The Dicey Café

July 6th, 2025

It's been a few hours since the prelims finished. Alice, Aria and I had thankfully passed them. It all turned out quite well, except for one person. My sister Jenny. She got taken out in her second match, which was no small feat, she made it that far into it.

Honestly, I was expecting wo-

"Hey, how long are you going to stare off into space?" This seems familiar…

"Shut up, I'm trying to monologue." I said quickly.

"Why? And to who?" Alice asked. "You know, if you don't try to cheer up your sister, she'll be depressed for a while." She finished.

"Alice, this is like, the second time you've done this to me. And my answer still hasn't changed. And still, don't worry about her, she's been like that ever since she was born."

"Alright then, I guess you'll feel good sleeping out on the couch while Jane sleeps with me then right?" She said with a sly smile.

"You…" I quietly whispered. "Hey Jane, don't worry about losing, I'm pretty sure you'll get even further in the next tournament." I scooched over to my sister and consoled her.

"I know Brother, and you know I get like this and come back bouncing." She said, deadpanned.

"I know Sister, but Arisa threatened me, so I had to take action." I whispered the last part conspiratorially to her.

"It's good to know my brother will only come help me when he's threatened with the couch." She said with a teasing grin.

No. I looked back to Arisa and she had a huge grin plastered on her face. Back when she first did that whole interrupting inner monologue thing, she still had yet to really open up to Dino and I. Now, she does it just to see my reaction…I re-

"You're still going at it?" She asked incredulously.

"You know how I am, I have a flare for the dramatic." I replied, non-chalantly.

"Again, he gets that from Dad." Jane chimed in. "Sometimes you're like a splitting image of Dad."

"Your Dad?" Egil stepped into the conversation.

"Yeah, he was a great man." Intentionally trying to lead Egil on.

"Oh no, what happened?" Obviously picking up on my act.

"It's hard to say." I said, with a sad look on my face.

"Don't listen to him, Egil-san." My sister piped in. "Dad's doing fine back in Canada."

I wanted to continue my story, but I guess my sister inherited mom's genes. "Yeah, Dad's fine, he's back to work now, after taking a while off during the incident."

Egil looked at me with incredulous eyes. "Tonight, things are doubled for you." He said with no emotion.

I had a look of shock on my face. "You reap what you sow Brother." My sister piped in.

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Mini Chapter Time (Insert smiley face here). Hey guys, just a mini chapter while I figure out where this story will be going. And yes, Jenny's out of the tournament. She fought bravely, but was taken out by an unknown sniper. That's the long story short anyway. This is done, and hopefully you guys come back and read more later on.

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Jenny: I still can't believe I got taken out during the second round.

Alice: Oh don't worry, back during the incident, your brother got taken out by his friend Mikaela in two minutes.

Jenny: Really?

Dino: Yes really, it was spectacular to say the least.

Jenny: Now I feel a bit better about myself.

Alice: And that's how you cheer up someone.

Thrasher: I know, I know. Now, I gotta stop befo-

Well, that's it, time for some sleep after I upload this. Night you guys.