Act 1, Scene 1: Thing 2

[opening_act]

[ A notification on your phone goes off, letting you know the purchase of your meeting with Exael has gone through.

There is an attachment. Where are you, when you open it? ]

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[opening_act]

I don't know what he's set his at yet, or if he's even taking meetings.

[liarliarliar]

Boooo.

[...picks up a pillow and tries to shrink it, curious]

[opening_act]

[ his powers are on, it works.

she throws a pillow at him for doing that tho ]

Hey!

[liarliarliar]

Ack...!

[laughs]

Sorry! I just suddenly wanted to try!

[tosses it to her]

Can't you fix it?

[opening_act]

[ Catches the pillow, dissolves it into konpeito, and walks over to sprinkle it on his head instead ]

Nope! You owe me a new one.

[liarliarliar]

Ah?? No way...! No way!

[...grabs one to nom]

[opening_act]

You should spit that out, it's gonna turn back later.

[ for now though, it tastes like sugary konpeito candy! ]

[liarliarliar]

[....spits it into his hand]

Then what's the point of iitttt....

[opening_act]

I could have done feathers! Or butterflies.

[ Picks up one of the konpeito and cups her hands. when she's uncupped them, there's a butterfly in there. She lets it flutter out of her palms, around the room. ]

[liarliarliar]

Ahh...that's a cool power...

[i miss my illusions...even if i couldnt do stuff like that with it]

[opening_act]

Right? I like it a lot too!

[liarliarliar]

But I can't get something like that.

[opening_act]

You can't.

[liarliarliar]

You're teasing me on purpose. That's so rude!! Exael! Why are you so MEAN.

[opening_act]

You shrunk my pillow first!

[liarliarliar]

I could have grown it back....! It works both directions...!

Why are you mean?

[liarliarliar]

[then a long beat....]

[liarliarliar]

Why was that game so mean?

[opening_act]

Azzy's people are the game-makers. They give me the template and parameters.

[liarliarliar]

So a literal the devil made you do it situation then?

[opening_act]

Of course! I've never done anything wrong.

[liarliarliar]

Such a naughty angel.

So what Tokyo are we in right now?

[opening_act]

That could be a dangerous question. Do you still want the answer?

[liarliarliar]

What makes it dangerous? I think I do want it.

[opening_act]

It's something that could cause trouble later.