video; @unchained

[hedonistic]

[There video opens to a beautiful scene of a sunset at the Fishing District, sky painted in magnificent pinks and oranges that reflect against the pristine ice. A few moments later, a young man's voice accompanies it, tinged with the telltale slurring of someone who's rather drunk.]

Hey, question.

[A pause hangs in the air for a minute, almost long enough that one might wonder if he's gotten distracted or forgotten.]

Did you like your life, before the Storm? [. . .] If the Natha gave you a chance to go back, would any of you stay here?

[Kagari doesn't miss Japan. He doesn't feel homesick. He misses his friends, sure, but he's had more in the past nine months than he did in the twenty-one years before it. But he's starting to feel like the only one.]

Comments

[givingback]

Yeah, I woke up, and maybe a day later we were all kicked off the ship, so I have no idea how any of this really works. Thanks for the explanation, though. It was never super clear.

[hedonistic]

Ohhh, you're even fresher meat than I thought, then. Yeah, you can come up to the Station anytime you want, usually.

[givingback]

Huh. Well, that's good to know. Hey, thank you. I should have said this before but thanks for explaining a few things, like this stuff, about the station. I appreciate you letting me kind of crash your message to everyone else.

[ She did talk about the initial topic but he was still nice enough to keep it going when she had other questions. ]

[hedonistic]

Ehhhh, it's whatever.

[He flaps an...arm? It's supposed to be a "don't worry about it" gesture but looks particularly weird from how drunk he happens to be at this point.]

You answered my question, so, y'know, we're good. I could answer more stuff, prob'ly.

[givingback]

I can't think of anything, but hey, I'll look for you next time I come up with something I'm curious about.

[ She smiles just a little. ]

It was nice to meet you. Bye, for now.