messy | w0 curfew (the other half of the game is in the sim room)

[ a stray thought:

"Aw man how rad would it be to have a Donki somewhere on the ship." ]

You want a donkey...?

Oh, nah, Don Quixote is the name of a chain store where I'm from. Donki for short.

Oh! That's the name of one of my coworkers, that's so funny.

[ Now she's imagining a short blond woman who carries with her the constant energy of 200 Red Bulls ransacking a toystore. ]

What do they sell there?

A better question is what don't they sell there. Seriously, they got a little bit of everything!

What's your Donki-san like? [ that is now their name as far as ichiban is concerned. ]

Ehh, she's like... yea-high with a spear about twice her height...

[ She gestures around like what, 5'3"-ish? I'm too lazy to check but I'm pretty sure she's in that ballpark. ]

She talks like, [ and again in a mimicry of someone else, a higher-pitched tone that sounds like the speaker is going to explode at any second: ] "Senior Crew Esquire!!! I, Don Quixote, shall be honoured to serve as courier for this Master Nut & Bolt, Co. as our contract demands!!! Allow me to take the forefront and we will doubtless bolster this company's reputation to incredible heights!!!!!!"

Note to self: Rocchan is a LARPer...

?

[ The '?' is borderline audible with the nanite connections. ]

Uh... it's another way of saying you're a pretty good actor.

You do that a lot? LARP?

Not personally, but I know a couple guys who take that sort of thing pretty seriously. It's almost like an art for 'em.

Fair enough. Some Syndicates and stuff out there are pretty committed to their whole... uh, style? Aesthetic? That kind.

Syndicates...

Rocchan, are you part of the underworld?

Not usually. There's versions of me that are.

[ Definition of underworld pending but she gets the general gist of it. ]

...versions?

[Sounds like you're a whole story]

You know parallel universes and stuff?

Sometimes we borrow strengths that other versions of ourselves have to give us a little extra boost in missions and all.

[ The curse of being ICly aware of your own gacha mechanics. ]

[Sora stares at Rodion for a few seconds, then nods]

I believe I have an idea of what you mean.

[Dang, I brought Sora from the route where she doesn't get the memories of all the other routes, haha. She'd be nodding all 'yeah I get it completely']