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

[messy]

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[frotag]

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. ]

[inequals]

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!!!!!!"

[frotag]

Note to self: Rocchan is a LARPer...

[inequals]

?

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

[frotag]

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

[inequals]

You do that a lot? LARP?

[frotag]

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

[inequals]

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

[frotag]

Syndicates...

Rocchan, are you part of the underworld?

[inequals]

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

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

[barriermaddened]

...versions?

[Sounds like you're a whole story]

[inequals]

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. ]

[barriermaddened]

[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']

[inequals]

Oh great, saves me the time of having to explain it all!

[ Since she's not the expert, she really doesn't know how to explain it in a better way. ]

[verminous]

[just like nodding along in the bg here... yeah sometimes you just know about the gacha.]

You get used to it after a bit.

[inequals]

It was pretty weird the first time...

[ Thanks Yi Sang and your freak tech. ]

[messy]

[huh

simply nods and accepts this]

[inequals]

[ Both Sora and Harley being like 'yeap' is so funny to me like yeah this is girl hobbies. ]

[frotag]

Like . . . that mirror thing you mentioned before?

[inequals]

Oh, yeah. It's that!

[frotag]

Okay you realize you're gonna have to elaborate on that one.

[barriermaddened]

It's as if every answer creates two questions more, hm?

[She finds that intriguing, truthfully!]

[inequals]

Hey hey, are we asking about me or our current situation here?

[barriermaddened]

Oh, it's about you. The current situation answers half and creates only one question more, you answer one and create two.

[In other words, Rodion is fascinating, more than the ship shenanigans, in Sora's eyes, haha]

[frotag]

I swear I've had nightmares about exams that went on forever before... every time I thought I was at the end of the booklet, more pages would appear.