uruha

[rippled]

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[kumeyuri]

[...

honestly, by the end of that, uruha's expression is also sad.]

That's... why you asked me that, before.

[rippled]

... it is, yes.

[ they sound a bit embarrassed at being found out. ]

I was brought here very soon after that, so the moment is still pretty fresh.

[kumeyuri]

... He was the one who killed you, then?

[rippled]

... no, I actually won. There is no one who understood Iori better than I, at the end, and so I knew what he would do.

But my existence was tied to the Waxing Moon that he was trying to keep. After I killed him, I destroyed it, so I died. And then ended up here... which was a surprise.

[kumeyuri]

[he's quiet for a bit.]

... Better than leaving behind unfinished business, then.

[rippled]

Mm.

It is, admittedly, why I do not mind if I don't get whatever redemption they are offering here. There is nothing else I really need to do.

[kumeyuri]

[a hum in return]

Basically lived out your life [whether has a person or as a spirit], and there's nothing left?

[rippled]

Well, there's likely some things. Iori has a younger sister named Kaya, and I don't like the idea of leaving her alone. Yet it seems a bit cruel to go back to her after I killed her brother.

[ and saber isn't sure if they could live with keeping that a secret from her. ]

But there is no... need to return. Nothing hinges on me being there or not, so I'm not in any sort of rush.

[kumeyuri]

... I guess it's something you can think about it if you make it to the end, and if they give you the option.

[rippled]

Yeah. I haven't really put much thought into it, since everything going so awry makes it difficult to even believe this will end well.

[kumeyuri]

... Yeah. Hard to imagine the end of this when we still have the present to deal with.

1/2

[rippled]

[ they nod.

also i'm sorry but saber is just going to

kiss him on the cheek ]

[rippled]

Why?

[kumeyuri]

[UH

HE PAUSES

AND BACKS UP BECAUSE WHY INDEED]

[rippled]

[ they point at him accusingly, as if uruha was the one who did that when it was not. saber did this. and yet. ]

Do not overthink that! It was nothing!

[kumeyuri]

[HELLO??? he holds his hand up like whoa]

Why does this keep happening with you!?

[rippled]

[ wailing... ]

I don't know! Aren't these doors punishment enough?!

[kumeyuri]

Did someone curse you...?

[rippled]

I assume it has to be something like that... ah, how embarrassing. Sorry, Iori...

[ apologizes to their partner who isn't here for ruining the seriousness of his death. ]

[kumeyuri]

[sorry, iori...]

These curses are getting seriously weird.

[rippled]

Haven't they? And can they think of the timing of these things?

[kumeyuri]

The timing is also pretty damn strange. Did someone just randomly decide, why not?

[rippled]

Perhaps...

[ they stare into the distance. ]

They'll pay for this.

[kumeyuri]

If you can figure out who did it. Maybe it isn't even a specific person's doing... [a beat, as he tosses theories at the wall to see what sticks:] Did you listen to that note last week? The one about spoiling someone else's chao?

[rippled]

[ extremely seriously, ]

What note?