homo: alex

[damp]

itp: a normal teenager friendship!

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week 0, monday, park

[damp]

[ Let's hang out at the park! Rin is idly holding a basketball. It is the wrong sport.

But anyway, he looks happy enough to see Alex. ]

Hey. Lots happening today, huh?

[camena]

[ there are no wrong sports!! she heads over ]

It's fun, right? Like the first day back at school after summer vacation.

[damp]

[ he looks a little disbelieving ]

That's one way of putting it. You're looking more relaxed than the last time I saw you.

[camena]

Well... We got to ask some questions. And I met up with Jonas. And there's more places to go. And we've got the teams thing figured out.

So that's a lot of positives right there.

[damp]

Oh yeah, Setsu and Kazuki, right? [ He checked the app. ] Why the team name "TBD"...?

week 0, friday, bowling

[damp]

[ Hello, Rin is just disassociating outside of Bowling for Soup. He's just kind of standing there staring into space.

He'll snap out of it when he notices Alex nearby. ]

Hey. [ ... ] You're safe.

[camena]

[ he's valid. and she'll wander over to stand next to him. ]

... Yeah, you too. It seems like they'll alert us about whoever... wasn't. safe. [ bad. ]

[damp]

... Yeah, seems like.

[ they are just two teens, doing their best. ]

Did you notice anything weird this morning?

[camena]

Not really...

We were locked in last night, so I guess just that the door would open again.

[damp]

... Us too. In the McDonald's. [ it sucked ] When I was back outside this morning, there was a burning blimp right here.

week 0, sunday 2

[damp]

hey
did you stick around the entire time?

[ he left ]

[camena]

Yeah.

I wanted to see what happens. Leaving was smart.

[damp]

i heard it was...
do you think it's supposed to be discouraging?

[camena]

I don't know. I have no idea what they want us to take away from this. If anything.

[damp]

maybe there are people who want to see it
the last moments of the person they care about?

week 1, monday, food trucks

[damp]

[ Rin is here, looking queasy at the truck selling deep fried burgers. ]

How could anyone eat that?

[camena]

If you think about it like a challenge for yourself, then it's like...

"Yeah, I could do that."

[ .... is she considering it........ ]

[damp]

[ ALEX.... ]

I'm not going to stick around when you start throwing up.

[camena]

What? Come on, I haven't thrown up in like a year! Maybe longer.

[damp]

[ okay, just looks at her. ]

Eat it then.

week 7, monday

[damp]

So... How're you doing?

[ awkward small talk ]

[camena]

I feel kind of manic right now.

[ don't just tell people that. ]

[damp]

Because it's a lot to process?

[camena]

Yeah! It's like, imagine going seven weeks with basically no good news at all as things get worse and worse and even when it's over they'll stay worse—and then you get to see your dead friends again!

[damp]

... You really didn't get any good news on this side?