Act I Chapter II
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Tenebris presses a button which pulls the windows shut. An electrical signal pulses through it, turning the window opaque when it is fully closed. The room is now much dimmer.
SAMSARA: oh that feels so much better.
TENEBRIS: yeah at least this place has a dark mode
TENEBRIS: my skin gets freckles every time it goes under the sun
SAMSARA: i get a little itchy. different from shadow to shadow if i recall the textbook biology correctly.
TENEBRIS: wow you still remember that shit after summer break?
SAMSARA: ehh some parts stuck. good to know this sort of thing anyway.
TENEBRIS: so… you the only one?
SAMSARA: only one?
TENEBRIS: from your middle school i mean
SAMSARA: oh.
SAMSARA: yeah, i am.
TENEBRIS: …
TENEBRIS: it’s lonely, isn’t it?
TENEBRIS: i only have one person here whom i knew before.
SAMSARA: i feel like i have to build up from scratch.
SAMSARA: all my friends i made in middle school, they’re gone.
SAMSARA: of course we all promised to keep in touch, but…
SAMSARA: online interaction just isn’t authentic, you know?
TENEBRIS: i feel you sister
TENEBRIS: i really don’t know anyone here. except for this one girl. and we weren’t that close either, so it’s not like we can randomly approach each other for friend or love advice or anything of that sort
TENEBRIS: so i feel like i’m alone
SAMSARA: hm.
SAMSARA: guess the only friends we got here are each other, huh.
SAMSARA: shadow buddies.
Tenebris smiles.
TENEBRIS: hehe
TENEBRIS: shadow buddies indeed