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"Oh, you think this is your nightmare? Ha. I wish."

Lillie repeated those words in her head like mantra. It wasn't her fault. It wasn't her fault. It was his. Really, though, it was only true in the short term... It was her fault she was here at all. If she hadn't lashed out and stolen Nebby, she would've been safe at home right now. If she...

Lillie was frozen. By the time she collected herself enough that she thought to move for the hat, she felt a force squeezing her. Keeping her trapped. Seconds later, she was covered once more. The pressure on her let up... but she didn't move. What was she supposed to do? In the moment, she...

Lillie screamed. When she screamed, she felt Morgan crash into her from behind. She tried to cling to the head she was standing on, but she slipped forward... right over the eyes. Kora's duplicate didn't have time to react, and went up on smoke. With nothing to stand on, Lillie and her hat...

Spirit's tails were wagging. "Why are we so excited about ghost types?" Something about the 'ghost-types' chant made Lillie feel... uncomfortable. She didn't know why. It was supposed to be a good thing, right? So why did it make feel so... off.

Lillie squeaked. "D-Dungeon? What's happening now?" She wasn't sure how much of her confusion came from this world, and how much came from the fact she couldn't see. In all likelihood, she would've been confused either way... but teeing unable to see wasn't helping, either.

"D-Demihuman?" Lillie really wished she wasn't stuck under her hat. "What does that mean?"

Soul silently slunk toward Petram and Cabot. They cast a glance nervously around the room.

Soul trotted up. Petram had said something about an important mission. Soul felt like they shouldn't miss that. They were having second thoughts, though. They held their escape orb tightly in their tails. "Are we sure this is a good idea?"

Spirit approached the white-furred sneasel and sniffed at them. Their appearance didn't bring any words to mind, which only made her more curious. "Who are you?"

Lillie grimaced beneath the hat. She didn't like that answer. She didn't say anything, though. Talking would only make things worse. Why did the others here seem to be trying to convince her being a Mimikyu was so... fine. Maybe the were right. Maybe she was being unreasonable. She was probably...

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Chapter 3: Firelight Niko was bored. Spirit and that Absol whose name she couldn’t remember just kept talking and talking. For at least an hour now, she’d been asking him questions, and he responded with dull stories while Spirit sat enraptured. The exchange went on and on and on. Niko...

Review replies! About two-thirds of what I want to say is spoilers that I'm keeping my mouth shut on, and a significant chunk of the other 33% is about where things went wrong. Hopefully, this doesn't come across as defensive, but as it turned out, not saying anything about what I do intend...

"We're going on a train?" Despite everything, Lillie found that somewhat exiting... Until it occurred to her that she would have to board the thing, and ride it, all without anyone ever catching a glimpse of her. The logistics of being a disguiseless Mimikyu complicated things. She wouldn't...

I just remembered time spent outlining counts. I didn't track it all, so I'm going to air on the very safe side and log 6 hours. I definitely did at least that much.

"Tell me about it," Lillie grumbled. "Want to trade? Perhaps we can go find a Manaphy to swap us." The offer was nothing more than facetious. While Lillie couldn't see what the person she was talking to had become, she was sure it wasn't as bad as Mimikyu. There was no way anyone would've...

"This... is not where I expected my mind to go next." Damn. She'd been doing well at silencing the noise in her head. This music would make it harder to starve the Nihilego. Music inspired emotions. Emotions fed the Nihilego. Feeding the Nihilego prolonged this nightmare. The music was killing...

Abigail grumbled as she got out of bed. What the hell was happening now?

Soul looked at Ivy, worry in their eyes. "Are you okay? What just happened? You're sure you're still okay to go eat?" Soul took a deep 'breath.' "Anyways, I want to try fruits or something! Celeste can't eat those. We should go find some..." <><><><><>