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Togusa

This is Togusa. Feel free to message me at any time.

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[embraves]

[ONE DAY Cloud will be not so new to Retrospec to realize that all his texts might someday end up someplace else. Today is not that day.

Because, honestly, this seems like a relatively normal conversation all things considered.]

on my harley? i love it, but no. i'm not living in some fantasy land
if i hit 120 i'm lucky

[standalonehuman]

[Pay no attention to the notes being taken, doo de doo.]

Damn. But even 120's not fast enough to lose the cops and tolls? Or you just gotten lucky to not run across them?

[embraves]

i've never sped away from a cop.
knowing my luck that'd turn into one of those helicopter police chases you see on tv

[standalonehuman]

The RPD doesn't have a helicopter.

Now, if the chocobos could fly like they look like they should be able to?

[embraves]

if i get chased by flying cop chocobos then i'm pretty sure someone needs to pinch and wake me up

how do you know they don't have a helicopter?

[standalonehuman]

[Oops.]

Well, the Department doesn't have a pad for it, does it? I've never seen one in the city.

[embraves]

i don't know
i've never seen one
doesn't mean i assume that there ISN'T one

[standalonehuman]

[You know, why don't we have a helicopter?]

I would say they could borrow one from Fort McCoy, but I've never seen one there, either.

[embraves]

don't they have chocobos or something now

[standalonehuman]

The Department does, I dunno about the army guys. But add that to the list of 'things I'd like to see.'

[All right. Time to take a page from Ardyn's book.]

So. Do we keep the game going, or do you give up on trying to figure out where your text went, instead of where you tried to send it?

[embraves]

what?

[Wait a second. He's confused, and it's only when he double checks the number this has gone to does he realize that he's been having an entire conversation with a stranger.]

crap
you couldn't have told me earlier?

[standalonehuman]

If it's any consolation, I don't know who this is, either. I was trying to see if you'd slip up and I could figure it out, but you haven't yet.

[embraves]

you could've just asked

my name is cloud.

[standalonehuman]

Wait. Cloud Strife?

Aw crap. I wasn't supposed to mess with you.

[embraves]

yeah, cloud strife.
you weren't "supposed" to? according to...?

[standalonehuman]

According to me.
Officer Hitori Togusa. Hi.
I am already in hot water with Prompto and I don't need more reasons for him to get mad at me.

[embraves]

shit
you're a cop?

[WHY]

all that stuff i wrote was just hypothetical, all right?

[standalonehuman]

Of course it was, because we proved it wouldn't work.

I'm not on Highway anyway.

[But I know someone who is~]

[embraves]

just pretend you didn't see any of this, okay
you're friends with my brother?

[standalonehuman]

[Fuck.]

so long as you pretend I don’t know what you just told me. Crap. I didn’t mean to find that out.

I honestly don’t know anymore. He’s very important to me but I think he just wants me to leave him alone.

[embraves]

fine by me. pretending all around.

why? did something happen?

[standalonehuman]

Yeah. It’s all my fault, I keep butting into his life where he doesn’t need help or treating him like he cant take care of himself.

My problem. It’s all right.

[embraves]

i can talk to him about it if you want
i know that's probably the opposite of not "butting in" but prompto doesn't seem like the type who would hold a grudge...

[standalonehuman]

It’s not even really a grudge, it’s just that every conversation with him turns awkward. Things just end up happening.

This conversation is the best example: whoops, hey, Prompto, I found out on accident you have a brother! I have to go explain that to him before he finds out some other way.

[embraves]

believe me
it's not like he kept it a secret