soul_campaign | 002 || video || 10th May

[Anri's been laying low since her last unintentional broadcast but there's only so long she can avoid having to integrate with what is her new everyday life. And since one of the two people she knows can no longer be found, she figures it won't hurt to have more people to turn to.

Rely on. But she knows what she has to sacrifice to ensure people don't figure that out.

Though this feed is intentional, it's clear from the way she can't quite face the camera that she's still not entirely comfortable in speaking out at all. But given the turmoil the city's in right now, there's only so much she can do alone - even if stray thought has given her a clue that there's a side of her not quite as departed as she first thought]

Ah...I'm sorry to trouble everyone at such a time. I know you all have a lot to focus on but Okabe-san doesn't seem to be around right now and there are some things I need to ask.

First of all...money. I've been doing okay so far but what I get from Shibusen isn't enough when so many places won't take it. And I'm not sure they'd be any more willing to take me on either. Not that I'm sure what I could do, exactly, but if anyone has any ideas, I'll listen.

Secondly, I think I found what I can do...I think I found why I'm a Weapon. But...it's complicated. I understand, but I'm also worried about what it means...if there's anyone I could talk to about this, I'd be grateful. If there's something you want of me to make up for taking your time, I'll find a way.

[Even if it means having to fight. If it's enough to appease her worries about what she's become, it'll be worth it.]

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I will. Thank you very much.

[Oh, wait]

Are you Keroro-san?

[...right. She never introduced herself, did she?]

No, I'm Eve. Keroro is my partner. He's an alien who's green and around two feet tall.

Oh! I see. I'm sorry.

[And now slightly intrigued by this two foot tall alien]

Thank you, Eve-san.

[She shook her head.] I should have introduced myself first.

[She didn't mention that he also looked a like a frog and was squishy. It didn't seem very relevant.]

You're welcome. [She tilts her head a little.] What's your name?

Oh! Ah, Anri Sonohara.

[And she'll bow, even as she's the other side of a communicator]

[Should she bow in return? It's not what she normally does when greeting someone, but would it be rude not to return the gesture...

After a bit of blank staring, she dips her head a little in response.]

It's nice to meet you, Miss Sonohara.

You too, Eve-san.

[Though now she's worried she's made her feel awkward. But she'll just have to trust that she'll be told if that's the case.]

How long have you been here?

Not very...I don't think it's even been a week yet. So there's still a lot I'm getting used to.

And you arrived while the city was like this. [That must suck.]

I thought this was just how the city was.

[In a lot of ways it's like Ikebukuro but with more supernatural]

It's usually more peaceful. [Pause.] Except when there's an attack.

But this is different to those times?

[Makes sense, since this probably doesn't qualify as an attack]

It's the first time we were attacked by the people who lived here.

So they're not normally like this?

[She just thought she'd run into a particularly unpleasant group before]

Is it okay to ask what changed?

No. There are some troublemakers, but never anything on this scale.

[That's the question, isn't it?]

Besides that, nothing's really changed. There were some refugees from the carnival, but that's it.

Carnival?

[Shouldn't that mean something fun? Still, if that's the only difference...]

But if that's all that's changed, does that mean there might be a connection?

[The carnival crashing was pretty bad, she supposed. But no one had been kicked out of their homes to accommodate the refugees besides the Guests so it couldn't be that. Never mind that they'd scored a victory against the Witches at the end of it. She thinks about this long and hard but still couldn't come up with anything.]

I don't know. There's no connection I can see.

Ah...then it's just coincidence.

[She trusts Eve to know more than she does about this]

Maybe.

[She wishes there was a way she could find out for sure, but that's probably not going to happen.]

Hopefully things will quiet down soon.

Hopefully.

[She doesn't mention how just when things seem to be quietening down tends to be when thing are all set to fall apart again. This isn't Ikebukuro, for all it's still a city]

[Enough about these depressing topics. It's not like dwelling on it will help.]

Even if you don't want a job, you can always come by to try our cakes.

Oh...thank you. I think I will.

[Especially when she discovers just what they sell]

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