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[Kanata had thought long and hard about what she wanted to say. There were a lot of jumbled thoughts and feelings running through her right now, but she'd finally settled on it. What would the thirteenth Acchan have done? What would Takamina do? That's where her thoughts stayed rooted.

So when she finally turns the video on it's to a girl with heart-shaped highlights in her hair and eyes (although the latter isn't apparent at first as her eyes are closed.]

My name is Kanata Shinonome of the idol group AKB0048. I've been a member, mm, for some time now. Nearly three years... And, somehow, during that time I've become captain to the understudies of our group. It's my duty to do whatever I can to support the other members and all of our fans. Even here, being captain is just as important. Even if I were alone, I'd stand by what 0048 does.

[She pauses and opens her eyes with a breath.]

AKB0048 brings our song, our hopes, ours dreams to everyone. No matter who they are, we want them to be able to express theirs freely as well. We want to create the "wonderland" of everyone's dreams... That's why... Seelie? Unseelie? Our song expands beyond titles and species-- [She looks momentarily amused]-- really.

And as long as I'm here, I'm going to pass on the hope they've given me! So if you ever hear it, listen, okay? I know it's difficult and difficult things seemed to have happened recently, but I have to believe in it. 0048's never given up and so I won't for the people here either... After all... no matter how deep the river is, or how fast the current-- the river bank is there on the side to catch you!

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Thank you. I know things can be dangerous anywhere, but that's not something we don't know anything about. Even so, as long as everyone's here there's nothing to worry about.

Mm, you will be alone here, little star. Without your companions... it can be a lonely and dangerous road. This is war, Kanata Shinonome [ he says it slowly, to make sure he pronounces it right, his lilting accent turning her name into a song ] - a terrible cruel one, where the rulers play us as pawns on their boards.

You're wrong.

[ It's said evenly, firmly. This was something she knew well, no matter where she was. ]

I know what war is. My father was a soldier. It's thanks to him that I was able to come this far. The other members of AKB0048 might not be here, but I'm not alone. There was a time I might have said I was... But everyone is together. Worlds and universes can't keep your feelings apart. I'm not going to give up when I know there's something I can do.

Do you? Do you know what it is, little star, to watch your brother be executed, because the Seelie Queen did not see fit to honor our oath, and instead let her champion [ and the word is spat ] take his life because he could not stop? This is what war is here, little star. I am alone, and there is no more light for me... [ the words rise to an anguished lament, keening a grief unbearable only to break off ]

I am sorry. I should not burden you with my troubles, little star. I am glad your hope remains with you...and I hope it never fails.

[ She hesitates for a moment. She could respond in kind, if she wanted. She could say that she was there when her father was murdered and the same soldiers would have captured her and her sister if not for 00. Or even how not so long ago she would have followed suit, and many of the others, if it weren't for their feelings. But she's not that kind of person and bitter responses like that don't resolve anything. There's something more important here, a fresher wound. A person who didn't have the same kindness delivered to them. And as a member of 0048... ]

I'm sorry that happened and there's nothing I can do to fix it. There's nothing anyone can do to right wrongs like that, but just because something can't be done doesn't mean we should give up. You're still here. There's a star that still burns inside of you and everyone, I believe in that.

[ A pause, the briefest of ones, as she sorts out what to say. But there is nothing else left to say, but that song-- That song ring true of what to say. So what better way to do this then start to sing? ]

Advance forward! (Got it!)
Don't you dare to halt! (Got it!)
Our aim is that place where the sun rise
Walk on the path of hope!

What blocked this path is River! River! River!
A stretched-out River!
The fated River! River! River!
An ordeal River!

Throw away all your doubts!
Show your willpower!
Don't hesitate!
Immediately
One step forward! Believe yourself!

Forward forward!
Go straight ahead!
Cross the river!! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!

A dream is always
Looked so far away
Feels like its distance could not be reached
Pick up that stone
Under your foot
And with all your might
Throw it away!

Just before your very eyes
A river is flowing
Broadly, such a great river
Darkly, deeply, even so
The current is fast, even so
Do not be scared, OK?
Do not wander off
That's right, the opposite side is there
So more, believe in yourself

Inside the darkness
Just keep swimming!
Don't turn your head! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!

When you extend your hand, there
Future exists, you see
Don't give up on the thing you can not reach!
The stone that you toss
Is the dream granter
Somehow its falling sound could not be heard

Inside your heart too
A river is flowing
So painful, a river of trial
Maybe it doesn't go smoothly, even so
Sometimes you're almost drown, even so
It's OK to repeat again
Do not give it up
The bank exists just there
Someday your struggle will bring you to it

Edited 2014-08-05 05:25 (UTC)

[ There is a long pause for a moment before soft soft soft she has an answer. The song is in no language that she has heard, but it is the ripple of water, the laugh of the shallow brook, the joyful rush of the rapids, the crash of the waves on the shore, and the song of the Deeps. It is sunlight on the lake and rainbows in the spray of the waterfall... and it is the silver tears that fall like the grey rain in grief and joy alike. It is apology, and it is answer. ]

So bright. [ the voice is quiet and so very weary despite the beauty of the song ] Just like her. I fear my light all but spent, little star. My flame gutters low - soon, I think, it will go out. Do not trouble yourself with me, eh? Sing, little star. Do not ever stop.

[ She pauses for a good minute. It was weird hearing music so freely here. People didn't do it often. Even the school she and the others had went to were against it. They had music class, but it was an entirely different kind of music. Nothing like idols. His was the same, but different. She didn't like the way he spoke and she shook her head, not that he could see it. ]

It won't. There's plenty of things to shine for. Even if you can't see it today or tomorrow, there's something out there. There's a light on the horizon waiting to find you. That's--- Saying things like that isn't going to change things at all.[ A beat. ] You can't say something like it and then tell me not to worry about someone!

Not for me, little star. Not any longer. My light has been taken from me, and with it, my hope. Besides... we are Forsaken, my family and I. All we can do is bring more sorrow. Better that I let the flame die, I think. And with me will pass the last of our curse, and with that, I can be content.

We hardly know each other little star - All I am, after all, is a voice on the other end. Forget me - I am, perhaps, only a bad dream.

[ Haha. Oh. She vaguely remembers a thought like that. A long time ago. It was still there. She didn't think like it anymore-- things had changed so much since then. But there was a time she had given up on everything. Thought she would die and there would be nothing more...

But that was when 0048 found her. She knew there was still hope. Knew there was still things to look forward to and maybe it was that that spurred her again. Instead of talking, she'll try once more. I hope you're not yet tired of singing. You've accidentally made this a solo concert. ]

In your position set!

All the experiences you made until yesterday
And your knowledge are only a burden
The wind will always pass by
And leave nothing behind

Look for a new road!
Don't open someone else's map!
When you raise your eyes that were looking at the ground you'll become zero

Are we dreaming?
Are we believing in future?
Afraid of nothing, careless of what's our place
As reckless as we are
Are we dreaming now?
We should be as brand new as a child...
Let's tear off the chains that controlled us
Change your mind
Change your mind
We don't need to know anything Beginner!

Adults failed and felt ashamed
And suffering has become their trauma
Thinking they don't want to feel such pain again
They have become smart

Challenges are laughed upon
What are you protecting with your silly calculations
In order to avoid risks?

Are we alive?
Do we want to be alive tomorrow?
We pretend we understand, we feign a knowing look
While we haven't dreamed in a long while
Yeah, are we alive?
Aren't we wasting our life?
Feel now the rhythm pulsing through your veins!

Stand up! Together!
Remember the day you were born!
Everyone's a beginner!
Stand up! Right away!
It won't go well
Easily from the beginning
Stand up! Together!
You just need to go back to the beginning
A beginner again
Stand up! Right away!
Be defiant, be defiant
It will happen somehow
Tear away the old page
Come on, let's begin!
We can be reborn all the time

Are we dreaming?
Are we believing in future?
Afraid of nothing, careless of what's our place
As reckless as we are
Are we dreaming now?
We should be as brand new as a child...
Let's tear off the chains that controlled us

I can't do anything
I can't do it well
And so?
We're still young
I can't do anything
I can't do it right away
That's why we have possibilities

The rain has stopped
The wind has stopped
A light we've never seen before
Is shining
Now's the time

You are a reborn beginner!

[ Like the ripple of the sun on water she has an answer, sweet and low. The song takes her melodies and weaves of them something new, low and sad and sweet. It is Time, and it is age beyond the count of mortal man, it is despair after despair, blows struck without ceasing. It is war unending, and it is life in the midst of death. It is the loss of everything and it is Hope, threading through it, faint but clear... and it is the sacrifice required, to bring such a hope to other ]

I am far too old to begin again, little star.

What's old is talk like that! Nothing will change if you don't do anything about it. There are people here willing to stand by you! Don't just throw everything away. The stage doesn't disappear because there isn't an audience waiting. It only disappears if you turn away from it.

Think you I have not tried, little star? Time and again I have sought for a different ending, and every road goes down to blood and ashes. Near three thousand years of the sun I have fought and yet all my strivings have come to naught, and even in a foreign land I must loose my brother again. I have nothing left to give... and no one left to care.

[ Lie, and if Celebrian could hear him now she would slap him, but with Celegorm dead there are few here now who could drag him from his grief... and he is so very tired ]

Let me go, little star. Let me rest.

You're wrong. And the more you try to insist on me giving up the more I'll continue like this! I'll find you, if I have to. I won't stop singing until you see there's more out there.

[ a soft puff of air that might be amused ]

Tis a pity the Lady Luthien is no longer here. She would have liked you, I believe. But I cannot do this much longer, little star. Save your strength for those you can still aid - there are so many here who could use a light in the darkness.

I'll help anyone who needs it. And that includes you.

[ She says it simply and firmly. Like that's the end of the story. ]

[ A soft (almost fond) sigh ]

She really would have liked you, I think. I could not stop her, and I will not stop you - But I do think you are wasting your time with me, little star.

That only makes one of us. I'll be a judge of what's the waste of my time.

[ Firmly still. Oops. ]

As you will it then, little star.

[ He is far too tired to fight her, in the end... and he knows that he may not have much longer left, in any case ]

It was already decided.

[ a soft quiet sigh ]

Then may you not regret it, tinwe.

What did you say?

Hm? Ah. Your pardon. I called you Tinwe - it means... mm "little spark", in my mother tongue.

Oh. [ She hesitates briefly. ] 0048 will unite the galaxies by becoming a constellation of hope. We'll show you more then a 'little spark'.

We shall see. [ the shrug is almost audible ]

Hope eh? I suppose many could use more.

Everyone deserves hope.

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