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[strangerpeople]

FINAL TRIAL

[When the doors open, the killed also find themselves allowed into the Room of Reckoning as well. And - similar to the living - they, too, have a table, with their own names and places and sitting pillows. They, too, receive the note on their phones with a ping.

The dead, however, have something else that the living do not have.

They can see that there is someone sitting on the gold pillow by the stairs.]

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2/??? Stormblood Spoilers from here on out

[bendwiththewind]

[The scene is a rural village, as if from the feudal era. But for Kurama, is not merely watching from an outsider's perspective. It is as he grew shorter, his clothing feeling much more ragged and harsh and how the entire body hurt. 'He' walks towards the makings of a rice paddy and in the reflection of the water, it is not his own face he sees but that of a young girl's. Raven black hair and dull eyes as she bends down to start her work.

The girl? It's the Composer.

There's movement and from one moment, she is planting rice to feeding the animals, to moving the harvested rice across the village on her own, to cooking dinner for the family. But there's something he will notice: how she never eats with them. And if she does, it's in the stable where the animals are kept and her food are meager scraps she manages to take. But another movement and she is walking towards the elder woman and slightly older male child with her. They seem to be speaking to a soldier in iron of some kind but he does not wear the helm.]

I finished planting the rice, Mother...

[The woman turns, putting her hands on her hips and shakes her head in disgust.]

Not while the officer is here, Yotsuyu! Inside! Now!

Yes, Mother.

[And Yotsuyu does walk away from them...and proceeds to keep herself close by to hear the rest of the conversation.]

You did not mention you had a daughter.

My sister's, not mine--kami rest her soul. She is utterly hopeless, but one cannot choose one's family.

Indeed...she is of an age to receive an education as well, is she not? Yet we have no records. I trust I need not remind you of your legal obligations-

No, no! Of course not! But she is weak and sickly. Some days she not has the strength to leave her bed! Though...a thought comes to me. Mayhap...we can come to an understanding...

[The soldier then cranes his head to look up the hill, to see Yotsuyu looking back at him. Did he...see something there?]