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[wrigurun]

[Wriggle sits at the terminal with her chin resting in her hands. She seems rather tired and irritable in her expression and the way she moves but when she speaks it seems almost bored]

So I've been thinking a lot, and then I realised that I'm not very good at thinking. I'm getting kinda sick of this place, I don't remember the last time I was somewhere that wasn't here but I've got important stuff to do.

You guys know the monsters that have been running around, right? The one with the blue mask, which one is that? That girl... Ruana? I was talking to her but she wasn't making any sense something about killing them when they're normal but I don't know what that means.

I know I don't really know a lot of you guys and I really hate to ask for help but do any of you know what we're s'posed to do? I don't wanna just lay low while all this stuff happens, I wanna do something but I don't know what.

I just hate feeling so useless all the time.

[From her, that's actually quite a big thing to admit]

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[wrigurun]

Wait, what special requirement?

And so what? I don't know anything about you either but here we are! In fact you know more about about me than I know about you, the least you could do is give me a name or a face so it would be fair!

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[wegotlucky]

[He flips on the video function after a long pause. He doesn't say anything, looking incredibly miserable.

He's not even entirely sure if it was her that he killed, but she said it was a blue monster, and sadness tends to be considered "blue", so...

Still, he doesn't turn it off immediately, allowing her to say something to the face of the person who killed her as a monster.]

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[wrigurun]

[She tilts her head to the side curiously]

You don't look like a monster...

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[wegotlucky]

It's some sick game of Ruana's.

I don't want to hurt any more people.

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[wrigurun]

So let me stop you!

What was that requirement you were talking about?

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[wegotlucky]

I don't know.

She didn't give a big enough hint. Just that I need something to stop me.

Killing me is worth a shot but I don't think it's enough.

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[wrigurun]

Well what do you think you'd need?

You're the monster, not me.

To be honest you don't seem like a bad guy. I mean sure I want revenge but it doesn't mean anything if you're just going to keep turning into that thing and killing people.

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[wegotlucky]

I can't tell you what I need. Something personal to me but I'm... not really good with that kind of thing.

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[wrigurun]

It's okay, you can tell me.

My memory is really bad so I'll probably forget before long. I don't get along with most people anyway so I won't go around sharing secrets.

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[wegotlucky]

[He smiles sadly.]

If I knew what it was, I'd tell you.

[wrigurun]

[She lets out a sounds of frustration and rests her head on the keyboard. After about thirty second Wriggle snaps back up with a determined expression on her face]

Then I'll help you find it!

We'll figure out what it is, you'll stop turning into a monster and that can be my revenge!

[wegotlucky]

[He smiles at that. It's a very weak smile, but he's trying.]

I'd like that. I can't have anyone else get hurt by me.

[wrigurun]

Yeah!

[Wriggle on the other hand is positively beaming]

Don't worry! I'll shoot if you try and hurt anyone else!

[Don't worry, it sounds more threatening than it actually is]

[wegotlucky]

[Now that he's gotten to talk to her, he's not very worried, though he still wouldn't blame her.

He still manages a smile, though.]

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

[wrigurun]

Hehe, alright first thing is... um...

If you were a monster what would want to happen to stop you?

[Wriggle barely has the right idea when things are spelled out for her so when things start to get puzzling she's usually at a loss]

[wegotlucky]

[He fronts in concentration.]

I don't know. Emma, I guess. Someone who means a lot to me. But she's not here. She can't stop me.

[wrigurun]

Oh man, that's too bad...

What's her special power though? Maybe we could find someone with a similar power and they could stop you!

[wegotlucky]

[Special power? Well, she was the savior. But that had nothing to do with him.]

Nah, it's nothing like that. I love her.

[wrigurun]

Oh...

[The fact that she isn't here leaves her fate pretty crystal clear to Wriggle. Even though some people said their worlds weren't really destroyed it's not like she had any proof]

I'm sorry about that. Um... Is there anyone else maybe? Who else is here from your home?

[wegotlucky]

[He doesn't want to think about what has happened to Emma. He can't stand it.]

One person. But he and I don't really get along.

[wrigurun]

Oh... I guess that's okay too? There are some people from my world here that I don't get along with. Although if I were a monster I wouldn't want to be stopped by one of them.

I think I'd want to be stopped by Meiling! She's really strong and super nice and I know she would do it to protect me rather than hurt me.

[wegotlucky]

[He can't entirely being himself to tell her that said person is his father. It's complicated, in part because he really would want to be saved by him, if only because it would mean that maybe, somewhere, there was hope for something resembling a real family there.]

I hope that you don't need to be saved from something like that. Being turned into one of those monsters would be awful.

[wrigurun]

Sounds like it. You did things you didn't mean to, didn't you? I hate not being in control of myself, especially when there are so many things here you can't control, y'know?

I bet it won't come to it though! Thanks to you I learned not to be so careless!

[She'll probably forget]

If you don't have any friends from home maybe there's someone you met here you can trust?

[wegotlucky]

[He smiles ever so slightly.]

I'm glad something good came of it.

I... I'm going to try talking to that person. If anyone can help me, I think he can.

[wrigurun]

Huh? Which person?