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Characters: Taro Namatame, Souji Seta
Location: Shibusen, Kishin Chamber
Rating: G? PG? Something like that.
Time: Afternoon, October 12
Description: Each with their own history, Namatame and Souji go to see the Kishin chamber where Adachi was once taken down in the past.


Two months. Two months and a couple of weeks on top of that, actually. It wasn't all that long ago, but it seemed like much more time than that had passed since Namatame had found himself in Death City and first heard about the killer being here and gone. Part of that was the war and the circumstances they were in, but still something was different about this place. He didn't know what it was, but he felt different here compared to in Inaba any time in the past year.

As he headed out of his apartment, he faltered slightly even as he walked on. Why was he doing this? He still missed Mayumi and regretted her and Saki Konishi's deaths, but they'd died at the murderer's hands and there was nothing he could do to change that. Coming here wouldn't bring either of them back to life--he knew that. All the same, though, Namatame wanted to do this. He didn't have any real plans, but maybe that was okay. Before he'd been driven on a mission so blindly that he'd nearly killed all those kids before realizing what he'd done; and now that he was still aimless and trying to find a new direction for himself, he felt more than ever that he was doing something right this time.

He pushed away his lingering doubt as he approached Shibusen and stood at the entrance, waiting there for Seta to arrive. He was glad to be doing this, and there was no question about that.

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Namatame took another glance at the other side of the room, all the tape and chains and the eyes. Knowing that the murderer had been brought down here...it was sobering and relieving at the same time, but it didn't seem so ominous anymore. All of that was over. And now--well, that part was still ongoing.

"I think I'm just about finished here now." He looked over at Seta, trying to figure out how he was doing. "What about you?"

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That's what this all was, now. It was a second chance. And for everyone involved, really. He might find his own second chance here, after awhile. And that would be nice. Relieving.

"I'm good. There's nothing for me here, now. That's a relief to know."

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"Then let's go." Namatame took a step forward, gesturing for the other to go with him. "Your friends are probably waiting for you, aren't they?"

And...Namatame had a few of his own, really. He was grateful for that--among others, they had been the ones to help him get here today.

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"Some of them are," Souji nodded, taking his hands out of his pockets as he made his way to the door. "Let's get out of here. We won't be needing it anymore."

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Namatame didn't say anything after that, only nodding and heading with him down the hallway. Everything here had turned out well, considering...it was good.