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Happy New Years, users.

I'll cut to the chase; the barrier we instilled a few months ago is decaying quickly and we're sorting through the new data as fast as we can. This barrier was originally designed to contain a rogue error. There are several of you who have taken care of this issue and from here we will handle the rest...thank you. The influx of data will help us decode our next steps.

As mentioned, we've spent December tracing several magical sources that are coming up in our readings. We're doing the best we can to trace Clarence--Mr. Vanderweele, and corral the effects he's altering in the city. I believe we're ready to tear down the firewall and begin exploring further. If our information is correct, we're really breaking the boundaries of the layers we've discovered lately! It's exciting, don't you think?

The only information I can offer is that we will need you to be strong no matter what happens. We believe things have changed outside of security measures we've set in place, though we will need more data to understand the best way to stabilize the city from his control. We understand if you cannot and do not wish to help, but please know we're doing everything we can.

Please take care.

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retr

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[HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH EITHER OPTION?? But even though he knows Al was acting in self-defense at the time, the pettiness was strong within him. The other boy probably didn't know about his grudge, but he's not about to tell him anything about it at the moment.]

I KNEW what you meant. It just seems like doing something like that would be a huge waste of magic and energy to pull off.

[But 'hot as hell' and 'underground mine' can only be one place around here, so he can't help but ask--]

I can't imagine what you were doing in Respatrum of all places, though.

[Al sighs with annoyance, what is up with this guy?

Is this super awkward for him because he attacked Al last time?

It's the only thing he can think of, and it was awkward as hell for him when he confronted the app user that was a demon, so, the petty aggression is annoying, but he lets it slide, this must be his way of processing awkwardness.]

It doesn't take that much energy, but even if it did, I didn't want to harm my attacker, since I felt first hand the app screw with my mind a whole crap ton, it's no surprise that our bodies too can be screwed around with. So I don't hold anything against any of my attackers, sure I was scared then, but everyone got out alright and that's what matters.

I take it that's the name of the place? I don't remember if Mio mentioned the name or not, I was with her getting some magic anti-demon bells.

[Al is trying to be considerate about it. If they switched places, Al would probably be thankful for being discreet while getting the point across, no idea if this would help the other guy's sense of guilt any.

He was smiling and happy with himself for taking a step in the right direction, with the whole "being a good person" thing.]

[He stiffens at the mention of the app messing with Al's mind, because-- was it possible that blow-up in the cupcake shop was influenced by Retrospec all along? Considering how badly it had messed with Mio's head, he couldn't discount it, but... even if it wasn't entirely his fault, Al still had threatened Sakura, and that wasn't something he could easily forgive.]

If you don't want to harm your attacker, you don't set yourself on fire when they're attached to your leg. Especially when you know they're regular people under there, too.

[Xiaolang certainly wasn't winning any 'good person' awards at the moment, not with this level of stubborn grudgery, and Sakura probably wouldn't like seeing him act this way. And with the knowledge he was around Mio too... well, at least he knew she was capable of shutting down people who tried to intimidate her. But boy, what a pair...]

What did you mean, exactly, by the app messing with your brain, though? Did this happen during the summer?

[Okay, idiot, why not just tell the whole network YOU TRIED TO BITE ME! Try to be discreet and this is how the guy reacts....also, none of your damn business what the app does to me, your girlfriend or whoever cupcake girl with the fate powers is to you, DOES deserve to know, and I'll get around to it...one of these days.}

I didn't want to get bitten and turned into a monster, setting myself on fire seemed like the best way to make sure I don't get bitten and they leave me alone.

THAT I don't feel like sharing in detail, but the worst of it did happen in the summer, yes.

Edited 2019-01-04 06:05 (UTC)

[Look, he's not the brightest person when he's upset, and normally, he wouldn't want to advertise that he bit someone, either. But considering half the app got turned into monsters during that time, he didn't think anyone would judge him too harshly on it, either. After all, others did a lot worse while trying to infect people, including Derek. It's not that he doesn't feel guilty about his actions (because he definitely does), but his grudge against Al made him feel a fraction less bad about it, as terrible as it sounded.

But he wasn't about to argue that now. Instead, he's going to latch onto that last bit, because while Al doesn't think it's his business, he feels like it's very, very much so.]

In the summer. Okay.

Is that why you went and yelled at my girlfriend at her job, then?

[......... Xiaolang, can you be any blunter, holy SHIT]

[Derek forced Al to eat pineapples...which Al hates, and is still a bit bitter about, and their relationship wasn't exactly rosy...still isn't.

Al fumes mad at the text, Seriously? OVER THE NETWORK!? Even if Al DID feel like sharing his story with Xiaolang(which he doesn't), that's something for face to face. Not demanded as if he were his underling.]

I think I humored you enough.
Your girlfriend does deserve an explanation and she WILL get one, what she does from there is her choice.
You, however, I don't owe squat.

Good day.

[After writing and re-writing that damn freaking text for what feels like forever, he finally decides on this one.

If for some reason he wanted to be an ass, Al could at least say he tried his best to make peace with the idiot.

Al is just exhausted from how much effort he put in trying to be civil to this guy and hopes being "good" isn't always this hard.

He is seriously considering ignoring future texts from him until he sits down with Sakura, maybe even after.]