Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)
LEVEL 1: A Whisper, an Aria, a Prayer, an Awakening
Chapter 2: Lost and Out of Options
While it felt good to leave Crio fro more about Altana was the first step, Haruhiro and the others had no idea where to start They didn’t know anyone they could ask for help either Renji’s group, Kikkawa, Manato, and even Raghill and Mogzo were nowhere in sight It seeone their separate ways
Haruhiro, Ranta, shi+horu, and Yume stood outside Crimson Moon’s headquarters in a daze for some time
shi+horu was the first to break the silence “…What should we do?”
Why askyou, Haruhiro wanted to snap, but in gentleirl, replied instead, “Good question What to do…”
“What… should we do?” she repeated
“You guys…” Ranta sighed heavily “You guys need to be more, you know, self-reliant or so ‘what to do, what to do’”
“Any ideas then?” Haruhiro said
“I’ really hard about it What we should do, that is”
Yuled “So you have no idea either”
Ranta rubbed the bottoht I don’t”
This honestly kind of sucked, Haruhiro couldn’t help thinking Maybe Raghill was right,leftovers They were the four dregs who couldn’ton their own It wasn’t even like they decided to team up in the first place; they just sort of ended up all standing in front of the headquarters building with each other Out of all the possible outcomes, this was probably the very worst
“Mogzo’s so lucky,” Ranta said, and inwardly, Haruhiro didn’t disagree “Raghill seezo’s ho up with a veteran party who knows their way around Why did he get picked? I’ot picked I’m seriously way more useful SERIOUSLY”
“I dunno about that,” Yume said pleasantly, and Haruhiro added, “I doubt it”
Ranta pointed an accusing finger at both of the that because you have no idea what I can do! Don’t forget this: I’m a man of ability! I’ve been famous as a man of hidden potential since birth!”
“Your potential wouldn’t be very hidden if you were famous,” Haruhiro said
“Minor details! You’ll tire yourself out worrying about details all the time”
“I’ to you”
“You’ve got no staood at all No good, no good”
“Says a guy whose only redee feature is his curly hair”
“Don’t call me curly!”
“I said redeeht?”
“You really think so? Is curly hair really okay? I’m not really convinced…”
“Yuht~yan Yume’s always been jealous of naturally curly hair Curly Ranta is great!”
“Really? Is my hair really that nice? Seriously?”
“Yep! Twisty hair means a twisty mind and it’s adorable!”
“Adorable? I dunno about that, a guy being called adorable by a girl… but it’s not bad, I guess Still, twisty mind makes me sound kinda like an idiot…”
A small choked voice could be heard Haruhiro turned and saw that shi+horu was hiding her face behind both hands, and her shoulders were trehtly
“Whoa” Ranta stared in surprise
Yume also looked over at shi+horu; she blinked Of course, Haruhiro was surprised, too shi+horu was crying
“W-what’s wrong?” Haruhiro asked, extending a hand to place on her shoulder but stopping halfway Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to irl, after all
“…N-nothing” shi+horu hiccupped “I just… it’s nothing… I’m just a little worried, that’s all…”
“Ah…” Haruhiro said
When he thought about it, he had nothing to say Even under these circu aithout due gravity At least shi+horu was saying what she really felt about the entire situation
“There, there,” Yuirl, it’s okay Everything will be okay How they’ll be okay, Yume doesn’t know, but…”
Ranta frowned “That’s not really reassuring…”
Haruhiro rubbed the back of his neck “But I don’t think it’s good to stand here and not do anything Even if we stopped talking, it won’t help Maybe we should, you know, ot to be other veteran Crihill around Maybe we can look for someone like that and ask some questions”
“In that case, go for it!” Ranta slapped Haruhiro on the back “Find soet info outta them! I’ll leave it to you, Haruhiro!”
“How refreshi+ngly original,others do all the work”
“Like a breath of fresh air!”
“You really piss me off”
“To be totally blunt and honest, I don’t really care about your feelings”
“asshole”
“Shut up It was your suggestion, so go do it That’s how things usually work,” Ranta stated “But fine, let’s split the work then Haruhiro, your job’s to go find a Criet information, shi+horu’s job is to be all depressed, Yume’s job is to make her feel better, and my job’s to stay here and wait for you to come back!”