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ninth breath ✧ voice/images

[There's the sound of someone fumbling with their journal before it hits the floor with a loud thud. It falls open, and one might get a view of Isamu's leg hanging off the edge of the bed before he mutters a curse and retrieves it with a shaking hand.

He doesn't seem to realize it's picking anything up as he sets it down across from him. The teen himself is sitting upright in his bed, eyes occasionally darting to either side. He's still dressed in his gi from training this morning, and he's turning his ring around in one hand - the one with the demon design. He seems particularly jumpy.]

Nothing to worry about...

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[Quickly.] Heard something like what?

Like a voice. [Like Hijiri.]

A voice? What sort of voice? [He's prying, and he shouldn't, but he needs to know if it's the same...]

[Naoki looks at him for a moment.] A voice from someone back home. Like they were here--but they're not...why?

Home, like... after the conception?

[A pause--and then he nods, before giving him a hard look. You didn't answer his question, Isamu.]

[Isamu crosses his arms over his chest and takes several deep breaths. Then he glances back in the direction of the bathroom.] When I opened that door earlier, I thought... It looked like I was about to step into one of the Amala pathways.

[He turns the spoon in his ice cream.] And I keep seeing... flashes of red along the walls every now and then. Almost like... [He trails off, shaking his head.]

[Naoki's eyes narrow, a thick swell of concern surfacing, and he sweeps his gaze slowly around the room, as though to try and see what he does.] If both you and me are hearing and seeing things, then it wouldn't be coincidence. And, it's that time...

[A bitter smile curls over his face.] Guess they thought to give us an experiment along with everything else.

You think that's what this is? [He isn't sure if that makes him feel better or not, though it's admittedly nice to know he isn't the only one dealing with it.]

I think so, yeah. This seems more along the style of their experiments--messing with our heads.

[He takes another deep breath, seeming somewhat more calmed.] Well if that's all... I'll just have to ignore it.

[Naoki musters up a little half-smile.] At least until this thing is all over.

Right. [He's stirred his ice cream into a pasty mush now, but he takes a large spoonful anyway.]

...How's the Rocky Road?

[Naoki blinks, having forgot about it, glancing down at the partially melted ice cream. He squints a little after he eats a spoonful.]

Really sweet. But not bad.

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Heh. Yeah. Don't know if I'll get it again.

If you get tired of it, you're free to grab another flavor.

Okay--thanks.

[He eats, tilting his head a little on occasion. Isamu's bringing up what he's seeing has made an old curiosity surface--] Isamu, did you know about the Labyrinth of Amala?

[Isamu looks a little confused.] Are you talking about the network itself, or something specific?

[That elicits a smile--it's practically answer enough.] I'm not sure, honestly. They brought me there through the terminals. They asked me to bring the candelabrum from the Fiends there; and the woman in black told me a lot about the Vortex World in return. [A thoughtful pause.] It was divided into different sections--I got through four.

I'd just wondered if you'd been aware of it.

[He stares at him, then shakes his head slowly.] There was... one terminal. I couldn't gain access to it no matter how much I tried. That must have been it.

Well, that's...probably for the best.

[A snort.] Think so, huh?

Yeah. [He glances over.] The demons were really strong there. I only went as far as I did because I didn't know, at first, what I was really there for.

[Isamu wouldn't have been too worried about the strength of the demons, but he's not going to say that.] What were you there for?

Those candelabra...it turned out I was gathering them so they could make me into a demon. A real demon, to fight on their side.

I was gullible. [Naoki lifts and lowers one shoulder, expression distant.]

The demons' side? I didn't know they had their own side. I mean... there was obviously another power present that I couldn't get a bead on.

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