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[Around sundown, somewhere out in the forest, one Litchi Faye-Ling is waking up in a bath tub.

The first thing she notices is that the Boundary is much more quiet than it was the last she knew. The strain is still there, and everything hurts, but the buzz of memories is quieter. At least, it is until she cracks one eye open and sees that she's in a tub. In the middle of a forest. Then the wave of memories from clashing timelines and realities is a roar, and it's all she can do to curl into a ball and wait for it to stop.]

N-no... please, not now...

[This isn't Kagutsuchi. This place, she's been here before, and nearly every time it's had something to do with a tub, and--

--Luceti. This is Luceti. She thinks. Or something along those lines. People were always appearing in tubs... or at least in her tub... although she woke up in one once too, didn't she? No, that can't be...

It isn't until Lao Jiu crawls back up onto her head that the roar starts to die down. And then the memories start to unfold a little less chaotically, and she peers over the edge of the tub to see the inevitable journal, lying open on the ground. She gives a weak laugh.]

My goodness, this is all so familiar... Hello? Is anyone-- [Luceti Valley. Mu. Raining trees. She stammers to a stop for a moment before trying again.] --Is anyone there? I think...

[This is the headache of the century. Litchi stops again, leaning her forehead against the cool side of the tub until the Boundary quiets down again. That doesn't seem right. It wasn't this loud before, was it? ...Wait, it was, wasn't it...]

I think I may need some help. This is... Luceti, yes...? I'm afraid I woke up in the forest and I... seem to be missing a few things. [Her usual clothes. Memories. Mantenbou. A ring. Although the last one she has an itching suspicion was both very important and has a very low chance of being here.

And there's one other thing...]

Also, could anyone tell me if Tsubaki Yayoi or Kazuma Kval are still here? It would be a tremendous help.

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[This was Litchi's voice. He's not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing, for her to show up in Luceti again. He won't question it for too long, since there wasn't much of a reason to try and distance himself from her. But he does feel like he should confirm some things. He remembering Luceti is a good start that things might be okay.]

Welcome back. [That's all he feels he can manage to her right now. Ragna remembers that when some people are sent home, they return further along the timeline. He hopes it isn't that far, if she was.]

[It is that far. And Litchi winces when she hears Ragna's voice coming over the journal. Sure, she arrived before the Hazama mess last time, but this time she wasn't so lucky. And the guilt of remembering both joining the NOL and everything that happened here is a little overwhelming.

Still, she knows better here. Here, she doesn't mean to go anywhere near Hazama if she can help it. Swallowing down the guilt, she answers after a while.]

Thank you. It's... good to be back.

[Ragna wants to ask everything about what she remembers, but at the same time he doesn't feel like it's entirely his place to actually go and ask. It's weird. It's like Noel's disappearance was making Ragna actually think his actions through, and he's not sure why.

But he can get over that. This is a necessary thing.] Mind if I ask you something?

[She's admittedly a little worried about what he might ask, but she squashes that down. Time to face it.]

Not at all. Please, go ahead.

[For convenience sake, Ragna puts up a quick filter.] What's the last thing you remember from back home? Anything new?

[He sounds completely serious about the question, and at the same time, hopeful. Hopeful that nothing has changed, and that maybe there's a chance that Ragna won't have to do something stupid to try and set things right. Everything always ends in disaster, and just once, he'd like the opposite of that.]

...Yes. A few new things.

[Her panic, Hazama hintdropping, Lotte begging her to abandon her mission and kill him instead. She's not sure if that stings the most or the knowledge that, had her memory been intact of her stay here, she might have acted differently. It takes her a moment to continue forward.]

I... I've seen what you tried to warn me about before. It's... I'm so sorry, but it was the only chance I had.

[Ragna falls silent after her explanation. He doesn't know what to say. She's experienced precisely what he knew would happen, and here she was. She was apologizing for it, but at the same time... it pissed him right the hell off.

Especially since she said it was her only chance. Dammit!] ... Right. [And he just closes the journal. He doesn't wanna hear anymore.]

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