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[aceordisgraced]

Everyone breathing okay?

[One easygoing looking man grins into the camera. He just got his netbook after the bombing ordeal calmed down a bit and he's been fiddling with it all day! Now he knows how to use it and he's so proud of himself.]

Yes? Nice to meet you. The Initiative brought me in to help out this Resistance project of theirs, so I guess that makes us comrades? That's nice. You know what they say about friendship.

[What do they say about friendship, Nick? He has no clue.]

Anyway... I actually had a question. Is there anywhere around here I could find some playing cards? I was talking to someone down in the tunnels last week and thought game night might be a fun thing to do sometime. Maybe poker for some fun prizes? Haha.

[... He does not introduce himself. He thought it might make him mysterious, and it'll be a way to start a conversation later, right?]

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[f_u_wesker]

Yeah, I can. I used to be head of security for a certain company a few years back, so knowing how to fight was important.

[aceordisgraced]

Head of security, huh? That makes you sound really reliable. Should I call you my Great Teacher or something?

[f_u_wesker]

Oh, I can be relied on, that's for sure. For a company that big, you have to be.

[Heheh.] Nah, just Alice.

[aceordisgraced]

Just Alice! [Phoenix stop.] Have you been here long?

[f_u_wesker]

[Oh Phoenix, you're lucky. Alice actually laughs and that only because playing cards isn't the only thing that hasn't been a part of her life in years. Jokes were scarce too.]

Just got here with the latest batch of Transports.

[aceordisgraced]

Well then, Just Alice, you and I are in the same boat. I'm guessing you mean you got here during the bombings, right?

[f_u_wesker]

A couple days before, actually. Still not the best of welcomes but it's almost not my first time dealing with bombs.

[aceordisgraced]

Almost not?

Argh, typos!

[f_u_wesker]

I wasn't under the bomb last time.

[aceordisgraced]

That must have been a whole new experience then. Personally, I've never been involved with bombs before. Just a few whips and various other things.

[f_u_wesker]

Kind of, yeah.

[Whips? Alice is looking very curious, Phoenix. Best correct her and quickly.]

[aceordisgraced]

I had a very violent acquaintance. Let's leave it at that! I heard she's here too so you might run into her sometime.

[f_u_wesker]

Sounds interesting. So you, uh, let her whip you?

[Sorry, sorry. She'll let the subject drop now.]

Odds are pretty good I'll meet her eventually.

[aceordisgraced]

I don't let her but I never got any warning. I'm sure you'll notice her. She's pretty frilly.

[f_u_wesker]

Why would she whip you?

Well, frills are definitely easy to notice.

[aceordisgraced]

If you see a girl with whips being very judgmental about other people? That's probably her. She's a good person at heart though.

[f_u_wesker]

I'll take your word for it.

[aceordisgraced]

Good. What about you? Do you have any friends here?

[f_u_wesker]

Unfortunately, no. There is someone I know here but we're the farthest thing from friends.

[aceordisgraced]

Uuh.... Enemy?

[f_u_wesker]

Something along those lines. I couldn't call us enemies if he doesn't even know me anymore.

[aceordisgraced]

[He wonders if it's one of those timeline things.]

So... it's kind of an unrequited thing.

[Nick this is not a high school crush.]

[f_u_wesker]

Pretty much, yeah.

[Haha, excellent comparison. Though it's one Alice won't think of at all.]

[aceordisgraced]

Well, if that's one less trouble for you, maybe it's okay. After all, you've got to get settled here, too.

[f_u_wesker]

Settling will be hard but I'll manage well-enough.