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[Estelle checks her pockets, as if hoping to find some extra bones in there. She isn't Harrow, so no, there aren't any.]
I don't have any extra bones... and I just got the ones I have healed! I can't bet them in a poker game...
[That... is certainly not the only reason she cannot bet them.]
I don't have any extra bones... and I just got the ones I have healed! I can't bet them in a poker game...
[That... is certainly not the only reason she cannot bet them.]
[Estelle is also praying that Cloud and Harrow don't find out... She brightens at his agreement, and in they go! They land in...
6. You open the door and find yourself outside, a mansion looming in the distance. No matter how you try to approach it, no matter how long you spend walking forward, you never get any closer. It stays there on the horizon, just out of reach. Only when you realize the futility of trying to reach the mansion and give up will you escape - and once you do, the next time you blink, you will find yourself back in the hotel's lobby.]
Hm... [She's looking around, but the only thing they can clearly see is that mansion in the distance.] I suppose that's where we have to go...?
Hm... [She's looking around, but the only thing they can clearly see is that mansion in the distance.] I suppose that's where we have to go...?
It is suspiciously quiet out here...
If anything happens, I'll protect you, okay?
[She's got her shield strapped to her arm, at least? But she doesn't appear to have a weapon.]
If anything happens, I'll protect you, okay?
[She's got her shield strapped to her arm, at least? But she doesn't appear to have a weapon.]
[She smiles at that. It's really sweet?]
Okay...!
But be careful not to push yourself. I know I don't look very strong, but I've been in a lot of battles.
Okay...!
But be careful not to push yourself. I know I don't look very strong, but I've been in a lot of battles.
Oh, I have good news about that!
[She takes off one of her gloves to show... normal fingers! No discoloration. She flexes them a few times just to show that she can.]
I was able to get another heal before the end of the week. I'm in good shape again!
[She takes off one of her gloves to show... normal fingers! No discoloration. She flexes them a few times just to show that she can.]
I was able to get another heal before the end of the week. I'm in good shape again!
[The glove goes back on, and they keep walking for a while!
A long while.]
... I wonder how much farther it is...
A long while.]
... I wonder how much farther it is...
I thought it had to be my imagination, but... I was wondering that as well...
What the heck... I mean, Cloud and I walked through that dumb time void for like a week three times, but at least there wasn't anything visible in the distance until we got close to a gate...
Maybe if we... try walking to the side and come at it from a different angle? Or something?
Maybe if we... try walking to the side and come at it from a different angle? Or something?
[a worried look for your time void......]
Okay... I suppose anything might work!
Okay... I suppose anything might work!
[She follows!
......
They are not getting closer.]
......
They are not getting closer.]
I would think so... There's nowhere else to go, is there?
Maybe the mansion is a mirage...?
It looks so real, though...
It looks so real, though...
I don't know... If we turn back, maybe we can find our way back to where we came from?
[She'll turn back, too...
and the next time they blink, they find themselves back in the lobby.]
... Huh?
and the next time they blink, they find themselves back in the lobby.]
... Huh?
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