rizomata | PC: Argalia

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[ the npcs have left, and rita's just grumbling to herself. ]

They take their sweet time showing up, and now they've already taken off again? Ugh, I didn't even get to ask 10% of the questions I had!

[ i, pazu, am glad the mods were not subjected to rita's endless demands. ]

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But then no one else would have gotten to ask any at all?~

[that's the impression he gets, anyway,

also he's just playing classical music off his phone.]

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Whatever.

[Their questions were probably less important, anyway.

But she'll look over at his phone.]

Huh. These play music, too?

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A variety of it.

[he'll turn the screen on so she can see which app it is-- go forth and discover music, rita.]

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Huh.

I've never really listened to music before.

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Ah, now that's a sad state of affairs... is there a lack of it, or have you never tried?

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Bit of both.

Aspio isn't really a place where musicians come and go to, and while there is such a thing as blastia that can record and play music, they're kind of uncommon, and I didn't think it was worth the trouble of trying to get one.

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Well, now that you have it at your fingertips, perhaps it's worth some of your time.

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Hm. Maybe.

[She holds her phone in her hands and gives it an appraising look.]

To be honest, these little devices are pretty amazing... I've never seen anything like them.

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Anything at all? They're standard enough, I'd say, if... a little lacking.

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Standard? You've got to be kidding...

And what do you mean, lacking? What more could they do?

[Is he saying there are even more amazing ones out there!?]

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Ah, it'd be convenient if they had a projected display, or a few more connective options...

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Oh, that's true. The devices I'm used to use projections like that... I'm really not used to such small displays and typing interfaces.

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They make up for it a bit in storage, at least... well, but I suppose we'll have to take what we can get.

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[rita's at the race track, tinkering with miscellaneous automobile parts. she is buzzing with anger and stress but you know. it's fine.]

That whole mess couldn't have gone any worse.

[just. grumbling.]

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It could've gone a little worse.

[never assume things are as bad as they can get.]

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Ugh -- whatever! I just can't stand it! They're planning on treating her like a villain when nobody who knows what happened wants that!

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They don't seem to have very consistent ideas of what to do with people they consider villains either, do they? They'll imprison the rest.

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They did say something about that, didn't they?

Idiots. And they want us to protect their city for them?

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Ah, I guess the threat of our homes being in danger is supposed to make us do it? That's going to be all they have, at this rate~

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If all they've got are threats, then they're going to get exactly the kinds of heroes they deserve.

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I think that's what they were always going to get, really.

[there are so few heroic people here!!]

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[Rita's out of jail and she's in a good mood because she's at the library and she's been book-deprived for like, two days. She has her nose in a book and doesn't seem to notice anyone else... but eventually she has enough spatial awareness to notice Argalia and offer a casual:]

Oh, hey.

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[rita's just walking into the jail, a thing she's apparently allowed to do after last week.]

What the hell happened on Thursday?

[she will cut to the chase. hi.]

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Hm... well, Chiemi and I both stayed in the same place, which was a surprise~ She wanted to talk, first, so we had tea while she wrote her note, and then... as they say, we decided to get down to business.

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So, what, you had tea and politely agreed to kill each other? Or was that decision made before then?

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Oh, I already planned to kill her. I thought she'd understand, and she did.

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Okay... well I don't, so do you mind explaining how you came to that decision?

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Well, last week's "accident" had to be arranged somehow. I wanted to find out what would happen if someone simply planned to act on their own-- would something else still be arranged? Would whoever is running this supposed competition even know about those plans?

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... You're not saying you did all this just to test how it would work?

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Why not do it?

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I don't know, because it's insane to kill someone without a better reason than that?

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You say that like you think it's something wrong.

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Wh...

[there's fury in her eyes. her hands ball into fists.]

Of course it is! Are you stupid!?

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Do you think so? Well, but most are too constrained by what they think is right or wrong to think otherwise.

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[she looks livid.]

I'll believe that you're enough of a lunatic to see nothing wrong with that, but Chiemi? She really accepted that!?

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Oh, she still fought back, but she understood my reasons.

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You're lying.

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I'm not.

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[she just stares him down for a little bit... but then gives up on arguing that. there's no point.]

There's something else I want to know.

Did you see her wake up? And... when you encountered her, did she have any injuries already?

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Ah... because of Norma?

I didn't notice anything strange about Chiemi. She was still able to use her power and curse me, as well.

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[she nods.]

I want to know if she really could have encountered Norma before getting to you.

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Hm... well, personally, I don't think so.

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Why is that?

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I just don't think it sounded like it was her.

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That's a stupid reason.

[she thinks...]

When you had tea with her, was it just the two of you?

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It was. I joked about adding a third cup, and she said she wouldn't stop me...

[so, you know. he even picked a nice blue tea.]

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You...!!

That's why there were three!?

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I suppose she thought it was a little funny too, if that was her answer~

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