The Haunted (backdated to just after the 2nd Division party)

[sakimori]

(Open to everyone but Hibiki)

[After the explanations are done, those who manage to find Tsubasa will discover that she is...not in the best shape...

While she's normally calm, if cold and dismissive, she's now covering her face with her hand and looking like she's about to break down. The deal with Gungnir obviously has her very troubled.]

"...That gear belongs to Kanade. Even if the pieces were there, it shouldn't have activated by simply humming a tune...!"

[She slams her fist against the nearby wall as memories of her former partner begin to surface. Memories...that aren't doing her any good at all.]



"Why...?"

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[sakimori]

No...

None of this should have happened...

All of it...is wrong.

[herodrawing]

You're right... none of it should have happened.

[Izuru remembers well how he felt back then.]

But...

Don't you think Kanade would be happy to know her Relic is still used to do good?

[sakimori]

Gungnir is Kanade's...

That's why, if it's like this...I would rather not see it used again at all.

[herodrawing]

Only she was allowed to use it?

[sakimori]

[She nods, before leaning her head against the wall.]

What she had to do to achieve just that...the tests...LiNKER...the training afterwards...

[herodrawing]

...

[Izuru is not sure what to say to that. For a while he is just silent.]

If I were gone...

But if someone else could still use Red Five...

[sakimori]

You'd accept it?

...Even if that someone could do it by chance?

[herodrawing]

I didn't choose to be Red Five's pilot either.

You could say that for me, it was chance too.

[sakimori]

Then, that girl, Tachibana, should go with you.

[herodrawing]

But... she isn't...

[Such cruel words. Izuru can only babble incoherently in response.]