.:Final Night Under the Stars (Week 3 Curfew):.

[hjadningavig]

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In case someone wants to do some very basic art stuff. ]

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[heartstringless]

[Honestly... no one can blame him. Pinocchio doesn't really suffer from nervousness the same way most others do, but even he can feel that small thread of anxiety creeping through him — the anticipation of knowing what'll happen soon but not knowing how it'll take place.

Still, he can try to offer some company. Maybe it'll help them both.

P approaches.]

Waiting is the worst part, isn't it?

[aspirings]

[He does appreciate the company, honestly; Pinocchio gets a lopsided but sincere smile when he does. Tsukasa just... pops the book he was holding back into place.]

Yes. I'd like to believe nothing will happen tonight, but...

[The past weeks have proven otherwise.]

[heartstringless]

I know. I hate not feeling like we have any control over it.

[Even back home, he could at least take to the streets and fight. Here? Not so much. It is either sleep... or awaken, apparently, to a dire fate.]

I think the best we can do now is stay close to each other and find better ways to pass the time.

[aspirings]

[A deep breath in, and he heaves out a heavy sigh.]

You're right. I don't want my antsiness to bother everyone else, too.

So! Something else!

[heartstringless]

[Hmm... something else.]

We can play a game? [Let's see. They've already done twenty questions. What else has heard of before...?] Have you heard of "two truths and a lie?"

[aspirings]

Oh, yes, I have.

[Well. They can certainly play that. Tsukasa is the worst liar in the world, but it's fine.]

I suppose there's no harm in killing some time with a game like that. Would you like to start?

[heartstringless]

Sure.

[He can think of a lie very easily, since it is Narratively Relevant to him, and all.]

Let's see...

I’ve never lost a staring contest.

I've never gotten lost in Krat.

I used to have brown hair.

[aspirings]

[what

Tsukasa blinks slowly at that.




........... Huh????]

Only one of those is a lie?!

[heartstringless]

[Simply:]

Yes.

[aspirings]

... The staring con-- no, wait, you're a puppet, maybe you don't need to blink...

[...]

... Have you... truly never gotten lost before?

[heartstringless]

[Quiet for a moment... then...

Cracks a small smile.]

I get lost all the time, actually. Especially when I first started exploring.

[head empty child]

[aspirings]

[oh my god]

Were you alright?! I mean, I guess obviously you were, but...!