voice;

[sleepybuster]

I know everyone's caught up in this whole NPC thing, but... E-er... Actually, this might help, but I was mostly kind of curious.

I saw someone mentioning the fact that Shinji Ikari came back here despite disappearing a while ago... This isn't the first time something like that has happened though. The same thing happened with Fujisaki-san -- Chihiro Fujisaki. So... I guess what I'm getting at is: What do you guys think this means? For someone to just... come back to the afterlife a while after leaving it. I know this could also have relevance to the NPC we're looking for if it has changed appearances or anything, but still. I wanted to know what you all thought.

...A-and, um... I know we've never talked before, but if it's all right, I'd like to talk to Ikari-san about this too! I'm just curious, is all.

[He's about to turn the recording off before quickly adding:]

--Also, uh... Has anyone seen Obama? I think he escaped from my room and I can't find him now.

[Aaaand he'll leave it at that.]

Comments

[sleepybuster]

[Well that's...]

I mean, I guess so... But it's just upsetting that we're split up like this in the first place. I don't even remember how I died, or how those two did... And I have no idea how everyone else is doing.

[tsunball]

If they haven't showed up here, they're probably fine.

[ Leon knows it's not true since he's heard of people dying back home who sure haven't shown up here yet at all, but he doesn't feel like thinking about it too deeply. He wasn't close enough with them, anyway - just like how he isn't close enough with most people. ]

You're not just gonna sit there and worry about it, are you, Naoe? You're gonna ruin your own afterlife.

[sleepybuster]

Yeah, I hope so.

[Just a part of him is awfully unsure about it, considering how little people are here in the first place. It's not like all the people here are the only ones who have ever died... and he would know, considering his parents' passing.

He's a little surprised by Leon's latter comment though.]

Ruin my own afterlife...? [How is he not supposed to worry about them though?]

[tsunball]

Yeah. I mean, if you're just gonna sit around and worry about that, then how're you supposed to have fun? [ Not that it isn't possible, but.. worrying about stuff tends to ruin fun a whole lot. It's exactly why he couldn't just easily live in that school either. He was way too busy constantly worrying someone might come and kill him. ]

Isn't your own happiness in the end the most important?

[ The Leon life... ]

[sleepybuster]

It's impossible to not worry about it, but...

[...mm... a nod.]

You're right. I think it's okay to at least be concerned about it, but I shouldn't let it bother me too much. [It'll just interfere with whatever remnants of a life he has left, anyway.]

If I do, then I wouldn't be able to enjoy the life I have left... and I'm pretty sure none of them would want that. Especially not Kyousuke. He wanted nothing more than for us to live our lives to the fullest and have fun, even if they were in really weird ways sometimes. So... yeah. You're right, Kuwata-san.

[tsunball]

'course I'm right!

[ How long did you think it would take Leon to go back to being.. well, Leon? Just about this long, as you can see. ]

You really should've decided to listen to me more a long time ago, Naoe!

[sleepybuster]

Well, with this at least...

[No way he's going to listen to Leon and his other junk okay!!]

...But thanks.