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Willpower check: 11 vs. 9: Success!
"Aggh-I-I don't even own a garden!" Jessica jerked back to life at Naomi's second shake, blinking in fading confusion until her eyes focused on Naomi once again.
"Those ads can get... kinda intense, huh?"Jessica stared at Naomi for a second, the feeling of the spiral still swirling somewhere in the back of her mind, while she struggled to remember exactly what that feeling had been...
"Oh never mind," she shrugged.
"Let's just have some fun. We're supposed to fight monsters or something, right? I can't wait to give this thing a swing or two." She swatted through the air with her staff, then gestured for Naomi to step forward and lead the way into their virtual reality adventure, blissfully unaware of the trap her friend had saved her from.
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Elsewhere, the Cybersafe cab pulled to a stop in front of the Cybersafe HQ. It was later in the day than you would have thought, with the sun starting to dip from it's place in the sky. Your body aches ever so slightly from the ride over--maybe you fell asleep funny? But your mind feels absolutely fresh and ready to go. Thoughts swirl around in your head as you consider the morning's events. You beat Artemis in your duel, fair and square, and so she was yours now, by right. At the same time, though, something about thinking of yourself as the owner, rather than the owned, felt wrong. Even worse, you couldn't tell why, so the dissonance just sat there in your mind, rattling uncomfortably.
" You planning on heading up?" Artemis asks with a blunt stare. She steps past you and walks forward into the building without another glance behind her, leaving you standing alone in the parking lot as the cab pulls away.