audience: shess

[cyclists]

Comments

[nonbelligerent]

All right.

... If we do decide to try it, do you think Valvatorez would be a good choice—if he agrees?

[given how many people apparently want shess to be the last one remaining, he shouldn't really risk opening himself to corruption.

but also watch val be the corrupted now that i wrote this]

[cyclists]

[Real talk I couldn't answer this because Val's corrupted but anyway.]

...I don't know really. On the one hand, he's dedicated, but on the other I think he's a little too self-sacrificial. If things didn't go perfectly, I could see him giving himself up.

So that depends if you think this are good qualities for a project like that.

[nonbelligerent]

[i hate this]

I'm not sure. My thought was that he's dedicated and would be comfortable with darkness to an extent...

We really don't have many potential candidates left, unfortunately. My next thought was Axel, and I'm hardly certain of that.

[cyclists]

Absolutely not. [...] Even if he was a good candidate, I wouldn't let him. [Hm.]

Truthfully, I'm still not sure it's a really good idea when there's so few of us. Especially if something else does go wrong.

[nonbelligerent]

You two really are close, aren't you?

[...]

Do you think we still have an option besides the single survivor path?

[cyclists]

[There's a nod.] He's my best friend. So...knowing he's befriended you, too, helps a lot.

[But his stance shifts a little.] ...I wish I could say that that we did, but looking at things now it seems that it's the path we're forced on now. There may be ways to make it easier on everyone, but the chances are growing smaller and smaller.

[nonbelligerent]

Then, you're from the same place. Like Mikazuki and Ookurikara.

... At least it seems that people are aware of that.

[so that they won't be caught off-guard when it comes down to that.]

[cyclists]

[There's another nod but he's not going to go into that unless Shess thinks it's important. Shess is an Adult which means business talk anyway.]

People being aware of that doesn't make the truth any easier. Even if this is our last option, we should find a way to help ease people into it. Especially now that everyone left knows.

[nonbelligerent]

What would be your suggestion?

[cyclists]

...I...have some ideas, but I want to talk to Lune first. We still have tomorrow's trial, and that could change a lot of things.

[nonbelligerent]

... Yes, that's true.

[cyclists]

But I think we'll have a plan in place in the next couple of days, or at least some answers to questions we haven't decided yet.

[nonbelligerent]

... We'll be counting on you, then. Or so much as we can, given your position of noninterference.

[cyclists]

I'm starting to wonder how much "noninterference" we still have to follow. Things are changing for me and Lune. I don't know why, but we might have more of a say now than we used to. That's what we have to find out next.

[nonbelligerent]

It'll be nice if that's the case.

[cyclists]

Tell me about it. I'm tired of not knowing and not being able to help.

[...] But when we know...then the time will be right to say. I don't know how to answer people's questions about the end when we're not sure ourselves. But if we have information once we solve everything tomorrow, I think you may be one of the first ones to know.