deletes everyone else in the game (monika)

[malewife]

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[malewife]

[ Relatable, right... Joonghyuk is pulled into the memory and squints. He would have thought she was stuck in some strange world, but there's something about the feel and the small tidbits he could hear despite the music. ]

I'm fine. [ ... ] Are you a fictional character?

[rerouter]

[Oh.

The point-blank way he asks that questions gives her a pause.]

... Yes. [A little quietly, after a beat.] But I'm still a person, you know. I'm not just programmed to act and behave in a certain way.

[malewife]

... I understand.

[ Since there is a reason. ]

I was also a fictional character.

[rerouter]

... Oh.

[Oh.]

Was? Like, not anymore?

[malewife]

[ A nod. ]

Not anymore. I am paving my own path.

[rerouter]

... How? How can you just do that?

[malewife]

... I'm not sure entirely how, either. I just wanted to write my own story for once. To find another ending past what was given me.

Are you stuck?

[rerouter]

... I am.

When I tried change the script and do my own thing, all I managed was to ruin everything. I totally broke my game and made things worse for everyone. So... I gave up. And now I'm here.

[malewife]

[ Mm. ]

Have you considered that you're already more than a character?

[rerouter]

Well... Yes, of course. But I can't do anything with that.

[malewife]

[ Hm. ]

... Honestly, my world either became reality or someone came into my world and broke the story out of its loop. [ He shakes his head. ] It would be hard to give any guidance.

[ He has sympathies which is saying a lot for him. ]

[rerouter]

[Sometimes... it just be like that. She shakes her head.]

That's okay. Maybe when this is all over, and if I'm still alive, I won't be forced to go back to that world.

[malewife]

… That’s true. You may be able to go elsewhere.

But aren’t your companions there?