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And what did you do to protect her privacy?

[POINTED STARE]

And here Belph told me that you two were close.

[vigilantics]

[ SQUINTS ]

What else did Belph say?

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Winter said way more than Belph did, for what it's worth.

[lol]

Winter told me that she told one of you from the castle on Monday, but Belph said that circumstances change and it was likely that the rest of you knew now, too.

[a beat]

Well, he isn't sure about Yasusada, but he was confident about you.

[vigilantics]

[ she sighs. ]

I've known about her for a few weeks now.

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Yeah, me too. About. . . three weeks, I'd say. Though Belph told me that you knew right after what happened with. . . Evan.

[aha]

She swore me to secrecy so I haven't been talking about it. It was only this Monday that I finally asked if she had shared it with any of you.

[vigilantics]

The kiss was kind of...

[ hm. she shakes her head. ]

But yeah, same. Belph flat out asked me if it was her, but I didn't want her to get stabbed or something.

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Aaaand neither did I.

[protect Winter 2020. . .]

I was afraid to even let on that I knew anything about her. But it sounds like they're have a little more wiggle room to share now.

[vigilantics]

Yeah. The further along we get, the more we can do and learn, it seems.

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[SNORTS]

Unsurprising, considering how things worked in all of our past games.

[vigilantics]

Yes.

I hate it.

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Yyyyep.

Me too.

[vigilantics]

[ she sighs. ]

... but yeah, that's basically everything that we learned.

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[uuuugh. . . well. anyway. now that he knows--]

Did you hear about what was found in Black Shadows' cabin?

[vigilantics]

[ she shakes her head ]

No. I didn't even find out it was broken into until after.

[ since it happened the.... same day as hers... ]

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[. . . I MEAN. ABOUT THAT]

Beau and Majima's group from last week apparently broke into that cabin.

The bodies of those who have died are being kept there. Beau asked me not to share, but— I'm bringing it up with you for a reason.

[vigilantics]

[ she closes her eyes ]

What's up?

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[mood]

. . . their bodies are here. The bodies of everyone from our past games, and those who died in this game.

If there is a way to reconnect their bodies with their souls, then who says we can't rescue them now that we know where they are?

[vigilantics]

[ ... hm ]

I'm pretty sure there is a way to get everyone home. And that's not the whole... optimistic, determined to get everyone out mindset talking. But it might just be that we don't have enough pieces to really see what we can potentially do.

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Mmm. I think you're right. We don't have enough pieces to see what we can do yet.

[but. . .?]

But that's the avenue I'm researching right now. It just won't be viable until we can figure out how to make sure that everyone wakes up.

[wherever. . . their souls may be. . .]

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[ she goes to scratch her head, winces, and drops her hand to her lap. ]

I wonder if anything from the other cabins might help... we kind of ran out of host cabins to break into.

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I wonder. I still have the broken laptop that Giyuu found, though Heart told me there wouldn't be anything useful on it.

[womp womp]

The things we find in the other cabins are just residuals. Visions we see based on our memories and past experiences. I don't know if anything we find in them will be helpful.

But we do have to try.

[vigilantics]

Well, there's always the chance we might get an item that could help us somehow, at least.

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. . . speaking of items, if you happen to come across anyone who has one that can answer any question, let me know? I have a ton of questions I'd love to ask.

[JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE]

[vigilantics]

[ hm ]

Have you already come across something like that?

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Maybe.

[JUST, LIKE. MAYBE]