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(You and Loop are sitting up in the Favor Tree)
(You notice that they are looking out into Dormont)
(questioning1)
> - “What are you looking at?”
(Loop points to the Wizard-loving kid running around and talking to random people with a fake beard and something on their head?)
Loop (happy2): “Oh yeah! About that, I have a question for you!”
(A question? What about this makes Loop want to ask you a question?)
(surprised3)
> - “What is it?”
Loop (lol1): “Oh wait, you’re probably not informed enough to answer this complex question~”
(Rude)
(um2)
> - “...”
Loop (lol3): “Hmmm… if you find a kid’s game that’s really popular here, I might tell you~”
(You don’t see why they can’t tell you now)
(sigh)
> - “That’s… it?”
Loop (Lol6): “Oh yeah, and some of that one food. I heard someone was hoarding it in their bathroom.”
(What are these requirements????)
(um2)
- “Okay”
> - “Is this really that important?”
Loop (lol6): “Not in the slightest~ But it’s something to do!”
(Well it’s a distraction you suppose)
(You walk over to the kid)
(startled2)
> - “Hey… Kid”
Wizard-Loving Kid: “Yeah?”
(Wait…)
(disbelieving2)
> - “What happened to the beard and the other thing?”
Wizard-Loving Kid: “Are you a wizard?”
(You wish)
(angry3)
> - “No???????”
Wizard-Loving Kid: “You wouldn’t get it.”
(??????????????????????????)
(You don’t think the kid will talk to you anymore this loop. Well! Looping time!)
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(You enter the secret library, finding the game has been a bust so far, maybe it's in here)
(You look around for it)
(...)
(What is this???)
Mirabelle (happy3): “What? You don’t know Twister Siffrin?”
(surprised3)
> - “This wasn’t here before…”
Odile (lookingup): “We’ve never been to this room, Siffrin. What are you talking about?”
(You said that out loud?!)
[You gain a sus point]
Isabeau (oh): “Oh! This reminds me of the question the Old One asked me.”
Mirabelle (neutral): “What was it?”
Isabeau (really3): “Ok Mira, would you rather have-”
Bonnie (awed): “Oh! I heard that question too.”
Isabeau (neutral2): “Who’d you hear it from?”
Bonnie (proud): “Hehe, I’ll never tell!”
(Heh)
(joke2)
> - “Wow, what a twist!”
Bonnie (protesting1): “NO! THAT ONE WAS REALLY BAD!”
(Isabeau laughs uproariously)
Isabeau (Guffaw): “YES!”
Odile (sigh1): “That one was bad, even for you.”
(That one could use some workshopping…)
Isabeau (brag): “Yeah Sif, Bonbon is spinning quite the narrative!”
(You don’t get it)
(You laugh anyways)
Bonnie (Yelling1): “STOP IT ZA, I’M NOT SPINNING A NAE-RE-TIVE!”
Odile (huh1): “Narrative.”
Bonnie (hmf3): “Narrative!”
Mirabelle (happy1): “You got it Bonnie!”
Bonnie (laughing1): “Hehe.”
[Twister Obtained!]
(How do you even play this game?)
(What’s “blue”?)
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(You only know of two bathrooms, and you are pretty sure there is no food in the other one, so…)
(questioning1)
> - “Hey Mira, what's in your bathroom?”
Mirabelle (irritated): “Oh! Uh… Um… Nothing!”
Isabeau (really3): “That sounds like what someone who’s hiding something in her bathroom would sa-”
(Bonnie opens the door)
Bonnie (pointing): “Why are there so many croissants?”
(Croissants...)
Mirabelle (uwah): “It was Claude I swear!”
(...)
Mirabelle (contemplative2): “...”
(...)
Mirabelle (sad2): “Okay it may have been me…”
(...)
Odile (question1): “Siffrin, are you okay?”
(fake1)
> - “Oh… Yeah!”
(You don’t want to be here. You don’t want to think about this.)
[You gain a sus point]
(You refuse to look at the frozen croissants)
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(You enter the bathroom in the hall, you need some time for yourself to think)
(You should be focused on getting out of the loops, but… WHAT WAS THE QUESTION, WHAT IS IT?!?!?!?!)
(It didn’t puzzle you this much until you found out both Isabeau and Bonnie heard it, but, you can’t ask them, that would be awkward)
(Well at least it seems like Odile and Mirabelle don’t know it. You think.)
(You finish up and reach for the door)
(...but before you do notice a sign on the door you didn’t before)
(“STOP HIDING CROISSANTS IN THE BATHROOMS! I’M TIRED OF TAKING A DUMP THEN A BUNCH OF CROISSANTS FALLING ON ME!”)
(Pfft…)
(You begin laughing very hard)
Mirabelle (surprised): “Siffrin? Are you okay in there?”
(Stars, you’re acting weird, stop being so weird)
(surprised2)
> - “Oh… Yeah… I’m fine!”
Odile (serious1): “...”
[You gain a sus point]
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(You’re here at the King now…)
(Ask the King…)
- “Why call yourself King?”
- “Where are you from?”
- “Hey so um weird question…”
> - (Bonnie’s Question???)
Bonnie (Serious): “So King, you’re a wizard right?”
Odile (Fight): “Bonnie what are you doing?”
Bonnie (protesting2): “Would you rather have-”
King (king): “The First one.”
Bonnie (sulking4): “But I didn’t even-”
[The Kid gets a Sus Point]
Bonnie (pointing): “I’ve been wondering what that means. What’s a Sus Point?”
(Wait, what.)
[Wait, what.]
(surprised1)
> - “You can hear that?”
Bonnie (surprised): “Yeah?”
(??????????????)
[Literally how????]
Odile (questioning1): “What are you two going on about…”
[You and The Kid get a Sus Point?]
Bonnie (excited2): “Wow! I have TWO now! I’m catching up to Frin!”
(You don’t know how to respond to this)
[Me neither Stardust]
(You need to move past this)
(hide2)
> - “...Let's just defeat the King.”
Mirabelle (fight2): “Yeah! We’re going to kick you in your stupid crabbing butt!”
Odile (fight): “Agreed. However, we are talking about this later.”
(You know later will never come)
(fake1)
> - “Okay.”
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(You are at the end yet again, soon it will be time to find out what the question is from Loop)
(Mirabelle is asking the Head Housemaiden something)
Euphrasie (smiling1): “The second option”
Mirabelle (anxious2): “But I only said the first-”
(They know…)
(Odile can’t, nono Odile can’t…)
(You can’t be the only one that doesn’t know)
(You zone out until you are talking to Odile)
Odile (wonder1): “…Ah.”
Odile (wonder2): “Woop woop, we did it, we won, etc.”
Odile (reading2): “Urgh. Whatever.”
Odile (melancholy5): “Let’s not get all sentimental now I have something to say.”
(This is new…)
(fake2)
> - “About your research?”
Odile (LOL2): "Perhaps. Siffrin, would you rather have-”
(unhinged1)
> - “STARS!! WHY DOES EVERYONE ELSE BLINDING KNOW IT?!?!?! WHY DOES EVERYONE ELSE KNOW THIS STUPID CRABING QUESTION?!?!?”
Euphrasie (apologizing1): “Oh no, all our crab is rotten-”
Euphrasie (shocked): “…!!!!!”
Euphrasie (shocked): “Oh… Oh no. Oh no, no, no, no, no…
Euphrasie (shocked): “Oh… Siffrin…!”
(They all knew the question…)
Euphrasie (crying1): “I’m so sorry! There’s no way we can stop it now…!”
Euphrasie (crying2): “I’m sorry! You’ll be going back! Back when everything started!”
(THEY ALL KNEW!)
Euphrasie (crying1): “I know you thought your quest was over, but it can’t be!”
Euphrasie (crying1): “Something’s broken, something’s failing, rotting!!!”
(EVERYONE BUT YOU!)
Euphrasie (crying2): “I can’t fix it on my own, not before all this ends… If only I had noticed sooner!!!
Euphrasie (crying1): “I should’ve seen it, Prevented it!!!”
(EVEN THE KING AND HEAD HOUSEMAIDEN KNEW!)
Euphrasie (crying2): “It’s my fault you have to suffer like this.”
Euphrasie (crying3): “I just hope that one day…”
Euphrasie (crying3): “You might learn t̴͔̐o̸̲̭̓̌ ̶̢̛̝͕̟͈̒͛f̴̝́̆̽͂̕o̶̥͉̽̈͊͂̑r̶̮͚͓͉̒̐-̷͈͍̟̫̥̖̼̺̭̇́̎͋͊̂̀́̄͘”̷̩̬̭̞̫͛͌̅͝ͅ
~̵̖͕͙̘̮͝~̴̣̩̏̆~̸̧̗̙̟̤̌́~̴͇̔~̷̱͚̦̾͌͊͗~̷̛̫̺̜̝̣̽̀~̶̜͑̄͗͐~̷̼̜̠͈͉̉̌̈́̽~̶̮̰͗̽̏̀̕~̶͔̱̘̹͙̈́~̶̡͈̪̥̅̒̊̒̕~̵̝̍͑~̷͍̙̳̗̺̈́̓́~̴̹͓̯̇͠~̶̬̒͑̓̕͜~̷̞̱̤̂͐̕~̷̛̘͙͎̭͐̀̉͝~̵̰̦̮͐̈̒̐~̴̭̰̞̽̑̾̀̕~̴̧̙̔͌̈~̷͔͌̿̈́͒~̵͚̳͚̘̾̒̔̕͝~̸̲̽͂~̴͔͂̈̄̀̀~̴͎̓ͅ~̸̡̞̀͑͛̔̚~̵̤̚~̸̯̼͖̜̌̈͂͂͐~̶̨̠̰͘̕~̵̛̥̈́~̷̳̤̼̄̄̂͜~̶̮̗̹̾̿̏͗̓͜ͅ~̸̨̰̜̭̂̑̅~̸̫̾~̴͔͑̆͝~̸̳̯̂̚͠~̶̡͍̘͈͉̊́̆̂̓~̵̮̝̣̏~̴͖͓̏̕ͅ~̷͉̎̈́͊͊
(...)
(You can’t believe this)
(Why does everyone know about the question but you!?! You are going to make Loop tell you, because, odds are, their question is the same one everyone else apparently knows!)
(Everyone but YOU!)
(You march over to the Favor Tree)
(emotional)
> - “Ask the question.”
Loop (lol6): “Sorry, you have to-”
(scary1)
> - “Ask. The. Question.”
Loop (serious2): “Okay! Okay! You need to chill out Stardust~”
(scary2)
> - “...”
Loop (well1): “Good. So Stardust! Would you rather have unlimited croissants but no games, or games, unlimited games, but no games?”
(despair3)
> - “…”
Loop (fake1): “...”
(horrified2)
> - “THAT WAS THE QUESTION?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!”
Loop (lol4): “Yeah, what about it?”
(angry4)
> - “I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT, AND THAT WAS THE BLINDING QUESTION?!?!?!”
Loop (teehee1): “Yeah.”
(scary3)
> - “...unlimited games but no games…”
Loop (happy1): “But it’s unlimited croissants.”
(hide3)
> - “Blinding croissants…”