AUDIENCE: ALEX

[retellers]

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[chanteuser]

... [ oh, the reminder on the PHS... ]

Team sharing, you mean?

[ her eyes flicker up at the castle and the fact her perspective of it seems to be changing for the first time since she arrived here, but she keeps most of her attention on the path in front of her, and the girl she's following. ]

... Or was it something else?

[retellers]

It was... a few rules, but the team sharing was the main one that kept being broken. It's fine if it's only a few times, but...

[chanteuser]

[ ... ah. ]

For future reference, how many times is a few too many?

[retellers]

We'd prefer if you didn't go over three, but even then that's...

[ hm. ]

It's not saying that you should definitely hit that limit every time. It's still pushing it.

[chanteuser]

Over three entirely? Or is there a rolling limit on it?

[ bnuuy she doesn't want to hurt you... ]

And because people are sharing information this freely, it caused a backlash. Is that right?

[retellers]

It's a rolling limit, but it also doesn't mean you should push it to the limit every single week. And also telling people on your own team won't hurt it. It's why we really want you all to find your teammates, because most of the rules involving secrecy don't apply to your own team. It makes things a lot easier for you. [ oh. a pause and she pulls out a blue ribbon to hand it to her. ] Please keep this somewhere visible, by the way.

[chanteuser]

[ alex takes the ribbon, and after a moment, she ties it around her wrist. just under the silver bracelet and friendship bracelet also tied there. ]

Well, I've found one out of... [ ... ] how many of us are there?

[ as she lifts her wrist up to make sure she's tied the knot properly, tightening it with her teeth to make sure it won't slip off, she looks... thoughtful. ] But, if I'm hearing things right from the others, you're probably already aware of that.

[retellers]

[ they nod their head. ]

I can't give you an exact number. But... [ they look at the ribbon then back at alex. ] Keep an eye out, okay?

[chanteuser]

[ she nods. ]

I will. That does require sharing information with other people though, so I'll have to be careful about how I phrase it or what I say.

[ she has some suspicions. but she also has some people she just... wants to tell. so they can all do their information gathering in smarter ways. and because she trusts them. ]

[retellers]

I think that... as long as you're careful about it, it should be fine. But I think you have been doing pretty well in general. [ and look, they're outside of the castle now. ]

[chanteuser]

I won't go too wild, I can promise that.

[ ... oh boy, that's a big castle. ]

[ she just stares up, up, up at the castle, eyes a little wide. ]

This is where you stay, huh?

[retellers]

Mmhm. Would you like to come inside? I can't show you all of it, but you can come in.

[chanteuser]

[ !!!! castle lore ]

I'd love to.

[retellers]

Let's go. [ they will walk through the front entrance, which leads to a lobby-like area that has six doors. rabbit ignore them, though, and instead head for stairs. ] We need to be quiet so we don't run into anyone.

[chanteuser]

[ she just nods, rather than verbally respond. she's being very, very quiet. ]

[retellers]

[ they will walk down a few hallways until rabbit finally opens a door! it leads to a bedroom. it's fairly girly, with pastels and stuffed animals on the bed. there's also a desk and a closet. it's all very neat. ]

[chanteuser]

[ ... ! ]

Oh!

Is this your room, Bunny?

[retellers]

It is, please make yourself comfortable. [ she gestures at the bed and desk. pick. ]

[chanteuser]

It's so cute...

[ she will take a seat over at the desk! ]

[retellers]

Thank you! [ she's happy... ] Um, okay. What else do you want to talk about?

[chanteuser]

[ ah. well. ]

There were two... bigger things, I guess?

What is nova splintering, and I wanted to ask more about something I found the other week. I don’t mind which one you want to answer first.

[retellers]

Ask me about the other thing first. Splintering may take longer to explain. [ watch the other thing be something more complicated ]

[chanteuser]

[ yeah francy, explain string theory to alex. ]

[ she holds up her hand, the one with the ribbon and the bracelets on, and taps the silver bracelet. ]

I found this the other week - when Sora and I ended up in that weird other place. I think I know what it might do, but it's missing a gem from the bracelet itself. I was wondering if you guys knew anything about these other places we went to the other week, or if there's something important about what the bracelet's missing.

[retellers]

I don't know anything about the bracelet. But that place... I guess it's best described as a concentration of nova. Kind of like the assignments you do every week, except the memories in these places are a lot more powerful. It's why they're dangerous.

[chanteuser]

[ well she tried ]

And it just... pulls people in? It seemed like we were just suddenly there, without even knowing what was happening.