autorejoin | ((Memory #14, Positive/Significant))

► With Kira, kicking Setchan back into shape after he gets dumped by Sara. (Chapter 74, Pages 11-25)

What Happens:

Kurai: *sniffs* "Setsunaaaa. . ."

Katou: "Stupid idiot... Is he still starving himself? Damn, excitable types like him never take setbacks very well... So. Think we should clean him up a little?"

Kira: *smoking a cigarette* "...Might as well. . ."

Kurai: "What? Wha... What do you mean, clean him up? HEY... WAIT! GET AWAY FROM THERE, YOU TWO!!"

Katou: *kicks the door* "Oi, open up! You're making Kurai-chan cry! How long are you going to slack in there before you're happy, eh?"

Setsuna: "Leave me alone, I said! I'm worth nothing to you now..."

Katou: "My, my... Shit, you think you're suddenly worthless now?! ...Let's go. HERE COMES THE INQUISITION!" *kicks the door open*

Kira: "The who?"

Katou: "Who the hell do you think you're talking back to? You're a hundred years too young for that! Get up."

Setsuna: "Wha... What are you doing?!"

Kurai: "Wait... Stop! Stop! Stop it!!!"

• Kira and Katou drag Setsuna from where he's holed himself up and toss him into a fountain.

Katou: "Cool your head in there a while, ya wanker."

Setsuna: "But... But what can I do?! It's all my fault!"

Kira: "That's exactly right. You are completely in the wrong. That's what happens when you don't think about the consequences of your actions. Your utter lack of restraint or fear... this wild soul of yours...It may be what attracts people to you and keeps them there...

But while you weren't paying attention, the cross you're carrying has become so big that you can't put it down now even if you wanted to. But you're not alone anymore. For better or worse...You have to be more aware of what's going on around you. In each of the trials you've faced, there's always been someone with you... You save them... They save you... Always helping each other out, amidst blood and tears. That is how you have come to be here.

So trust them more. Rely on them more. They're all waiting for you. They're all here for you. They're all here for you because they want to be. Try being a litle bit more appreciative of that... Do you think this psychotic antisocial druggie would be here if he didn't like you?" *indicates Katou*

Katou: "Wha... WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

Setsuna: "Heh heh heh heh heh... Ahahahahahaha... HAHAHAHAHA...." *stops laughing suddenly*

Katou: "Hey.... This is fucked up. First he bursts out laughing, then he stops dead... Guess he finally lost it..."

• Setsuna grabs Katou by the ankle and drags him into the fountain with him, then cling-hugs him.

Katou: "Wah! WHAT'RE YOU DOING?! GET OFF ME, YA FAG!"

Setsuna: "...nks...Thanks for being there for me. Thanks. Kira-sempai... The mistakes I've made won't go away, but... If everyone stays by me... If they can just stay with me a little longer, then I think I can make a go of it again...!"

Kira: "....Good for you."

• Setsuna and Katou get out of the fountain, take off most of their wet clothes and towel off. Setsuna is given some food to eat.

Setsuna: "I've been thinking about it a lot... I didn't see what was going on around me- I was never thinking of anyone but myself. I don't even know if I'm really qualified to be the Messiah... You know, though you'll all probably go 'oh no, not again!...' ...I think I'll go and bring Raziel back. I'll go back to heaven...!

Zaphkiel's sacrifice left me with a responsibility... A responsibility for him. He would have been a true ally... If I hadn't gone and done something really stupid. Of course this time, I won't insist on going all alone. Though in any case, I can't use the transporter again. So I have no real way of getting there... But if you could just help me somehow... Please... bear along with me just one more time!"

(? Not Actually sure who says this): "That's what you should've said in the first place, you idiot...!"

Katou: *lighting up a cigarette* "I'm coming too, this time. And you always said you wanted to see Heaven, right, Kira?"

Kira: "Sure. Beats sitting around in Hell, anyway."

Kurai: "Setsuna! I can... I can go, too, right?!"

Setsuna: "Thanks, Kurai. But I think that you, like me, need to be a bit more aware of your own position. This is my fight. My debt to settle. We can't have you, the leader of an entire country, risking yourself because of it.

There is something I'd like you to do, though. While I was down, I was thinking... Have you considered going to the lower hells for help? No matter how you look at it, the remains of the clans of Evils here in Anagura are no match for the well-equipped and trained angelic army. I know it's not a problem of unity or determination...

You should remember that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Join with the demons of Hell, and we'll attack Heaven together all at once. That said though, we did put the whole place up on red alert just yesterday. And those Satans are a pretty screwed-up bunch, too... So getting them to help might not be easy. But they must want to win, too."

Kurai: "...For help?"

Setsuna: "The power of the Messiah... Together with that of the last Dragonmaster, the princess of the Clan of Evils... An offer for an alliance like that is hardly something to laugh at."

Kurai: "Let me... think about it for a while."

Setsuna: "Yeah... what with all that happened, it's probably not an easy decision to make."

• The serious conversation tapers off.

Katou: "Thinking about it, why the hell did you pull me into the water, but not Kira...?!"

Learned/Effects:
• +10 willingness to help his friends when they're moping in his own... special way...
• Gosh, Kira sure does like to give people inspirational speeches.
• Yep, definitely a drug addict.
• HUGS ARE REALLY FUCKING AWKWARD. Confirmation!
• Apparently we're planning to attack Heaven? And we want to enlist some badasses from Hell for help? OKAY!

Actually, looking back on this, I probably should've listed it as Neutral/Significant. OH WELL!

(Game #49, Day 64)
Shareable: Yes. (1/3 Uses Taken— Self.)
Taken: Yes.
Memory Format: Candles of copper-colored wax. They act like regular candles, except that the first three times someone lights them, they will give that person a memory.