BRADLEY, YOU'RE DIVORCED BTW

[malewife]

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[malewife]

Would you consider something like that for yourself?

[battling]

I'd hate if somebody did that to me.

[malewife]

But would you do that?

[battling]

I get why Snow did it.

[ He knows loss, he knows what it is to lose people. All his siblings he lost in his first century of life. ]

I wouldn't.

[malewife]

[ He goes quiet... Damn. He learned more about Bradley than he thought he would. There's a sprinkle of understanding. ]

I don't like this hotel already.

[ And they get kicked out into the hallway. ]

[battling]

[Nero has walls for days, Bradley just says shit.

There's that deep sense of loss and a faint hint of confusion.]

Showin' its colors early.

[malewife]

The other doors must be just as annoying.

[ But there's still curiosity. ]

[battling]

Still wanna know what they do?

[malewife]

I'd rather know what this place is capable of, instead of being caught off guard.

[ Sometimes you just want to be prepared at all times. ]

[battling]

Which one ya wanna try next?

[malewife]

... They all look the same, so pick one.

[ He doesn't have a preference. ]

[battling]

[ He walks until he hits 18

You open a door and find yourself falling, falling, falling. There is nothing to catch yourself on. Are you falling for minutes, or is it hours? It's hard to tell. The ground comes rushing up to meet you, and you black out. You find yourself back in the hall, disoriented and sore all over but with no visible injuries. Only four minutes have passed.

When he opens the door he feels confusion. ]

[malewife]

[ There's also confusion? ]

... This is unpleasant, but less unpleasant than the last room.

[ They're just falling. Joonghyuk isn't even scared, but there's some annoyance that they... Don't stop falling. ]

How do we make this stop.

[battling]

We gotta wait it out. It'll be over when it decides it is.

[malewife]

This room is useless, then.

[ SO WHAT. THE HOTEL CAN MAKE YOU FALL FOREVER? ]

[battling]

Did ya think the other one was useful?

[It sure does FEEL like forever.]

[malewife]

No, but it was at least stimulating.

What can we do here? Take a nap?

[battling]

Don't think there's a monster at the bottom of this fall?

[malewife]

Niah would have sensed it if there was.

[ Joonghyuk’s daemon is also falling with them. Dog is chilling. ]

A monster isn’t unwelcome as long as it doesn’t run off and disappear into nothing.

[battling]

It'll be nothing considerin' how these doors seem.

[annoyed. He wants to fight a monster.]

[malewife]

[ For Joonghyuk, he’s frustrated. ]

You can barely call them fights. [ … ] Is this their taste for entertainment?

[battling]

This is some weird ass entertainment. I'm already bored.

[malewife]

If we’re falling, then we’re being subjected to gravity. We must fall on something even—[ And they splat onto the ground and are back in the hallway. ]

…

[battling]

...

That was stupid.

[malewife]

My whole body is sore.

[ Squints. ]

Really stupid.