week one | overflow

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[boneface]

[ but — that — you — WHAT. ]

How'd they even get us off the planet, man?!

[newlugers]

[ at that, his expression falls a little bit. ]

Uh... I don't know.

[ well. he knows how he left the planet, but he also knows it's not true for everyone and doesn't want to bring down the mood. ]

Just... trust me. It's not impossible. I think.

[boneface]

[ 🤨 ]

I took a train here! That's it!

[newlugers]

[ steve's tact lasts exactly one tag and as such has now unfortunately expired. He huffs, exasperated (and more than a little anxious.) ]

Yeah, well, I died, so something's off.

[boneface]

[ —ah. That.




Ryuji is left a little speechless. ]

... No?

[newlugers]

[ here it comes...... sorry, ryuji, the feelings he's been bottling up are bursting out right now. He gesticulates frustratedly with his hands. ]

Yes! I -- I know I shouldn't be here after what happened to me. Everyone's acting like this is normal, but it's not! And nobody's explaining anything! Everyone's always making me play their stupid little games... I'm sick of it!

[boneface]

[ OH. HE... DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS. usually he's the one freaking out. but it's fine, he can do this! it's fine. ]

Can't ya just leave then? If you don't wanna be here. Or maybe Tsukasa has some answers...

[ though, honestly, he doubts it. ]

[newlugers]

No way! I can't leave. If I'm not here, then where am I gonna be?

[ thinking about that is even scarier?! he doesn't want to be dead. ]

And I doubt that kid knows anything about this.

[boneface]

[ Oh, that... that is scarier. Who knows what the afterlife has? But Ryuji knows very, very much that he's not dead. So this can't be the afterlife either. So Steve must be alive.

But.

How is he alive but dead? That's so confusing. ]

Yeah... maybe this is your second chance then? Ya wake up here after dying and get to live your life out here! Reincarnation, kinda.

[newlugers]

[ anxiously, he rolls his shoulders. ]

That's - kinda what I thought, but then there's the wish thing. I figured that meant we were all in the same boat.

[boneface]

[ ... Ah. ]

Yeah, I'm not dead. Promise ya that. But this place... this place is somethin' else. I've kind of dealt with something like it before. [ The Metaverse. ] Just 'cuz the rules are different here doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

I think... I think stressin' about it is gonna be bad for ya. Maybe just play the game, get your wish, and see what happens next?