msg_nq311300s

1 nq311300_msg0001 4 0x8148 0x4081 0x430 126 It appears that what we'd call our tenth
term is the same as being twenty years old
in the City. Well, not quite the same...
2 nq311300_msg0002 4 0x8150 0x4081 0x430 126 Well, that much I was aware of, but
who knew they had their own version
of Homecoming...
3 nq311300_msg0003 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 OK, but this way they get to go
through it without dying, yeah?
4 nq311300_msg0004 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Yes... For us, it was ceremony which
marked the ending of things.
5 nq311300_msg0005 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But for the people in the City, it's actually
a celebration of a beginning.
6 nq311300_msg0006 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 A beginning and end... One ceremony for
two completely opposite things... Mental.
7 nq311300_msg0007 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 But...still. They have something in common,
don't they?
8 nq311300_msg0008 6 0x8180 0x4081 0x430 126 They're both celebrations of the fact
people came into being and managed
to live their way through life!
9 nq311300_msg0009 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 That's right. And in the City, it has
one more meaning...
10 nq311300_msg0010 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 It's also a rite that represents the Founders'
desires and ambitions being taken up by
the next generation.
11 nq311300_msg0011 2 0x8180 0x4081 0x430 126 Finishing the tenth term is when they
become "adults", and they see it as an
especially happy event...
12 nq311300_msg0012 2 0x8160 0x4081 0x430 126 But the reason it's so special is that even
if they make it, they always know a lot of
people who didn't... People who died.
13 nq311300_msg0013 2 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 So it also reminds them of the weight
they carry in that sense, I think.
14 nq311300_msg0014 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Those that made it into adulthood,
and those that didn't... You could say
it's a dual-purpose rite, then.
15 nq311300_msg0015 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Whoa... That's not too far from us, huh.
16 nq311300_msg0016 3 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 We don't get to be adults, but we could
still honor their moment of transition.
17 nq311300_msg0017 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 It's like, I know we've got a lot to do still,
but we could surely wish them the best on
the first day of the rest of their lives?
18 nq311300_msg0101 D 0x8100 0x10004081 0x430 126 ...
19 nq311300_msg0201 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Yeah, but... We heard that the Homecoming
isn't going to happen this year. That right?
20 nq311300_msg0202 1 0x8100 0xC04081 0x430 126 Yeah, I guess there must be
a reason for that.
21 nq311300_msg0203 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Why don't we take a look into how the
Homecoming ceremony looks in the City?
22 nq311300_msg0204 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Depending on what's stopping it,
we might be able to figure out a way
to get it going again...?
23 nq311300_msg0301 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Know what, I'd be buzzed to
pitch in. Especially for something
so important.
24 nq311300_msg0401 D 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 It makes me very happy to hear you say
that. But I'm also conscious that time is
valued differently for you.
25 nq311300_msg0402 D 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We can always postpone the event.
There's no need for you to use up your
precious-
26 nq311300_msg0403 5 0x8100 0x2004081 0x430 126 Nah nah nah, it's fine.
27 nq311300_msg0404 5 0x8100 0x2004081 0x430 126 Some of the people at Homecoming will be
fighters, right? So if you postpone it, who's
to say if they'll live long enough to see it.
28 nq311300_msg0405 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 If it can be done, you'd better do it.
29 nq311300_msg0406 D 0x8100 0x1004081 0x430 126 Lanz... I don't know what to say.
30 nq311300_msg0407 3 0x8100 0x2004081 0x430 126 Lanz has been making the Homecoming
his goal for so long, he can't bear to let
it go, see.
31 nq311300_msg0408 5 0x8190 0xC04081 0x430 126 ...Oi! Nobody asked you for a digest,
so shut your trap!
32 nq311300_msg0409 2 0x8100 0x2004081 0x430 126 I can see it from Monica's point of view,
sure. But I also think that we shouldn't
give up before we even try.
33 nq311300_msg0410 D 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 OK, I can see that you've set your hearts
on it. I can respect that.
34 nq311300_msg0501 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 All right! No time like the present!
Let's go and see what we can see.
35 nq311300_msg0502 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 The Six Houses and people above their
twentieth year are likely to have some
knowledge of this.
36 nq311300_msg0503 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 If I'm not mistaken... I believe
Kryto was a recent adult, right?
37 nq311300_msg0504 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Yeah, let's try asking him.