001 (Video/Action for Crystalden)

[hanged_pervert]

[Seiko needed time. Time to come to grips with the fact she was alive, yet alone. Time to lament and be her not-so-bubbly self. So she took it.

Now, she feels more up to talking to people, and thanks to the time alone, pretty much figured out how the weird, see-through phone in her hands worked. So she turns on the video option and smiles, knowing that any small movement of her head would show the marks around her neck.]

Yaho~. My name's Seiko Shinohara. I'm from Kisaragi Academy, class 2-9. It looks like we're all in the same boat, so I hope we all get along.

[She bows, then comes back up, still smiling.]

So, am I the only one here who's supposed to be dead?

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[hanged_pervert]

[A chuckle.]

All things considered, I'm okay. Thanks.

Then again, maybe if I'm here, that means my friends are all alive, too.

[the_ninja]

A few people around here seem to know each other- maybe you'll be in luck. [he manages a chuckle of his own] If that hasn't already run out with your death-defying appearance here.

You're taking dying very well for a kid, you know.

[hanged_pervert]

Hehe~. If me being dead keeps my friends alive, then I'll take it.

[She grins.]

[the_ninja]

You say that like it was an exchange of some kind.

[Or a sacrifice. Either way, it strikes a peculiar chord with him; he can remember expressing a very similar sentiment when he was killed.]

[hanged_pervert]

Not one I made willingly, I assure you.

[the_ninja]

[another pause, then quietly] ... it's worth it if it might help them, though, isn't it?

[hanged_pervert]

Well, ideally, we would have all escaped together, so... Yeah. It was worth it.

[She nods, having come to grips with this a while back.]

[the_ninja]

[You're tugging on his cold, black heart-strings here, kid.]

Must've been a hell of a situation if you had to go that far. What happened?