a thing

[heroinhisowntime]

[In the tradition of Aather games, the setting is a stone room with no windows... or doors. There is a simple table with two chairs set with some basic food - meats, cheeses, fruit, etc. There is also a piece of paper on the table with instructions, but it just reads Take this chance how you will.

There is nothing else in the room except for its two inhabitants, who both appear in it suddenly.]

Comments

[verypointed]

[Just going to watch him]

[heroinhisowntime]

...Well, you know, if this is a game, I'll get a memory back if I do well. That's a start, right?

[verypointed]

How do you define "well"?

[heroinhisowntime]

Er... however whoever's running it defines well.

[verypointed]

And who is running this one?

[heroinhisowntime]

...I dunno. It could be Chance, maybe?

[verypointed]

... when do you think the game will end?

[heroinhisowntime]

Not sure. They can last for a few hours sometimes. Or a day or so, even, but not usually when we're locked in a room.

[verypointed]

... I see.

[heroinhisowntime]

...When it ends, you'll probably go back.

[verypointed]

You said that before.

[heroinhisowntime]

So even if we're trapped, I can't be that sad about the time either.

[verypointed]

... how long have you been here, exactly?

[heroinhisowntime]

Um, a little over a month, I think. Why?

[verypointed]

....



A month.

[heroinhisowntime]

D-Don't look at me like that... are you thinking about Stockhold Syndrome again?

[verypointed]

A little. But. But if you've been here a month and only got so few memories then how long till you get everything back?

[heroinhisowntime]

Er... [I had been kind of avoiding thinking about that part]

...Maybe my win rate will pick up some.

[verypointed]

...

[Everything sucks]

[heroinhisowntime]

[man this was such a failed attempt at cheering up]

Sometimes they have giveaway games where you get a memory just for showing up!

[verypointed]

I don't want you to be gone for a year!

[heroinhisowntime]

I won't be! P-Probably...

[verypointed]

[ just clams up and quietly sulks again.]

[heroinhisowntime]

Bunny...

[noisily scoots his chair over to the other side of the table so he can sit next to Barnaby and poke him in the chest]

We're here now, aren't we? And it'll all work out alright. Everyone's changing stuff, it might not be very long at all.

[verypointed]

You can't guarantee that.