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[Veronica's face appears on the screen. She's sitting at one of the terminals, leaning to the side. Her entire right arm has been wrapped in bandages, the sleeve pulled up to show a few blood stains.]

...S-so, I woke up in a-a n-new room a w-while ago. I g-guess you a-all have too.

[At least it was surprisingly pleasant. Thanks Zo.]

I h-have to ask, d-does the t-tower feel... different? Like, n-now t-that J-Jason is dead.

[Locked to Rick Dawn]

...[It takes her a moment to collect her voice.] R-rick...? Are... a-are y-you there?

[She leaves the message open for a while, waiting to see if he'll reply.]

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Oh... [A pause and then a bright smile.] Shiro is sure Fran is alive somewhere and that Miss Stitches will find her back soon!

...It was? Ruana doesn't like Jason? [Oblivious Shiro is oblivious.]

Thanks.

[Hoping is kind of worthless by this point, but she'll try anyways.]

Apparently. The Admins don't make much sense

Miss Stitches is welcome!

Mmm. Shiro doesn't understand them either. But they organize nice games! [Nice being apparently a very subjective notion.]

Umm...

[Nice is one word for it, that's for sure.]

Not very nice. Not if you have to play them.

Shiro did play them! [Some of them, at least.] There were almost as much fun as those that Shiro played with Ganta in Deadman Wonderland. [That's saying something... about Shiro's definition of nice and fun.]

Deadman....

[Well, with a name like that]

Well, I.... guess if you had... fun.

Shiro did.

[But Shiro is starting to get that Veronica, obviously, did not.]

What kind of games does Miss Stitches like?

[Being forced into murder games generally isn't a good time for anyone. Veronica would be an exception, if anyone deserved it.]

Uh, I don't know. That's kind of a tough question.

Video games, maybe? Or hide and seek?

Yeah. Those are fun, I guess.

[Never really had the time for video games. Hide and seek was something she was good at though.]

Shiro is very good at those! Miss Stitches and Shiro should play together!

Well.... maybe, I guess...

[What did she just agree to]

[Shiro beams. She's just found a new friend!] Today?

Miss Stitches can choose the game and the floor.

[Too late to wonder about it, Veronica. But that's okay, as long as Wretched Egg doesn't come out, you should be safe.]

[Oh dear. She started something]

Uh, sure. Could be fun.

But... why don't you choose?

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