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[soul_sister]

[In 304, a nun in an ash stained provincial dress and a half elf from the Times of Yore are crowded around a tablet propped up at the table. By the expressions ranging from serious to annoyed, some sort of argument has just taken place between the two of them.

Rosette is the one to address the network, as if proving a point in the simple asking.]

So! Hypothetically, if someone were going on a mission and needed to blend into the turn of the millennium, average working class crowd... what would you wear?

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[soul_sister]

Probably, unless things have really changed. This is probably better than the Order uniform anyway.

It's more .. [Jerks a thumb over to tall, dark and broody McCloakNHood over here.]

[anklets]

[ tenses right up, not that you'd notice, she's certainly not showing her face today

with the faintest strain: ] Definitely better.

Everything's more casual than what I'm used to, so I'm afraid I can't offer much help.

[soul_sister]

[By all appearances, the note of strain, without the visual cues, pass right by the young lady on the other side.]

Yeah... I know the feeling, I think. I'd just really rather not botch the first mission on technicalities. That would really get in the way of getting better missions.

[anklets]

Do think it would be possible to ask the Initiative itself?

[ chooses not to address the topic of 'better missions' ]

[soul_sister]

... I could try... [There's a certain hesitance in her voice at that. There's not much left to wonder about, as she simply elaborates on her own.] It's never worked before back home though, there was always another test or damage report in the way.

[anklets]

Well- they're the authority sending you on the mission, aren't they?

[soul_sister]

Yeah. I guess I shouldn't complain, the objectives are pretty important. It just seems like a waste to send Exorcists out for medical supplies.

[The road to getting home seems impossibly long when it's gathering quests... that's what apprentices are for...]

1/?

[anklets]

They-

[anklets]

[ breathcatch ]

[anklets]

[ it's a coincidence, how silly would it be for her to think only one world would boast an Order and Exorcists, there's no reason to find this as distressing— ]

[anklets]

done!

[anklets]

It's best to do what you can, even if it isn't on a battlefield like you might be used to.

[soul_sister]

Yeah,, s'why I didn't turn it down.... Are you okay?

[anklets]

[ clears her throat ] I'm sorry, it's just almost as if you're just talking about familiar things.

[soul_sister]

[There's a pause, less of one than might be expected, before she picks up the tablet and points the view at Tempest. While Lenalee can't see Rosette any more, her voice is strident and chipper.]

Can you see what's going on, on this side? We need an opinion on cloaks.

[anklets]

[Small blessings, she smiles weakly while it can't be seen.]

What sort of opinion?

[soul_sister]

There's no way it wont be a sore thumb, right? Right. I knew it.

[anklets]

[ elects not to mention she and her own have all donned their own cloaks before, hardly considers them weird ] They aren't something most people would wear out in town in the middle of summer, no...

[soul_sister]

I thought so. Trying to figure out what's up there, or if it's just a security blanket.

[anklets]

[ awkward, yo ] Have you asked?

[soul_sister]

Yeah, got something like she's been wearing one for years.

[anklets]

Then it may be something she just yet doesn't want to explain further, don't you think?

[soul_sister]

Then doesn't it save a lot more time to just say that much?

[anklets]

Not everyone thinks that way. Some people might continue to press, just the same.

[soul_sister]

Well, you can't expect anyone to be understanding without explaining. [She crosses her arms, with a faint exasperated huff. Still...] I'll see what we can do.