[IC] [Old Radio/Waiting in Earth Crossover]

[futureforbirds]

**After the library of doom made Kaito cough his lungs out, our Kaito Team has decided to go back to the city behind the wall. Kaito's illness has gotten much worse due to his weakened immune system and sleeping outside all the time. But now, here they are. He finds himself staring up at the wall with mixed emotions of relief and dread. How in the hell are they going to sneak in?**

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[emptyseat]

...you're kidding.

[She looks really surprised to hear this. Mekaito was believable, but KAITO? That would mean that he was way more complicated than the little one. Is that even possible, with the forbidden technology?]

He can't be, he looks just like another person. He acts like another person. How can he not be one?

[futureforbirds]

I think that too, I do a lot. I don't know how they could accomplish such a thing, because it's over my head...

But a long time ago, humanity had all kinds of technology. This city just kept us in the dark.

[emptyseat]

[She takes a moment to think about this. As impossible as it sounds, it's probably better for her to go with it and sort it all out later.]

That means he's from before the war, right? He's really that old?

How'd you find out he wasn't human?

[futureforbirds]

... Yeah, I guess he is pretty old. **he'd never really thought about how old that would make KAITO, but an estimate would put him in his 40s or 50s? Old enough to be his father. Odd thought.**

I found out because KAITO told me. He was surprised to find out that I was human; he believed we had gone extinct before we met.

[emptyseat]

That's...

[She doesn't know what to say.]

So people really did die off. I thought it was just a scary story they kept telling us.

[futureforbirds]

But the world outside of the walls is real. There's flowers and ... and birds, and all kinds of things. I think that nature is healing.

[emptyseat]

You got to see them all? Were they just like the pictures in the books?

[futureforbirds]

I ... don't think I've seen everything from the books, but the things I saw, well, they were better.

**he cried, but he's not going to admit that**

[emptyseat]

[She stood there in thought.]

It sounds nice... but wasn't it dangerous? There's gotta be a reason why they said we can't go out anymore.

[futureforbirds]

We didn't run into much trouble, actually.

I was thinking that maybe they don't know what's out there any more, or perhaps they're afraid that if they go back out, they'll get greedy again and we really will go extinct... the society we have going on in the walls is rigid and has kept us alive. Maybe they are wary to let go of it.

[emptyseat]

Yeah, but, look at us. We're missing out on so much stuff, if it's as good as you're saying.

And the town's growing. The population went up, you know? We might grow bigger than the walls. What then?

[futureforbirds]

I... I don't know.

I thought maybe if I could find the city the music comes from, that I'd find some answers.

[emptyseat]

But you came back, so I guess you didn't find it?

...are you going back out again?

[futureforbirds]

I came back because I got sick while being a geeky derp and choking myself on dust for hours reading books searching some ruins. I'm not giving up.

[emptyseat]

Oh.

[futureforbirds]

I'm sorry... I really think that my father wants me to do this, so that the world can become reunited again and we can all help each other out. And when I'm done, you can see what I've seen for sure.

[emptyseat]

.....

Do you really think so? It's kind of a lot for one person, isn't it?

[futureforbirds]

I'm... not alone.

[emptyseat]

[True, but a trio of Kaito wasn't exactly the most comforting thing in the world.]

Can you really trust them? I know you trust your father, but what about the other guy? You just met him.

If he's really been out there for that long, by himself, who knows what's going to happen? Your father didn't build him.

[futureforbirds]

KAITO's not dangerous. He sings.

[emptyseat]

[What.]

What?

[futureforbirds]

He sings, he's meant for singing. He wouldn't hurt a human in a million years, cause he wants to be heard by them - by us. I wouldn't have gotten back here without him. I trust him.

[emptyseat]

[She still wants to protest, but Kaito looks pretty serious.]

If you're sure. I can't say much -- I don't know what you guys went through out there. [She shrugged.] I guess he seemed like a nice guy to me, when I first talked to him.

Why would they make something like him for singing? You said you had a singing box. Why didn't they just use that?

[futureforbirds]

Uh...

... KAITO is for singing new songs that people write for him, while the singing box - it's called a radio - is so people can hear already-made songs from far away.

Hey, want to see the radio?

[emptyseat]

[They couldn't just use people for that? She didn't get a chance to ask, though, since the 'radio' caught her attention.]

Sure, I'd like to see it!