CH4: Questions for Arleth

Arleth and I walk out of the gym and I brace myself and ask her bravely: “How did you get level 5?” I see her turn to me quickly and she answers in a calm voice: “I found an exploit.” That suddenly makes me remember something from a while ago. That thing Wicky was working on. She called it a hack to get experience points, didn’t she? Could that…

We continue and I have to guide Arleth as apparently she has never been inside the school building before. She apparently spent the whole 2 first days inside the old school building outside. “What exploit?” I ask and she turns to me again and sighs: “I do not have time to show you how to do it now.” I shake my head and touch her arm and she turns to me again quickly: “No… I didn’t mean that, I meant how did you learn that. Are you good with electronics or something?” She looks a little scary while staring me down and I get uncomfortable. We are standing in the middle of a hallway and she doesn’t seem very approachable.

“I am not especially good with that, no. It’s just a logical thing. Hmm, can I ask you a personal question?” She tilts her head and I nod and stand uncomfortably before her. “Do you and Grace have something between you two?” I guess she heard Tatiana when we were hiding under the stage. I nod and she seems thoughtful: “I figured. Do you also have something between you and Vinora?” She blinks and I don’t know what to say so I just nod and see her frown. “I see. I would reconsider that.” I feel annoyed and squint my eyes. It’s annoying that this girl is trying to give me advice when she obviously doesn’t even know me.

“Why do you think that, huh?” I ask annoyed and she explains: “See, this game can only have a maximum of 3 winners. When you count the ones who will win this it will be you, me and a third. But it seems you have a strong relationship with two people. That is a problem, no?” She has a cold look in her eyes and I get goosebumps and don’t know how to answer. My legs shake and I get a cold sweat on my forehead. My mouth feels dry and I breathe heavily. This girl is horrible. I can’t understand her, I look at her and see her looking away.

“I don’t know…” I say and she shrugs: “Fine. You have time to choose. Now, we must find the others and eliminate them so we get closer to the end of the game. Come on. I will tell you about Lucy and I as we search.” I follow the girl shyly – how the hell did she know what I was going to ask next? She’s so damn scary.