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[gamerbrain]

[ she's in her room! ]

[enfangs]

[knocking on her door...]

Aoi?

[gamerbrain]

[ after a moment she comes to open the door for him. ]

... Hi?

[enfangs]

[oh shit what does he say now]

Uh... how're you doing?

[gamerbrain]

Bad...?

[ is this a trick question... ]

[enfangs]

... Oh. Right. Yeah.

[he's trying]

Were you sleeping...?

[gamerbrain]

Nope. Aoi got lots of sleep last night and can't sleep anymore.

[ the lights are off in her room, however? ]

[enfangs]

[hmmmm]

... Can I come in? Since it's kind of awkward just standing around at your door.

[gamerbrain]

Oh! Got it.

[ aoi steps inside to let him in. and thinks to turn on the lights! wow what a good host. ]

[enfangs]

[cool, he's going to stroll inside, hands shoved into his pockets.]

Who d'you room with again? [a beat, as it hits him.] Oh, shit. Wait. Forget I asked that!

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi glances. over to the selfies she has pinned up of her and kaz and misa all together. ]

... It's okay. It's normal to forget about characters when they've been gone for a long time.

[enfangs]

To be honest, I don't, uh, bother to keep track of anyone's roommate situation except like Mineo and Endorsi's.

[hello white would like to sink into the floor now]

You were pretty close with Misa, huh...?

[gamerbrain]

Not sure.

But she gave Aoi a nickname. Aoi liked her a lot.

[enfangs]

She was really pushy like that, yeah. I can kind of get you, I guess.

[white did not like the nickname whitey at all? but it's hard not to get a little endeared to someone trying to be your friend.]

[gamerbrain]

Aoi thinks... She was like that with everyone.

[enfangs]

... Maybe. Still, she'd probably be happy that you cried for her... or something. I'm not exactly the expert.

[gamerbrain]

Is that a good thing?

She got voted for. She didn't do it, but she was going to kill someone. So is it good that she might have been happy that Aoi was sad for her?

[ complicated... ]

[enfangs]

... Well, I mean... she was still a person with feelings, right? There's, like, shades of grey in between "good person who doesn't deserve any harm" and "piece of shit who should suffer and rot".

Just don't go crying into Grace's shoulder specifically or anything.

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi nods like she actually understands. ]

Aoi isn't very close with Grace, anyway. But Aoi understands why she would be upset... That's why it's hard for Aoi to decide how to feel.

Aoi is upset, too. But Aoi is upset at and for Misa Misa at the same time.

[enfangs]

[nods slowly (as he finds somewhere to sit like he owns this room now)...]

Feelings are weird shit like that.

[gamerbrain]

[ she doesn't mind. ]

Which one is right?

[enfangs]

[sitting cross-legged on what's probably the couch...]

Eh, don't think there's really a right or wrong when it comes to feelings.

[gamerbrain]

[ after closing the door, aoi just stays standing where she is. she's not good at settling. ]

There is in games.

[enfangs]

... I feel like if I say "this isn't a game", that's the wrong answer, right? [a beat.] So what about you? Do you feel like you're acting inside the boundaries of a... what did you call it, visual novel?

[gamerbrain]

[ she shakes her head. ]

Nope. Things are a lot more open, here. Aoi knows this isn't a game.

But that means... There's less structure to follow...