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[disingenuous]

[ It's a cute tea party date. She takes a sip of her tea. ]

I have to wonder what the appearances of all those colorful animals mean. It's usually only for around an hour, too.

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...it feels deliberate, doesn't it?

[disingenuous]

It does. And yet they say they know nothing of each other.

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...do you believe them?

[disingenuous]

We have nothing to say otherwise.

I believe, at the very least, they don't remember.

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You think... this place has altered their memories?

[disingenuous]

If the Residents have altered memories, and the possibility is there for us...

[ Considering how Jiuqing forgot after her CYOA... ]

I don't know why it couldn't affect them, too. They're too sentient to be only animals.

[countermeasures]

...have you had much luck communicating with them? I've had a little bit of luck, but they mainly seem stuck on "helping"...

[disingenuous]

Not too much. I try to stick to yes or no questions since most of them can nod or shake their heads.

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Is there a gumball that lets people talk to animals...

[disingenuous]

That would be almost too easy, but if there are ones to turn yourself or others into animals....

[ the great furry gacha game. ]

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Well, I suppose we can just keep an eye out for it in case someone gets one. Or an ear, I suppose, since they'd probably just tell us about it rather than showing us.

[disingenuous]

[ She laughs. ]

I don't know if they could show anything without actually using the gumball. Still, I think it'd be better to aim for the gumball you had last week.

[countermeasures]

That's what I'd prefer, if we could manage it.

...but both times I got an orange gumball before, it was when I could use amber... I can't use it right now, so I don't know if I'd be able to get one even if I did somehow get enough tokens for it. Maybe my colors will change by the time I have enough...

[disingenuous]

We'll have to hope for luck to be on someone's side this week. ... If they want it, that is.

[countermeasures]

Why wouldn't they want it? Refraction could happen to any one of us - it'd only benefit them if there was a gumball that could save them.

[disingenuous]

People could want something that could provide them with more immediate uses than waiting for something that could or couldn't happen, depending on how much we figure out on Saturdays.

[countermeasures]

[she can't help but think that's a little shortsighted... oh well.

oh, but speaking of gumballs - ]

...actually, Miss Roxana, I meant to ask you. Did... you receive a token, yesterday afternoon?

[disingenuous]

Yesterday?

[ Interest and confusion. ]

No, I didn't. Did you?

[countermeasures]

[oh.

well. confusion from her, now, too.]

...yes, I did. I thought... it was because of what happened with Malik. But if you didn't get one...

[disingenuous]

You must have received it for something else you did.

[ Contemplative... ]

Did you do anything else out of the norm last week?

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...I used a gumball on someone earlier in the week...

[disingenuous]

I don't know if that would give you an extra token, necessarily. Otherwise, the people who made Malik and Garou bald would have an extra token, too.

[countermeasures]

I don't know about that. Those were pranks.

The type of gumball I used was meant to cure refraction.

[disingenuous]

I don't know about that either. Would a system akin to gambling be sympathetic?

[ But Roxana is more bent towards being pessimistic. ]

For whatever the use, would it grant you a consolation prize if the gumball use wasn't successful?