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Who: newbies + you
When: Day 22, evening
Where: around

[This evening, out of nowhere, Hazel's carriage disappears. There's a shower of sparkles, a bright light, and after that... it's gone. Anyone who was in its hallway is now in the Garden entrance. The Garden car itself is now hooked to Clover's carriage, as if it had aways been and Hazel was never real. Clover itself is currently bare as well -- the lock screen is dull, completely turned off, and there are no lights inside. No one is there, now, but at least the space remains.

In some carriages, that loss of vibrancy is countered by the appearance of some new heroes. In general, the gloomy mood throughout the train is only heightened by the onset of a heavy storm. Outside there's a crack of thunder that rattles the train, and it begins to pour so hard the edge of the clearing is barely visible through the windows.

The rain, the thunder, and the strobe-light effect of constant lightning will continue til dawn.]

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Are you always like this...

[ He grins in response. ]

Basically always.

Ho boy....

And by the way, it's too late to take back that offer of friendship.

I wasn't planning on it. I'm just realizing I'm in for some interesting times.

[ He hums in agreement. ]

Those are the best times, though. You're welcome in advance.

Ha... Well, it should be fun at least.

It's like I said....

[ A force of nature and fun. ]

Haha, I won't doubt your ability to have fun again.

Good! I'm glad we've got that settled.

So I've told you about me, want to tell me about you? What is it you want power for?

[ He.... doesn't have it in him right now to be open enough to tell the entirety of his reasoning why. There's too much to lay vulnerable and bare and it's hard for him to trust at the best of times-- and right after losing the one person he'd chosen to spend an honest moment with is not the best of times.

But all the same, he doesn't want to lie to Rean. He's been very honest this whole time, and it's a pretty damned important question for a guy who'd be sharing that power with him if they contracted. ]

There's.... several reasons why. One of the biggest ones... I know I don't remember even half of what I'm capable of in a fight right now-- I barely have a clue what I'm even missing. It's... frustrating, knowing that I'm so much weaker than I could be-- than I want to be. I'm not incapable in a fight, not by a long stretch-- but I'm not where I should be.

Mm. That's pretty understandable. Being frustrated. Even I'm not at my peak right now.

But what would you want to achieve, if you could reach the power you think you have?

...I know we need "bonds" to fight against this... thing destroying the universe. But you know what else uses "bonds"? ARCUS units. Combat links. The closer we are, the easier it is to fight together. ...I believe that one day, it'll come down to a fight. How well we can all fight together. I want to be strong enough that I have no regrets when that time comes.

Mm. Yeah. I can understand that.

I also don't want to let anyone here down, now that I'm here. Including myself, of course.

I would hope that includes yourself. That's the most important person of all to keep from disappointing.

[He laughs a little.]

I wonder about that...

I don't. I think if you do what's right to you, everything else will fall into place.

[ The thing he doesn't add is that he still thinks that's true even if no one else believes in it. ]

That's a pretty self-assured viewpoint.

[He can respect it! Not necessarily agree entirely, but not disagree either.]

I view 'em as words to live by.

[ Which probably says a lot about him, honestly. ]

That's good to know.

Try it sometime. Any other questions?

Yeah. What do you want to do now that I've failed to kick your ass at poker?

There's so many other games to beat you at! Darts, pool, chess....

[ They have none of the tools necessary to play any of those but shhh. ]

I never quite finished that tour though, if you wanted to do that? There's still the clinic up front and the garden towards the back.

Ha let's finish that tour.