AUDIENCE: SHARON

[retellers]

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[maidforservice]

[an answer she suspected, but she sighs nevertheless, hand pressed against her cheek]

A rather disappointing response. But I'm not entirely certain I believe that you and your team received nothing at all.

[otherwise why would there be rankings in the first place!!]

[retellers]

It's an update on how you're doing in the competition. My team might be first currently, but that can change at any time.

[maidforservice]

That's quite true.

[heehee]

Then. . . I suppose my own team will have to cinch first place one of these weeks in order for me to truly know.

[retellers]

Good luck with that.

[ wolf, please care more about winning. ]

[maidforservice]

Are you sure you should be wishing someone who isn't on your team luck in this competition?

[SHE IS TEASING]

[retellers]

Don't care that much about winning.

[ they take it completely seriously ]

[maidforservice]

[Wolf. . .]

So I see. . . I suppose it's difficult to tell if that is a good or a bad thing.

[retellers]

[ shrugs ]

That doesn't sound like my problem.

[ why are they like this ]

[maidforservice]

[WHY ARE THEY LIKE THIS]

It certainly isn't.

[a pause]

But you do still care about collecting nova, correct?

[retellers]

Yeah. I want to get this over with as soon as possible.

[maidforservice]

Is that the only reason? [more teasing] Or perhaps you care about our wellbeing far more than you'd like for us to believe?

[retellers]

I care about getting the job done and getting out of here.

[ no friendship!! ]

[maidforservice]

[I hope someone better than Sharon is friendshipping Wolf right now]

Is that all. . .? A life that is all work and no play sounds rather lonely.

[retellers]

[ itisamystery.jpg ]

This isn't my life. It's a detour I want over with.

[maidforservice]

You don't recall what your life was like before you arrived here, though. Do you?

[eyeing them. . . curiously, to gauge their reaction]

[retellers]

[ they don't seem too bothered at the notion, agreeing easily: ]

I don't. That's how I know this isn't it. Once this is over, I can get back to it.

[maidforservice]

[. . .]

And you're discounting the possibility that this has been your life all along, and that you simply forgot that it was?

[retellers]

If I'd lived with those five my whole life, believe me, I'd remember.

[ deadpan ]

[maidforservice]

Would you?

[DOUBT DOT PNG]

But I suppose I do admire how deeply you seem to know yourself, even without your memories.

[retellers]

I'm just saying what feels accurate. That's all.

[maidforservice]

And I am not one to judge.

[a tiny little sigh]

Master Wolf, might I change the subject a little bit? There's something I'm rather curious about, but it has nothing to do with the competition or what winning teams may receive from week to week.

[retellers]

That's fine. Go ahead and ask. [ a belated beat ] And don't call me "Master".

[maidforservice]

[at this point she really oughta just stop using "Master" at all]

What do you think of your comrades? Of Masters Fox, Rabbit, Goat, Swan and Tiger?

[retellers]

They're annoying.

[ WOLF ]

[maidforservice]

[. . .]

Is that all?