[ AUDIENCE: NIER ]

[dormheads]

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[amain]

[ He laughs a bit. ]

Thank you, Annie. I'll make sure to go to Hugo later. [ But... Anyway. ] It was a tough weekend. Are you all right?

[ DEATH? IN SUMMER! ]

[departea]

I can't say I feel better, but...

Now that a few days have passed, it's easier to think about it, I guess.

[ in the less hysterical and more rational sense ]

[amain]

... I guess it is.

[ Nier goes quiet, unsure of what to say. ]

No clue on what did that to Adora? Is it... This world?

[departea]

Maybe...?

It happened as soon as Otome said something. It's hard to imagine just a normal person with that timing...

[amain]

... Yeah. Not even I can strike that fast.

Also, I checked with Denji and the other piece of paper looks exactly the same as the one my group got from our trip last week. It's just mirrored... So if you put them together, there's a circle in the middle.

I'm not even sure if that's how it's supposed to be. Or what it should do.

[departea]

... more abstract than the other ones.

Wouldn't that mean it's important though? If we can't get something more concrete right away?

[amain]

It should be... At least I would hope so.

I wondered if it's supposed to show us something on the original hard copy documents, but that seems strange for simple paper to do.

[departea]

We could try?

It's that or just we want to do something with holes.

[amain]

[ .............. i hate you ]

Fill holes?

[departea]

Maybe. If we give it something that wasn't there before?

[amain]

[ holes are meant to be filled, good thing they talk about this in the meeting kind of, but i must play not knowing shit. ]

... Like filling in the weird scripts? They are blank.

[departea]

Possibly, yes.

But we can also try to think of what... this story of ours is missing, I suppose, if it's holes.

[amain]

Holes. I'll keep that in mind.

[ He nods. He will try his best with everyone and lluxuma. ]

... Do you know how to maneuver through everything in the dorm?

[ BAD VIBES. ]

[departea]

... yeah.

Everyone at least still comes to talk to me, so I can try to help them in any way that I can, even if it's not much.

[amain]

... Thank you, Annie. I just don't know—what to say.

I don't fault Mandricardo at all. I would be inconsolable if someone took Kainé. I'd want the killer dead.

[ WELL ]

[departea]

No, I... understand. There's some types of heartbreak that are kind of impossible to overcome, even if we know the people end up somewhere else.

[ even if they're okay at the daycare for now, the fact is that they still die. that's not a pleasant experience. ]

[amain]

… Yeah, in the end they’re still taken. No matter what greater power or cause, the heartache doesn’t disappear.

It’d feel… Wrong for me to ask them to make amends so Mabel can return to something.

[ he doesn’t know?? what is the right thing to do? ]

But maybe pretending is what we need to do.

[departea]

I can't really blame you for suggesting that to her. I've been thinking it would probably be better if all of you moved, honestly.

So... we'll just see where we're at in a week, right?

[amain]

Annie, you need people in your dorm. [ NO LONELY! ] ... Yes, we will. It's likely we'll learn more about all of this and maybe the flames will calm.

[ meeting: the voice wants violence ]

Maybe the treehouse will help.

[departea]

Oh, I hope so. It would be nice, right? I know Winter has that... shack.

[ the rat shack ]

[amain]

[ DOn'T CALL KAINE'S SHACK A RAT SHACK!!! ]

Better put Claude to work then, Annie.

[departea]

I think Dimitri said he would help, too.

[amain]

Good for you, right? Seeing both of your crushes work on a treehouse for you.

[ Shirtless men! Maybe! ]

[departea]

[ slfsjlgjsdg she coughs ]

It's not just for me.

[amain]

Who else?

[ don't look at him ]