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[adorabrawler]

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week 0; sunday

[honkinbigteeth]

[ylfa is hanging around after the npc reveal.]

...Hey. Are you okay?

[adorabrawler]

[ ... ]

Maybe less than I thought.

[honkinbigteeth]

[does she want a hug? she can have a hug.]

I get it. It'd be nice if everything could just go back to how it's supposed to be.

[adorabrawler]

[ it's an unexpected but welcome hug. hug time. ]

Heh, y'know... I tell myself that a lot, but it never does then, and it probably won't now.

[honkinbigteeth]

Yeah. I've, um, recently had a lot of things about my life change pretty quickly. You too?

[adorabrawler]

Mmhm. I wish I could say in a good way, but—well, uh. I won't be a total downer about it.

[honkinbigteeth]

Don't worry about that. I'm used to downer, I don't mind.

[adorabrawler]

But we've only just met, right? I don't want to make a bad impression.

[honkinbigteeth]

[...aww.]

I've never been the best at making friends, but I think sharing secrets can be a pretty good way to do it. At least, as far as I've heard.

[adorabrawler]

[ a beat, then she nods ]

Yeah, talking does help... But only if you don't mind.

[honkinbigteeth]

I really don't.

[adorabrawler]

Welp. Whoof.

[ where to even begin. ]

It's like—you ever just have the total worst week of your life, and then once you think it's finally over... I screwed up, I remember that much. And now I'm here.

[honkinbigteeth]

...Yes. Recently, a wolf ate my grandmother. You'd think that'd be the worst of it, but things really spiraled from there.

Why do you say you screwed up?

[adorabrawler]

[ A wolf? That—is really unexpected to hear. Do wolves just eat people like that...? ]

'Cause I'm... here, now. Dead. Apparently.

[honkinbigteeth]

Dying isn't necessarily your fault. Sometimes it just happens.

[adorabrawler]

But, if I didn't...

[ She trails off, thinking maybe there's no use protesting it. ]

Well. Anyway, I guess all that's why I got mad.

[honkinbigteeth]

Yeah, I get that. I wish it was easier. That we could just all go home.

[adorabrawler]

If only. Buuut, it's never that easy, huh? We're really gonna have to play this dumb game after all.

[honkinbigteeth]

Maybe. For now, at least. I think...some people will throw their hat in the ring right away and try to win for their team. And some people will just try to hold on and survive and hope there's another way out.

I don't think either approach is bad, or wrong.

[adorabrawler]

Not really... Though it's hard not to wonder which one will work out.

[honkinbigteeth]

I don't think there's any way to know. And some people might not be in a place to risk losing their shot by hoping for a better outcome.