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Hi.
Black Swan
Sat before an
arcade machine in Penacony.
She seemed to be waiting
for something to happen, but it
wouldn't take long for the moment to
arrive. She calmly pulled the lever and waited
for the result. She was neither hurried nor worried.
She turns around as a man sits on the chair
of an adjacent machine. He held a single token in his
hand. I bet my token that you will win. Half if I’m
right. Black Swan remains silent, but picks up the token. She turns to
look at him calmly as the result of the bet came to light. You
need to stop making me lose every bet, Mrraw. Aventurine facepalms. No sorry, it spices
things up. Why can’t I win for once? Because you’re betting against mommy characters and the
audience likes it when they win. You made me bet against them! But Penacony only has mommies,
dead girls, Sunday and March 7th. And Sparkle, but you don’t get along with her. Also where did
Black Swan go? I took Sparkle’s advice to Aventurine, I’m not taking part in this random conversation. You’re the
female lead! Come back, I can’t replace you. No don’t believe her, the last time I was in her script,
Sampo dominated me and I ate Sparkle. What? Yes, it actually happened. Well anyway thanks for your token. Black Swan inserts
Aventurine’s token into the arcade machine. You’re completely unperturbed! Are you Sparkle? Is it wrong to be ladylike? No, but you’re too
calm! The scenario will escalate before you know it! But the title doesn’t have Sparkle in it and the twist seems to be
the number of words? That’s a red herring! Why are you more paranoid than me? You don’t understand, canon Sparkle and the one in
this AU are at two completely different levels. Levels? Yes, this one is excessive and more desperate. Fanon, if you will. That still doesn’t explain
why I should panic? Finally, a jackpot. Why didn’t I bet later? Aventurine is sad. Don’t be sad, Black Swan attempts to comfort him. Even if
you had bet later, the writer wouldn’t let you win. There’s no need to be so nice to that beach. Why did I give you guys self
awareness, this was a mistake, stop discussing me. Make it up to us then! How? End the story! End these universes of pain! “How can you call having
fun a pain?” No don’t quote her and just end this here. Fine this one will be wholesome. Just don’t go off topic. You better keep your promise. I
can’t act normal now that I know everything is normal, its so surreal, it feels like Sparkle is stripping herself naked and apologising to me. Holding back a laugh, Black
Swan whispers, I can testify that will never happen in canon. Do you think I will ever get a lover in canon? No, because of the game’s age rating. Also, the
one who can see the future is Fu Xuan, I can only see memories. I don’t know much about the Luofu, its under Hunt and not Preservation. But Topaz is under Hunt?
That’s not what I meant. Anyway have another coin, I’m going to get ice cream. But the ice cream is sentient! Its fine, this is literally an AU of us being in a
dream, chill. You were the one who told me to panic, no? Do you want an ice cream or not? Yes, I do. I’ll be right back. Come on, he’s gone. What’s the plot
twist this time? You don’t want to know, Black Swan. Is it that bad? Yes. Tell me before he comes back. No, there’s no private chat in this AU, so everything you say, all other
characters immediately know. What if you tell me without writing it down? Okay. Whispers to Black Swan. Black Swan jumps from her seat, before slowly getting up and moving away from the arcade machines. She makes
her way to a nearby sink and begins to wash her hands with soap and water. Aventurine returns and is very confused. Where did Black Swan go-oui beach where is my ally. She went to the
washroom, don’t be a creep. When is she coming back? How would I know, I’m not a creep! But you’re the author! Is she just gone? No, she will be back when the plot demands it! Why don’t
you play some slots in the meantime? I feel like something is wrong with the machine. Did you make Sparkle the machine? Yes. What do you mean yes! Is the machine actually-oh my chips. How is it going
inside…you know what, I don’t actually wanna think about it. Which washroom did Black Swan go to? She’s back. Oh hi Black Swan, do you want another round of slots? No, no I’m good, you have a run instead.
Mrraw you do it. Okay sure. By the way I was joking earlier, its just a normal machine. Thanks for the ice cream. Bruh I fell for it again. That’s it for now, tomorrow we will have more cool progressions. No!