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[Takes the tiny shoes]

Is that what that list on my profile was? This is so cool, can you do it to anything? How many points do abilities cost?

One thousand points! We can do a live later to help start getting you points if you like.

I could do that. One thousand - so that's 6, 000 for all of them, how many points do we get for lives again?

Three hundred for our own live, one hundred and fifty for someone else's. And they can stack. So if someone counterlives in your live you get those points.

There was once a big snowball fight where every unit did a live! It was so much points!

[Laughs]

Everyone playing together does sound nice, I wonder if I can do a live like that. Otherwise that's, let's see, 6, 000 divided by 300-- 20 lives we'll have to do. Which is totally doable, but if I get at least one counterlive each time it would only be...

[Tapping out a pattern on her fingers]

fourteen? I think fourteen lives, hey just how many units are there here again?

...And what's a snowball?

It's snow packed into a ball and you throw them at each other and it's a fun thing for children to do.

[EYES SPARKLE]

That does sound fun! When do we get snow, is it snowing now? Oh, but I really shouldn't go out in bare feet in snow.

Right now it's summer, so no snow for awhile! Maybe later though, in a month or two. Seasons come fast here.

Huh. That's way too quick, what kind of extreme tilt would an axis need to generate that kind of weather... Just how close is Imeeji to the sun? I need to check some things, do we have a telescope around here?

It's magic, not real weather.

We're trapped here by demons, it's probably some small pocket dimension...

Well - even if it's a magical pocket dimension! Are there stars in the sky?

Yes, but I've always assumed they're fake.

The demons are really powerful, you know.

That makes sense, if they're demons, but... I don't know, I don't want to just accept 'magic' as the reason for everything, there's no harm in checking it out is there?

No harm, no. Just be prepared to feel frustrated.

I'll go into my studies with low expectations, promise.

Good. Ah...

Shall I tell you the big depressing thing so that we can cheer up with cake after?

[Deep breath]

Yeah, okay, I'm ready. Hit me.

We're essentially a show to be watched outside our dorm. The demons are also called the producers. The producers will force us into games. Some are fine. No big deal.

In some we'll be forced to hurt people or be hurt ourselves. People get killed in these games but after the games any who die are brought back to life.

If you try to kill yourself in a game to avoid being hurt or hurting someone else they will torture you. Please do not do it.

Alcheme tends to play in the middle. Not going all out to protect ourselves since we don't want to hurt others. But not doing nothing either.

I know everything I just said is extremely awful to hear.

[IT SURE IS SHE LOOKS TERRIFIED]

Yeah.

Yeah.

It is not great.

But. One day you will be able to go home and this will all be behind you.

Y..Yeah, of course...

[Sits down]

...Honestly this all sounds really scary and bad but it. It doesn't actually feel real? Is that just denial talking?

That's denial, yep. It doesn't feel real. Sometimes even while it's happening.

I'll do what I can to help you out when things are bad.

...Protecting ourselves without hurting others, yeah?

We try to not do much harm. And try to protect everyone's special people on other units best we can.

And it's a secret. Don't talk about it, especially in games. But if there's ever a game where you can choose to protect one unit?

Talon from Wild City has made sure to arrange so every unit is covered. For that situation, we choose future is now.

It was a game that happened before and some units weren't protected. If it ever happens again though we're ready to make sure no one is harmed.

[L nods, taking that in. Wild City and future is now, important unit names she should look them up later. Breathing in slowly and running her hands through her hair.]

future is now. Got it. It's a big relief to hear we have a secret system like that in place actually. And you should definitely tell me more about the special people on other units, I don't know anything about the other units yet. There's a lot I've got to learn!

I'll do my best to protect you guys without hurting your important people too.