mmmm whatcha say

ANGE: Jayce mentioned—

BATTLER: Jayce? When did you talk to Jayce?

ANGE: I don't know—sometime before this round?

BATTLER: Why can't you remember?

ANGE: Well, I talk to Jayce a lot so—

BATTLER: You talk to Jayce a lot? How often?

ANGE: Why does it matter?

BATTLER: He's a lot to deal with, so I just want to make sure—

ANGE: Deal with? I'm not dealing with Jayce. We're friends.

BATTLER: You're friends?!?

ANGE: Yes. Friends. You talk to him too. He's your friend's sponsor right?

BATTLER: Yeah, we talk, but not really by choice. And I'm definitely not friends with him.

ANGE: Well I am. You should be too. He's cool.

BATTLER: This is Jayce Talis we're talking about right? There's not another Jayce that's also a contestant's sponsor? Or maybe a ghost named Jayce?

ANGE: Yes, Battler. I'm talking about Jayce Talis. He created an interdimensional planning space?

BATTLER: You know about the bad plan cube?

ANGE: Why is it the bad plan cube? He's good at coming up with plans!

BATTLER: He doesn't have one!

ANGE: Yes, he does. And it's way more than any of you have right now. He's the only one actually doing anything.

BATTLER: He hasn't done a single thing but be an asshole!

ANGE: Oh, he's an asshole? What about your friends, the other contestants? They aren't assholes?

BATTLER: They're—that's—It's different, okay?

ANGE: Sure it is. And your sponsor—the woman who murdered our family—is so much better than him too, right?

BATTLER: Jayce hurt Viktor. Really badly!

ANGE: Worse than murder?

BATTLER: Look, I don't know the specifics, but—

ANGE: Has Jayce ever killed anyone?

BATTLER: Well, no, but—

ANGE: So whatever it is, it's probably not that bad.

BATTLER: Did he tell you that?

ANGE: He didn't have to! I trust him.

BATTLER: You trust Jayce?

ANGE: You don't?

BATTLER: Of course not!

ANGE: Why not?

BATTLER: I already said: he hurt Viktor.

ANGE: You've shot Viktor before.

BATTLER: I—it was more complicated than that, but. Yes. I guess I have.

ANGE: He still trusts you.

BATTLER: That's—it's different!

ANGE: How?

BATTLER: I didn't betray him!

ANGE: No, you just killed him.

BATTLER: He asked me to!

ANGE: Oh, so murder's okay when they ask you to?

BATTLER: I told you, it's not—That has nothing to do with why Viktor doesn't trust Jayce.

ANGE: Well, I don't think he has a very good reason.

BATTLER: You only know one side of the story!

ANGE: And so do you!

BATTLER: Yeah, but you heard it from Jayce, who's a liar.

ANGE: Jayce hasn't lied to me once.

BATTLER: I'm literally telling you about how he's lying to you.

ANGE: How do you know Viktor isn't lying?

BATTLER: There was a whole memory dream puzzle room! He can't lie about that!

ANGE: Jayce has had to deal with memory puzzles too. He's just as much a part of this game as Viktor is.

BATTLER: Yeah, but he's—

ANGE: You know what I think?

BATTLER: What?

ANGE: I think you're jealous.

BATTLER: Jealous? Of Jayce Talis?

ANGE: Yes.

BATTLER: Jealous about what?

ANGE: I think you're jealous that I get to talk to him more than you because of this stupid death game show.

BATTLER: I'm not—I—

ANGE: And that I like him but I don't really like your friends.

BATTLER: You don't like—?

ANGE: And that he's smarter than you.

BATTLER: Jayce Talis is not smarter than me!

ANGE: I think he is.

BATTLER: Well, then you're wrong.

ANGE: Am not.

BATTLER: Are to!

ANGE: Am not!

BATTLER: Are to!

ANGE: Am not!

BATTLER: I'm not arguing about this anymore! Your judgement is obviously clouded—

ANGE: Obviously?!?

BATTLER: —So I don't actually have to listen to what you have to say.

ANGE: You're not even going to listen to your sister?

BATTLER: What's that? I can't hear you. I'm too busy being right.

ANGE: Ugh! You're insufferable!

BATTLER: Did you say I'm adorable? I guess you're finally getting smart.

ANGE: Augh!

ANGE: If I promise not to bring it up again, will you stop making that face?

BATTLER: …As long as you never talk about Jayce being "cool".

ANGE: Fine, but you can't say mean things about him anymore.

BATTLER: ……………………..Fine.

ANGE: Good.

BATTLER: Okay.

ANGE: Okay.

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BATTLER: So what were you saying about escape plans?