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episode 5

bro i LEGIT forgot to post this im literaly working on ep6 rn

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'Hey, your name's Kab, right?' Squiddo asked, slowly wiping her glasses with a cloth. Those glasses were just for style; they didn't have a graded lens or anything fancy.

'Kaboodle, but yeah, you can call me Kab,' the blue-haired girl replied, straightening her headband. It had bunny ears. Squiddo wanted to touch them; they looked fluffy.

'Soo, why'd ya invite me here?' asked Kab. They were at a cozy little coffee shop, it was perfect for meeting up, especially because the owners were pretty chill.

'Just wanted to get to know ya more, especially since we're friends of friends. You seemed to know Clown, y'know?' Squiddo replied as they were served their drinks.

'Your snacks are being prepared,' the waiter said. Kab nodded.

'Oh, alright! Well.. my name's Kaboodle. I like bunnies, um,' Kaboodle paused, thinking of what to say. She took a sip of her coffee. 'My bad, I don't know what to say.'

'That's alright! At least you showed up, you know?' Squiddo said, placing down her cup. 'Well, I'll start, I guess? I like drawing.. animating, playing videogames and that stuff, hanging out with my friends, being sorta silly.. Oh! You should...'

Kaboodle listened attentively while taking sips of her coffee.

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'God, Red, is there any specific reason why you keep bringing me outside to do shit? Couldn't you have just, I dunno, ordered online, maybe done the bare minimum of kindness to me and taken the drive-thru instead? Do you fucking hate me?' ranted Ash.

'Uhh- hi, welcome to McDonalds bro, do you want a Happy Meal or something?' asked the cashier.

Ash thought he looked quite familiar. Eh, was probably nothing.

'Oh,' said the employee.

'Thanks for the compliment,' Red replied, not looking directly at Spoke's eyes.

'Y'know, my brother was complaining about you a few days back. I wonder why.'

'Just put the fries in the bag bro,' interrupted Ash.

'Ash? The hell're you doing here bro?' the cashier asks, starting to play with some gravy.

'Getting food, obviously..'

'Wait- who are you?' Ash added after a moment, eyeing the now-empty gravy container the employee downed in just one gulp. Ash looked at him in disgust.

'Wait, why are you here?' interjected Red.

'Working. Because of Minute,' he muttered, frowning at the mention of his brother.

'The fuck are you guys discussing about? Move, I want food,' interrupted the person behind. Right. Food. Red announced his order to Spoke and with a small sigh, the conversation ended.

'Why does Spoke know you?' asked Red, sitting down on a chair as they waited for their order to be called.

'Look- I don't know either, but can you stop bringing me outside?' Red ignored him. Red just stood up as their order was being called.

'Okay? And? Can we go back?' Ash said, looking longingly at the exit doors.

'Sure,' Red simply said.

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Branzy was somewhat nervously walking in a familiar hallway. He was a little confused staring at the doors; they were all the same model. Suddenly stopping at a certain door in the depths of the hallway, he politely knocked.

He was now facing a certain someone with black hair.

'Sorry for being late, Clown,' Branzy apologized.

'No, no, it's alright. It's not like you get punished or anything for this,' The latter replied, sitting down on one of the chairs.

Branzy took some time to scan the room, as it was the first time he'd been there. It's a small room with four fluffy chairs all gathered up around a rather large coffee table. There was some pound cake and tea on the table, no doubt set by Len.

This world was a mystery for the both of them, yet one chose to stay silent, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. Very fitting for him.

'Anyway, why'd ya call me here?' asked Branzy, plopping himself down on one of the chairs.

'I was bored,' Clown muttered in response, staring at the door behind Branzy.

'Anything you'd like to talk about?'

'Nothing in particular. I just wanted to see you.'

'Oh. Then... how about we talk about what happened that Friday? Uhh- did you enjoy it at the very least?'

'Ash was weird,' Clown commented. 'The free food was good though.'

...

More silence envelops the room. Branzy fidgets- the current atmosphere was tense and awkward. Also, there was no more food.

'Oh! Yeah, are we gonna share this place? With others?' he suddenly asked.

'I don't know. Probably just sit it out until someone stumbles and finds themself in here,' said Clown, expression unreadable.

'Oh. What if someone already found this place- while we were sleeping or something?'

'Well then, good for whoever they are. I'm pretty sure there's a chance that someone's lost in the infinite hallway right now.'

'Also, what do we call this place?'

'Miku said this was a Sekai, so, Sekai, I guess?'

'I.. ran out of topics to converse with,' admitted Branzy finally.

'It's alright,' said Clown absentmindedly. 'I enjoy your company a lot.'

'Thanks?' he didn't know how to respond to that comment- compliment? 'What if we ask that Miku person if anyone else visited?'

Even more silence, broken by Hatsune Miku herself opening the door without knocking.

'Hi. I heard my name,' she greeted.

'Miku!' Branzy said. 'Have you seen anyone else visit this.. Sekai recently? Or anciently, whatever. Just other people in this Sekai thing.'

'Oh, yeah, it was actually-' she paused to jog her memory, 'yesterday or the day before? Yeah, there were two people here in SEKAI. They're gone now, though,' she confirmed.

'Wait- what,' Clown finally showed some emotion in his voice. 'Who?' And on that lovely note, Miku started leaving midsentence.

'If they know how to get out, then they certainly know how to come back in,' noted Branzy.

'Then let's just wait.'

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SORRY FOR THE WAIT HOLY SHIT
ok chat please comment because i need to know if i'll squeeze in wxs in the 7th episode or not. it'll be important either way i swear guys.