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The ship was steadily moving and everyone was relaxing inside the cafeteria or enjoying the breeze outside. There was one person however that needed to do something first. And that being to upload the passengers' names on their computer. That person was that chubby and annoying woman. I've said "woman" a few times now while referring to her and it's getting on my nerves. Let's call her Doulaverh.
Doulaverh went inside her small office next to the cafeteria. James thought of something brilliant in order to get rid of their names written down on that notebook.
He planned everything in his head in a snap. The plan was the following.
He would press the red emergency button which would signal a fire breakout. On his way to the cafeteria, he had noticed three of these in different spots. He would choose the one that's closer to Doulaverh's room. That way she'd be the first one to notice and worry about the fire.
"If a fire broke out near you, you wouldn't just stand there, right?" was what he thought. Doulaverh wouldn't have finished writing all the names in her computer and he'd have the chance to sneak his way in, grab the notebook and cut the page that their names were written on.
After thinking other possible solutions, he decided to stick to this one. He told Yuri to wait a minute.
"I need to do something. Stay here" he said.
And so he started. He pressed the button and then quickly hid behind the room's door. That way, when Doulaverh opened the door he wouldn't be seen.
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It was a marvellous idea. Everything was going according to plan. Panicked as she was, Doulaverh opened the door and hurriedly headed towards the fire alarm. James sneaked inside and tore off the important to him page. He made a small ball of paper with it, shoved it in his pocket to get rid of it later and quickly left the scene.
Meanwhile, Doulaverh had of course understood that there was no fire. Nevertheless, she was still kinda busy, trying to stop the irritating sound of the alarm that would eventually go away on its own. Worked up over trivial matters as always...
When it stopped ringing, she went to the cafeteria to inform the passengers that there was nothing to worry about. You'd expect the passengers to be calm and relieved after hearing her statement. However, her extremely obnoxious high pitched voice in combination with the old megaphone she used to make the announcement, almost destroyed everyone's eardrums. They were lucky to even survive.
A couple was playing tennis outside and they accidentally sent the tennis ball flying towards the wall. It ricocheted and surprisingly landed on Doulaverh's head while she was still making the announcement. She started trippin' till she fell down. Only few people moved out of their way to help her. Almost everyone was intensely clapping and cheering for that tennis player. The man said "Well, It was an accide— whatever hah!" and then he also clapped for himself.
Finnegan's plan was a complete success. The distraction he used was more than effective. He then returned to the cafeteria but he couldn't believe in his eyes. Yuri was nowhere to be found...
Even though his expression all this time was sad and bitter, the moment she noticed Yuri missing he softly cried. Everything was too much even for him. He said "Excuse me" to everyone he bumped with and slowly made his way out of the crowd of people who were still clapping and cheering.
He finally exited the cafeteria and was able to run. After a couple of minutes of searching, he found Yuri in a corner, on her knees facing the wall, with her hands covering her wet eyes and crying. James knelt down next to her as well and said "Yuri... It's okay, don't cry. I'm here..." while hugging her.
She returned the hug, but cried even louder.
"Everything's scary... So Scary... The Alarm— Unknown footsteps (...) Where's Mom? I want to see Mom! (sob)"
James cried as well. Both of them tearing like that... Even now, I can't say I'm not moved. The situation they were in was certainly tragic.
After a while, both of them stopped crying and James tried to fill Yuri with hope about what they were going to do next. He told her about Japan's great sights they could visit, the tradition the Japanese have, things they could do together and so on and so forth.
Telling her "We'll have each other, so don't worry. Nothing can harm us anymore." made Yuri temporarily forget about her mother's death and it put a slight smile on her face. After so many times being either expressionless (as if she were a robot) or really sad, she found a glimmer of hope in his words.
Then, they got up, abandoned the corner and moved outside. Yuri and James stared into the vast ocean. Yuri was surprisingly hopeful. James on the other hand knew how hard it'd be to survive with such little money they had. He was relieved to see her daughter smiling, though. That was enough to make him smile a bit, too.
An hour later, their journey was almost over. They could see with their own eyes Japan's very first islands from far away. With each second passing by, they could feel Japan's presence more and more. But their actual journey had yet to even begin. What does fate have in store for them? How will things unfold in Japan?
At the time, only Sachrist knew how excruciating and brutal their future would be...
