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[There is a book laying on a near by table that Kushina doesn't see as she rushes toward the window. The first rustle of wind doesn't even jostle the pages, however when she flings the window open, the book flies open with it. There's a moments pause as Kushina takes in the contents of outside, the chill in the air, the foreign feel. The first thing she deems to greet Luceti with is:]

WHERE IS MINATO!? This isn't..!

[But then her angry heart-felt cry stops, the words dying mid-sentence as a wave of emotion tears into her. Whatever anger she felt quickly faded in lieu of grief. A loud bang against the window's frame and the rattle of glass.]

Naruto... Minato...

[It's quiet and sounds as though Kushina is on the verge of tears, if not already crying.]

This isn't the afterlife, I know it. It doesn't feel right. It's too real. I shouldn't be able to feel pain, y'know!

[Kushina slumps to the floor, the sound reverberating softly in the near-empty room. What was she supposed to do here? What was this place, even? It wasn't where she was supposed to be. Nowhere had ever felt more wrong in her life.]

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Oh, no, no! I don't know Namikaze-san, but in this place you can meet anyone, really. There's no such a thing as "sense" in this place regarding the people that are here, maybe I just have missed him or something, I don't know all the people in Luceti after all.

[Don't get sad, miss. It wasn't his intention.]

That's nice, sometimes people are left in apartments and such but pretty often they are dropped at the forest. Eh... This village is called Luceti and while it's not the afterlife, it's not your world either, probably not even close to it. I can't tell you why you're here, beyond that it's something that happens here, people from many different worlds being pulled here is pretty common. But I can tell you that leaving isn't as easy as arriving, both are equally out of our control though.

[So there was a chance he might be here? That this Luceti place is big enough that he might be somewhere? Kushina wants to hope that he is, but she's not childish enough to let herself hold out for it. She's waited sixteen years, though it seemed like little more than the blink of an eye, she can wait longer if she has to.]

So... it could be a second lease on life? [Small laugh] I don't know if I'm being smiled on or punished.

Consider yourself smiled on, it's always better than considering this a punishment. Luceti is as good and as bad as any other place can be, the main difference is that we're restricted to this area due a barrier most of the time, but seeing as there's a war outside of it, I'm not sure it would be a good idea to go running around the world.

I've seen people who have died in their worlds get the chance to be with their families again for several months even a few years. So, despite the bad things it has, I think that for some people this place is good, specially those that died before their time.

If you don't mind my asking, why do you suppose the dead are dragged here?

Probably same reason as to why the living are dragged here, which I don't know. But if what you're asking is why drag living and dead alike, my guess is that whatever it is the power that teleports us to this world doesn't make a differentiation between dead and alive. I could form theories about how the power drags souls and not physical people and we get "copies" of our bodies upon arriving due that same power or something, but... Yeah, they are just theories and without any real base besides the few things we know.

To be honest I try to not think of that part of the whole story much, because some of the ideas I get are quite depressing regardless if you're dead in your world or not.

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[Kushina's eyes don't glaze over or anything as she listens, but she is struck by how brilliant that theory sounds.]

You sound pretty smart, and I don't like the sound of this not being my own body, but it would seem accurate. I technically didn't have one anymore, with the last I remember.

[there's a small pause and a laugh that follows.]

Ah, sorry sorry. You probably didn't need to know that, huh?

By the way, what's your name?

[He laughs sheepishly a little at the compliment.]

Ah, thanks, but I'm sorry for rambling, it's a defect I have. I think a lot so, when I have the chance to talk a bit about those things I just can't help it. B-But I'm sure it's actually more complicated than those bodies just not being our own, or maybe it's simpler but, what I mean is that it's probably not just a copy or a clone. I mean, everyone who has distinctive marks or scars keeps them, the only things that aren't kept are lethal wounds. Even illnesses are kept, even if they are originally illnesses that only appear in a specific place in their worlds, a mere copy or a clone probably wouldn't be able to replicate that so well.

Eh, sorry, I'm rambling again.

[Allow him to headdesk a bit, this is what happens when people ask complex questions and actually listen to him, or let him talk at least.]

My name's Keiichi, Maebara Keiichi. I'm from a world called Earth, more specifically a country called Japan.

And I probably didn't need to know, but I'm not going to tell you to not tell me something, I don't mind and I don't have the habit or interest of going around repeating what people say. Actually, that bit that you said sounded interesting, as I said, most of the dead people I've met here came from right after their deaths, to the point that it was more confusing for them as they didn't know for sure what had happened to them.

Rambling's not a problem. I get told I talk a lot so I can sympathize, but what you're saying is probably a lot more interesting than what I would. These things are really good to know, being new here. Where I come from, it's best to be prepared for everything possible that could happen.

[Kushina would smile at him, but voice can only convey that she is.]

Thank you, Keiichi.

If you say so, but there are more pressing things you should be aware of then. Or at least more important, like the experiment or that the power doesn't just bring dead and alive alike, but also pays no mind to timelines. You could meet your grandmother when she was ten years old here, so be prepared for that.

[Yikes, that sounds... terrible, in a way. And terribly fun in another. But that's not what grabs her attention, it's the word 'experiment' that does, and somehow she looks to the wings on her back, intuitively, and wonders if those play any part. She reaches back to touch the tip of one and notices how even just that causes an ache to spread through her shoulders.]

I feel bad for asking so many questions and bleeding you of answers. [She gives a small nervous laugh] So is there anywhere that might be around where I can read all the information about this place? Like a library or archive?

If you don't ask them now, you will ask them later on. And I don't mind answering them, even if I'm not in the Welcome Center, as a member of the SOS Brigade helping people with adjusting to Luceti is part of my job.

[He laughs a bit.]

Anyway, we have a guide that explains most of the basics of it. You can find it by flipping pages of your journal backwards, but if you give me a second I'll make it so you can reach it easily from your current position in the journal.

Oh no, you've done enough and have been a lot of help. Since it's there, I'll go through and find it. Thank you!

All right then, you're clearly a bright woman anyway so I'm sure you won't have trouble finding it. If you have anymore questions, nor or later on, or whatever, feel free to ask me though, just yell "Keiichi" on the journals and I'll reply as soon as possible. Assuming I'm not on a draft, a mission or kidnapped, that is.

[That makes it hard to answer after all.]

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