probe | Audience: Aoi Mukou

the kitchen is good! aoi will head there now

sounds good! see you soon xoxo

[when aoi enters the kitchen, she will find that lust is just finishing grabbing two milkshakes from the vending machine before turning to hand one to aoi.]

Is strawberry okay?

[ aoi takes it and gives a small smile. ]

Strawberry is good.

... Um, thank you for protecting Shi Qingxuan...

Oh, totally! I was starting to get really worried about you guys...I'm glad you're both okay. You still feel good around her, right?

Yes...! Aoi loves her!

I'm glad. [love is better than trying to kill each other! but lust pauses to take a sip of their milkshake.]

I actually wanted to check in and see how you were doing with other stuff, too. The whole indulgence thing and everything.

[ aoi sips too... ]

... It's difficult.

Mm...lust is a pretty hard one when people keep murdering each other, huh? It's a lot more difficult to set the mood.

[among other things...]

Sooo...I was thinking...if you wanted! I could let you go to align with one of the others.

... You don't want Aoi on your team?

Of course I do! But I don't want you struggling to indulge either...you came here for a reason, right? It's hard enough as it is. Why should it be even harder?

... Mm...

[ for a reason...? well, aoi came here specifically to indulge in lust, so she looks a little confused. but... ]

It's just that Aoi hasn't been running out of energy like usual. Aoi hasn't been afraid of disappearing without zappy.

That's a good thing, isn't it? It means you're able to do other stuff without, uh, zappy. I don't think that's bad at all!

Aoi does like zappy, though.

[ ............ ANYWAY ]

Then... Who's team would Aoi go to?

You can still do zappy, but maybe without the pressure to do so much zappy. [they tap their chin and sip their shake.]

...how do you feel about aligning with Sloth?

Sloth sounds nice...

[ she doesn't know anything about them ]

Sloth is very nice! They're great. You guys would get along, too.

You think so?

I know so! You can text them whenever you want and tell them I suggested an alignment swap and I'm sure they'd be happy to do it.

And we can still hang out whenever you want! Just because you won't be on my team anymore doesn't mean we can't be friends.

Aoi will let them know, then.

Boop boop... We can still hang out? Really?

Mmhmm, whenever you want! We can play games together, or we can go hang out with some of the dogs at the dog park, or we can just eat snacks! Anytime at all.

[ she's still a little tentative, but... ]

Got it!

Then... Thanks for looking out for Aoi!

You don't have to thank me for that. I just want you to be safe and explore your options! That's okay, isn't it?

Boop boop... Yep! It's okay with Aoi. Aoi is happy.

That's why Aoi should say thanks.

As long as you're happy? I'm happy.

And Sloth's a friend! It'll be nice for my friends to get along and hang out.

[ she just. wehehes at 'friends' ]

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