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[recrowns]

HELLO

"And what is this—"

GOODBYE

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[recrowns]

[ tis fine... he'll regain his energy in a moment ]

One of my chess pieces decided to orchestrate betrayal... [ a little gasp ] How dramatic.

[ take this seriously, you goof ]

[ordimame]

[. . . . . . . STARES AT HIM FOR A MOMENT]

Did it checkmate your own King while you weren't looking?

[please. take this seriously!! Edamura is genuinely worried!!]

[recrowns]

Oh, in a sense.

[ because he's a king. get it. no.

but he'll reach out to place a hand on edamura's shoulder and give it a light squeeze ]

I'm alright. I promise. It's as I said—a piece in the game chose to act against me... which seems out of the norm, so I'll assume it was some kind of supernatural attack.

[ordimame]

[I GOT IT. EDAMURA DIDN'T. HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW SOO-WON IS A KING!!]

[glances down at that hand for a moment, before looking up and searching Soo-Won's expression for any further signs of distress. or signs that he is faking it]

. . . if it jumped out of the game and attacked you, then-- yeah. That's not normal.

[things like that don't happen back home!!]

But if that's the case, we should warn anyone else who wants to play one.

[recrowns]

[ he isn't faking it... unfortunately he's pretty good at processing things once the physical pain subsides... ]

Mm... It seems like sudden dangers appear everywhere here, even when we're not in the labyrinth-like area itself.

[ordimame]

[KING'S BOON. . .]

That's. . . great. So we'll have to be on our toes no matter where we go?

[does Soo-Won need help up, I forgot if he stood already. if he hasn't then Edamura is offering him a hand]

I was just excited to find a capsule toy machine. . .

[recrowns]

[ he's up....! but soo-won blinks. ]

Capsule toy machine...?

[ imagine this like a victorian child trying to say mountain dew baja blast ]

[ordimame]

[points to the one he and Lois were hovering over]

You put in some coins, turn the handle, and out pops a little capsule. There's alway a toy inside. You never know which one you're going to get!

[recrowns]

This is common where you're from...? Gambling for toys?

[ not the gacha system ]

[ordimame]

[would Soo-Won be a gacha addict]

Pretty common, yeah. It's fun!

[is it]