lastvoyages | Revelation 38 | Essence of the Unknown

Oi, how come you're just saying 'anyone'? I deserve to be called by name at least.

[ Hey Kiryu, it's your former inmate, filming himself from what looks like the hold of a boat. Hickey's keeping a sarcastic, glib tone but he can't hide the happiness in his eyes. It's good to see his old warden again. ]

Let's rephrase that. 'This is Kiryu Kazuma. Cornelius Hickey, if you can hear this, how've you been?'

Hickey-san.

[ The warmth and joy in his voice is audible enough, even as per usual, his face doesn't actually change much. ]

How have you been?

Well as I can be, [ he shrugs. ] Headed back up to the Arctic, myself. I want to see who of us are left there.

[ Like Crozier. His Crozier. Crozier's still there even if he's still kind of here and this Crozier might not be his Crozier but look, Hickey's just not gonna grapple with that metaphysical knot right now. ]

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Oyaji!!

[ His heart grows two sizes. Right there. ]

I was hoping you'd show up.

Why the fuck wouldn't I? Where are you? Where's mom?

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Rags!

Hey! I heard you were sick or something. What the fuck happened?

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[ Someone is going to giggle at that and cover her mouth. Is this the one she was told about? Calling him that?]

Hey! It's not funny!

I can, somehow. Which is odd, since I'm on a planet and the vox system isn't really working well right now. Is your ship anywhere near Jago?

[ ...huh. 'Vox system'. That sounds like something out of a shounen manga. Okay. Uh- ]

I don't know where that is. Or where we are. The Admiral drives the boat where he wants to.

Oh. I see.

I'm Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, commander of the Tanith First. Somehow, you've accessed our communications system. I hope you're not the enemy.

[Then again, the soldiers currently ambushing them at every turn haven't been chatty, so probably not.]

You're a hard person to try ignore, Kiryu.

[ He's been happy to see every face, but the mix of emotions that goes through him on this one is hard to pinpoint. He hasn't seen Nishiki, his brother, in so long. He hasn't seen him living, hasn't seen him...

It's been twenty-something years of lived experience since then. And his heart aches. ]

Nishiki...

Mmmm? It's just a fact. [ Said fact had been said in the most neutral way possible signalling the biggest beef known to man, but it's complicated on Nishiki's end, too, in a way he can't quite vocalize. ]

You sound like you've heard a ghost.

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[Norton has heard about Nishiki, Kiryu's first kyoudai, and so he's watching silently but intently, entirely ready to start a network bitchfight if Kiryu is hurt.

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Get lost, Nishikiyama. It's my turn to ruin the day.

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Yooo, Kiryu-san! Genkii desu ka?

[His accent isn't bad, considering he's English, and there's a beaming grin on his face. But there's an obvious air to it of "baby's first foray into actually using a foreign language".]

[ It's better than his English pre-Admiral! ]

Yes, I'm well. As is Trixie. What about you?

[The girl on the video is pale and almost corpse like. Either because of or despite the fact she's a ghost.]

I can hear you. My name is Banyue.

Hello, Banyue-chan. I hope I didn't bother you.

[ Not really bothered by it. Then again, he's dealt with ghosts before. ]