ASHLYN

[situationship]

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[killies]

Does it? [ all she knows is ddr and whatever group games her friends play. ]

I don't think there is any winning. We just need to survive.

[situationship]

A little bit. Sometimes art imitates life or vice versa... Games have to be beatable, though.

[ WHICH WOULD BE GREAT IF THIS WAS ALSO SOLVABLE ]

And it's like... The whole world gets pulled into this dimension? Is there a radius? Or is it just you guys? No nest where these phantoms are coming from?

[killies]

It's just us that get pulled in, but when we go there, we're generally put where we left off the night before - not where we fell asleep. So traveling too far from the graveyard is dangerous when we've got the lights and traps set up there to keep us safe.

But that means we don't really know how far it extends or where the phantoms might be coming from. If there is anything like that.

[situationship]

[ He's imagining this.... And... He thinks more about their situation. ]

Surviving, waiting it out... How annoying.

[killies]

We need to push things a little to learn more about how it works, but... It's dangerous.

[situationship]

Scouting is extremely important in exorcism. The reward of intel can really make things easier. I've seen sorcerers die without it, though worse they die because of wrong information.

[ Crosses his arms. ]

Would you say your team's smart?

[killies]

More information helps in any field. It's just that there was no way for us to scout without leaving our safe zone.

[ oh. no. she shakes her head. ]

Not really.

[situationship]

... Oh.

[killies]

We were just random classmates that got stuck together. None of us even get good grades.

[situationship]

Banner...

Your report card.

[ How was it... ]

[killies]

I've—I've had a lot going on since the school year started, okay?

[situationship]

Because of this midnight phantom realm, right.

[ School is important... Even though he also isn't a studious person, that isn't the point. ]

What was your worst subject.

[killies]

History... It's too easy to sleep through the lectures because there's not any work to be doing in the middle of them like with math.

[situationship]

... Okay, I can't tutor you in history at all. I also think it's boring.

[ unfortunately, same brain. ]

[killies]

I'm pretty sure our worlds would have totally different histories, anyway.

[situationship]

... There's no way you have different math and science, right? Even then, those are easier.

[killies]

Yeah... But I already do a little better in those classes because sometimes they call on you to answer questions or solve equations. So you have to stay awake.

[situationship]

I was thinking of trialing being a teacher, but...

[ They just share similar (mild) interests in subjects. ]

[killies]

Is teaching something you're actually interested in...?

[situationship]

Is that surprising?

[killies]

A little?

Well, it's not like I know you that well, though.