01 ☣ voice

[vaccination]

Bullshit is showing up here with everything on me but my comic books. All those Savage Starlight issues, gone. Just like that. Fuck you too, Initiative.

[A pause. Ellie's never really addressed a group of people. Technology is crazy. Okay, there was a point to this whole thing.]

... anyway, guess I just wanted to say thanks to the people that helped me out when I got here. I found who I was looking for, so. Didn't wanna leave anyone with a cliffhanger.

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[duplicitoussight]

And maybe you're very uptight. It goes both ways.

[vaccination]

I'm not uptight. [Sound more uptight saying that, Ellie.]

[duplicitoussight]

[There's snickering from his end.] I see, I see! I understand~ Don't worry, I won't insult you anymore~

[vaccination]

Who says I'm insulted? I'm just setting your facts straight.

[duplicitoussight]

It's better to be safe than sorry. You should get it. Girls are nastier than boys sometimes when they get angry~

[vaccination]

You an expert on that?

[duplicitoussight]

I'm not that sort of person, no way, no way!

[vaccination]

You sure about that?

[duplicitoussight]

I get along well with a lot of girls.

[vaccination]

Girls here?

[duplicitoussight]

Ehh, am I still being doubted?! I'm hurt.

[vaccination]

Just checking.

[duplicitoussight]

You shouldn't be so mean to a fellow newbie.

[vaccination]

How new are you?

[duplicitoussight]

I arrived some months ago. I don't exactly remember~

[vaccination]

How long is it until you're not a newbie anymore?

[duplicitoussight]

It varies, it varies doesn't it? Ah, but a good marker would be after your first mission.

[vaccination]

So you're saying you haven't gone on one yet.

[duplicitoussight]

Nope! Not one of great importance, anyway.

[vaccination]

This place is pretty quiet.

[duplicitoussight]

Did you expect it to be loud?

[vaccination]

Louder than this, if we're in some sort of war.

[duplicitoussight]

Trust me, trust me. [He doesn't lose his cheerful tone, but his words are softer.] It's better for quiet moments like these to stay.

[vaccination]

I know. But sometimes silence is unsettling.

[duplicitoussight]

It isn't fair to say that this place is silent! I'm sure if you look hard enough, you can find a bar brawl to jump in.