W2 🛸 PLAYER CYOA: BUP ROLLERS BOUGHDYQUEST (LOWEEJ) CONT'D

[dropoffs]

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[riverbeans]

[waves]

Hey, Baiken.

[kabari]

Oh. You're here.

[ THIS ISN'T BAD JUST ???????? ]

[riverbeans]

I sure am. Surprise.

[kabari]

Sure hate surprises.

...You've looked better.

[riverbeans]

Ah, right, I remember you saying that.

[he shrugs.]

None of the blood's mine, at least. [a beat] Wait, I guess some of it is. Most of it isn't.

[kabari]

That's not really a consolation in a place like this.

[riverbeans]

I have yet to explode, so that's another victory.

[kabari]

There's still time.

[riverbeans]

Haha...

[kabari]

Don't just laugh, you idiot!

[riverbeans]

Hey, I'm coping. Besides, keeping my spirits up is probably why I haven't, uh, "ragequit" as Shoma put it.

[kabari]

[ just looks at him like this ]

[riverbeans]

What?

[kabari]

What're you gonna do if you quit? There's nowhere else to go.

[ "you're an idiot" goes without saying, ]

[riverbeans]

Oh, I meant explode.

[AGAIN HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS MANAGED TO AVOID EXPLODING]

[kabari]

...I don't even want to know the details of that.

[riverbeans]

... How did using the E.G.O. go for you guys?

[kabari]

It got results.

None of us exploded.

[riverbeans]

[gazes into the distance]

[kabari]

[ gazes at him, dully ]

[riverbeans]

[thinks about how isabel randomly walked into a bathroom without explanation and then promptly exploded]

[kabari]

[ sometimes a girl needs a lil explodey time ]

[riverbeans]

[CAN A GIRL EXPLODE LESS WHEN HE HAS TO BE THE ONE CLEANING UP AFTER THE MESS]

[kabari]

[ for a second i really got it into my head these were gendered bathrooms and i was going to ask what the fuck charles was doing just walking into the ladies' room ]

[riverbeans]

[they were but sometimes a woman explodes and leaves the bathroom]