audio; on the shadow train//backdated to the 19th!

[trainwrecking]

[Audio]

[The (strategically chosen) audio feed comes in grainy, but the sound of unrestrained crying rings clear. The boy chokes; incomplete words stumble over themselves, dying just past his lips to make way for another agonized sob.]

H-he took my-- the only person w-who ever really loved-- who ever loved me... H-he killed m-my... my most precious p-person...

The other m-me killed her...

[He sniffles, the sound wet and gross.]

P-please don't let that... t-that thing have another chance to live... He's keeping himself alive by hurting others..! [The feed clicks off quickly, cutting off his last cry.]

[Introspective]

[It's a pain to act like this... But you've been revived from death, what? Twice now? I think it's my turn. You're not even fit to keep yourself alive.]

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audio

[halberdaxe]

[Well that's something. Noda's been wary of his shadow self but he wasn't expecting a strange Otonashi post.]

What are you talking about?

audio

[trainwrecking]

Maybe you can help me...

[It wouldn't be such a bad thing to have the real Noda pitted against the original Otonashi again, now would it?]

[halberdaxe]

Help? With what?

[He's willing to help, alright.]

Audio

[trainwrecking]

I-isn't it obvious..?

[He pauses. Perhaps trying to garner sympathy from the original Noda isn't the best plan.

But revitalizing a weakening rivalry might be.]

F-forget it, you'd probably just hurt someone else! [He sniffles a bit theatrically here and scoffs.] If you're not breaking things, you're trying to curry favor with weird girls who don't even want you..!

omg

[halberdaxe]

What...?

[You can hear frustration rise up in his voice. He was actually going to start considering on viewing you in another light after all that happened during the chaos that went around last month, but...]

"Curry favor?" "Weird girls who don't even want me?" What are you talking about? I have not been doing anything like that!!

[Nope. No way he was going to do that after hearing Otonashi diss him like that.]

I demand to know your location! NOW!!

yeeep! Make Shadotonashi's job easier, Noda!!

[trainwrecking]

Aren't you? Your whole "don't disrespect Yurippe" speech?! You break everything you touch, I'm not going to let you break me again!

[At least, not this "him."]

Leave me alone, Noda..!

:'|

[halberdaxe]

After spewing those words, you are going to run away like a coward???

Tch, I was wrong for starting to change my opinion towards you. Wuss.

[trainwrecking]

No! It's self-preservation! Jerk...

[Flawless. If only Noda could see the hidden smile on the other end...]

[halberdaxe]

Then hope you will not run into me after this. I will cut you down without a word!!

[Video]

[eyewillprotect]

[Wha-]

Yuzuru? What are you talking about? Are you alright?

--Yuzuru, what happened-!?

audio

[trainwrecking]

Aoi...

No. She used to be... my reason to live.

[Dangerous words, but also strategic ones. She couldn't see his irritable expression behind the veil of audio.]

Why is he here..?

audio

[eyewillprotect]

Who...? What are you talking about?

Please, explain it to me. I want to understand- what's going on?

audio

[trainwrecking]

... My little sister. She was all I had. Without her... What reason did I have to keep going?

['Did?' It's odd.]

[eyewillprotect]

Your... sister?

[This isn't making any sense. He'd mentioned that the "other him" had killed his most important person - but that was his sister? Had his sister been here, somehow, without her knowing?

But Yuzuru just continues to say concerning things, and she has to cut that line of thought for the moment.]

Surely you have other reasons to live on...!

[trainwrecking]

I've tried... but it's worthless. I can't help anyone, and I'll end up back in the afterlife if I keep trying.

[That, from this twisted Otonashi, is sincere.]

You'll help me stop him, won't you? So that nobody else has to die..?

[eyewillprotect]

That isn't true. You can help the people here... the residents and Visitors alike!

[The second part gives her a pause, though.]

Just... who is it that did all of this...?

[trainwrecking]

I haven't helped anyone. Besides, I get so tired of that... I'd rather not have to deal with so many people all the time.

[Also quite sincere.]

It was the other me... The worst version of me.

[Unfortunately, that might be the hitch in the plan. She's smarter than most of his friends that remain here: smart enough to keep prying like this.]

[Text]

[bondsofsuffering]

[...Well this certainly sounds like a thing.]

Who died

audio;

[trainwrecking]

[Oh. It's Hizumi.]

He... took my little sister away. But... [He sighs here.]

I don't expect you to do anything but tell me how backwards I am. Do I still sound like someone out of a shounen manga?

["You little shit" would fit nicely at the end of that, but he abstains. It isn't like Otonashi, but the last thing he wants is someone crafty like Hizumi getting in the way.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Ignoring most of that in favor of...]

Howd he kill your sis

[trainwrecking]

By trying to be some great hero. Negligence. An idiot, right? I don't want to talk about this.

[Damnit Hizumi. Don't ask specifics.]

[bondsofsuffering]

You seemed eager to talk about it just a minute ago

Afterall hes the bastard that killed your sister right

Dont you want to find him to bring him to justice?

[trainwrecking]

Not in detail. I don't want to think about that... O-okay?

[Doesn't it sound reasonable?]

Please... I-I don't know what you want from me.

[bondsofsuffering]

You know this whole text to audio thing is really awkward

Why not just switch to full video chat

I bet that would make it easier to understand each other

We could read each others faces instead of relying solely on sound or text

[trainwrecking]

[Well, fuck.]

N-no, I--I'm a mess. I can switch to text if you want, but I'm... really gross right now, ahh...

[FUCK.]