#fin you are going to continuously be relevant even if you deleted the blog MONTHS ago /silly

[mini-games]

(Mini goes silent for a second, collecting her thoughts.)

Yeah, they were a close friend of mine and Boss's. They got lost every now and then, despite being the location finder, but uh... They've been missing for a while now. I don't really know where they went, and if they got lost again then it would be weird for them to not send out some kind of signal...

The devs probably scrapped them or something, I'd assume. I miss them, but there's not really much I can do about it.

(The Blanket Fortress gets closer as they continue walking.)

[As they near the Badlands, Jordan feels a sort of sinking feeling in their gut. Whether it is an ailment of some kind or the preemptive guilt of their future actions, they could not say, nor would they know. The journey through Exclamania has been long and arduous, yet even so was made bearable by their traveling companion.]

[Jordan had grown to see Mini as a ward of sorts, perhaps even as something greater than that, over these long months. Daylight seemed less harmful than before, having to put up with it for her sake, the nights a moment of reprieve from walking, watching patiently as Mini slept a few feet away.]

[They did not want to think of what would happen once their lie came to fruition. Would she accuse them belligerently of deceitfulness? Would she understand their wants and desires?]

[...did they even want this at all? But they'd come this far after so long, and their code soul ached deeply. Even if not for the reasons they started this odyssey, they had to finish it, just to keep themself from hurting so horribly.]

How much longer do you believe we have, Mini-Games? I'm aware there is supposed to be a gorge of shorts, and whereuntil we arrive there, the Badlands are morosely out of reach. Winter is arriving upon this land soon, as well, and you are in no condition to travel through snow...

[They think for a moment.]

Of course, if it came down to it I'd surely carry you the rest of the way. Perhaps you could stay with me- just until the season, obviously. You have a mini-games lobby to run, after all, and I wouldn't want to keep you preoccupied.

(@jordan-lovelock)

Hmm... The gorge, where the Blanket Fortress is, should be pretty close. Not much longer, I presume. And I'm sure I can handle the cold just fine, despite the uh...

(Mini rubs the blue scar on their hand, deciding to let the sentence trail off.)

And I think the Lobby will be fine. I'm sure Games has it all under control, anyways. I can take as long as we need!