Homophonic: Amelia

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Comments

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Life is very stubborn that way. It's admirable, don't you think?

[saillune]

Yes! It's beautiful, I think...

It's things like that that make me feel hopeful for all of us, too!

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You're an optimist, aren't you?

[saillune]

Yep! Positive thinking is one of my strengths!

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It's a good skill to have, especially in a game like this.

[saillune]

... You think so?

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Going through this week by week will wear some people down.

[saillune]

[Well... she nods at that, her expression sobering a little.]

It does kind of seem like... a lot of this Game is designed around using fear to pressure people into acting rashly.

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Only the team with the highest point total can win. Anyone who's the last person standing of their team will be erased immediately. It's a harsh system.

[saillune]

True...

Announcing only the bottom teams seems like a good way to make people panic, too...

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It's not organized in a way most people can look at with a level head. Even if they do, the options here are brutal.

[saillune]

I know it won't be easy for everyone, but...

[...]

What about you, Miss Kyoko? Are you worried...?

[She looks like she can keep a cool head, but it's hard to tell how people are really feeling.]

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No need to worry about me.

[ She gives a reassuring smile. ] I'll handle everything that comes my way.

[saillune]

Ehe... When you say it that confidently, it's easy to believe!

[factoring]

Good. Because it's the truth.

[saillune]

[Kyoko is so cool...]

Oh, that reminds me! What was that ability you used during that trial? It was like a big suit of armour!

[The healing robot...]

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That's how my Healing Aura manifests.

[A big black robot to stab her allies.]

[saillune]

But why does it look so cool!?

[factoring]

They're a program I work with in my world. That's probably why it manifested that way.

[saillune]

A program...?

[This does not look like the face of someone who has any idea of what that means.]

[factoring]

Hmm... [She can and she will explain computers if she has to, but the simple thing is just this:] It's something made to help people complete tasks on a specific device.

[saillune]

[Devices... people can do tasks on. She pulls out her phone and holds it up.]

Devices like this?

[factoring]

Something like that, but with a bigger screen.

[saillune]

Ohh! [Close enough. Probably.]

What kind of tasks can you use it for?

[factoring]

It had a wide range of applications. But I usually use it for dealing with bad actors, and finding where they're hiding.