Week 1, Day 1 -- Atsushi

[overworker]

[Part of making some sense of order out of all this chaos was figuring out who was still with them and who might not be. So for that reason, a good chunk of time upon waking for Towa was spent going about the train. To each of the rooms even. A lot of the people she knew from before were accounted for but not all. But then... she wasn't quite finished taking roll call so to speak either. And thus she continued, right up to Atsushi's room.]

--oh! Atsushi! You're here too. Thank goodness.

[One more friend accounted for.]

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[whitemoontiger]

Me too. I really am.

[ Exhaling a shaky laugh because yeah, that was certainly an experience.

Bringing up one hand after a moment, he brushed a finger across the scar before subtly drawing it back as he didn't want to make his head fall off again. He does look a lot more relieved after her words all the same, though definitively frowning a bit by this point. ]

I'd guess that's probably what's going on here. Since this looks so similar to the last train, the same thing's probably happening again.

[ Including the part where people died/were killed. Though that's not something he wants to think about right now. ]

Y-Yeah. It scared me too b-but I mean it makes sense, doesn't it? [ Sighing softly, he closed his eyes and hung his head with a small groan. ] Of all things... w-why me? Between the other train and this one, when did they have a chance to do THAT? I... this just all seems insane... m-more than it was the last time.

[ He's not voicing it but GOD. Towa should be able to tell just by how pale he is, that there's a lot on his mind and so, SO many questions right now. Such as HOW did they do that to him and still keep him alive? Did he actually have organs? Bones?

Was he even the real him? How was he breathing and functioning as a living candle?! ]

[overworker]

I'm sure that... when we figure out what's going on here we'll be able to put everyone back to normal. If they were able to do it, then they should be able to undo it to, right!

[There's nothing to get out of being negative.]

It's okay, Atsushi... we're going to make it through this!

[She grips his hands in her smaller ones and gives him a gentle squeeze.]

They may have taken parts of us, but-- I'm still me and you're still you! No matter what they do, they can't take that from you.

[whitemoontiger]

[ Maybe it was just a little frightening to him because despite all the progress he's made in coming this far with his time in the ADA, this was still managing to get under his skin in a way he really didn't like. Feeling as if he were mere seconds from a full fledged panic moment, it was Towa's encouraging words that brought him back and away from that mindset.

Eyes filled with conflicted fear, hesitation and so much worry looked up at her as his breath hitched slightly. ]

I... W-We are?

[ He hates his usual pessimism is kicking in here, but after what she's said, it seems to relent in his mind soon enough. Atsushi's shoulders seemed to then lose some of the tension, gaze falling to where her hands were gripping his own. ]

Right. No matter what happens, I'm still Atsushi Nakajima, a-and you're still Towa Herschel. [ Exhaling a heavy breath, he nodded his head. ] We made it through this once, we can do it again. T-Though I do have something I would like you to do for me, if you can...