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[ The look on Sylvarie’s face could be nothing other than apprehension as she looks down at her slate resting on the floor between them, chewing her lip softly. ]

Do you think this is a good idea? Should we maybe ask the Director first? Or even Mogaruru?

[ Lean shakes his head in response, regarding Sylvarie with a slightly amused expression. ]

It’s okay. Given the circumstances, we’re doing them a favour. Press the button when you’re ready.

[ Well, could she really be ready given they have absolutely no reference for who they are dealing with other than a dislike of Comic Sans (a wise choice)? Breathing out, Sylvarie looks to Lean straight in the eyes despite the low lighting of her bedroom. ]

If anything happens to my slate, may I borrow yours? [ Either way, her finger is hovering over that button. ]

[ There’s a moment where the young man visibly hesitates, feeling uncomfortable with the notion of sharing his personal data with someone else… but seeing no other options, Lean eventually agrees.]

F-fair enough. As fair as I know, Moogles can fix anything on the spot, though. [ Either way, he’d rather hope nothing happens, commenting with a nod. ] Go on.

[ Then the real message begins and their feed goes live, in text format to start for the sake of politeness. ]

> Excuse us, um..

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We do not mean to disturb you if it is a late hour where you are. We were simply wondering if, as someone with whom we share this Linkshell, you may be willing to discuss some questions with us? Regarding the greyed names.

> We have been aware of your presence for a long while now, yet you have decided not to reveal your true self. Why? What is your purpose?

[ Lean, you are getting a Look. ]

And if this format doesn’t work for you, we may do video instead? ヽ(´o｀；

[ What? An emogi might help relax them all. ]

((ooc: though addressing killerofworlds specifically, you are welcome to threadjack and add a few questions! fellow coworkers, feel free to seek out your night owls. ))

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[ Everyone is so chatty tonight.... ]

Okay so uh. If you have any way of strengthening your spam filters or adblocks or whatever I'd do that now.

Just. Trust me on this.

I... I did ask my moogle to strengthen it, but to be honest I don’t know the degree of her skills.

[ And she’s not about to call Primrose in again, when she’s alone in her bedroom with Lean wearing nothing but their nightwear. ]

[When did Owen get here? Who knows. But he's crouched behind Lean and Sylvarie, watching them cautiously possibly summon a ghost. His eyebrow went up, easily able to see over their heads at the slate as they waited for a possible answer.]

What are you two doing?

[ It didn’t even cross his mind to call Poker, and he still doesn’t have any plans to. ]

I’m afraid that even with these precautions, settings can still be overriden remotely in one way or another. We have to face the risk.

I mean that's why I hadn't tried poking our nice killerofworlds friend yet myself.

That's what the gibberish means, btw

killerofworlds

I know you're reading my notes Lean so you probably saw it in the update but it's base64, a kind of code computers use on my world.

Anyway after what happened to Hunk I was trying to beef up my own tablet's security before poking em again. And also not on Comic Sans day since they don't seem to like that.

[ The mention of Hunk twinges a bit, but she ignores it for now. ]

[ ... killerofworlds, she should have asked Gi if he had any idea what it meant—oh, what are they getting themselves into? ]

If anything happens to my slate, Lean has already agreed to give me his.

[ Okay, so maybe that's not exactly as he said... And Futaba isn't the only one subdued by the mention of Hunk, but there were more important things to address. ]

This person, whoever they are, has been in the Linkshell for two months now and we've few leads to who they may be or what they are like as a person. It's past time to establish that communication.

[ Regardless of when Owen got there, he's going to bear witness to the sight of one (!) White Mage being startled to the point of nearly jumping out of her skin.

Someone was way too focused on the spooky name on the bright slate screen. ]

O-Owen?! How long have you...?

[ The reply comes up two days later. ]

Why do you always try contacting me at the wrong time? I'm so busy. T_T
But at least it's not comic sans day, so no spam for you (~_^)

And I will stick to text if we converse, thank you.

[ !!!!

So while Sylvarie is in a rush to track Lean down for this most important of exchanges, she sets up a private filter for them to communicate. After all, she wouldn’t want others to come in and be inflicted with spam instead. ]

I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were that busy. For the future when would be the best times to contact you? Or if it works better for you, you can contact me instead. I’m only a young representative to Curti Center, but I’ll give you my best efforts. (^-^)

And between us, I agree with the opinion about comic sans

[ The private lock gets removed with next reply. Any attempts to put it back on will fail. ]

There's no real good time to message me. I won't reply every time. I'm replying now because it's the first decent attempt at contacting me. It's nice after having been ignored for months (◕︵◕)

I'm just very happy that you let me look at your conversations these past couple months. Makes things a bit less boring ヾ(〃^∇^)ﾉ

No need to make this conversation private btw (✿◠‿◠) If someone want to reply, let them. I'm not spiteful enough to flood everyone's inbox with spam.

[ The thread being unlocked immediately was surprising, but... who was she to argue? ]

I thought it might be better to ease in slowly, I’m not sure how many are locking into this but it can be overwhelming to be asked so many questions by so many different people at once. But if you’re okay with it, we’ll keep it open. (シ_ _)シ

[ Speaking from personal experience and all! ]

I can understand how these conversations would make things less boring, there are so many different experiences out there. What sort of work do you do?

I’m sorry for the loneliness, I hadn’t realised you had been feeling that way all these months. A message from a friend when you’re alone can mean the world. （；へ；）

You're not wrong.

Just be careful? What they did to Hunk's tablet wasn't anything like. Super awful or anything. They didn't brick it or anything like that. But he brought it to me afterwards and it was beyond my ability to fix. So whoever they are? They know their stuff.

[ It'd be a different story if she were using Earth tech or she'd had more time, she's sure, but. Well, that wasn't the case. ]

Huh. I was gonna ask if you minded a random question from passers by but you kind of answered that already.

So uh. Just curious.

Where'd you learn that code? And why that name?

[ Futaba's leaving the diplomatic approach to Sylvarie. She's just gonna dive right in for answers. ]

You are very kind.

It doesn't really surprise me though ＼(＾▽＾)／ If more people were like you, perhaps thing could be different. It's sad in a way, I really wish your sacrifice would have changed things.

But some things never change (>_<)

Learnt it when studying. As for your other question,

That's the name of my Job ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶

[ u m

The hair on the back of Futaba’s neck is suddenly standing up on end. ]

Just so we’re clear

Your Job

Like JOB Job, the same way mine is Astrologian and Puppetmaster

Is killerofworlds?

They make a Job for that??????

Edited (converting to courier now that I'm not on my phone) 2018-09-03 20:41 (UTC)

[ Though she certainly wasn’t expecting any degree of concern, she can at least appreciate it a little. ]

Thank you for the warning. I believe I can take mine to be repaired if anything happens, and in worst case scenario I can afford another.

Edited (html) 2018-09-04 07:05 (UTC)

[ It doesn’t escape her that the question about work had gone unanswered, and she is blushing about being called kind, but...

What was this about sacrifice? ]

I don’t consider watching over the outworlders a sacrifice, I chose to do what I could to protect them. Maybe they can help our world and society for the better as other outworlders have in the past.

Some have been truly kind and patient, I can’t say I regret the opportunity Sir Chandius gave me.

Maybe one could even help with the change you are implying?

Edited 2018-09-04 07:13 (UTC)

That's not what I was talking about.

You don't remember yet, but you will soon. I'd forgotten too.

I remembered quite awhile ago. And then it all made sense (✿◠‿◠)

Though sometimes I wish I hadn't remembered.

Well it's not a regular Job. It happens when you put two Jobs together.

Onion Knight and Calamity Knight. You probably heard of the later as "Warlock."

It used to be that when you put two Jobs together, you could create an Advanced Job. Vaikuntha's locked that out to prevent the past from repeating itself. Guess it didn't quite work on me though (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

[ Great, now she’s thinking long and hard about what she could have possibly forgotten. ]

Is it lonely, remembering something everyone has forgotten?

If we knew each other in the past, I’m sorry for forgetting you. Unless I haven’t? Σ('◉⌓◉’)

Forgive my rudeness, I’ve not even asked your name or what you want to be called by! My name is Sylvarie Aila Jue, but I understand if you’d rather use a nickname. (✿◠‿◠)

Yeah, they were able to fix Hunk's at the local Mognet store, so unless they get like... super mad or something? Should be fine.

[ She thinks. Hopes. They've butted heads but she doesn't like... wish ill or anything??? Something about this mystery mognet person feels bigger than what ultimately amounts to petty squabbles. Probably the name. ]

[ Holy shit there is a fair to unpack in that and she takes just a second to do just that. ]

You're from Crystallis.

[ It's a statement, not a question. The link between the two worlds is... all but confirmed now, in her mind. ]

So what makes you the exception? Seems kind of weird to be breaking rules of reality or something like that.

[ And one final thing to say. One last question. This one makes her fingers shake a bit, for all that it's implying. Could imply. And maybe a bit of sleep deprivation too. ]

I thought the Calamity was supposed to be gone. Transformed into a new world. This one.

Edited 2018-09-04 17:20 (UTC)

Please forgive me the interjection, but when you say that *Vaikuntha* has locked it out, do you mean the world itself, or some entity or entities with sufficient power to whom Vaikuntha is relevant?

[It takes him 35 minutes to respond to this, and he has to fix so many spelling errors before sending it; his hands are shaking in an anger that wants to leak out; a rage that has been held back by the power of light for months.

Warlock...]

If that's the case, then how have you managed to equip them together here?

Also, does the term Seeker of the End mean anything to you?

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