SOOOOO…who's up for some filler :D?
/= [DAY 22] =/
After saving Arthur from the other world, everyone was very grateful that he didn't need to be explained everything. Of course, there was the case with Alfred, but that was understandable. He was able to understand most of the information (I mean, as far as Americans can go with long explanations) before sighing.
"So if this same murderer kills again, you can save them?"
"That's the theory that we have so far." Charice answered. "It worked for Kiku and Arthur, so we'll iron it out into scientific fact."
"That doesn't mean that we can let everything off the hook here." Li Xiao stated. "We don't know anything about that other world of what this killer is doing to achieve such a grand scale of a murder, or even why they're allowing a chance for them to be saved."
"Maybe he doesn't know that?" Alfred mentioned. "If these two are the only victims so far, then maybe he doesn't know that they're being saved!"
"Not likely." Arthur stood up. "He would have to stay close to us in order to pick out his victims. He must already know."
"And yet he's still going…?" Matthew blinked. "Wait, Arthur! A-are you saying that the murderer is in this school?"
"That's the only likely choice. Otherwise, who else would know how to stop a reincarnation process?"
"…there's a way to stop it?" Charice blinked. "Well, I didn't even know that existed!"
"So we can rule her out for the list of suspects." Li Xiao sighed. "And since Kiku and Arthur were victims, and Matthew fell into the TV…that just leaves you and me."
"Hey hey HEY! Are you calling me a suspect too?" Alfred panicked.
"Yes…but I'm putting myself on the list as well just to calm yourself down." Li Xiao answered. "The chances of that actually being true are very slim, but it's still there."
"Geez, Li Xiao…"
"Hey, no arguments here OK?" Charice stood up. "We have a murderer out there, you know!"
"That's true…" Alfred sighed. "Do you guys know how the next victim is chosen?"
"Not really…we can only figure out when the next victim is struck." She answered. "My iPod gets fits when a victim is chosen…but that's about it."
"Like it plays a theme song of the victim?"
"The only problem for me is that the songs are so vague in their themes that I don't know what exactly I'm looking for until the victim is already taken." She sighed. "I don't ever know what's going on when a song plays."
"That's not good…so we're still at the first checkpoint…" Alfred rubbed his forehead. "We have no idea who the murderer is attacking next?"
"So far, no." Li Xiao answered. "Fortunately, that's the only advantage that the murderer has over us."
"Yeah. Other than that, we can save whoever gets murdered!" Charice winked. "We're just ruining his plan for now~!"
"That's all we have for now. Since the murderer is starting up just now, it's understandable that we have nothing to use as a lead." Arthur said. "We better not look suspicious. We better head to class now."
"Aww, Arthur…"
"No buts, Alfred."
"How about yours?"
"No."
Alfred chuckled in amusement at the blushing face of the Brit he was dating. Meanwhile, Matthew turned his head and saw the disappointed looks on Kiku and Charice's faces as they put away their cameras…from wherever the heck they came from.
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"…Charice…"
She turned her head to see that Ludwig was standing over her, a semi-surprised look on his face. He obviously wasn't expecting her in this location. Then again, she had just recently started to hang out in the gardens in the middle of the Academy, so…there would be no warning.
She would have her German-phobia kick in about now and she would flee the building faster than they would call for free food in the cafeteria, but she couldn't help but notice that there was something in his eyes that she hadn't seen in them before.
"Are you OK? You look…confused."
"I am, Charice." He sat down. "I was in the Europe class and…Arthur and Francis were arguing with each other. I dismissed it as something small before they started talking about the good old days…back when they were feared pirates on the seven seas."
*shiver*
"It was then that I realized that I must've had a past somehow, that I had something before I was Germany, that I had memories with another nation that had long since been repressed." Ludwig looked at her. "I want to know the answers, Charice. I'm going to start looking for them."
"You're going to try remembering, Ludwig? That's great!" She chirped. "Oh, if you need any sort of help, let me know! I'm known to rattle on endlessly until something is remembered!"
"No, I don't think that I want to remember like that." He sighed. "I want to remember concrete details."
"Oh…OK then…oh, why don't you talk to Rizal? He's very supportive and is basically the psychiatrist of the two of us! Maybe he can help you!"
"...he is trustworthy."
"Great! Oh hey…are you going to ask Feli-chan about this too? He's a European country, so-"
"No. I want to do this on my own, in case I end up not remembering anything at all." He stood up. "That means that I'm asking for you to keep this a secret."
"Of course! But you might as well tell Rizal, cause I tell him everything!"
"I'm sure you do…"
He sighed and walked away, finally allowing Charice to realize that the Death Arcana was now in her hand. She blinked in confusion at the appearing card before lifting it up and holding it over Ludwig's image. Surprisingly enough, she couldn't help but notice that the image turned to that of a purple shadow.
What's going on…?
/=+=/
"I…see…so Charice thinks that I might be able to help you."
"I'm not expecting you to do so, but she said that she was going to tell you anyway…"
"I'm not surprised. She never likes keeping things from me…but if it's that personal, I don't see why she would tell me anyway…"
"She's just looking out for you. And to tell you the truth, as I was thinking about how close she is to you I think I remembered something…"
"Remembered?" He blinked. "What is it?"
"Nothing much, just…I was close to someone like that before." He stated. "I can't remember who it was or what they look like…I just remember that this person was someone that I was personally attached to."
"So…you were close to this person." He sounded disappointed, yet he had long since mastered the poker face.
"I don't know if we're still close…no one had ever tried to rekindle that, so this person is probably long dead."
"Like…a human."
"I won't be surprised." Ludwig sighed. "Rizal, if I may ask this of you, do not tell this to anyone?"
"I won't tell anyone. I promise." Rizal quickly vowed. "Who else have you told this too?"
"Only Charice."
Rizal was taken aback by that statement, but again, he had mastered the poker face and that didn't translate on his face.
"You…haven't told Feliciano."
"I don't want to worry him about something this small." Ludwig stated. "Promise you won't say anything?"
"I-I promise. Cross my heart and hope to die."
"Thank you, Rizal."
"You're welcome."
Ludwig nodded as he walked away to continue with his day. Rizal couldn't help but look after him as he vanished into the building before finally letting the blush swarm over his cheeks.
He's trusting me with something he won't tell Feliciano. He rubbed his forehead. This…this must be big.
He walked away, emotionally confused.
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Yes, there are filler. Odd enough, on a production note, if you people chose the guy for the main character Rizal would've been the main character. And it wouldn't be Li Xiao, it'd be Sun Tam (Vietnam). For some reason, I want to say that out loud.