OllieBish

Can you not be like... "that" for a minute?

(Dusk tears away from you, backing away.)

L-Like what?! I'm sorry, what did I do?!!

No, I mean, it's fine! I like your touch! You can still hold my hand!

(You lean over and grab his hand back.) (Dusk squirms, still uncertain.)

Just... don't look at me like "that".

I... don't know what you're referring to, dawn...

(...Are they being serious?)

Like "THAT", dusk. Like you love me and think I'm the most precious thing in...

In the... whole... world...

Eugh... dusk.

I'll... stop...

No, I'm overreacting. I told you, I'm fine with you liking me. It's just...

Are you sure? You don't sound like you're okay with it.

No, I am! It's just different!

And I don't want anything to change between us. Can we agree this doesn't mean anything and go back to how we were?

I can agree to that. But you need to tell me when you're uncomfortable. I don't want to ever do that to you.

(You decide the best way to do this is to go for it.)

AHHH!???

(Stars, you needed dusk.) (You feel it's been too long since you were last together.)

(You just want!!! Some normal time with them! Without worrying or being scared!!!!)

Get closer, you big dummy. I missed you too.

Dusk won't die, I won't let him.

Uh huh. Dead meat over here said the same thing on loop 1.

I... did? What'd I say?

You both don't get it. With dead meat dying, that means dawn will give up and then this entire reflection will go with them and we'll all...

Stop assuming we're going to fail!

Yeah! We only have two games left-

One now. The Director cancelled game two.

Stars blast it, that quickly?! I didn't even get to see what it was!

I'm tired. I'm going to babysit your kid and do my best to pretend that this isn't the end of the world...

So... nothing different from what I do over here, ha.

Loop, please. Why are you so sure we can't beat the Director?

The loops won't end…

And… and the Director has never lost to the party. Their perfect play doesn't allow for it.

But they'll lose to a gun. There's never been a gun before, right?

That... is... true.

And that's from the Change God. They've never been involved in killing the Director before either.

See? This could be the final loop then.

There's never been two allied Siffrins in the Labyrinth together before either! We can ensure Mirabelle wins, I know we can!

Since when did YOU get optimistic?

Dawn was right. I got caught up in losing to the Director that I forgot that we're not here to play her games.

We're here to kill them.

And that means we're a team, and we don't listen to what the Director wants. We're not going to placate that black hole anymore!

You're... motivated. Real fired up about this. Why the sudden change?

I don't have much of a life, but I want to live it regardless.

I want to help Mirabelle save the world, and then I want to have a family with dawn.

That is... If they'd still be comfortable with that?

Gay ass.

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