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[polarvoid]

[Basil reads Shoyo's words carefully. It sure does sound like a dream, but...he knows better.

A lot of us, he says. A weird place...an empty place. And what with the reports of people going missing, and the danger of going through the wrong door...

He feels his stomach sink.]

Where did you go after that? Did you run into any more...zombies?

[jumpie]

[ it takes a few moments for shoyo to reply. he's thinking about it, but the parts come in flashes. more zombies . . . were there more? no, it was just one. the wind through his mane, the weight of max on his back. there was water. he held her tight and jumped— ]

we hid in the pool
it was scary before bc we were running away but once we were in there together
it was fun
i was laughing and swimming and so was she

[ no. she rolled her eyes back and drowned, and shoyo played with a bloating corpse. ]

after that i think we just walked around

[polarvoid]

[None of this makes any sense. It really does sound like some kind of dream...nonlinear, nonsensical...

But that doesn't guarantee anything, in this place. Basil knows that.]

Did you get separated?

[jumpie]

[ it’s taking longer and longer for him to respond. he’s digging where he shouldn’t. he’s digging deep to remember. because it’s max. basil’s worried about her and now shoyo is worried, too. ]

i don’t think so
she was always around
i think
there was fire
something was chasing me
and max was still there telling me where to go

[ a profound, tiny voice tells him to stop thinking, and for a split second, he could’ve sworn it was max’s voice and not his own. why was he thinking of her that way? and why was he starting to get uncomfortable? was it worry or—?

it’s probably worry. ]


what if i help you look?
maybe if that all happened then…… she could’ve been dropped somewhere real far couldnt she?

[polarvoid]

[...]

she could have
maybe
but i feel like ive already looked everywhere
im not sure where she could be
all i know is that she...didnt leave

[Which leaves one alternative. One Basil has been refusing to think about becausse no, no...not again.]

[jumpie]

what if she’s still in the dream place?

[polarvoid]

The dream place?

So you think it was a real place?

[jumpie]

i dunno like
it could be??
it makes sense too if max is still here, just not HERE here
we just gotta open all the doors, and i gotta remember what happened

[polarvoid]

[Doors?

Basil writes back immediately.]

No! No

no that isn't safe

[jumpie]

i know but
if it's the only way to find max why not?

[polarvoid]

fugo said we should stay away from them though
what if we end up in the same mess?

[jumpie]

then we get out!
if it’s really for real and I didn’t dream it all up i got out somehow!! and i can do it again for max!!

[polarvoid]

but you dont remember how you got out
right?

(1/2)

[jumpie]

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(2/2)

[jumpie]

no
damn itttt
ok, let’s do this
we can sweep the peninsula second time
and i can tell the morgthing there’s a missing person if you didn’t do that
and if you did we can make it more public
we’re gonna find her ok?

<daisy>

[polarvoid]

thank you
and im sorry i dont mean to be difficult
im just

scared

[He's already lost his other friends. He lost Sunny too, once. He can't do it all over again.]

<FLY>

[jumpie]

ur not being difficult!! just scared, right??

im kinda scared too i don’t know why
but we gotta do it for max!!

<daisy>

[polarvoid]

yeah
i just hope everything will be okay

<FLY>

[jumpie]

wanna meet up and split when you're ready?
or i can let you know if i figure something out

<daisy>

[polarvoid]

mmm
probably...the latter is a better idea
but if you want to talk about anything else you can message me back

<FLY>

[jumpie]

alright
i'll let you know when i remember anything important

[ the next time won't be a good time. ]

<daisy>

[polarvoid]

Thank you, Shoyo. I'll be here.

<FLY> (sometime pre-event)

[jumpie]

[ it’s been a few days; max is back. maybe it’s been a week and . . . shoyo still doesn’t know what to say. he just knows it’s not a case of hiding. he just— has to brave through it and the consequences. and get through it. ]

basil?

<daisy>

[polarvoid]

Shoyo? I'm here.

It's okay, I found Max. She showed up, but she...

<FLY>

[jumpie]

[ oh, crap. well, at least they found each other, and shoyo considers the facility of just sending everything online, but.

that's so not cool. that's so not fair. ]

she's a big moose monster
and i need to talk to you
like in person
how is she?