come out of hiding, i'm right here beside you

[barehands]

[A while after the execution has ended, everyone will find a simple note slipped under their door.]

If you don't want to be alone after everything that's happening, some of us will be in the dining room. Even if you decide not to come, please remember that you aren't alone here.

[The note isn't signed, but the handwriting is feminine and neat.

For anyone who decides to come, there's a good array of food laid out on the table. There are some small and simple cakes, cookies, and pastries, a healthy amount of okonomiyaki, okayu, and other Japanese dishes (with a focus on rice and eggs), along with curry. In addition, there are pancakes, and a large pot of soup. It looks like a few people collaborated to make enough food for everyone here.

Just like the meal they shared together earlier in the week, the candles from the storage room lend a more peaceful light than the fluorescent lights above.]

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[brushworks]

[ Yusuke probably didn't even notice the pause. ]

I believe I was eight or nine when I started to get serious about becoming an artist, but I have been drawing since early childhood.

[imaginex]

That young...

[Another pause, followed swiftly by:]

I-I'm glad you drew them.

[brushworks]

[ There's a short pause as Yusuke considers something. ]

...Do you think it would be a good idea to set up some sort of memorial using these pictures?

[imaginex]

... Yes, I think it would be a wonderful idea, actually.

I saw Arietta-chan drawing her mother one day, by the window, so I'm certain she'd appreciate this.