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[camena]

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[camena]

[ alex waves back and then rushes over to chat!! yeah!!!! ]

Full of energy! Having the team thing all figured out really takes a load off.

[medeian]

Yeah? Who'd you end up going with?

[camena]

Jonas, obviously. And Setsu and Kazuki.

[medeian]

Oh - you two know each other from back home, too?

[thoughtful]

I haven't spoken to either of them, but - I hope it works out well for you.

[camena]

Yeah. It's uh—one of those good-bad things. Wish he weren't here, but also glad he is?

[ it's fine. ]

They're both cool so far. If, you know, you're looking for more friends around here.

[medeian]

I get it. I don't think I'd want anyone from home here, either. [this is not true but it's fine] But a familiar face is probably good if you can ignore the context.

[nodding]

Can't go wrong with more friends, right?

[camena]

[ alex nods. ]

Exactly. And they can't make us treat this like a competition all the time. [ so: friends!!! ]

[medeian]

...Right.

[does not say the thing she's thinking]

You seem pretty easy to get along with, at least.

[camena]

[ i'm sure that's fine ]

Well, there's no reason to go around picking fights or anything, right?

[medeian]

[nodding]

Yeah. We might not all have to live in the same apartments or whatever we're getting, but we should still try to get along.

[camena]

I'm sure there are lots of ways we can help each other out. Especially with all the different pins.

[ well, there isn't. that much variety. but still. ]

[medeian]

You think many people are going to want to do that?

[curious]

[camena]

Until they can't anymore, yeah?

Haven't you ever watched reality shows? People make alliances to get to the end.

[medeian]

Can't say I'm in the habit of it, no.

[thoughtfully:]

I guess I just kind of assumed the alliances would just be the teams we're making. I mean, there's a reason you chose your friend, right? Not just because you trust him. You know that if he was on another team, even if you made it all the way, one of you would still be going home alone.

[...]

Sorry, maybe that's a little, um, dark.

[camena]

They're bad anyway.

[ okay. anyway alex considers for a second. she has some Thoughts about the idea of jonas going home without her, but maybe another time. ]

No it's—not like we can completely ignore what's going on here. [ even though she generally tries to keep conversations lighter. ] But... Everyone's going to learn different things and bring different stuff to the table. So we're going to end up wanting things other people have. Like information or, like, healing pins for example. Stuff like that.

If you don't help anyone but your own team, right from the get-go... Being unhelpful to a team determined enough to win could make you a target.

[medeian]

That's true, too, yeah.

[but then she just kinds of sighs.]

God, I hate this.

[camena]

[ alex lets out a kind of shaky laugh. ]

Yeah. Yeah, I do too.

[medeian]

...I kind of have a penchant for continuing to bring up the worst parts of all of this, huh? Sorry.

[camena]

It's fine. Like I said it's—it's what's happening. We do kind of have to face it.

[medeian]

Yeah. But maybe not quite yet.

[toying with the fabric of her sleeve a little]

[camena]

Not all the way.

But we can talk about it.

[medeian]

Do you actually want to, though?

[camena]

It... doesn't really matter?

It isn't like I want to completely pretend it's not happening. It's happening, so. We should talk about it.

[medeian]

You kind of seem like the type to think about it even if we don't talk about it, though.

[...]

That's a compliment, by the way, not - you know.

[camena]

[ alex laughs, a little lighter. ]

I don't think there's anyone here who isn't thinking about this stuff.