probe | Audience: White

Sure, hit me.

[a small plate of taiyaki and two strawberry-flavored boba teas come out of the machine and lust claps in delight.]

Perfect! Here, this one's filled with red bean paste, and this one's got custard. There might be some chocolate-filled ones too, I just hit the buttons.

[everyone can be bribed with food.]

[jan, squinting: what anime are you from

but everyone can, in fact, be bribed with food. white takes a few random taiyaki.]

Sweet! Literally too, even.

[:)]

I thought you might like it. [they're reaching for one of the cups of boba and poking through the top with their straw.]

So. Tell me about you. Are you settling in okay and everything?

[omnom]

It's not the worst place to be locked up in.

[white?]

Um...do you get locked up a lot?

[he shrugs.]

Not rece... actually, wait.

[does someone hijacking your body and keeping you trapped in illusions count as being locked up? that was pretty recent. should he count that? not too sure.]

Sometimes, I guess.

[jan??? but also, hm, relatable. it's fine.]

On the bright side, at least this time it was your own choice?

[lust are you okay]

Yeah, it's a first. And hey, we get to eat whatever we want here. So like I said, there are worst places to be stuck in.

[a mystery.]

You're sure you're not one of Gluttony's? [teasing.] I'm glad though. Hopefully this place is comfortable enough for you guys to relax and really indulge as much as you want.

Hey, appreciating knowing where my next meal is coming from doesn't make me a glutton!

[...]

Well, some parts of this place are kind of freaky, to be honest.

Okay, okay! [give them a moment to take a huge bite from one of the fish.]

Which parts are the weirdest to you?

There's a bunch of bodies lying around? I mean, I've seen that kind of shit before, but it's still creepy.

Ooooh. Yeah, okay, that's a little creepy...but it's kind of cool at the same time. Mysterious and all that.

[that is absolutely not the takeaway here, but they seem sincere about that.]

Uh, that's one way of putting it. You know anything?

Hmm...I think they might be failed versions of yourself. You know. Like a parallel world?

I don't know shit about any of that stuff, but then why are they here!? That's disturbing!

[shrug! and a sip of their boba.]

No idea! You'd have to ask one of the others, they might know more than I do. Sorry.

[munch munch]

Ugh... I don't really wanna think about it...

Then let's think about something else. Like...I dunno, your favorite kind of music.

[is it a distraction from the creepy bodies? absolutely.]

Hm... rock and rap, probably.

[i cannot stress how much of a stereotypical punk teenager white is "he's 100+ and stopped aging when he was past his teens" punk teenager]

Oooh...good choices. [meanwhile, i'm crying.] I'm not as familiar with rap but some songs have a really good beat to dance to. And rock is so energetic!

I don't mind the DJ table in the music room, but I do wish we had other music we could play through it. Or even a karaoke machine.

Yeah, uh, what's with the music variety?

[white may get the sense that they're closing their eyes so tiredly.]

I wish I knew but it sucks. [boo.] It could totally be worse, but there're only so many times you can hear the same wordless song over and over again before it just gives you a big headache.

[lust is valid]

There's seriously no way to change it?

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