TO: FIRMITAS | FROM: MIEKO IEKAHARA | SUBJ: HELLO

[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Origin: GRAN CANARIA, OMEGA-48 SYSTEM, ZONER SPACE | LOCATION NN-GUID HASH OK
Sender: MIEKO IEKAHARA A.K.A. HONYA | SENDER NN-GUID HASH OK
Recipients: FIRMITAS | RECIPIENT NN-GUID HASH OK
Encryption: AGEIRA AES-2048 ENCRYPTION | HANDSHAKE COMPLETE - CONNECTION SECURE
Format: Text
Subject: Hello

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Firmitas..

My name is Mieko Iekahara, Affiliate Callsign Yorha.

I am the sister of one of your former subordinates, Jae-un "Pale Bride" Song. I heard from.. Leviathan, that you are currently in the Omegas. If you could, please reach out to me on if we could possibly meet in person.. there is a bar in Elsmere here on Gran Canaria. If you would be willing to find time to meet with me. I would greatly appreciate it if you could.

Mieko Iekahara
"Honya"
Auxesian Affiliate "Yorha"

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[Zephyranthes]

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Hey there. I have to admit, I wasn't expecting mail from you or your sister to cross my desk. Seems like a lot of the old breed just aren't around anymore, and part of me accepted that. This is kind of welcome, honestly.

Gran Canaria, you said? I can make the time to link up with you. I'll be around soon.

Oh, and, call me Will.

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[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Origin: GRAN CANARIA, OMEGA-48 SYSTEM, ZONER SPACE | LOCATION NN-GUID HASH OK
Sender: MIEKO IEKAHARA A.K.A. HONYA | SENDER NN-GUID HASH OK
Recipients: FIRMITAS | RECIPIENT NN-GUID HASH OK
Encryption: AGEIRA AES-2048 ENCRYPTION | HANDSHAKE COMPLETE - CONNECTION SECURE
Format: Audio
Subject: Hello

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Will-san.

It.. it is so good to hear what seems to be a friendly voice for once. Suffice to say, things haven't gone too well. After Ouroboros was forced out of Sigma-19 by the GMG's forces attacking our home base, we had to travel through deep space to get to Tau -44. Whilst near Shikoku's star, I was tasked to return to Sirius and commit to reconnaissance - making content with parties that could help us upon Hanamura-sensei's return.. which never happened.

I was supposed to link up with them around the start of 827 AS.. and that never came to pass. So I.. proceeded to cryogenically freeze myself until such time they appeared on sensors.. I unfroze only a week ago.. nothing but dust and echoes. I hope and pray they are still alive.. but at this point.. it is asking for a miracle.

Will-san.. Sirius has changed so much.. Hunt-sama is dead.. the Zoners are falling apart at the seams.. Leeds has been turned to molten slag and ash and everyone I know.. is either missing.. or dead.

I.. I know It is.. informal of me to say this but.. the past week has been the worst week of my life - yesterday, were it not for a shred of will to live withstanding - your response would have been sent back with a User deceased message. I am.. very emotionally unstable and even spoke a faux pas to Hunt-sama's.. replacement..? He says he knows me but.. to what extent if he even remembers what happened with me and the others with him on Ismara.. or even just our time at Freeport 11's defense - it is unknown to me. I couldn't bear being in the same system as him not because of him but because the fact that the man himself.. Joshua Hunt.. is dead. He was one of two people.. I knew I could trust.. and Marisa Kita.. a Zoner friend of ours from a decade ago.. is the other one I know who may still be alive.. and even that.. is a hail mary.

Vex Upsilon is apparently gone. I daren't even bother to try and reach out to Sara Shepard, the only shred of kindness the Order manifested to me.. even with our past transgressions.. I doubt Jack Daniels would care to pity me. Kyu Akibara is probably long gone as well. I doubt I could go to Jerard Voncloud after what Hanamura-sensei did with the Abdicant Seraphine. I could list countless names from over the years.. and I bet all of them are either dead, infected, missing or would want nothing to do with me.

I..

She audibly starts to tear up.

I don't know what to do anymore..

Crying is heard on the feed for about 2 minutes, before she clears up.

I'm sorry.. It is just.. Being so alone.. I don't have anyone but myself. I don't know why I live anymore.. all the reasons that kept me going - are in the depths of space... missing, dead or.. worse.

I.. I wish to speak to you.. I know you rarely interacted with me.. but at this point your humanity is all that is keeping me from the brink. I will.. be at the affixed coordinates. I used.. what resources I could pull together, to pay for construction of a small home deep in the Kieya Woods near the 35th parallel.

Thank you.. for at least answering me. It is one of the few kindnesses I have been rendered since my return.. something in such.. short supply.

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COORDINATE DATA: 34.20321N 102.23941E - GRAN CANARIA, OMEGA-48 SYSTEM

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