AUDIENCE: ALEX

[retellers]

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[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.

[retellers]

I think that... your nova probably gets attracted to it. Kind of like a gravitational pull?

[chanteuser]

And then suddenly... [ she makes a popping motion with her hand ] ... you're in a different place altogether.

So, technically speaking there's chance of happening again, at any time. It's not like our nova is just going to stop being drawn to it?

[retellers]

Pretty much... But um, it didn't happen last week, so maybe it's more rare than we thought?

[chanteuser]

[ looks at the day and laughs fearfully ]

Maybe. I'd be happy if no one else had to deal with it, though. It wasn't the nicest experience.

[ ... ]

But, um... the other topic. Nova splintering? You said that'd take longer to explain?

[retellers]

Right... Okay, what have you heard first?

[chanteuser]

Only really what was mentioned after the trial on Saturday -- the things Shima said.

[retellers]

[ ... ] Well, it's true. Um, people's nova are breaking, basically. It... nothing will be left of you, and it spreads from person to person.

[chanteuser]

[ .... hewwo? ]

And... that's why some people are being asked to kill?

[retellers]

Leaders... can't do it themselves. We can't seriously harm you, even if someone tries to attack us. So they have to ask someone from their team to do it.

[chanteuser]

[ ... ]

...

Bunny, have you asked anyone from our team to do this?

[retellers]

[ there's a long pause. ] The second week. [ ... ] I'm sorry, I can't say who it was. They went through a lot.

[chanteuser]

[ ...




she gets up and gives her a big hug ]

[retellers]

[ ah she hugs her back, tightly. ] I'm so sorry. None of this was supposed to happen.

[chanteuser]

It's not your fault.

[ she is stroking! her hair! as well. ]

Did it all happen because of when Hajime died?

[retellers]

Mmhm. We don't know the exact details since none of us were awake when it happened, but... I don't know if it's just that death happening in this place caused something to break, or if there's some other reason. But it just made everything so complicated.