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[hot_mess_express]

Who: All the cute little heroes
When: Day 35, evening
Where: Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Great Outdoors, Just outside the train

[ The beach fades away all at once, taking the cheery sunshine with it as evening hits all at once-- it melts away in a shower of sparkles as the familiar setting re-emerges. There are new stars in the sky above in clover pink, senna red, jasmine blue, and licorice violet.

Just before the beach disappears entirely, the bubbly voice speaks once more: ]

Wasn't that so much fun! You all rrrrrreally got to know each other, didn't you? Keep up the good work~!

[ If you had any alcohol in hand you still have it, otherwise everything from the trial is gone. ]

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[schrodingerscockroach]

[Oh thank god, it's done.]

[He's just gonna sit down hard on the ground.]

[Then flop back and lay there for a few minutes because GOD, that was exhausting, but fuck yes, worth the effort.]

[awakenerd]

You all right?

[schrodingerscockroach]

That was exhausting.

[Pats the ground next to him. Don't loom over him bro.]

My name's Dusk, by the way.

[He's also kind of wet because he screamed into water a bit.]

[awakenerd]

[Sitting down! He's also drying off a bit since he spent a good portion of the game surfing and funning around in the water because, look. Don't judge him.]

Dusk huh? It's nice to meet you formally.

You do look pretty worn out.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I am.

....two things.

[He pulls out a necklace from under his shirt, pulling it off so Rean can take a look at it. Though he won't let go of the chain.]

Faito has the same necklace.

[awakenerd]

[Leaning in a little to examine it.]

So you're almost certainly connected in some way. What's the other thing?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Just a simple pendant with a golden gem in it.]

[That's magic, but Dusk doesn't know that.]

Yeah. If it was just one thing, that could be coincidence, but there's too many things now. It'd be weirder if we weren't.

One of my teammates is like you. The whole need power from someone else, heroic spirit thing.

[crimeson]

[oh boy]

How you holding up, bud?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Exhausted, mostly. That was a lot of socializing.

[Also he's kind of wet now thanks to screaming into the ocean.]

Name's Dusk now.

[crimeson]

Dusk! Good to get your name.

[Randy is actually also pretty wet, but for nice reasons.]

Went swimming too?

[schrodingerscockroach]

....in a sense.

[crimeson]

...Promising.

[schrodingerscockroach]

....did find out screaming helps lower the stress levels.

[fisherofmen]

[ do you ever just have someone actually physically materialize via gold sparkles above you

anyway, staring at him, you know, not creepily at all ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[I mean]

[The sparkles are new]

[But out of thin air is less new]

.....hi.

[fisherofmen]

. . . Hello.

[ with a beat ]

You look tired.

[schrodingerscockroach]

It's been a lot of intense socializing. It's exhausting after a while.

[fisherofmen]

Was it worth it?

[bowtiedbones]

[in a bikini by now]

Did you drink?

[schrodingerscockroach]

I did not. I wanted to focus on the game. Figured I'd do it at the end.

[But then they were here. He is very disappointed, alcohol sounds great right now.]

[bowtiedbones]

Is that a good idea when you're already on the ground?

[schrodingerscockroach]

No booze, so can't really do it anyway.

[bowtiedbones]

There's ways to get booze. But that's just a fact, not encouragement.

[she herself hasn't drank any alcohol in three weeks]

[nihilmancy]

[Looking over to him, also sitting on the ground.]

Are you alright?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Mostly tired.

I don't think I aggressively socialize usually.