goldencharms | MWM

Do you feel hopeless now…?

Kinda.

It just feels like we're always gonna be stuck here.

... Yeah, I guess it does... I still don't know anything about how we can go home but... It's not all bad.

I know there aren't bad things.

It just... gets overwhelming sometimes.

Especially after a bad game...?

[ said softly, just trying to understand ]

Yeah.

Especially after a bad game. Especially after one where something happens to us.

Oh...

[ he reaches out to stroke her hair ]

That makes a lot of sense... A lot happened and... well, dying's awful...

I tried so hard to save you.

Huh? Save me?

From the zombie? I didn't want you to die.

Right.

[ a pause, and then a sort of, uncertain? laugh ]

Ahahaha...

And I thought I was trying to save you...!

... I guess we were trying to save each other, then.

I'm sorry I couldn't.

It's okay. You were doing your best, right...? It's hard enough to look after yourself in a game like that...

I just! Hate that we can try so hard and still get totally ruined, and still die, and still have to deal with punishments if we lose and—

... I'm glad we don't have to this time. But...

[she starts to curl into a ball.]

Yeah...

[ he inhales, and puts an arm around her ]

That isn't fair. I wish no one had to deal with it. Even now, I feel guilty...

Mmm, or maybe guilty isn't the right word.

... What do you mean?

Umm...

[ he's thinking about it for a moment, clearly struggling with putting the thoughts to words ]

Everyone suffered... It just-- feels wrong that sometimes people get lucky and don't have to deal with any effects? Like.

That isn't how it should be.

[she shakes her head]

It's not how it should be. But it's not like I want to deal with punishments, either.

I know, I know!

[ he sighs softly ]

I’m glad that you don’t, not this time.

I'm glad you don't, either.

Ugh. Just another stupid thing about this stupid place.

Another thing…?

[ he almost immediately forgets about the side effects conversation ]

Like—it's just another thing on top of everything else to have to maybe deal with that?

Oh. Yeah…

[ he sighs and finally lies down next to her ]

I wish you weren’t stuck here— and maybe that you’d get to get out too… that way, you could go back to being an idol.

But while you’re here, I’m really glad I’m not alone.

[once he does that, she instantly latches back on, uncurling so that she can press herself against him]

... I wish you weren't stuck here. You don't deserve it. But I'm glad I have you, and that I'm not alone. I don't... know if I could handle any of this without you.

Then in that way, we’re both kinda lucky, huh?

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