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[dragony]

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A lot of friends have been exPorted from the City lately — but everyone else is missing the people they care about, too. The way it's happening, there's no sure way of knowing who will be here tomorrow, is there? There's always a chance that they'll come back to this place, or that we'll be the next to go home.

I guess what I'm trying to say is... does anyone want to play chess with me, or Scrabble? It can be anything, really. Since everything's so uncertain, I'd like to spend time with everyone.

This place makes it hard to keep promises.

Comments

[satisfiedsigner]

I guess you wouldn't want to duel, would you?

[dragony]

I never really liked dueling.

[satisfiedsigner]

Too bad. You're good at it, Signer brat. And you're not Izayoi.

[dragony]

What about Aki?

[satisfiedsigner]

She actually has a reason to dislike dueling.

And then, of course, she duels anyway. Interesting girl. You could learn a thing or two from her.

[dragony]

So do I.

And I have. I won't let the same bad things happen to me.

[satisfiedsigner]

If you expect that to happen, you're going to have to find a way to change human nature, brat. Or maybe stop us horrible Dark Signers before we, what, destroy the Arcadia building?

No, wait, that's already happened for you. I guess you can't.

[dragony]

We're not talking about the same thing.

I can't change my past. But maybe she can change her future.

[satisfiedsigner]

I'm talking about two different things. Maybe three.

And you know what? I hope she does.

[dragony]

And I don't think any of those are what I'm talking about.

Do you?

[satisfiedsigner]

Maybe, maybe not.

Yeah, I do. She told me about the place and the Movement, and I like the sound of both. I only want Yuusei to suffer; the rest of you aren't any of my business.

Besides, she's a nice girl...sometimes. More rational than you, anyway.

[dragony]

That's because she doesn't know what the Arcadia Movement really is.

You say you only want to hurt Yuusei, but your way to make him suffer involves killing hundreds of innocent people.