W3 🛸 PLAYER CYOA: SEVENTEEN AGAIN (JAN) 🚀 ARTHUR & GREGOR

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[riverbeans]

And leave poor Gregor all alone up there?

[expiries]

Gregor put networking on his list of skills, he's like, a way better choice.

[verminous]

That doesn't mean I can make a speech!

[expiries]

It means you can do it better than me!

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But if we both vote for Temenos he'll have two votes and we'll each only have one.

[verminous]

...say, that's a good point.

[writes temenos down]

[riverbeans]

We have other classmates, you realize. Besides, being voted for valedictorian might look good on your university applications.

[expiries]

Yeah, or on yours.

[riverbeans]

My, are you saying that you think my application is lacking, Arthur? I could be offended by that.

[expiries]

Are you?

[riverbeans]

Shocked and appalled.

[expiries]

Yeah, you definitely seem like it.

[riverbeans]

I assure you, my heart is crying on the inside. Speaking of which, have you considered your university choices yet?

[expiries]

...A little. I don't really want to leave everyone behind, so I thought maybe somewhere other people are planning on... What about you?

[riverbeans]

Hm... there are some, like Throné, who would like to go somewhere far away. But perhaps I'll stay here, where I'm needed. Of course, I cannot decide that for you.

[expiries]

You're not going with her? Aren't you guys best friends?

[riverbeans]

Every bird must leave the flock someday. She and I need not spend every year together—it's not as if she's going to be locked away in prison, either.

[expiries]

...I guess so, yeah. But I still don't really know what to pick myself, either way.

[riverbeans]

Well, would you be fine with potentially parting from your family and friends for a while? Or, would that be too difficult? [Some of Arthur's other classmates are struggling like him, some aren't. Kazuki is deep in thought, while Anise is torn between the cheapest option (staying near home) or the one most likely to have pretentious rich people attending. Charles, as a fckin overachiever, is picking one of the hardest universities to get into. Throné, as Temenos said, seems worried less about her exact career path and picking based on more where she wants go in terms of location.]

[expiries]

...I don't know. I guess I just - worry that if I do leave anyone here, I won't be able to meet anyone new there.

[riverbeans]

Come now, Arthur. You've done well enough here, meeting new people. University won't be that much different from the first day of high school.

[expiries]

I mean, it's a little different now, but - it was tougher growing up. I don't really want to go back to that.

[riverbeans]

Hm... truthfully, I think expanding your horizons may be good for you. After all, if not now, you will have to venture out as an adult. But of course, it's your decision in the end.

[expiries]

...That's true too, yeah.

[frowning a little...]