017 [voice/action for keiichi and satoko]

[complexrestart]

[The pokégear turns on in the middle of a message--]

--ber you are trying to reach is currently unavailable.

[It's silent for a few moments before Rika finally speaks.]

... Hanyuu's gone. We will be making our way back to Olivine soon.

[As if there's nothing else to say, Rika abruptly shuts off the gear.]

Comments

[audio]

[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Someone from home has disappeared once before. It was around the time I arrived.

[audio]

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

I see. Still, losing a friend is never an easy experience, even if they go home when they disappear from here.

[audio]

[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Although, I think she would be much happier back home.

[audio]

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

I hope so. I like to think that this isn't really a bad place, but at the same time, it's not quite home.

[audio]

[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

Nothing is quite like home, after all.

[audio]

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It goes even more so when you've had to fight to protect it.

[audio]

[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

That's true. When you fight for so that everyone can live somewhere in happiness, it makes you closer to that place.

[audio]

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

...You're not speaking from experience, are you?

[audio]

[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

... Just a little bit.

[audio]

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

A little bit, huh...

...Well, even a little bit could give you that feeling. After all, it's like they say -- there's no place like home.

[audio]

[complexrestart.livejournal.com]

That's right. No matter how comfortable I am in one place, it's still not the same as home.