unbested | crau2 pcs: estelle

[ 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?

Um...

[ looks... around... ]

Was that... was turning back around really all we had to do the whole time? Was that supposed to be a lesson or something?

I wonder...

...

Maybe it's like that waiting room...

[ no don't bring up the waiting room again ]

Maybe...? W-well, anyway, we made it!

And we didn't get hurt or anything, so we don't have to tell anyone we're still going into these things...

Oh, that's right! [Her eyes light up at that.]

Thank goodness... I really didn't want to get you in trouble, or have Harrow or Cloud get mad at me...

Yeah, me neither!!

...Uh, why did you want to go in there, anyway?

Um, well... I promise there's a good reason! And it's not murder.

[That kind of needs to be said.]

... Oh, more importantly, there's something I wanted to show you!

Uh... well, that's... good...

What is it?

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