"What are you doing?"

"Tell me now."

"I hate you."

"Why are you like this?"

"What is that?"

"Stop it."

"Oh, is someone feeling bad? Poor kid."

"Stop!"

"I don't think I will. They won't believe you."

"They will!"

"Are you sure about that?"

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"How're you doing?"

"Okay."

"You sure? Did you get any sleep last night?"

"I did, don't worry!"

"You're not like normal. I'm gonna choose to worry."

"Okay, but it's for nothing! I'm doing great."

"Okay, then. Let's get to business now, I guess."

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"We haven't seen each other in a while!"

"Yeah, because we broke apart. Our interests have changed."

"Dang, that portal did something to your brain. We used to be best friends last season! Now look at us. I haven't changed one bit, but look at you. So many changes in the past few months."

"Stop! We went different ways before even that. Plus, you HAVE changed! Look at yourself, then old you."

"Self-reflection? Heck no! Let's just have a day to ourselves."

"Okay? What do we do?"

"Whatever you want!"

"Well-"

"If I like it, too. We have to have fun, you know!"

"Mhm."

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"Come on! This'll be fun!"

"Are you sure?"

"Of course! Who am I kidding?"

"I dunno, me?"

"Oh, come on! I would never lie to you!"

"Cool."

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"Come on! Get in!"

"No, I'm good just watching."

"It's burning out! The water's nice!"

"I think someone's calling me."

"Are you hearing things?"

"No! I'm hearing my phone!"

"So you have super hearing?"

"I gotta go!"

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"Hiiii!"

"Hello!"

"Heyyy!"

"Hello!"

"Hello,"

"How are ya doing?"

"Good, actually!"

"Cool! Let's go now!"

"Okay, where do we go?"

"Just down the road! We just met here since it's warmer out here."

"Let's go now, slowpokes!"

"Hey!"

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"C'mon, this way."

"What?"

"It'll be fun!"

"You guys aren't acti-"

"You're not feeling yourself! Let's go, it'll make you feel better."

"Guys, what's happening?"

"We're going to have fun!"

"It'll be so cool!"

"It won't be as hot as back there."

"We will actually get stuff done!"

"Wait, what's that?"

"Nothing!"

"What are you going to do to me!?"

"Nothing!"

"What am I going to do?"

"Sit tight, let us do the work. You can relax!"

"Wait, who's that?"

"Shit."

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So here's a little thing! It's connected to Robes, I'll go back to regular-style writing for the next chapter. I wanted to try something new, and I think this fits it.

No, I'm not saying who each character is. I think you can tell maybe 2-3 of them from this, but two are giving no ideas. Feel free to start off some theories on this story and the characters on my conversations board, or in the comments here!

Here is the characters, if you need context:

Character 1

Character 2

Character 3

Character 4

Character 5

Character 6

Happy theory-making!