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[standalonehuman]

Togusa

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

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Okay I'm done

[standalonehuman]

.......And here I haven't even shaved my legs.

[vitis]

[ ???

okay, this is the first text of his that's been misfired, so he hasn't exactly put it together yet. for all he knows, he's still talking to who he's meant to be... ]

hey, you're the one that brought it up again.
rest assured, you don't gotta do that for me :-)

[standalonehuman]

I dunno, I think Jirou's got the market cornered. I don't have the legs to make her jealous.

1/2

[vitis]

[ ... ]

[ okay, by now he's realized that he's texting the wrong person. he wants to lowkey die just a little bit, but. that's fine ]

[vitis]

right
for the record, the full text began with "it's NOT like i've"

sorry, officer, as great as your legs might be

[standalonehuman]

Uh-HUNH. This is my believing face.

Trust me, not even close to the most scandalous thing that's made it to my inbox this week. Welcome to this problem again.

[vitis]

oh woah :) didn't need to know but good to know you're real popular on that hookup scene, mr. togusa

[standalonehuman]

[Togusa dying laughing on his end.]

Me!? Oh man. Nah.

My second-best friend, on the other hand!

Let's put it this way. Don't introduce any girlfriends to Mariko until you are really really sure about the relationship.

[vitis]

[ here john thought he'd just been told that togusa's inbox was basically the filthiest thing ever... glad that's been cleared up!! ]

oh
mariko?
don't think i've met em, but thanks for the warning

[standalonehuman]

Mariko. Is...

Well, she's Mariko. One of the first people I met when I came to America for college. A computer wizard, but she doesn't fall into the 'better with machines than people' thing. She's the most social person I know.

[vitis]

good with both machines and people, huh
that's enviable

[ coming from someone that can handle farm equipment, sure, but facebook? no thanks. and people... well... ]

so you're originally from japan, or?

[standalonehuman]

Yeah! Kawasaki, born and raised. My English was always really good, so I took this option for school.

What about you? Recolle native, or another transplant?

[vitis]

[ really glad the topic's been diverted! anyway... he hesitates before answering, then to send a text back to togusa in japanese: ]

definitely not from the city here. the countryside, more like.
you can read this then, yeah?

[ the question's mostly to doublecheck on his language skills being completely awful or not... ]

[standalonehuman]

[Oh, Togusa is delighted, his whole face lights up on his end.]

Yes, I can! I run into some people who came here too young, and they don't know a word of the language, so it's always nice to talk to people!

So where is 'home' for you, then?

[Okay, not exactly the question he asked earlier, but this answer might be more interesting.]

[vitis]

wasn't taught a word of this language in my life, either. retrospec just up and "gave" it to me recently.
it's pretty weird to explain

the grand state of oklahoma
:)

[ how's that for RIVETING. ]

[standalonehuman]

Well! That's new. A whole language?

[Since he hasn't talked to James about his new languages yet...]

Oh, that's nice! I knew plenty of people from the countryside back home. What brought you here, then?

[vitis]

seems like it!
maybe, i dunno. sometimes stumble across a few kanji i don't get, so maybe not that fluent

[ somehow, sharing with officer togusa that he has a few arrests and a narrow acquittal on his record doesn't seem like the most solid of endeavors, so he'll go for a partial truth— ]

money
this place is pretty accommodating in that respect

[standalonehuman]

If you ever need somebody to practice with, Koutarou and I are both fluent, a couple of other people on the Network. We've got a surprising density of Japanese transplants.

I hear you on that one. I wouldn't be making nearly this much on the Metropolitan force back home.

[Not a cluuuue.]

[vitis]

awww. that's mighty nice of you two. in that case, i'd appreciate getting in the extra practice-- thanks!

did you come to recolle in particular for the salary, then, mr. officer? or just school?

[standalonehuman]

Just school. Jump the whole 'Japanese college entrance exams' thing by coming to America instead. I'd also gotten more interested in the American criminal justice system, my English was always good. It just made sense.

The money is a side bonus.