unbested | crau2 pcs: estelle

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?

I got a letter from Kazunari today! Here, you can look.

[She fishes around in the pockets of her dress, and pulls out a letter! She'll show it:]

████ fixed the flowers, so I bet you'll have a bunch coming your way soon! Though I think I'd prefer to give you another bouquet in person, you know? █'██ ████ ███ █████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ████ █████! -333

Whoa... why is so much of it blacked out?

...That's nice though, if you're going to get more flowers!

[She nods!! She's pretty happy about more flowers coming, too.]

I thought that was really strange, too. I got a letter from Sieghart yesterday, too, that was also about the flowers. He said he sent me the other bouquet... and I think he was trying to explain something about its meaning, but that letter was largely blacked out, too.

You said you were told to pay attention when people received flowers, right? I wonder if there's still some meaning to be found in them...

Yeah... when I asked about that, he wrote back that we should look up flower language because each one has a different meaning, which, I mean, we kind of did, but I feel like I'm still missing something...

[ squinting at that letter ]

The first word down there is probably "I've", right? ...But I don't know about any of the others after it...

Or maybe it's "I'll," like maybe "I'll send you..." something? Or "I'll tell you..." something?

Oh! Yeah, maybe. ...That probably makes more sense.

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