Audience: Mika Mouse

[becomemod]

Comments

[eleisoned]

It's not rude to have a hard time memorizing things...

[becomemod]

[ Looks at their int rating.

Looks at Mika's int rating. ]

How is your drink?

[eleisoned]

[ STOP, MY INT. anyway she has to stop to take a sip... then: ]

It's good! It's sweet, you would like it! [ why does she think this. ] But how is yours?

[becomemod]

[ Casually doesn't comment about if they'd like it or not. ]

Hm... I like mine, but it could use more texture.

[eleisoned]

Texture, huh... Oh! Then I bet you'd like bubble-tea! It's got little chewy bits of tapioca in it! Or lychee, sometimes.

[becomemod]

Too bad they don't sell that here.

[eleisoned]

Yeah... Oh well. Maybe you can get some when we're all out of this place.

[ ... ]

Wait, the whole 'everyone's world being in danger' thing - does that go for you guys, too? Or just us?

[becomemod]

It goes for all of us that are here. We're in just as much trouble as you are, if we don't figure something out.

[eleisoned]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised... It would be weird if the team leads weren't as invested in the competition.

[becomemod]

The ideal situation is that we all find our ways back to the places we're supposed to be. Until then, there's this.

[eleisoned]

And this isn't as bad as it could be or anything... But still... It's a little scary thinking that we aren't all on one big team, you know?

[becomemod]

I understand. It would've been easier if it turned out that way. Instead, we need to work with what hand we're given.

[eleisoned]

So that totally makes you and I enemies! Woah!

[becomemod]

That's a way to view it. I prefer to believe we're all working towards the same end goal, getting everyone back safely.

[eleisoned]

Ideally... But we've been told that's not really on the table, at the moment.

[becomemod]

For now, anyway.

Either way, we'll all compete to the best of our abilities until we find another solution.

[eleisoned]

Then I'll pray that there's a solution to find.

[becomemod]

Are you personally religious?

[eleisoned]

Yes. But I think that even people who aren't can find some comfort in prayer, don't you?

[becomemod]

People who aren't likely don't pray much.

It's good you have something like that.

[eleisoned]

Well, it's not as if they have to I suppose... But I don't think it's so different from meditation. People do that.

[becomemod]

[ They consider it. ]

I can see the similarities. Focusing on something else for a little while can help in stressful situations.

[eleisoned]

Prayer is often just a way of figuring out what it is that you really want.

[becomemod]

That's how you use it?

[eleisoned]

I suppose so. I take it you aren't religious?