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standalonehuman) wrote2030-01-27 12:00 pm
standalonehuman) wrote2030-01-27 12:00 pm
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Togusa
This is Togusa. Feel free to message me at any time.
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Remind me to complain about Retrospec not helping us in October if that’s what it turns out to be.
Bolin and Yoon-sung, good choices. Just. Be careful. All of you.
Bolin and Yoon-sung, good choices. Just. Be careful. All of you.
There's a lot to complain about when it comes to October.
We will.
We will.
If it would make you feel better, while your team is still gone, I can have somebody drive past the house each night. Any way to keep an eye on things.
[Hours later. Togusa would have normally left it at this, but a conversation with the other officers on his team took a really bad turn.]
Do you have a good reason to suspect that the Chief and the others didn't get grabbed by another Retrospec user? Would explain why Retrospec is bothering to help this time.
Do you have a good reason to suspect that the Chief and the others didn't get grabbed by another Retrospec user? Would explain why Retrospec is bothering to help this time.
[best conversations always do]
You think a Retrospec user might be responsible? The last time a Retrospec user committed a kidnapping they didn't do anything. Or do you think they're stepping in this time because it's high profile nappers?
It's a possibility. One I really don't like. Retrospec might be either speaking up because it's so high-profile, or because the timing is so bad. They can't let something so unpredictable go on in the middle of a mission like this.
True. It's taken some of us away from doing what they're wanting us to do near the city.
[noooooot that Tatsuo was really planning on going out and doing that, but still, if he had...]
I get what they're up to, and it's interesting. The cities are out there, but they need to get connected back to Recolle. Almost like rebuilding a neural pathway to a memory.
That is an important part of the mission, but the Chief is more important.
That is an important part of the mission, but the Chief is more important.
Seriously. I am more than happy to go poking around in the subway tunnels looking for the Chief while everyone else goes...
Yeah, trying not to think about the fact I don't remember any of that being out there.
Neither does anybody, which might be the point.
[The next piece is a screen-share of a pair of texts, the first from Togusa, the second from Zee Carlisle.]
"The next too-obvious question would be about where did this city come from, but I'm starting to see the pattern here. This city has been here the whole time, we just couldn't see it, or reach it, until now?"
"You really are getting it. And here I wasn't sure about if you guys were really paying attention."
[The next piece is a screen-share of a pair of texts, the first from Togusa, the second from Zee Carlisle.]
"The next too-obvious question would be about where did this city come from, but I'm starting to see the pattern here. This city has been here the whole time, we just couldn't see it, or reach it, until now?"
"You really are getting it. And here I wasn't sure about if you guys were really paying attention."
Why begs the question of "why?" Why couldn't we see it? Why don't we remember it being there? Or is Carlisle implying Retrospec has kept us from being able to tell it was there because they weren't ready for us to see it yet?
you know
one time in the war someone told me
me/him
whatever
someone told me "living with what you've done is the hardest part"
but i think he's wrong
the hardest part is living with knowing what you're capable of
one time in the war someone told me
me/him
whatever
someone told me "living with what you've done is the hardest part"
but i think he's wrong
the hardest part is living with knowing what you're capable of
James?
Won't waste time with asking if you're okay.
Just because he was capable of something doesn't mean you are. He had to do what he could to survive a war, even with Retrospec, I don't think you're going to get pushed to that point.
Won't waste time with asking if you're okay.
Just because he was capable of something doesn't mean you are. He had to do what he could to survive a war, even with Retrospec, I don't think you're going to get pushed to that point.
[ Sending this message was a mistake in the first place, but the response stings worse than he could've imagined. He knows Togusa didn't mean it, but now he feels like he's failed somehow. ]
you don't know that
you don't know that
I don't. And I've said it before that it's a good thing most people don't know what they're capable of.
What happened out in the forest?
[Because of course he thinks that's where this is coming from. He knew the other missions turned out more dangerous than his own.]
What happened out in the forest?
[Because of course he thinks that's where this is coming from. He knew the other missions turned out more dangerous than his own.]
nothing
just forget i said anything
[ He's neither in the mood to lie nor tell the truth. ]
just forget i said anything
[ He's neither in the mood to lie nor tell the truth. ]
Uh. No. James.
You wanted to talk, I'm here to listen. I'm not just going to let this drop. You keep bottling this up, it's only going to get worse.
You wanted to talk, I'm here to listen. I'm not just going to let this drop. You keep bottling this up, it's only going to get worse.
[ the text message regret grows stronger with every passing message ]
i messed up okay
i shouldn't have said anything
i messed up okay
i shouldn't have said anything
[A long pause. That specific sentence could mean a lot of things. Or it's the exact sentence some kids use when they just don't want to explain themselves.]
You don't want me to ask specifics.
Okay.
But something terrible has still happened, or you wouldn't have messaged me in the first place.
You don't want me to ask specifics.
Okay.
But something terrible has still happened, or you wouldn't have messaged me in the first place.
why does something have to have happened
i'm a teenager, aren't we supposed to constantly be texting anyway
i don't need a reason for it
i'm a teenager, aren't we supposed to constantly be texting anyway
i don't need a reason for it
You don't need a reason to text me. But you need a reason to text me with something like that.
But then you changed your mind about talking it out. So, what do I do, pick another topic? You were stuck with Dante all month, you have my sympathies.
But then you changed your mind about talking it out. So, what do I do, pick another topic? You were stuck with Dante all month, you have my sympathies.
Edited (drag a different friend ahahaha) 2018-03-10 20:56 (UTC)
[A link. And then, a couple moments later...]
if you defended me when furugawa made that comment about my parents shipping me off, you've gotta defend malik from this
it's not okay
[And if he says anything himself, things are only going to get worse.]
please
if you defended me when furugawa made that comment about my parents shipping me off, you've gotta defend malik from this
it's not okay
[And if he says anything himself, things are only going to get worse.]
please
Let me get this straight. You're on Malik's side here. The guy who nearly killed you both.
Because you're asking, I'll say something. But I'm going to need a better explanation.
Because you're asking, I'll say something. But I'm going to need a better explanation.
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