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[knightofratatosk]

[Morning finds Emil lugging a bulging knapsack up the road to the bridge near CH #1, the ends of what look like a couple of glass bottles sticking out of it. Whatever is inside it seems to be rather heavy-- he has to stop every few yards to rest, but he's determined to make it to his destination despite this.

Once he gets to the bridge, he unzips the knapsack and begins unpacking the contents. Inside is a whole array of glass bottles, each one containing a letter addressed to a friend who has left Luceti. Richter, Marta, Tenebrae, Horatio, Luke, Faize, Lloyd, Genis-- each one of them (as well as several other people) gets a letter. He figures that with all of the creepy supernatural stuff going on lately, maybe, just maybe, if he drops these bottles into the stream now, they'll somehow reach the intended recipients. It can't hurt to try, right? If nothing else, it might make him feel a little bit better about hearing voices and seeing things.

... or so he hopes.]

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[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

They're not here to receive your letters anymore.

[knightofratatosk]

Well, I thought that since everyone is being haunted by things from their worlds, then maybe...

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

[Oh, Emil.]

I suppose it's worth trying.

[knightofratatosk]

Do you want a bottle too? I have a few extras.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

[She thinks about it for a few moments. Let us presume that Emmet is still here at this time.]

I think I'd like one.

[knightofratatosk]

Okay, hold on a second.

[He'll start going through the bottles to find one of the empty ones he'd stuck in there.]

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

[She'll cast her gaze over the river while he does this. She might pick the bottles floating on it afterwards, just so Emil can think that they actually reach their intended destination.]

[knightofratatosk]

[At last he pulls an empty one out and hands it to her before closing the bag up again.]

I don't have any paper, though, just a pencil. But you could always tear a page out of your journal and use that.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

[She takes the bottle from him and tears out a page of her journal, scribbling something on it before letting it drop to the water below. She watches it float for a moment.]

There it goes.

[knightofratatosk]

[Emil will watch it bob along on the current as well.]

Who did you write to?

... um, I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

My niece. She must be missing me right now.

[knightofratatosk]

I didn't know you had a niece. How old is she? What's her name?

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

[She perks up at the chance to talk about the baby.] Her name is Renesmee, a combination of both her grandmothers' names. We call her Nessie - and she's only a few months old.

[knightofratatosk]

That's a pretty name... I would never have thought of combining two names like that.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

[It's a fugly name.:c Just don't tell Rose that.|D] I don't think it's a sign of creativity. I think her parents were just too lazy to think of a brand new name.

[knightofratatosk]

O-oh...

[He was just trying to be nice, Rose.]

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

How about you? Were you just sending the bottles to people you've met here, or are there some people you miss from home?

[knightofratatosk]

I was sending letters to Richter, Marta and Tenebrae to let them know that I'm all right so they don't have to worry about me. But, um, they probably know that much already if their spirits really are here.

[Never mind the whole "time stops while you're gone" thing; Emil still isn't entirely sure he believes that.]

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

...You think that their spirits are still here?

[knightofratatosk]

I don't know. I don't know why else I would be hearing their voices all the time.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it's another experiment...

[knightofratatosk]

[He shakes his head.]

But it's lasted for more than a week.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

I just don't want you to get your hopes up only to be disappointed again.

[knightofratatosk]

No, it's okay... even if they are spirits, that's all they are. It's not the same thing as them actually being here.

[pileof-ashes.livejournal.com]

Why do you believe in spirits so much, anyway?