ic contact;

[condoner]

This is Tsunemori! I'm sorry, I'm not here right now, but please leave a message. I promise to get back to you once I'm able. Thank you very much! ( action → text → voice → video )

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[yourfononsarewhack]

That's very insightful of you of you. [It doesn't sound like a genuine compliment, though.

He pushes up at his glasses, going on with less of a sarcastic air.]

The Score has been a decrepit system and a threat to the free will of humanity. I don't quite like it. Like your friend Sibyl, it can be far too judgmental. I don't think that I would be quite fond of either of them.

[He presses some fingers to his forehead.]

Luckily, my world has slowly been working through a process of actively detaching ourselves from The Score. I'd like to consider it to be a chance for humanity to approve in the area of significant independent thoughts, but I do worry about making my hue too sunny.

[condoner]

Ah... Jade.

[ looks like there's no helping it. ]

Oh, well. . . [ this is so awkward, someone save her. ]

[yourfononsarewhack]

[She seems to be at some sort of awkward loss of words. She could really use some help.

Jade just smirks and raises an eyebrow, deciding to see if she'll survive on her own.]

[condoner]

[ her eyes droop even lower, and she sighs. ]

Please don't tease me like that.

[yourfononsarewhack]

[Jade laughs for a moment.]

My apologies. I will correct my behavior and tease you in different ways in the future.

With that, I believe that I've covered most of what I've intended to in this meeting. Do you happen to have anything to add, Miss Tsunemori.

[condoner]

[ THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE MEANT!!!! ]

. . . No. At least, not now.

[yourfononsarewhack]

Very well. Perhaps we can conclude for the day. [He prepares to sit up.]

As your assignment... in addition to the information gathering we've discussed, I would like you to look into how to read and produce braille writing, assuming that you do not know so already.

[condoner]

[ jade i hope you ordered something before leaving??!?!?!? ]

Braille? No, but I could learn it. [ she's smart and things are easy to figure out for her, so she should learn it easily. then she thinks... kogami - the one whom she looked up to - probably knows it. ah, well. she'll just aim to be better next time. ]

[yourfononsarewhack]

[He had some tea, and a side order of Akane's embarrassment.]

That could prove to be very helpful in the long run. [Then he muses on vaguely.]

Wouldn't it be interesting to find as many methods of communication as possible that did not really on either sight or hearing? [If there reports from that CERES tour were to be believed, then preparations had to be undertaken.]

[condoner]

[ RUDE AS HELL??? ]

Interesting, [ she pauses, letting the word trail off in the air for a while before speaking again. ] I suppose.

They're watching us, aren't they? CERES, I mean.

[yourfononsarewhack]

It hasn't been entirely verified, but it is a persistent rumor. Either way, it could only benefit us to prepare for the possibility that it is indeed true.

[condoner]

[ akane just looks at her palms on the table before taking them off, and placing them on her lap. it looks like she's ready to leave, too. ]

Alright. Thank you for this information.

[yourfononsarewhack]

Think of it as nothing more than a professional courtesy. But I should thank you for your information as well.

[In Luceti, he had seen the value of building up allies from other worlds. And here in this world, he's deprived of even the confidants he had from his own world. Exchanging information and building ties is the best he can do right now, with no battlefield to fight in. So he'll do his best to plant the seeds of something greater in this colony.

He rises to his feet and adjusts his glasses with a smile.]

Let's meet again when we know more. Don't neglect your assignment.

[condoner]

[ despite jade's strange and difficult personality, akane does feel like she can place some trust in this guy. and maybe they can be allies in the near future, not just coworkers. she gets up from her seat, following jade straight after. ]

Let's pick a different place next time.

[yourfononsarewhack]

[He throws his arms in a shrug.]

I suppose that can be arranged.

[Perhaps the macho cafe should be next. As he approaches the door, a host appears to see them off. Jade simply directs the sparkling man towards Akane and then quickly parts through the door.]

Farewell!

[condoner]

[ you try the macho cafe and she really will paralyse you in vivid. just you wait. ]

Ah! [ YEAH, okay, the host definitely distracted her... again. . . WHY THIS. ] I'll see you again, Jade!

[ welp, time to head home and do stupid things! like talk to the ceo! woohoo. ]