Catch-all: Alex

[soulus]

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[chanteuser]

Just seeing where you were.

[ hm. ]

... You ready to see this through and get the ending we were willing to go this far for?

[soulus]

As long as it will stabilize the Realm, I will see through any ending.

[chanteuser]

Then it’s exactly what I said. You can have the Realm stablised, and good things come out of it, you know.

[soulus]

Not everything can be good. It's better to have no expectations than too many.

[chanteuser]

If you're not a little bit hopeful, then what's the point.

[ ... ]

I know you probably don't want to talk about it, but I'm going to ask anyway: are you alright?

[soulus]

. . . Why do you ask?

[chanteuser]

Because-- [ well. she doesn't want to say friendly with? ]

Because it's Dorothy. You both seem to get along well. [ rufus pls ]

[soulus]

She is a valued business partner.

[chanteuser]

[ she just closes her and eyes and lets out a slow breath. ]

Even so.

[soulus]

She prepared herself for this possibility a long time ago. If it wasn't her, it would have been someone else.

[chanteuser]

I know that. But still -- even if she comes back sooner than others, she's still got to go through all this.

You can just say if you don't want to talk about it, Rufus.

[soulus]

Then I don't.

[chanteuser]

[ yeah, she expected as much. ]



Did you get anywhere with the computer?

[soulus]

No. You can disregard the request as well.

[chanteuser]

That broken, was it?

[soulus]

It wasn't a great loss. All it offered was additional participant data.

[chanteuser]

More than is available through the PHS?

[ i, becks, didn't even realise there was a computer here until the setting was like btw it's fucked ]

[soulus]

Yes. The security report included a history of certain activities in the Realm, as well as the provided participant's personal item.

[chanteuser]

Activities? Such as?

[soulus]

Theft and damages.

[chanteuser]

[ she clears her throat. ]

I see.

[soulus]

The report I received didn't concern you.

[chanteuser]

Good, because it was stupid.

[soulus]

Then I won't ask.

There's a chance that nobody else has received a report on you. Of course, the opposite can also hold true.

[chanteuser]

There's nothing worth hiding if those are the reports. Only for reasons like sparing me embarrassment.