II | ( ANONYMOUS ) TEXT

[pawful]

Bamboo leaves are rustling, rustling,
Swaying close to the roof's edge,
Oh, how the stars are twinkling, twinkling,
Gold and silver grains of sand.

Five wishes
I have written
The stars are twinkling
And watching from the sky.

Given a single chance, what would you wish for?

Comments

[ video ]

[second_star]

[ His expression looked curious, as he read over poem, darkening slightly. Wherever he was, it was already night, and he himself looked like he was avoiding sleep. ]

Wish, huh?

I'd want to see him one more time.

[ anon text ]

[pawful]

[ oh, it's that person. ]

"Him"?

[second_star]

Someone I knew.

I haven't seen him in a long time. I probably won't see him again, so I'd just like to talk to him again, sometime.

It's not like you'd know who I'm talking about even if I told you.

[chestboard]

[..........Sounds like some weirdo poem.

Maybe it would be good in a visual novel where the cicadas cry or something strange like that.]

What a personal question.... I don't think I can even answer that.

anon text.

[pawful]

[ at least it's not some weird epitaph. ]

It's Tanabata. Go and make at least one wish.

[ "Go and grant at least one wish." Ha. Well, she's not interested this time either, in what Battler might say. She has a feeling that she already knows. ]

[chestboard]

That time of the year already?

Fine- why don't I wish for my family to come back?

[tenminutes]

Wishes are nice but they're the kind of thing that can't last if you don't earn them. I already tried the wishing route once.

anon text.

[pawful]

Did you? What happened?

[tenminutes]

This community let me have a fairy godparent. The only wish I made that was big was that I wanted to go back and save my siblings. I did it, but it wasn't me. It was another version of me who got to, I just remember it. Wishing to change the past doesn't mean it's the same you, it just means that another version of you gets to be happy. I can't wish for the future because I don't have one and here in the afterlife, I'd rather do things by my own hands.

[anon forever]

[madeitsquare]

Maybe... a chance to see what would have happened if I'd chosen differently, a long time ago.

[anon forever]

[pawful]

In other words, you want a chance to change fate.

[madeitsquare]

Maybe that's it.

[ text ]

[denies]

.. Tanabata, huh.

[ anon text ]

[pawful]

[ ... ha, hilarious. Of course, Ange didn't remember the dream she had on the night of that Tanabata so many years ago, but there's a certain irony in seeing a message from her nonetheless. ]

Yes. Are you familiar with that sacred day?

[ text ]

[denies]

Practically anyone who's lived in Japan during any moment of their life would be. It's a well known festival, after all.

I used to participate when I was a little kid, but now not as much anymore.

assuming it's still the 7th

[ifbymyhands]

Are you trying to think of something to wish for for Tanabata?

anon text. and yes definitely! especially with all this backtagging i'm doing sob

[pawful]

No. Are you?

handwritten always;

[harbingersoul]

On the assumption of true fulfillment?

anon text always;

[pawful]

It would be pointless to make a wish if you're not expecting it to come true, right?

[mightletyouknowme]

Does it get to come true?

anon text.

[pawful]

Orihime and Hikoboshi are usually thought to be quite generous.

[ bern that's not an answer at all... ]

[stillneedawish]

... I don't know. Wishes can be a lot more dangerous than you'd think they would be.

anon text.

[pawful]

[ doesn't she know it. ]

So, you wouldn't wish for anything? Even on such a fun day like this one?

[croibhristeoir]

I do not think I have anything I would wish for.

anon text.

[pawful]

Do you already have everything that you could ever want?