Tsch. Did any one tell you that this is why you have no friends?
[ Though it is swiftly followed by a stifled laugh. Simon, always correct and always on point with these things. ]
I admit, those worry me. I'm just trying to live my life as a polite older woman who loves technology and cats, looking for a suitable spouse to take her away from all of this - not looking to divert the apocalypse.
[ She's trying so hard to keep her face straight. ]
I do have a friend, and he would appreciate it if you did not forget him.
[From somewhere off-camera, Taka screeches and flies over to land on Simon's shoulder. Predictably, he has no shame in implying his only friend is a bird.]
In any case, I should have realised you were getting old enough to settle down in marital bliss and start picking out a retirement home. [wait when did she say that last part...] Are you now too old, say, to help me with some important undertaking?
[The feed cuts off, only to reappear seconds later to an encrypted feed. Given this is Aura he's talking to, he's sure she can figure out what he did without him having to explain.]
I trust you not to blab to anyone, so I'll explain in full. Myself and an associate of mine are working on feeding some false data to CERES, and I'd like your help to do it.
The false data we're going to give CERES is via participation in ViViD. Archer is handing out extremely powerful blades of his own creation to players, and they can be taken into the game itself, fooling CERES into thinking we've tinkered with their virtual reality system.
So, all you need to do is meet with him, take one of those weapons, and go amuse yourself in the game for a while. The more participants we can get, the bigger the waves we can create.
[There's a lot he's missed out of his explanation, but really, she should expect that kind of from him by now. He can never do anything in a straightforward way.]
Aside from keeping CERES on its toes, we wish to draw a certain someone out of hiding. Three certain someones, if we're lucky.
[Because trying to draw someone out of hiding worked so well the last time he tried it on a certain spy... Not that he's thinking about that right now.]
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[ Though it is swiftly followed by a stifled laugh. Simon, always correct and always on point with these things. ]
I admit, those worry me. I'm just trying to live my life as a polite older woman who loves technology and cats, looking for a suitable spouse to take her away from all of this - not looking to divert the apocalypse.
[ She's trying so hard to keep her face straight. ]
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[From somewhere off-camera, Taka screeches and flies over to land on Simon's shoulder. Predictably, he has no shame in implying his only friend is a bird.]
In any case, I should have realised you were getting old enough to settle down in marital bliss and start picking out a retirement home. [wait when did she say that last part...] Are you now too old, say, to help me with some important undertaking?
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No really, what is it? If it involves indulging your samurai fantasies, then no.
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[The feed cuts off, only to reappear seconds later to an encrypted feed. Given this is Aura he's talking to, he's sure she can figure out what he did without him having to explain.]
I trust you not to blab to anyone, so I'll explain in full. Myself and an associate of mine are working on feeding some false data to CERES, and I'd like your help to do it.
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You want me to plant false data where? And what kind?
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So, all you need to do is meet with him, take one of those weapons, and go amuse yourself in the game for a while. The more participants we can get, the bigger the waves we can create.
[There's a lot he's missed out of his explanation, but really, she should expect that kind of from him by now. He can never do anything in a straightforward way.]
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[ it's okay simon, she knows you want to be the touken ranbu saniwa.
Aura takes this moment to brush some of her hair out of her face, looking more thoughtful than usual. ]
But why? Do you want to create some sort of instability in CERES' mainframe?
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[Because trying to draw someone out of hiding worked so well the last time he tried it on a certain spy... Not that he's thinking about that right now.]
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I expect ice cream in return though. Or cake. I'm not fussy.
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