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[4thwalled]

The problem with that... is whoever manifested this place in the first place dictates the rules about what we receive. When they're generous, we get a library that's bigger on the inside and has access to texts from many, many wordlines. But when it's not so generous, we get things like a knock-off costume shop-laundry facility.

If you're thinking "safe house", that's one thing, but you have to keep in mind the restrictions according to the "rules" this "world" follows.

[in fact, person who knows all about that kind of thing: this guy.]

You can try to find loopholes when you know what those rules are.

[copyrewriter]

Unfortunately, this place seems vastly more restrictive than the Star Stream ever was. It's not that concerned with making a good story, after all.

I don't know what you think a place given to us by this place's whims might do to benefit us. More than anything, we might benefit more from buying our monsters' powers and using them in conjunction with what we already have access to.

[pagereturner]

[Long, annoyed sigh when she says "our monsters' powers".]

[4thwalled]

Ah, Junghyeok-ah, you keep acting like your dragon is such a pain, but it just seems to be a cute fan of yours? Take some time to look into its story? Maybe then it'll stop interrupting yours?

[copyrewriter]

...

It is rather cute, for a dragon. And besides, a dragon's story is very useful, isn't it?

[pagereturner]

[Squint.]

What did you two do.

[4thwalled]

I didn't do anything? I just gave it some advice on how to appeal to you rather than interrupt?

[copyrewriter]

What, you don't remember? I didn't do anything, anyway.

[pagereturner]

Alright, forget the first idea, we should do my second idea first.

I want to request something that materializes our possessions in the physical realm, in front of us.

[Why is his hand suddenly on the hilt of his sword.........]

[4thwalled]

Be nice to your dragon.

[copyrewriter]

We're not doing that. Besides, the dragon is so cute? You're finally a 10/10, aren't you happy?

[pagereturner]

This is a tragedy. The dragon has somehow bewitched them both. Oh well. I'll just have to kill them too. I wonder if anybody will go to their funerals. I probably won't.

[4thwalled]

You'd ruin my No Dying streak like that?

[copyrewriter]

[ laughs, earnest. ]

Is that so? After all those fancy words you gave me, too. What a waste.

Stop being such a baby about it, at least it's not out there trying to eat people.

[pagereturner]

It's eating my patience.

It stepping all over my stories almost got me killed before. Why are you two suddenly encouraging this behavior.

[4thwalled]

I told you--it just wants to help? Maybe actually understand its story before acting out against it?

Anyway, speaking of fancy words, you still have a book checked out in my name from the library.

[WHERE'S THE BOOK, YU JUNGHYEOK]

[copyrewriter]

Fighting against it isn't going to help you right now anyway. Since it's otherwise mostly harmless like the sphinx, it would be better if you tried to understand it, especially if it does talk to you.

[ a pause ]

Oh? He knows how to read, now?

/2

[pagereturner]

[Yu Junghyeok imagines clonking their heads together like the Three Stooges.]

[He imagines it for another few seconds.]

[Okay, he's done.]

[pagereturner]

Here.

[He tosses the book to Dokja. The volume of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint that takes place in the 1863rd turn.]

I should keep it and see if it turns you into a squid again with how much you're getting in my way right now.

[4thwalled]

[WHY ARE YOU THROWING BOOKS? ESPECIALLY THIS ONE?! but catching it and giving him a Look before he puts the book into a coat pocket

keeps him from sweating nervously about the comment that the sphinx is harmless]

I'd be even more annoying to you just for wishing that.

[copyrewriter]

Ignoring me, now, and in my own room.

[ frowns, but watches dokja put that book away... ]

And what's that?

[pagereturner]

It's a book. I thought you were supposed to be a writer.

[4thwalled]

It's one of the volumes of the story that was in my room for a while.

[since she actually saw those volumes.]

[copyrewriter]

Nothing's ever "just" a book with you assholes. Why did you need that specific one?

[pagereturner]

I've done nothing to deserve being lumped in with him on that. I've never been connected to any strange books when I had a choice in the matter.

I needed it because I wanted to read it and I prefer tactile reading to a phone or a stigma.

[Old man.]