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"He managed to get away huh..." Aoi witnessed Yoru shift into a cat and slide out from beneath her. "Well, whatever. We can't find him now." She told the other Spirits, though she was also aware of how Siren cringed at Yoru's outburst just now. She walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't let him get to you. You are the ones keeping him in check after all." She slowly let go then turned to return to the theater.

Along the way, she passed by a cat scampering away from the scene. "Must be Yoru." She sighed and passed him by without paying much attention. Arriving at the theater, she made her way back to her usual spot: The VIP lounge. She dropped her head on the makeshift bed she set up there and lied down, thinking about the days events.

"Siren had a memory come back to her. So why can't I?" Aoi sighed in defeat. Hearing Siren mention something about her memories coming back made her a bit jealous, she admits to herself.

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"It's alright. We'll inform you the next time you come to the meeting, if you ever do. Just kidding."

Misaki breathed in relief. She never knew Tsubaki could make jokes like that. She always thought of her as a person who means what she says and is usually frank, to the point of being rude. Having finished her meal, she brought out the old photo album she unearthed. The police let them keep it after failing to find any relatives to the people in the photo. They took the urn though.

She flipped through the pages, seeing landscapes of an old time, reminding her somewhat of the old Victorian era in England. Her eyes fixated again on the image of the girl she saw one night.

"She really does look like me..." Misaki thought as she stared at the face of the woman, whose beautiful visage survived the tests of time, preserving herself in the dry pages of a photo album. Misaki flipped through some more pages of impressive landscape shots. An ancient carnival, steam trains, old cities, a theater etc... Just then an idea struck her.

"Hey! Maybe I can bring this tomorrow and suggest that we do one on preserving photographs!" She exclaimed in excitement. "B-but, m-maybe t-they'll laugh at the idea..." She suddenly felt a bit nervous. It would be the first time she would be talking to others in a long while.