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So I have been told by another wonderful being that the whole book removing thing is unlikely and so I plan on staying on this platform.
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I wake up, wrapped in Mono's arms like a life jacket. I was curled into a ball in his chest, my head nuzzled into the crook of his neck and my arms around his waist. I sighed lightly, euphoria filled my veins and I wished we could stay like this forever... but we couldn't... we had to keep moving. I begin to stir, trying not to wake Mono up just yet; my plan failed. He tightens his hold on me and I squeak in light surprise.
"Shhh, you'll wake up Six..." he whispers into my ear, leaning down and placing a light kiss on my cheek. I turn my head to him and he closes the gap, our lips working perfectly in sync as we enjoyed one another's company. We pull away and I rub the tip of my nose on his, causing him to chuckle.
"Aww!! My OTP!!!" We jump apart to find Six staring at us like the puppy she got for Christmas. "I knew you guys would get together eventually!" She ran up to me, jumping and wrapping her arms around my neck in a tight hug.
"Okayyy, I think our time here is over!! Let's keep moving!" Mono awkwardly shuffles over the crank, turning it until the piano dropped. Unluckily, it didn't smash through the floor.
"Jump!?" Six asks giddily and I laugh before nodding, joining her in bouncing upon the piano.
"Careful, au wouldn't want it to drop and you to get hurt, either of you." Mono worriedly stands to the side, watching warily.
"Don't worry! It won't faAAAAHHH!!" We go tumbling through the ground. Me and Six tumble off the instrument, and I am hit in the back of the head with a floorboard. I hear Mono scream and climb down the rope to our level, he glances over at Six, seeing she was fine and runs over to my side.
"Is it my time to call you dumbass?" He pulls me up, wrapping his arm around my neck and ruffling my hair with his fist. I groan, pushing him away and shaking myself back too. When I go to look around my vision blurs slightly and I grab the nearest thing I can for support. Turns out that was Mono's pocket and I just dragged him down with me. Once again, Six had a laughing fit, and me and Mono just blushed. Eventually, we could continue. Six's laughing had gained the attention of a young pottery child outside a boarded wooden door. Mono sneaks around the back, smashing its head in and getting a key to help us progress further. He crawls back under and we continue on through the next door in the building.
"How long is this place?? It just keeps going!?" I complain, kicking at the floor beneath us.
"With the amount of complaining you do, I'd say you were British."
"That doesn't answer my question Mono." He chuckles.
"It's as long as it needs to be, the real question you should be asking is how long is long?" Six comes to a halt.
"Wait a minute-"
Mono shushes her, pointing to the corner of the room where a kid scribbled on the floor. He starts to sneak around the side to grab a weapon on the floor, but doesn't quite get enough time.
Six sneaks up behind it before I could stop her. She pounces on it, a war cry leaving her mouth as she snarls and kills it with her bare hands, taking the time to break all of its appendages. I vowed over by Mono, who watches in shock. When Six comes back to she glances over at us and looks down in shame.
"S-sorry guys... I- I don't know what came over me..." Once again, I thought I could spot a shadowy replica of Six in the far corner, but it was gone long before I could get a proper look.
"It's okay, just, be careful before you do something like that, okay?" Mono smiles at her and she nods, happily skipping back to our side. I grab onto Mono's hand, what just happened?
We continue on our way, me sticking close to Mono and being slightly wary of Six, but friendly enough for them not to suspect anything was off. We follow the sound of a piano, climbing up stairs and bookcases before we emerge into a room. Behind a grand piano sits the teacher, occasionally stopping her playing to take notes. Mono motions us to stay low and we huddle in the corner.
"We need to get past her and to that vent, we have to be nearly out of this place by now." Six points out and we go silent whilst she takes notes.
"There's a crank on the ground floor, that properly lowers the bed frame thing... so we can get across the gap above her, someone just has to get down there." Mono nods towards the other side of the room and we silently try and formulate a plan.
"I'll go." I say, putting my hand up to silence their objections. "Mono, you're the heaviest, you'll be able to weigh it down enough to stay whilst I get back, Six is the youngest, I would have a clear conscience if she was to stay safe and out of harms way and prepare for opening the vent for when I'm back... I'm in the middle, I'm small and quiet, I'll be fine."
"You're also the clumsiest bitch I know love, are you sure about this?" I nod and we share a small hug before I make my way down to the floor. I creep across the room, only stopping when she goes to take notes, and get to the crank, lowering the frame. Six runs across and Monk hops on, getting to the far side and staying there, when I let go of the crank, the frame rises slightly but stays put. I cross the room again, only to find that the bookshelves were to high up for me to climb.
"Shit." I hiss under my breath, cutting short when the teacher abruptly stops, I hide behind a corner as her head whips around to look for the source of the sound. We all hold our breath. She continues. Six jumps back onto the frame and Mono makes his way down, once again, the frame rises slightly more but ultimately stays put. Mono reaches down, grabbing my hand and pulling me up. For a moment I felt dizzy, almost like I did when I had that weird premonition on the stairs way back when, but it soon dissipated. We climb up and across, Mono aiding Six in opening the vent.
SCREEEEEE!!
"Fuck."Mono pushes me into the vent and me and Six struggle to push open a second blockage, we do it just in time for Mono to jump in and the teachers head to come snapping behind him. I scream and we make our way through the vents until Six drops out of my vision.
"SIX!" I yell only for Monk to push me out behind her and grip onto my waist, pulling me into his chest as we free fall.

I'm falling, wrapped in something warm, the walls are squirming and watching us as we make our descent, I look up to see Six gazing down at us with regret before she disappears over the side of the land. I clutch onto Mono harder and everything goes black.

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