[ she snaps out of her reverie and stops staring wide-eyed at nyx's avatar, to look at makoto. ]

It's--we could get them to turn it off, maybe, but--

[ minako exhales, then draws in a deep breath, grasping to try to return that physical contact a bit to reassure makoto in return. and wow ok the projected version of herself is definitely just using her evoker right there, huh. cool. that's a whole other conversation she doesn't want to have. ]

Maybe it's better if you guys know what happened...? This isn't going to hurt us, it's not real.

[ another glitch, jumping much further forward than before. nyx speaks again, raising its train car sized sword mid-spiel. ]

The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate. Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope. Yet the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... Beyond the beaten path lies the absolute end. It matters not who you are... Death awaits you.