@kuruko

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how many of you have soulmates?

did it stop you from getting sick?

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i dont care if they deal with the consequences
i care about staying alive

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[ ...What kind of world is this person from if that's their chief concern? ]

coming here must be really hard for you then

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dont pity me
we are all dead

you mentioned music

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it's not pity. it's concern

[ But she knows when to ease off the gas, so-- ]

that's right I'm a musician
I mostly sing, but I haven't met an instrument I haven't been able to figure out
what about you? what do you like to do?

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i sing sometimes
not for anyone else
when i have wood or metal i make figures

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if you ever feel like singing for or with someone let me know
I'd love to hear you

really? that's so cool!!
but how do you make them out of metal?

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you can bend it
or cut it
join pieces together

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oh you're right~
I think I've seen jewelry made like that
but making them into figures sounds like something else
do you mean things like animals?

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animals
plants
whatever

they arent good

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I'm sure they're great!
I definitely can't do anything like that, so I'm impressed!
what are your favorite things to make? wood or metal, doesn't matter

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there are pigs in the wilds
with tusks
we call them javelina

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oh! we have something like that where I'm from too
the ones in Japan don't have tusk but in other places they do
you've seen one? or just pictures?

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ive seen lots of them
ive eaten them

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I bet it's probably pretty good
so are you a hunter then?
or just outdoorsy in general?

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[ how do you tell someone you're an exile? she sits with it. anger rises in her chest. ]

you ask too many questions
i am supposed to ask some too
is japan the name of the country you come from?

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whoops sorry!! 😅
yes Japan is the country I'm from
Tokyo and Shizuoka specifically

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are those clans in japan

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[ ...That's an interesting question. Hm. ]

they're cities
clans in Japan are families like the Minamoto or Fujiwara

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do families usually stay in cities there

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they can. it's a little complicated
without going into hundreds of years of history, basically many clans had various territories in Japan that fell under their jurisdiction
there was an event that happened that shook that up and put Japan on a different course of history, and a lot of those families either lost power or just disappeared altogether
we study this in school where I'm from since it's an important part of history

some are still around but depending have moved or expanded their area of influence
but it doesn't directly affect most people since it's all mostly under the surface
or so I've heard

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so you dont know what clan you are a part of?

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I'm Fujiwara

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kuruko

[ there is no one alive to contradict this, to say that she is not kuruko anymore. though, a cold sensation drains down through her body, starting in her head, as she realizes — how many of them might be here? could her people be in this place, also restless? could she see them again? ]

nagano kaito said that you are hibiki
im mavis

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[ Kuruko... she's not familiar with that one. But she's somewhat divorced from the fight for relevancy and control between the various families, so that might be part of it. ]

that's right. nice to meet you Mavis
how do you know Kaito?

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he told me about soulmates
then he made me throw up