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There's nothing stopping me from getting my grimoire?

Do you want a truce?

What kind of truce?

I'll stop trying to get the details if you stop being a coward.

If you're worried about the consequences of killing my team, just talk to them. None of them are unreasonable or hateful people.

I'm not worried about that.

I don't think you're worried about retaliation, but there's something, isn't there? Are you afraid they'll look at you differently? Are you afraid it won't get any less painful to kill us if you don't withdraw?

[jae......... jae.]

I just think it's in poor taste, even for someone like me. That's all.

...maybe you're right. I'm not really the right person to decide what's in poor taste.

But this is all rigged? Naturally, you're not the type that would crush Endless Night's heart to protect your own, so you'll always target us in a set up like that.

This is the story the Outer Lord wants to tell. It's the story the Constellations want to see. But I think it's too contrived to really say anything about the characters.

Unfortunately you're not the one running the show here.

[haha]

It's not that unfortunate.

...at least you should keep talking to me. I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm not interested in going along with the Outer Lord's storyline.

And let them keep tearing you apart and taking your memories?

If my personality type could be managed with threats, I never would've acquired any of those memories in the first place.

. . .

That doesn't mean you should throw them away so carelessly. What is the point of winning if you end up forgetting who you are in the process?

[sounds like a me problem]

Does that worry you?

Of course it does.

[i do not understand but...]

...I have never once thought that 'I'll never get those memories back'.

On a long enough timeline, everything comes around again.

[just sighs, a mix of amused and defeated]

I'll kill you again. And I expect you to do the same with me.

[does this mean i win]

Naturally? Did you see that you're in first place now? That's quite dangerous. I don't think QA will be as considerate of the hearts of her teammates as you are.

[no, shut up

though notably some of the bad vibes seem to have receded a little]

Yeah. I fully expect Funeral March to be targeted by everyone next time.

[now that the bad vibes have backed off he stands up and stretches their wings a bit, then takes off]

It is a bit concerning how far the Outer Lord is willing to rig things. If there weren't so few teams that sort of game might be a bit more dynamic. Maybe now that he got it out of his system he'll do something more interesting.

. . . Where are you going?

[flying lazily around, looking for a specific point]

I want to test some things while I'm in your body.

What things?

Security!

[finds the window to his own bedroom and just kicks it open, glass shattering etc]

[holy shit]

Jae what the hell?!

[lands in his room. his body is passed out in a chair in the corner]

Hm, no security then.

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