[ oh. Danny can't help but feel a little warm at that--at the weight on his shoulder, and at noticing the slight reduction in the anxiety. He gingerly, like he doesn't quite know how to, wraps an arm around Kumon and gives him a pat pat. ]
...yeah. [ there's a small pit of dread in his stomach, though. ] We'll...we'll solve it tomorrow.
[ this doesn't really make Danny feel better, but if it helps Kumon, he'll go with it. Because for Danny, the idea of finding a culprit and condeming them to death too just makes his stomach drop.
he pats Kumon more vigorously to try to distract himself from it. ]
[ It'd be better if they had more of the gumballs that doctor Su found. If he had it his way, they'd be able to cure people of whatever refraction was going on with them.
Maybe if they found them, they could cure it. Maybe they'd get lucky again.
As far as he knows the refraction gumball was only one that existed. Letting them suffer from the refraction until they're not really themselves anymore?
The options are terrible. They're unfair.
But when was anything here fair? There's an certain tiredness to him. It really does wear him down. ]
Yeah! You guys made contact with Dreamer this week, we actually got to talk to them. If we can make that happen more often, I know we can beat this.
Plus, it seems like the residents are getting more and more back of who they were pre-prism. I don't really know why, but that's gotta be a good sign, right?
It kinda seemed like Dreamer was trying to get in. Not totally sure how to get them around more to communicate... Should we talk about them? [Wait, he thinks that's some superstition. Like saying Dreamer three times in a mirror?] Any ideas?
It should be good. At least, I'm hoping it is. Like... if you haven't been you in a while and then you're you shaped again, that usually means you're closer to breaking away from whatever's got you in its hold. [A faint sense of embarrassment. Did what he's saying even make sense.]
[ shakes his head ] I think you'd know better than me how to talk to them again. You're the one who found them in the first place.
[ then Danny nods, completely at ease with that assessment. you may be a normie, Kumon, but in nicktoon ghost land, this is par for the course and makes perfect sense. ] Exactly. Apparently they're...still not totally jazzed about the idea of leaving the prism or anything, but. It's good. And if they've started remembering stuff, then eventually they'll remember everything they left behind.
If this is what they've known for a long time... I guess that makes sense. But that week with all the bubble memories, maybe, and some of them said that they were starting to remember stuff even without the bubbles.
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w4, friday
...Kumon?
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The vibes are all anxiety about tomorrow, but he looks up when he hears his name.]
H...hey.
[It's been weeks, but he still doesn't know what to say on a Friday.]
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Hey. You okay?
[ obviously not, but. it's what you say. ]
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... No. [He doesn't have it in him to lie, when his feelings are being broadcast anyway.] We'll try to figure it out tomorrow, right?
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...yeah. [ there's a small pit of dread in his stomach, though. ] We'll...we'll solve it tomorrow.
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At... Least one.
[That seems to be what they can manage in the time frame.
... It'd be nice if they could do two.]
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[ this doesn't really make Danny feel better, but if it helps Kumon, he'll go with it. Because for Danny, the idea of finding a culprit and condeming them to death too just makes his stomach drop.
he pats Kumon more vigorously to try to distract himself from it. ]
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Maybe if they found them, they could cure it. Maybe they'd get lucky again.
As far as he knows the refraction gumball was only one that existed. Letting them suffer from the refraction until they're not really themselves anymore?
The options are terrible. They're unfair.
But when was anything here fair? There's an certain tiredness to him. It really does wear him down. ]
This is all... Messed up.
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But...I swear, we're gonna figure out what's going on and end this.
[ he's not just saying it. Beneath the dread, there is a small kernel of certainty: that this will end, that they can fix this. ]
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Everybody here wants to get out. If they're all working together than they'll find their way. Plus it seems like Dreamer wants to get them out too. ]
We'll keep looking. All these new spaces every week, right? There's got to be something.
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Plus, it seems like the residents are getting more and more back of who they were pre-prism. I don't really know why, but that's gotta be a good sign, right?
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It should be good. At least, I'm hoping it is. Like... if you haven't been you in a while and then you're you shaped again, that usually means you're closer to breaking away from whatever's got you in its hold. [A faint sense of embarrassment. Did what he's saying even make sense.]
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[ then Danny nods, completely at ease with that assessment. you may be a normie, Kumon, but in nicktoon ghost land, this is par for the course and makes perfect sense. ] Exactly. Apparently they're...still not totally jazzed about the idea of leaving the prism or anything, but. It's good. And if they've started remembering stuff, then eventually they'll remember everything they left behind.
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If this is what they've known for a long time... I guess that makes sense. But that week with all the bubble memories, maybe, and some of them said that they were starting to remember stuff even without the bubbles.