unbested | crau2 pcs: estelle

[yeah this is really funny after the Door Discourse

She looks at the door her hand is on, then back to him.]

-- Um, that is, if you don't mind...

Um... y-yeah, if you want to!

[ HE WILL NOT TELL CLOUD ]

[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...?

I guess so?

[ this doesn't LOOK horribly dangerous... well, let's start walking! ]

Hopefully nothing jumps out at us...

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.]

Oh, um... thanks. I-I'll protect you too, though!

[ with his? baton??? he guesses??? ]

We'll protect each other!

[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.

[ god he's like the second weakest person in this whole hotel, isn't he (sorry futaba) ]

R-right... And that's really cool! But, um, you're still recovering from last week, right? So... you know, you shouldn't push yourself too hard either.

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!

Oh! [ blinks ] That's great!

[ he really is the damsel here... ]

[The glove goes back on, and they keep walking for a while!

A long while.]

... I wonder how much farther it is...

Doesn't it... kind of feel like we're not getting any closer...?

[ does his little hand photo frame thing and squints at it ]

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?

[a worried look for your time void......]

Okay... I suppose anything might work!

[ that cyoa was the worst time of his life ]

Y-yeah... let's try going this way for a while!

[ veers off to the right to try to walk around it instead of straight toward it... ]

[She follows!

......

They are not getting closer.]

[ nooo ]

There's.... got to be a trick to it, right?

I would think so... There's nowhere else to go, is there?

I... I don't think so...

I mean, we're moving, right?

[ looks down at his feet as he walks to make sure he isn't just like, on the same patch of dirt, moving in place ]

Maybe the mansion is a mirage...?

It looks so real, though...

[ it's the utena castle all over again ]

You think...?

But if it is, then... what are we supposed to do to get out of here??

I don't know... If we turn back, maybe we can find our way back to where we came from?

Um... maybe...?

[ sighs and looks back over his shoulder ]

Ugh... I guess that's our best bet if walking forward isn't doing anything, huh?

[ he'll reluctantly turn back around, then. ]

[She'll turn back, too...

and the next time they blink, they find themselves back in the lobby.]

... Huh?

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