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8oohoo. Cry me a river!

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May8e. I don't know. My friends are out there. I just h8 sitting in here while they're a8out to deal with ........ that.

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Wait. Who is left outside?

[He's texted everyone he knows well, but there are a lot, lot more...]

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I don't have the whole list. I have 8een trying to check, 8ut without having at least a vague idea of who else might 8e out there, it is taking a while.

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I know Kotetsu got stranded.

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He wasn't alone.

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You mean Mr Kaburagi? Who organised the sweep?

[How did he get left out, of all people? But no; Simon knows how it happened. It's obvious.]

Stupid martyr instincts. My tracking keeps cutting out. [And this message will be delayed, for the same reasons.]

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Yes. And mine is, too.

Eren Jaeger is out there as well. So is Kotetsu's partner. That's all I know so far.

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I wonder if we're clogging up the network with these requests. Like when a bomb goes off.

Miss Carter said it was in hand.

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Urgh. May8e. 8ut I sort of don't want to hold off, either.

If you mean you'll 8e a8le to fit all their remains in one hand, then yeah, sure!

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Vriska, that's revolting. Shame on you. [It would be lighthearted, almost, if she could hear him.]

Mr Kaburagi's partner. That's not the blond man I've seen him with?

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::::P Haha. You've certainly developed a tolerance for the maca8re, haven't you?

I guess so. He called him 8unny. He can't mean a literal hop8east, so I'm gonna guess that's the same guy!

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There's no name in the file. It just mentions a partner. No bunnies in the crew directory.

Strange file, too. Though not as strange as yours, you'll be glad to hear. I almost sympathise with him.

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[ The file?

For the first time, it occurs to her she's never read Kotetsu's file. And she's read everyone's files. ]

Kotetsu is a strange guy. Strange and pro8a8ly dead.

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[Simon stopped to look it up when he volunteered. And he just checked it again. He's like that.]

Apparently his fried rice is very good. I should ask him about that. When he gets back.

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Oh 8oy, pointless optimism! Just what I was looking for.

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Whereas you're offering - what? You're giving up on him before he even starts. The situation's bad, not hopeless.

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I'm 8eing pr8ctial, Simon. It's up to h8m to prove m8 wrong.

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[Damn it. But suddenly, a diversion!]

Preightctical? Heightm?

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........

Let me rewrite that so your simple human brain can understand. "I'm being practical, Simon. It's up to him to prove me wrong."

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Vriska, I _understood_ you. I'm just used to your 8s being in particular places. Where they sound good.

Maybe I should get something like that. What do you think?

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Oh, so you were just 8eing a pedantic asshole for no reason? Gr8! That makes me feel much 8etter.

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A8solutely. It would suit you perfectly.

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Not no reason. I was curious. I asked.

I am pedantic, th0ugh. It rather c0mes with the territ0ry.

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Oh my god, don't do zeroes! One of my friends used to do that 8ack when she was dead. And now her asshole half-dead not-8oyfriend stole the quirk. Pick something else!!!!

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Good lord. Your social sphere is worse than my own.

[His father's, he means; the incestuous, secluded knot he grew up in.]

How ^bout this? *r this? A little unreadable, I think.

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Hahahaha. Now you just look like a tool.

It's perfect! :::;)

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That is both unkind and unnecessary, young woman.

You're right, though. It is perfect.

[He's not distracted from what's happening outside, and he doesn't believe she is. But it's not as if there's anything they can do. And he's used to going through the motions by now.]

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8oohoo. Sorry the truth hurts!

Why those sym8ols, anyway?

[ She knows. And she's still sort of miffed about the way he made light of her statement about Kotetsu. But she's rolling with it for the same reasons: this is all they can do. ]