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[ Reality twangs uncomfortably in the Ring around you, and next thing you know, you're standing with your teammates beneath an apple tree. No one else is anywhere to be seen.
Faith's voice sounds. ]
You believe in so many--
[ The crackling of paper, the turning of pages. ]
--so many things. Tell me, which of these would you pick to believe in? To save you and fulfill you.
[ Fourteen scrolls materialize around you, with words on them. Approach, and the words will echo in your head: ]
"Our team." "Ourselves and our ability to persist in being as such, as long as we live and breathe; our own reality." "Kindness." "Family, our own blood." "Bravery, determination, and adventure." "The little things in life." "Change and growth." "Being at the top." "Happy endings." "Justice." "Inner strength." "Friends and friendship." "Delicious pie." "Our own personal truths."
[ At the foot of the apple tree, a silver box appears. It can fit exactly three scrolls. ]
Faith's voice sounds. ]
You believe in so many--
[ The crackling of paper, the turning of pages. ]
--so many things. Tell me, which of these would you pick to believe in? To save you and fulfill you.
[ Fourteen scrolls materialize around you, with words on them. Approach, and the words will echo in your head: ]
"Our team." "Ourselves and our ability to persist in being as such, as long as we live and breathe; our own reality." "Kindness." "Family, our own blood." "Bravery, determination, and adventure." "The little things in life." "Change and growth." "Being at the top." "Happy endings." "Justice." "Inner strength." "Friends and friendship." "Delicious pie." "Our own personal truths."
[ At the foot of the apple tree, a silver box appears. It can fit exactly three scrolls. ]
Explain to me why
explain to me why
[ Reality stutters around you. ]
you believe so much
you believe in each other
[ Crack. A break runs down the center of the world before you. ]
What have I believed in?
Who am I?
[ Reality dissolves, and then you're back in the Ring... ]
[ Reality stutters around you. ]
you believe so much
[ Crack. A break runs down the center of the world before you. ]
What have I believed in?
I am...not what the Story made me.
I am not virtuous. All I have is pain.
I can be bad.
[ Reality dissolves, and then you're back in the Ring... ]
Haha, it came back to haunt us already.
I bet Loki put pie down.
At any rate, I think this should be quick. Team, for one. Change, for the other.
At any rate, I think this should be quick. Team, for one. Change, for the other.
Those are good. We need a third one... Hmm, I'd say family if they didn't specify blood. Ah, what about kindness? That's a good thing to believe in.
That one's okay... Or maybe "our personal truths"?
[I don't know Shinjiro that sounds an awful lot like trusting in myself and not the value others place on me]
Ah, that one? For me they're probably the same, I think.
Ah, that one? For me they're probably the same, I think.
You think so? ...It's not a big deal. We can just go with kindness.
Ah, I'm not saying yours is wrong, it's a clever ideal - maybe Dune should have the deciding vote?
[ he glances at her ]
We'll leave it at kindness for now.
We'll leave it at kindness for now.
[ low, so Shinjiro can't hear ]
The truth is also a kindness to your team.
The truth is also a kindness to your team.
[ The box snaps shut. In the distance, there's a sound like faint thunder or the turning of pages--funny, aren't those very different sounds? For now, nothing else happens. ]
[??? what are you talking about burdening my team with my problems would be terrible I should just smile and be happy for them]
Eh, of course. We should be honest with each other after all.
Eh, of course. We should be honest with each other after all.
...I'm not lying to you about anything... Dune, what's wrong?
Ah...
{I don't know what to say I messed up I messed up he's upset I messed up 8(]
{I don't know what to say I messed up I messed up he's upset I messed up 8(]
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