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## Synopsis

Crow and Quinn decide to buy each other coffee as an apology. Collie interrupts as the Narrator talks to Ori/The Operators.

## Transcript

### Panel 1

* Tell them to take turns. First one buys coffee and then the other. That way they can both apologize since they were both wrong for different reasons

Mallory: Two dates, Crow!!

Quinn: I suppose...

* Put your arms around them and smile saucily. Tell them if they both buy YOU coffee, then you'll consider it even.

Crow: I mean....I'm okay with that...

Mallory: Two dates, buddy.

### Panel 2

cutscene.

YOU GOT MALLORY A DATE WITH TWO CUTE WEREWOLVES... I WONDER IF THIS IS OKAY... SHE SEEMS HAPPY, THOUGH FOR HOW LONG I DON'T KNOW...ANYWAY....I WAS DOING SOME THINKING.

Mallory: Crow, we'll have some questions for you when I'm less cozy.

...THERE IS A GOOD ENDING, ...RIGHT?

### Panel 3

I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN... FORCING THIS ON YOU, WITHOUT REALLY ASKING. I KEEP ASKING YOU, AGAIN AND AGAIN, TO SOLVE EVERYTHING. I NEVER ASKED IF YOU **WANTED** TO. **... ...** I'LL BE HONEST. I WASN'T EXPECTING MUCH FROM THIS WORLD. IT WAS... SAME OLD. SAME OLD. BUT **NOW** ...I'M ALREADY OFF SCRIPT, Y'KNOW? WITH MALLORY HERE, EVEN **I'M** NOT SURE WHAT I SHOULD DO...ISN'T THAT SAD? ...THEN AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR **YEARS,** HAVEN'T WE? YOU AND ME. US. I GUESS, BY NOW, NEITHER OF US HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO KEEP ON. I DUNNO. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY I CAN'T LET YOU GO, **ORI.**

### Panel 4

Collie: Whoever is there talking. I need you to stop.

**-!** WHO--

Collie: You have. Been an incredible pain in my neck for some hours now. Please, for the love of God, be quiet. At this point you're just whining. .......

**.....**

Collie: That's better. ...You were close to me. A while ago. Nice setup. Crystal-powered, some kind of big computer. Very cool. So, what drove you to spend your time yelling into voidspace?

W-WHO **ARE** YOU? HOW...

Collie: Over here.

### Panel 5

YOU??? WAIT, HOW...WHAT...IT'S **YOU**?

Collie: ...For real? You're for real surprised. That the only fucked-up space tiger **thing** int he world. Can do stuff like hear your chit-chat. Is your Gift Iter, like mine?

ITER: one of the five Gift classifications. Powers that move or transport physical objects.

N-NO... TATORI...

TATORI: Powers that manipulate the environment with invisible magic.

### Panel 6

Collie: Don't try to change angles to confuse me. I know where you're looking. You can't avoid me, **friend**.

HOW?

Collie: Oh, NOW you're making eye contact. Pretty polite once you've been called out, aren't you?

PLEASE, I--

Collie: I don't want to talk to the one playing at narrating. I want to see the ones who have actual power. Hey. Your names're ORION, right? ...Here's a question. What's your **goal**, in all this?

### Panel 7

SYSTEM:

You solved Crow and Quinn's "conflict" in a diplomatic and flirty fashion. You'll be taken back there to see the results and influence that date after this scene. For now, it's you and Collie. Feel free to speak to her directly, without any proxy character to command.

### Caption

NARRATOR: …………..Well. I guess we’re way past “suggest an action” now.