fortuneprince | 17th Case - [written]/[action]

[Written - Filtered away from Roxas]

~~When someone close to you~~
~~How would you react if~~

[Everything she writes down is scratched out the moment she reads it over. She just... isn't sure how to approach the question]

Let's say someone close to you, someone you deeply trust, kisses you without any warning. You know they don't quite understand what the gesture truly means but you personally have been affected by it. What do you do in such a situation?

Do you tell them how you felt about it?

...What if you aren't sure about how you felt? You're confused...

This is all hypothetically speaking..

[Action]

[All day, Naoto is going to be acting rather... off. As a matter of fact she's been acting weird for a while now and the only ones who might be able to notice are Roxas, Rise and Ven.

Ever since that day, Naoto's been avoiding Roxas, and even Ven. Whenever she sees either of them, she turns and walks the other way, whenever either of them try to catch her attention, she ignores them and tries to hide somewhere. It isn't that she's mad (even though it seems like she is) it's just that she's confused...

So as long as Roxas and Ven aren't around, Naoto will be outside, just wandering around the village with a coat and scarf on or in the library reading some books. She needs to think... ]

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[She hums thoughtfully]

What I do know about them is very little. They were the sons of Adam and Eve. I don't remember who exactly, but one had sinned, correct?

That's right. Cain was the first human murderer for killing Abel.

[Even as he talk about it, it's...a little hard for Kouki to connect himself with that person.]

Why would he kill his own brother?

[You have her complete and utter attention Kouki]

God asked for sacrificed from them both. Cain offered his finest crops as a farmer, but God favoured Abel the shepherd's firstborn lamb and fats.

[Produce versus animals.]

I see. So it was jealousy?

[She should really study this stuff more]

That's the most likely reason.

[He never asked Naoya about it in details.]

After Abel's death, God found out about it and talked to Cain. For committing the first murder, He cursed Cain to forever wander the earth without peace.

I see. What did Cain do after receiving such a punishment?

He complained to God, as others would try to kill him. So God place a form of 'protection' on Cain...whoever kills him shall suffer a punishment seven times worse than Cain's from God. This was signified by the Mark of Cain.

[Give or take.]

Was he ever killed then?

Actually, no one killed him. A house collapsed on him.

[Ahahahah.... Sorry, Naoya, but your first death is a bit...funny and embarrassing.]

A house collapsed on him? Purely accidental?

[How can a house just fall on him :|]

By all accounts, it seems like an accident.

[Probably.

...No wonder Naoya lost it.]

I see. That's quite strange.

[Pretty rare for a house to just go down like that]

If it's not an accident, someone might've knock it down.

But then they would have been given a punishment worse than Cain's. Did anyone know that?

Considering the time and generation, people would know. So I doubt they're willingly kill him with God's curse...'protecting' him.

I suppose that is true.

Any other questions?

[She thinks for a moment]

Could you tell me about the Tower of Babel?

It's a tower humans built to reach the heavens. It's high enough that God struck it down and shattered their language.

Why did God destroy the tower? To show who was superior?

It's been said that He punish man for being arrogant to think they're equal or superior to Him. Or that He could be afraid of what man can do, since they can build a tower that high.