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[OPEN SCENE: CHIGIRI’s face in the camera, looking apprehensive and, when he sees the camera is recording, relieved. He pulls back, and sits down. BACHIRA sits in the seat next to him, ISAGI opposite Bachira, and NAGI sits on the other side of the camera, next to Isagi. They're sitting in a restaurant booth.]
BACHIRA: Well… [Spins the straw in his drink. Wears a nervous smile] We’re alive!
ISAGI: We’re never doing that again.
CHIGIRI: It's Bachira's fault, so he's paying for the food.
NAGI: You said you'd pay.
CHIGIRI: Well-
BACHIRA: Don't break your promises Chigiri!
[Isagi narrows his eyes at Bachira. He opens his mouth, about to say something, but closes it instead.]
NAGI: Yeah, Chigiri, don't break your promise.
CHIGIRI: How about you pay instead? Y'know, for taking 12 years to open that door.
NAGI: I don't have my wallet.
ISAGI, CHIGIRI, AND BACHIRA: Liar.
NAGI: Princess needs to pay anyway.
[Chigiri glares at Nagi. Nagi pulls his phone out and starts playing a game.]
ISAGI: Chigiri, you lost the bet. Bachira can pay for dessert or something.
[Pause here. Chigiri moves the stare from Nagi to Isagi, but sighs and relents]
CHIGIRI: …Alright. Start doing the explaining or whatever. When did the feed cut off?
ISAGI: It was blinking while we were, like, using that board.
BACHIRA: It was dead after we escaped.
CHIGIRI: The book told us to stop listening to it.. maybe then?
[Isagi turns fully to Chigiri. His eyebrows are furrowed.]
ISAGI: With the book- how did you- the lights…
CHIGIRI: What?
ISAGI: The lights were off. We shouldn't have-
BACHIRA: The candles were still working!
ISAGI: I know, but still…
CHIGIRI: No, you've got a point. I couldn't even see your face properly-
[Some bread comes to their table, along with sauces. Nagi puts his phone down.]
BACHIRA: Guys! The camera's still on.
ISAGI: Oh. Right.
CHIGIRI: So, Nagi was-
NAGI: -I opened the door. The ghost locked it because it wanted to eat our souls. Uhhh… Isagi was panicking for no reason-
[Isagi points his bread at Nagi.]
ISAGI: You just said!-
NAGI: -Bachira was putting all his stuff back in his bag, and Princess was being useless.
CHIGIRI: I was not.
[Nagi shrugs.]
NAGI: You weren't doing anything.
CHIGIRI: I'm buying you food now!
NAGI: Mm.
CHIGIRI: Don't.
ISAGI: Guys… can we just eat properly? I don't want to think about this anymore.
BACHIRA [MUFFLED]: Yeah, I'm hungry!
NAGI: You put the camera on.
ISAGI: And don't talk with food in your mouth…
CHIGIRI: Isagi, what happened to going at 6?
ISAGI: I just told my mum I'll be late, it's fine.
NAGI: The bread’s good.
BACHIRA: Yeah… the drink’s better though.
ISAGI: Because it's sweet.
BACHIRA: Yeah!
CHIGIRI: Can I turn off the camera then? I don't have enough storage for a long video.
[Isagi nods.]
BACHIRA: Send it to me, and-
NAGI: What are you doing with the voice bits?
[Chigiri moves the camera. His face flashes on the screen, before it moves to show the rest of the group, with his hand in a peace sign in the bottom left of the feed.]
ISAGI: You're gonna have to extract it.. maybe ask Hiori? he seems like the type to know.
BACHIRA: I’ll ask my mum, she has the-
CHIGIRI: I'm turning it off now.
NAGI: Mhm.
BACHIRA: Oh, we still need to take a-
[END SCENE]