AUDIENCE: "KASUMI"

[retellers]

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[retellers]

[ ....... ? ]

Sharon's not on my team?

i'm weeping i edited for clarity and it did not go through ?????

[siblingless]

Oh— Sharon-san told me that Carre-san is on your team. I'm sorry, I should have been clearer.

[retellers]

[ dw???? i figured out what it meant anyway but it was too funny not to do this. anyway wolf goes "ah" ]

... Then... yeah. Guess that's that.

[ a bitch doesn't know what to say ]

[siblingless]

[i support the himbofication of wolf.]

Mm, that's that. [a small nod.] So no hard feelings, okay?

[retellers]

[ wolf is always part himbo. but... ]

You sure?

[ (unsure) ]

[siblingless]

[himbo adjacent wolf...

sternly:]

I mean it, Wolf-san!

[retellers]

[ raises their hands awkwardly ]

Okay, I get it.

[siblingless]

[Wolf, please. She is probably a whole ass feet shorter than you? How tall is he, even.]

... Thank you. [Smiling! Accept her forgiveness, binch.] Um, is the seasoning okay? I don't use a lot of salt when cooking, but I can adjust it for you in the future.

[retellers]

[ not quite a foot taller, no, maybe half ]

It's fine. [ ... there's a pause before they add: ] Not that picky in general.

[ so like they had no idea about appropriate salt levels until she just said so ]

[siblingless]

Well... I guess that's not a bad thing, either. You can find something to eat wherever you go— once we secure our escape route right?

[Congrats, Wolf. You are now the friend who never causes issues when it's time to pick a place to eat.]

[retellers]

... Right. If we secure our escape route.

[ they are not nearly as confident about this. cynicism. ]

[siblingless]

When. [Gently.] It's too early to admit defeat.

[retellers]

Haven't admitted defeat. [ offended? ] Just making sure we don't rush in on hopes alone.

[siblingless]

It's not rushing in. But visualizing yourself as a winner is the first step to victory. [Holding up a single fingie and everything. Step numero uno!] That's something I learned from my coach.

[retellers]

First step to victory is having an actual plan.

[siblingless]

I can't say that we have a plan, but aren't we doing our best with the information we do have access to?

[retellers]

We're doing... something, alright.

[siblingless]

And, wouldn't you say something is better than nothing?

[i'm out of w4 questions throws a fog ball at wolf too "why didn't you do this during actual week four" i got consumed by the euphoria of math]

[retellers]

I--

[ whatever the fuck wolf said didn't matter because yoshizawa is about to be thrown into a memory and wow i can't BELIEVE this was cloud strife all along, holy shit, everyone is shooketh. by which i mean, look at cloud be straight in a very messy dream because it's a very funny choice for a memory ]

[siblingless]

[wow i never saw this coming damn how could you bamboozle me this way zia

this is such a heterosexual memory, tho. i'm in tears. was wolf even able to parse any of that? a mystery. but sumire is going to stare at him like what the actual heckie before immediately blurting out—]

Your name is Cloud?

[absolutely forgetting he might just not hear that. rip.]

[retellers]

You know I can't hear that, right?

[ his name sure is [bzzzt static] as far as he knows, sure. ]

[siblingless]

I—

[closes her goddamn eyes. name loss...]

I forgot.

[retellers]

So did I. [ dryly. funny joke!!! ] It's fine, just. Don't bother using it.

[siblingless]

[... It's a little funny, actually! The corners of her lips twitch because same hat, man.]

I won't. Though, do you think all your memories will be returned once we recover all the nova?

[retellers]

Probably. They're clearly not that far.

[ squints at fog bubbles ]