Watch the conflicts escalate

You're too intimidated by the whole situation to even think about going after Pearl.

"Well, that just happened." Behind you, Jane is slowly recovering from the events that unfolded over the last few minutes. "So all of this is real. How do you feel, Yu?"

The newly-minted goth looks down at herself, then looks into the selfie-cam mirror on her phone. "Damn, I look awesome! I mean, I don't know if I would've said that two minutes ago, but I love this! I feel like I've become more myself."

Sullivan has taken the opportunity Yutong is affording him to take a long look at her. There's an exasperated sigh from beside him. "Are we gonna have a problem over this?"

"What? No!" Sullivan sounds unconvincing after getting caught ogling by his girlfriend Indigo. "You know I can't help myself sometimes, but that doesn't mean--"

"Do I have to drink one of these now too, to fit your ideals? After all, all you'd have to do is convince someone else--"

"Babe, listen to what you're saying!" Sullivan tries to reassure her. "I wouldn't do that to you! That thought hadn't even entered my mind!"

Indigo pauses, grimacing. "...but now it has. Fuck." Another pause. "Hey Yu, can you help me with that machine?"

It's Yutong's turn to try to placate her. "Hey Indy, don't you think that's kinda a rash decision? I mean, the goth soda worked out great for me, but I don't know what the next one is gonna do to you."

"No... this isn't the first time Sully has made me feel like this. This... inferior." Indigo looks like she's near tears. She forces a small smile. "Also, I know you. Don't you wanna know what's gonna happen?"

"I mean, kinda," Yutong admits. "But I think it's also important that you actually think this through. If you're not going to be yourself, who do you want be?"

"I don't know... at least I wanna be sexier?" Indigo underscores her statement by hefting her breasts. You wouldn't have thought her to be self-conscious about them -- sure, they're a bit smaller than Jane's, but they still make a nice defined bump in her blouse, and even though you're no expert in cup sizes, you're pretty sure that... oh no, how long have you been staring at them? Did anybody else notice? Are you being a creep right now?

"Chase?" A hand on your shoulder startles you awake. It's Jane from behind you. "Are you really gonna look at Indy this way while she talks through her insecurities? That's kinda rude, you know." She smiles at you. It's not like Indigo's **** smile earlier, it looks genuine and effortless. You wonder if anyone has told her that.

"You have a nice smile." No! You shouldn't have said that! What's wrong with you, you can't just tell your crush that--

Jane breaks out in giggles. "You can't stop yourself, can you? First you're ogling a girl during a mental breakdown, then you throw a random compliment at me just for talking to you?"

You can't stop digging yourself deeper into that hole. "No, I mean it! Look at everyone, nobody has any chill! And then there's you, and you can just... smile at it all! You're beautiful when you do that. You're... you're just beautiful." You have to stop laying it on thicker and thicker sometime before--

Suddenly you find yourself in a hug you don't know how to get out of. "You really mean it, do you? You just don't have any idea of how to talk to a girl!"

You would say something, but you realize she's right. You're not prepared at all for any of this. The only thing you manage is to nuzzle the head of red hair right in front of your chest.

"You've had a crush on me this whole time, haven't you?" She retreats from the hug and looks at you seriously. You have no idea where to go from here.