theairlock | now that you are not around, my world fades to a dull, lifeless grey

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now that you are not around, my world fades to a dull, lifeless grey

[Rukia will come around to everyone's rooms later, with bunny-laden notes inviting them up to the diner. When they arrive, they'll find that one of the tables in the back has been covered over with a length of fabric from the sewing room and is serving as a makeshift altar, with rosemary and, for some reason, a bottle of whiskey sitting on it alongside cutesy drawings of all the dead thus far. (Just like last time, Seth gets a spiteful no symbol across his face.)

Yurika's there too, and she speaks first:]

Thank you. I... I'm sorry for suspecting some of you a little. I was worried no matter what happened, and I knew it would be hard, but you were all innocent. If anybody wants to talk, we can.

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...Miss Yurika...

[It's still much more grave than sacrificing a small group of people for a fruitless confession, but...]

But - you were able to resolve what happened, right? Even if it took an incredible amount of effort...it turned out all right in the end, didn't it?

In some ways. We only got one person out besides our own crew, and we ended up drafted under the military's control when we got back to Earth. We did discover something about the Jovians, that what we thought were spacecraft carriers were actually giant portals, and Fressange-san joined our crew even if we couldn't save the rest of the colony. But for a while, I felt that there wasn't any more hope left in the universe.

I...I see.

[It makes more sense than everything being fine in the end. No, not everything can work out, can it?]

...Thank you, though. For sharing. I...I guess I've been really down on myself this whole time.