AUDIENCE: SORA

[retellers]

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[good. he seems pleased with that.]

I could. And maybe I should, but it doesn't really seem fair. You guys weren't here last week to see how this would go, right? And I don't know if you could see everything from the castle anyway.

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Everyone was upset with us for treating him like a criminal, so when we gave him the benefit of the doubt today and didn't treat him one by patting him down, we're still in the wrong.

[ they drink their smoothie. ]

Whatever. We're used to it.

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[that still sucks?]

People are mad and they're scared and they just want someone to blame. I get it. It's just stupid that it's you guys when you can't even know how these things will go. I dunno. It doesn't really feel like a thing you should have to be used to.

[...] Are you okay? [he should probably be asking goat, too, considering what happened but one npc at a time.]

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[ they don't respond right away. they're drinking the smoothie.

but they'll eventually set it down. ]

Currently planning my next vacation. First vacation? Who knows. But I was thinking a beach would be nice. Very relaxing, no airlocks out there.

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[i was just gonna let the + go, but sora's patiently waiting even if the answer...isn't really what he expected, but okay.]

Well you're right. All we have is sand and sunshine and fish. If you're into that kind of stuff. [islands are nice.] Pretty hard to be worried when you're out there. [he tilts his head in thought.] Think you'd like to swim?

[he remembers tiger doesn't remember having hobbies or anything, so he's just wondering.]

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Hm... maybe. I'd probably look great in a swimsuit, at least.

[ anyway. ]

But I think somewhere away from people would be nice for a while.

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[i see. wait i have to ask francy can you tell me how big tiger is compared to sora while they're sitting. am i allowed to know.]

Only one way to find out. [let tiger go to the beach!!] I don't think I blame you. Sometimes it's nice just to have some peace and quiet after stuff like this. [especially when you have almost 40 people yelling at you.]

Do you usually mind being around people? [is tiger a loner, or a people person? or do they not care...]

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[ tiger is taller, but not by a lot. ]

Oh, I like people. I just don't like... [ a wave of their hand. ] Dealing with certain things.

[ certain things, like people. ]

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So you just like certain people. [that's sort of what he's getting from this because that's a roundabout way of saying it.] I get it. I have friends like that. They don't mind talking to people and helping, but they like a lot of alone time.

Guess that means you're ready to go back to the castle for the week?

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[ they do not confirm the first thing, but they'll move onto the question. ]

I guess. It's just trading one line of work for another.

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What do you actually do while you're there? Do you guys have different jobs to keep you busy?

[tiger not confirming the first thing just convinces sora he's right though so that's fine.]

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Pretty much. Even ignoring all of the murder, we still need to keep track of the nova loss and figuring out what's taking it.

We also currently came up with a potential idea that we decided to try out, which seems to be keeping them occupied from the last time we asked for an update.

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With so many of us losing things it must be hard to track down. [he does not envy their job at all, but he does give them a curious look.]

What kind of an idea? Is it something you can tell us?

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[ hm... they cross their arms over their chest. ]

We're trying to see if there's a way to look into the Realm's memories.

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[oh. that's...]

That's actually a good way to try. When I talked to one of the others, they said that the bridge was going to connect us to new places after a while, and Swan said that each of those places is like a memory of somewhere the nova's been disturbed. If we can see what the Realm's experienced, then we can see what started the damage.

Is there anything we can do to help with that part?

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I don't know yet. Mostly since at the moment we're trying to figure out a method that will actually work.

[ they wave a hand. ]

The Realm has defenses against this kind of thing, which is how it was never in danger until now. So we need to try to figure out a way to read its memories without tripping any of its safety mechanisms, since we don't think it'll differentiate us from something that's trying to cause it harm.

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Sounds familiar. [does it. he does not explain.] It'd be easier if we could guess what defense mechanisms it even had, but supposedly the Realm doesn't have thoughts or feelings to even ask it itself.

[:|]

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I think that for now, just keep proceeding like we have been. There's no reason for it to be alerted if we keep going as normal.

Probably.

[ that is just a wild guess ]

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Probably. [he doesn't seem too worried though.]

...how does the Realm actually talk to you guys anyway? Do you really only hear it in your head? Or do you get messages on the PHS, too?

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We also get messages, but that's mostly stuff regarding teams.

I... guess you can say we can hear it? It's not quite that, but it's probably the easiest way to explain it.

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No, that makes some sense. I guess I'm still trying to understand what it is and your connection to it. It's not like you're sharing memories or anything with it yourself, right? Otherwise...

[...otherwise they would know what the hell was going on on thursdays.]

It doesn't hurt or anything, does it?

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Not hurt. But depending on what we're doing, we sometimes get really tired afterwards.

[ they shrug. ]

So sometimes we really are just taking naps at the castle after doing actual work.

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[there is an urge to make a cat nap joke here, but it does not come.]

I don't think anybody would blame you if they knew that much. What kind of stuff causes a drain like that?

["depending on what we're doing" could mean a few things, and he's curious.]

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Trying to look into the murders--especially the first time it happened, when it was completely unexpected.

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If the Realm was trying to protect itself from what happened, I guess that would make sense. [yikes though.] Is that why you guys don't know any more than we do when we're in trial?