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[godofdust]

[On the screen is an impish-looking woman with ash blonde hair and blue eyes, and though she is smiling the expression looks just a little strained at the corners.]

Hello, everyone! I'm Guizhong, and I have a... question. Possibly a slightly upsetting one but one I feel compelled to ask due to my own circumstances...

[Pause. Deep breath.]

Did anyone else... die? Before they came here?

[Guizhong blurts out a short laugh.]

Because, ahm... I did? And I thought I was handling that quite well, but it turns out that I may... not be, after all.

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video; un: rider

[kaientai]

It was a long time ago, if that counts. I mean—... [ an awkward laugh. ] —it gets easier with time if that's any consolation.

[ he's not good at this. ]

[godofdust]

Many things do... [But she's not sure if this is going to be one of them. It's rather rattling, and not so much the death part itself so much as... not continuing to be dead.]

Perhaps I shall have the time to get used to it while I'm here.

[kaientai]

Hopefully! It makes sense to feel out of sorts, though. Give yourself time to figure out what to do with the fact that you've got time you didn't have before.

[ ryouma has been in that position, so he gets that much, but he also had oryou with him and a duty to perform. it's easy to imagine doing it alone would make the transition much more difficult. ]

I ended up with a job when I died, so this almost feels like a third shot at it. I could never just settle down and live in an apartment, even when I was alive.

[godofdust]

[It is something to take into consideration. Just what might she do with herself now, in this strange, advanced new world with so much in it that she has no knowledge of? Morax is here and that is a comfort - a point of familiarity - but she does not want to lean on him for everything, even if she knows he would allow it.]

I'm not sure what my skills could be put towards in a place like this. [She muses aloud.] The technology here far surpasses anything I have seen before.

[kaientai]

Well, let's see! What did you use to do before?

[ ryouma likes to think he's good at this sort of thing. ]

I've been to a time far in the future compared to when I was alive, so there were all kinds of things around I never could've dreamed of. If anything, a world like this makes people crave simpler things and those who can show them a way of life they've never experienced before.

[godofdust]

Before... I was leading a small nation, and fighting in a war.

[And she laughs, because those are hardly things that are required here. There does seem to be some kind of conflict going on but it is not the kind that she is used to.]

But I have always taken an interest in technology and invention. The airships are fascinating.

[kaientai]

Woah! That at least means you're fearless and a good leader though, which is a pretty impressive set of skills, if you ask me.

[ but oh boy, now you're really speaking his language, guizhong!! ryouma lights up at the mention of airships. is he closer? he's getting closer, like a dog that doesn't understand camera phones. ]

Me too! I could watch them all day! I wanna know how they work! Don't you wanna try flying one yourself?!

[godofdust]

Oh, absolutely! [She brightens up in turn, also scooting herself forwards a little bit.]

I managed to take a good peek into one of their engine rooms, before someone spotted me.

[At which point she had made a quick exit, because she's not interested in stirring up too much trouble while she's here.]

Do you think that they have places where they take the ones that have been decomissioned?

[kaientai]

There must be! It probably takes months to build or scrap them, so they've gotta be doing it somewhere that wouldn't disrupt everything else...

[ he considers this. ]

I bet we could find it if we tried.

[ what could go wrong? ]

[godofdust]

I can't imagine such a place would be secret.

[Guarded, perhaps... Prohibited entry... perhaps. But with a determined mind many things can be possible! And Guizhong really wants to find out how those things get off the ground.]

I'm sure we can find where it is if we just ask around!