily, yet she does really want it. This is difficult, but in the end the desire to not be here alone, even if it's just for a few moments, wins out.

... She does hide it under a slightly haughty (or at least prideful) smile, though. ]

Well, just since you offered!

[Shirou suppresses a laugh at the face she's putting on. That was simply amusing.]

All right! Where are you now? In your apartment?

... [ a nod. ] Yeah. It's where they told me to go, so I figured it was better than standing around on my own.

Okay. My house is about fifteen minutes away on foot. What's your room number?

... You have your own house? [ That seems different.. From what she's seen, most people just have a room here. ]

But.. it's 303.

Yeah. There's a long story behind that one.

Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can.

[ Well, she can get that story out of him later, when he's there, so.. she just nods. ]

I'll be waiting. And.. you know you should never make a girl wait too long, right?

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