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[Voice]

Hey guys, what's with all the lights?  I was walking around last night and they're everywhere!  Is something going on?  Another festival?

[He pauses for a moment, almost shutting his journal when--]  Oh right!  let's see...

[Voice - Broken filter to Jin and Terra]

There, I think I got it.  Hey Jin, Terra, could y--...am I not doing this right?  I though that was how you made a filter.. [A pause and some shuffling] How about now?  

...No?  That's weird, I guess I'm doing it wrong after all.  Oh well, I can do it without that.

So--Jin, Terra!  If you hear this, meet me at the battle dome, okay?  I'd like to train a bit more.

[Action] 

[Even though he has to wait until the evening for the lights to turn on, Seto will be out and about during the day, either at the battle dome, training/waiting for his two trainers to arrive or wandering around just outside of community building four, looking mighty sad because well--his two training partners never showed!

It's mainly at night when Seto will be seen all around the entire village, just looking at alllllll the pretty Christmas lights.  Not that he actually knows what they are but they're still beautiful!  He's never seen anything like them before, and it goes great with the snow too!   Will you bump into him as he walks through the colorfully lit up streets?  Or will he maybe bump into you since he isn't exactly paying attention?]

[Video]

[When the video turns on, it shows Seto sitting on the couch in his apartment, surrounded by dirty, old looking items.  Most of them are books and others could just be considered junk; shoes, an empty glass milk and soda bottle, letters,  a deflated balloon, a tin can, etc.  

But the one in his hand some may recognize to be a cellphone, an old model, but a cellphone nonetheless.  It's also pretty old looking, dirt practically staining it brown, replacing the red color it used to be, and some of the buttons are even missing on it.  And even though Seto doesn't know how to work a phone of all things, he knows that pressing the button under this thumb will play something.

And so he presses down on it, lighting up the screen though since it's cracked, it shows a bunch of different colors to show it's ruined.  Though just a second after it lights up, a girl's voice comes from it:]

"Oops, it's already recording!  Okay um....I'm on my way out to say goodbye to this world.  I might not make it very far, but even if I only make it one step, so long as time permits me, I want to see the world with my own two eyes.  I want to leave proof here that I existed in the world.  So, if there's anybody listening to this...please, remember me.  Remember that I was alive.

Dang that was pretty gloomy...I should've left it on a more positive note.  Ack!  I'm almost out of t--" [And there the recording on the phone abruptly ends.  Giving the phone a small squeeze, Seto stares at it sadly]

....No matter how many times I listen and read these memories...No matter how long their faces are engraved in my head...I just don't get it!! [His eyes water up, but more in frustration than anything.  Realizing his grip on the phone, he puts it down with the other items] How do you figure out how someone died....when they didn't even know what was going on themselves?

They saw it coming but...they didn't even know what it was... [This time he picks up a wrinkled, sepia photograph, staring at it as tears well up in his eyes before reaching over to shut the journal] 

[Voice]

[Lately all Seto can think about is home, probably because he has nothing better to do when laying in his bed.  Images of what's left of the cities and small villages flash through his mind.  Everything is so dominated by the wildlife he has no idea what it could have been like for those who lived there before...whatever happened to his world.  

But it dawns on him, other people must've lived in an alternate Japan right?  So why not ask them?  It'll give him something to do too so might as well.]

I've heard that some people here are from Japan.  A different Japan than other's but they're all similar in some way and I was wondering...what's it like there?  Are there a lot of people?  Is the red tower special?

[He goes quiet for a moment then lets out a soft, almost sad sounding chuckle]  I'm sorry, I'm just a little curious... [A pause] O-Of course I wouldn't mind hearing about other worlds too.  Anything is fine..

[Action]

[Once the sun goes down, Seto will be out on the roof of community building three, just laying there to stare up at the stars.  To be honest it brings him comfort when he stares at shining lights in the sky.  For the past ten years at home, they have been his only company since his grandpa and him never really talked all too much, especially near the end of his life.

In any case, he'll be up there for a good majority of the night, he may even fall asleep]

Seto sits quietly in the dull, doll filled room, his forehead resting on his knees as his shoulders give a small shake every now and then.  His hands run through his hair but stayed atop his head, his red-brown hair messily entwining around his fingers.  The flashlight that lays on the other side of the room shines on the young boy, making the silver skull ring on his finger sparkle.  In front of him is a crow's feather, just like it had appeared once before back in his world to signify that his best friend...is gone.  This place has taken it upon itself to snatch him away while reminding him where he died.  

The journal lies next to him, open and only recording the sniffles that come from Seto every now and then.  He mumbles quietly before shutting it]

....Crow is gone.... [click]

[Action]

[Today Seto isn't going to really be on his journal, in fact he's feeling rather restless.  After talking to Terra about training, it got him thinking that he should be prepared for anything as well, who knows?  He might be drafted sooner or later and even though he doesn't exactly want to fight, he doesn't want to be weak either if he's thrown out there.

So for pretty much most of the day, Seto is going to be at the battle dome.  In his room the scenario is actually going to be this pretty dark decaying room with a little bit of moon light.  He's used to fighting in the dark so it's easier for him to fight like this.  

If you pass by his room you may hear giggling girls or maybe even crying ladies!  Don't be alarmed though, neither of those sounds will be coming from Seto.  You may even be able to catch him upstairs taking a break.

After all his practice is done, which will be around 8pm or so at night, Seto can be seen either in the grocery store or on the roof top of his building just watching the sky and eating some bread.]

[Voice]
[The feed comes on and at first all is quiet until Seto decides to finally speak]  Is anyone awake?  It's so quiet tonight...