Aoi is such a good girl

[housewolf]

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[housewolf]

The Avatars.

I don't think we're all game characters. [Some of them are from books.]

[gamerbrain]

The Avatars might be NPCs, but they're still characters in the story.

Aoi can't reload an old save file, but that doesn't mean the game won't loop for the player when it's over.

[ just. completely ignoring that he said they aren't all game characters. ]

[housewolf]

[He's now moving to another bowl to aggressively mix it.]

Sometimes a story is set by somebody other than a player.

[gamerbrain]

[ well sure, the writers ultimately decide most things but... but... ]

But no one would write a story with only Bad Ends.

[housewolf]

I want to believe that too. The writer- our playwright at home- he always wrote a good ending.

[gamerbrain]

Someone died... And we spent all day and didn't figure out why, and we voted for the wrong person...

Do you think there's still a Good End at the end of all of this? Or are we locked in, already?

[housewolf]

There are still chances for a good ending. Just because one week went poorly doesn't mean that they all will. Maybe if we can get more good than bad, we'll be okay.

[gamerbrain]

Even though someone is dead...?

[ characters do get killed off for plot progression sometimes. it's not unheard of... ]

[housewolf]

It's possible. It depends on what everybody else is going to do from here.

[gamerbrain]

[ she's about to ask him what he thinks everyone will do but then instead just ends up? observing what he's doing. ]

... Baking.

[housewolf]

It's harder to dwell if your body's moving.

[gamerbrain]

[ ...


she starts slowly raising her arms up. and then lowering them again. and then raising them up. ]

[housewolf]

... Do you want to mix some batter with me instead?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi has never done that before.

[housewolf]

[He hands her a bowl of brownie batter that could use some more mixing, along with a spoon.]

You could start now?

Just mix this until it's smooth.

[gamerbrain]

[ she nods and dutifully starts mixing. lucky for him, it's hard to fuck this up. ]

You're making a lot.

[housewolf]

The more I make, the less time I have to dwell.

[gamerbrain]

[ she keeps mixing, very intently watching what she's doing. ]

Internal monologue is important to the narrative, though...

[housewolf]

I can't go back in time, and I can't change what happened.

[He starts shaping his chocolate chip cookies now that he's satisfied with how it looks and feels.]

[gamerbrain]

Aoi could... If God would answer Aoi's phone calls...

[housewolf]

... I hope you get through soon.

I doesn't seem like we have service beyond the base at the moment.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi's phone never has service. But it usually connects to God, anyway...

[housewolf]

Huh...? Phones work like that?

[gamerbrain]

[ she shakes her head because. most phones do not work like that. ]

[housewolf]

Something special about yours...?