Survive.

Stay alive. Stay out of the basement. Become saner. Become happier. Understand what happened to us. Find allies. Confront Remi for what she did to us. In roughly ascending order. Good luck getting any of that done, though.

... I think they were asking about the book thing.

What's the difference?

... anyway. What exactly are we going to do now? Patchy doesn't seem to have noticed that we're back yet. 

I was not in fact asking about the book thing. Revenge sounds like a stupid idea, no one ends up better off. The other things sound good though. Who's 'we'? What's she likely to do when she finds out?

Did you not notice how many of us there are?

People ending up "better off" is not the point of revenge, new voice.

I was including ourselves when I said 'better off,' and yes I've noticed how many of us there are but as far as I know I'm not 'back' from anywhere so my question stands.

"We" presumably means the body we are in, I think? Also I agree with the new voice, 'revenge' just sounds petty and/or disgusting and not worth it, my thinking goes more along the lines of 'if they're gonna interfere prevent them from doing so, if they're not ignore them'. Not sure what new voice means by 'better off' there but still.

If this becomes a chorus of 'and let's live a long dull life of peaceful coexistence' I believe I will tire very quickly of this dream.

Poet, what do you mean 'this dream'?

What do I mean when I say anything, overspecific one? Perhaps I mean the dream of consciousness, this confused and unfair world we all find ourselves rudely thrust into.

Or perhaps not. Perhaps eventually you'll figure out the mystery, but for now, I think it more entertaining if I keep my own counsel.

I can't fail to notice that no one's answered my question, you point out.

You're in the mind of a madwoman, and you're surprised at unfair treatment?

Maybe try asking more interesting questions. Like how exactly we're going to kill Patchy. I favor a makeshift garrote, do we have anything to use for that?

What do we even gain from killing her? She's a potential asset, we could use her instead.

That sounds incredibly dull.

Oh, yes, because killing her isn't. At least if she isn't dead she'll do things, dead people just stay there, all dead.

One doesn't stay around afterwards. One moves on to the next victim. Really, it's as though you've put no thought into this at all.

How delightful, I'm rooming with a serial killer.

Let's just put the book down on her table. Murdervoice, just let us be patient. If there's murder to happen, being helpful helps regardless. We still have Remi and Sakuya to worry about. If Patchy won't attack us right now, that's good.

Ugh.

Look at this as an opportunity, dear butcher! You said you favored a makeshift garrote, perhaps patience will give you the chance to spot something that could be made into one.

You set the book down.