[ great!!! good!!!!!!!! ]

Yeah, it's uh. Already a lot. In various ways... Everything been okay with Yoru?

Nope!! Asa-chan's still the only thing saving my ass from her.

You could kill her again...?

Yeah, I don't think it'd go over as well a second time.

Wonder if there's an achievement for killing the same person twice.

I mean, there honestly should be, but. Not something I'm personally going to find out for us unless it's an indisputable self defense situation.

[ ... ]

I did get a magic thing from the steampunk Claire's just in case though.

That's smart. Better to be prepared if a certain outcome is... predictable.

Yep... I mean, I know it's not like it matters that much if I die for a while, but I'd still really rather not, you know? It still sucks!

Right... It'd be inconvenient! Like, we're used to this side... and sure, you could learn about whatever's going on over there, but still...

Yeah, especially this late in the game. You'd never stop being the new guy.

Miserable...

[ anyway this is an awkward transition and she knows it, but. ]

Oh, uh. I know it's kinda late, but I wanted to say thanks. For the boardgames. [ she had kind of assumed he would forget or just not follow through so she was touched... ]

[ well it infuses a little positivity into his emotions so it's not an unwelcome transition even if it's kind of an abrupt one. ]

Oh! Yeah, of course. I know they kind of got overshadowed by all the fancier stuff we got at the same time, but I thought it was still worth it.

Nah, they're the highlight.

[ she means this, somehow. ]

Haha. [ puts an arm around her shoulder for a little bro hug. ] I'm definitely glad we did it, then.

[ the brief, absolute confusion of someone who does not ever expect affection. bro hug... ]

... Anyway, I keep half expecting the, uh, return guests to leave too. But it sounds like they're meant to stay?

[ tbh he also seems slightly confused about why he's doing this, he is not a physical affection person. ]

Ugh, seriously? Did the guest hosts say that? I figured someone might have brought Maya-chan back permanently with an incentive item or something, but the other two...

[ HE LIKES ANDERS NO OFFENSE TO HIM but god ]

[ hmm. interesting. ]

I thought I heard something about it... I dunno. Either way, kind of a waste of an item, using it during the game. We already know everyone will be fine at the end, so why not save it?

I mean, absolutely no argument from me there. But her circumstances seem different from the other two since she showed up in the same place she died, so I think the way she was brought back was probably different. And I'm not sure what else would be able to do that.

Trying to figure out some stuff is just gonna drive me crazy, so I won't bother.