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[subordinacy]

[EVERYTHING IS KIND OF AWFUL NOW but anyway.

Setz wouldn't say he knows Dahlia well—in fact, he wouldn't even know her name if not for the profiles—but she did seem to be the... sensitive sort (if such a reaction to death can really be called "sensitive", that is). (Then again, she has "plotting, and murder" listed on her profile, so. Hmm.) It wouldn't hurt to quickly check up on her, especially given that it's not as if Setz has a bustling schedule in this place.

When he finds her, he carefully approaches.]

... Ms. Hawthorne, right?

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[venomosity]

T...that's right. And you're... Mr. Navarus.

[it helps to have a good memory, even if setz's full name is a mouthful. also, it's rude to make assumptions, smh.]

Thank you so much for helping Maya, after... the announcement earlier.

[subordinacy]

[... There's a flicker of distaste in Setz's expression when she calls hm that, and it takes a moment before he can manage to speak as politely as he can.]

Please don't call me that. I don't go by that name anymore, so...

[That aside, though—]

It's nothing. Anyone would've done the same in that situation.

[venomosity]

Oh—I'm sorry. The profiles... seemed to have a knack for revealing things about ourselves that we would rather not acknowledge.

[she breaks eye contact with him briefly, but only for a second.]

You would think so... but not everyone is out to help in this game. Surely, you know that... after what happened tonight.

[subordinacy]

Yes, it seems that way.

[Everything on Setz's profile is true, by technicality, so.

In regards to what she says next, though, his expression hardens.]

... Still, regardless of what they might do in private, I don't think most people here would openly ignore an injured person. [a beat] Well, a few might, I guess.

[NOT NAMING NAMES but a few people are fishy af.]

In any case, cases like that are why I kept bandages on me to begin with.

[venomosity]

When Max told us we'd be erased, I... imagined a Player simply disappearing. I didn't know there would be a physical body left behind.

[tears start to well up in the corners of her eyes again, though she blinks them away as best she can.]

It seems a little cruel, doesn't it? We've already died once... why must the erased suffer again?

[subordinacy]

[... All things considered, this was probably a bad idea. Setz is not equipped to deal with emotional people.]

... We might as well ask why this Game exists to begin with. Maybe it's all for someone's entertainment.

[venomosity]

We... don't even know if we'll actually get to come back to life, do we?

[she bites her lip.]

People keep referencing... "the Composer." Max refuses us to tell us anything about them. That's kind of suspicious... don't you think?