Um.. Does anyone else see that building that suddenly appeared? I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before.. And it takes more than just that little time to build a building, right?

I think I saw a sign on it that said it's a shop, though! It sort of sounds like fun. [ MAYBE THERE'S A JUNES INSIDE. ] Is it safe to go there? Back home everyone in the shops was always really nice, so..

Hey, big bro! Can we go there? Please?

[ Souji is seen leaning over a worktop - one of the inn's huge soup pots is currently stationed on the surface, its contents unseen. Evidently, he's unaware of the rolling camera. He glances back to look at his lovely sous chefs - Val and Nanako - and smiles. ]

Valeria, would you be able to chop these finely for me?

[ And he pushes a board laden with greens over to her. ]

Huh? Oh, sure! No problem.

[ Valeria practically beams at the request and draws the board smoothly to her. She turns her attention briefly to the far counter, where a number of knives are already laid safetly out of Nanako's reach, and shows little to no hesitation in drawing what some might identify as a chef's knife from the available selection. She returns her attention to the greens after analyzing the knife briefly, drawing them up in a proper patter, and then --

Chachachachachacha!

-- begins to chop them with marked precision at an abnormally fast pace, so much so that the action is almost a song. ]

[ After a slight moment of climbing - the girl needs to stand on a box just to be able to watch what's going on on top of the counters - Nanako just stares at the chopping with wide admiring eyes in awe, silenced by the show. At least her mood seems to have become better by a lot by now, perhaps because of the cooking gathering. Nanako hasn't seen much people in the kitchen at work, just Souji actually, but she knows enough to be able to see that Valeria's work is really good. ]

W-wow! That's so fast!

[ And Souji's eyes are drawn to it, too, eyebrows raising minutely beneath his fringe. His smile is quirked by Nanako's exclamation, however, as he turns back to the pan.]

Mm. You'll have to teach us sometime.

[ Nanako stares at the cutting more in fascination, but then turns around towards the camera as something seems to dawn upon her. ]

Ah! I think it turned on when I put it down!

[ She gets off the box and trots over to the communicator, getting a bit too close to it before taking a step back to a reasonable distance. Suddenly the idea dawns upon her that this is almost like television and she turns a slight bit more timid. ]

Um.. E-everyone, let's hope.. it turns out real good!

[ There's one last (slightly nervous, but happy) smile before the feed clicks off. ]

[ When the feed starts there's first a brief pause before she speaks up, her voice shaky but obviously she's trying too hard to keep some kind of control over it. It's not working. ]

I want to go home..

[ There are bad dreams and bad dreams, and last night's was definitely the latter kind. If the whole stream of sights hadn't been bad enough already there had been something in there that had belonged to her personally, not to mention the glimpses of other familiar people. ]

I.. want to see dad again.. And th-- Mom..

[ She hics and there's a suppressed sob before she goes on. ]

P-please..

[ As the video clicks on there's a little girl staring at the screen very triumphantly. She's grinning, her white teeth in clear sight, but there's one small black hole in there that draws the most attention. Once she's shown it off for a few moments she closes her mouth to a smile instead. ]

It came out, it came out!

[ To add to that statement she holds up one tiny white tooth, a little bit of blood still covering it on the top, up to the camera. She looks pretty proud again. ]

I was eating and it suddenly fell out.

[ As she lowers the tooth again, she beams at the screen enthusiastically. ]

Now we can try, right? Now we can try and see if the tooth fairy will come here too!

[ There's silence for quite a bit with just some quiet natural background noise, but then a gasp can clearly be heard. ] T-this place, where--? ... ... Heaven..?

[ The sound of someone standing up and then footsteps resounding against the stones. ]

But if it's heaven, then I.. ... Hmm.. [ The voice sounds a bit more doutful as the footsteps halt for a moment before continuing on. ]

Mom? [ The voice definitely sounds more excited. ] Mom! Mom, I'm here! It's me!

[ The excitement echoes away as she starts to sound a bit more insecure. The footsteps stop too, leaving a painful silence behind. ] Mom..? You're here, right? You're not hiding, are you..? You don't want to see me?

[ After a moment of silence she speaks up again. ] Dad? [ The voice gets softer and a tad more desperate too. ] Big bro?