A month - it had been a whole month! And hadn't she promised not to waste her life this time around? The thought of it - of letting another ten years slip past without achieving anything - sent chills through her, and instinctively her fingers reached to pull open the drawer of her desk, searching through the mess of empty candy wrappers for something, anything --
-- crisis averted. Halfway through a bar of chocolate, her phone buzzed, and she swiped across the screen to unlock it.
Caroline
Hi Reine checking up on you & reminding about the decision on a secondary guardian!! Any thoughts let me know A.S.A.P. & can work out whats comfortable for you heart
'nooooooope', she typed, then deleted the message before sending it. Who was there to even ask? Reine considered Mark for a brief second, then dismissed the idea. Rocking back on her chair, she scanned idly across her desk. The corner of a sheet of paper sticking out of her diary caught her eye, and she fished it out, unfolded it.
Ouroboros..
Hmm. Come to think of it, someone had mentioned internships, hadn't they..?
--
At 6AM the next morning, Reine was outside Lucky's door.
Reine
Hello, I'm interested in applying for the internship advertised at the Death division meeting.
She hit the 'send' button.
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