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mr. kaiyou asked about extra manpower. we can't really grant access to anyone other than we have now unless someone switches out, and i can't unlimit the people the doctor put on probation, but you can all consult with one another so long as you're in network areas although in some locations you may only be able to reach your actual team consultant if you were assigned one. or one another if you were not. i'd advise you to maybe try not to get put on probation on here but i can't really stop you if you do. so i'll just say that this is still being monitored and none of you are actually required to work with us, so. please allow the people who are trying to the time to do so. i did warn mr. kaiyou it's a possibility. Maurice Fitzwilliam Intern Retrspec Incorporated Please be advised monsters from the Bestiary can still be found around town. The convention center is still wrecked as well! Other damage can be found around town such as broken windows, some destroyed buildings, etc. Strangely, the monsters were courteous and left people's homes alone (for the most part.) Please note: this mingle is for Group One and Group Three members. Those of Group Two are still missing and time is still moving normally. This means they have been gone for one week as of today. Group One and Group Three members may continue to create their own posts and logs about the state of affairs, though this post is a good time to link up and discuss what's happening city-side. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently.

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[crudest]

[He does remember.

He's decided that he'd rather not ever talk about it. Hence why he starts off—]

Yeah, I wanted you to throw me and then you got all—

[An interruption as he seems to stop mid-sentence upon realizing something and pulls out his phone. It's a weaker act than normal, if only because he's tired, but he still has to at least try to come up with an escape.]

Shit - is this important? 'cause I've got something else to take care of.

[doublesmall]

Yes, it's fucking important! I-

[he pauses again, exhales, scrubs at his face. part of him wants to just accept that baren has other business, let him leave.

but he'll leave anyway once chuuya gets the truth out. so.]

Listen, there's something you're apparently forgetting, okay?

[crudest]

[Immediately:]

If I forgot it, then it's probably not that important.

Chuu, I'm pretty sure this can fucking wait.

[At least up until Baren can come up with a way to wipe it from existence forever.]

[doublesmall]

[goddamnit, he's trying. it's like the world is conspiring to give him an out, here.

knowing what he did, though, and thinking baren is clueless-- he can't let it drop. he's got to tell him anyway.

chuuya inhales, exhales, gets it out as quickly as he can-]

I got a new ability, I didn't know, I accidentally made you jealous, you got all possessive on me and kissed me until your tanuki interrupted and then forgot after it wore off, okay? There. Now you can fucking go.

[chuuya isn't looking at him. wow, the ceiling sure is interesting.]

[crudest]

[THAT'S FINE.

That's fine.

(It's not fine.)

Luckily Chuuya does not keep going with that - with the part where Chuuya definitely agreed way too fucking easily to be Baren's - and so Baren can erase that part from history. Good. That's fine. He still manages to look irritated - ]

Is... Is that all? Jeeze, you're way too honest. That's not important at all - we still hook up even though it doesn't mean anything, remember? Let it go.

[doublesmall]

It's different if you didn't do it on purpose.

[muttered more than anything, with a little shake of his head; he bites his lip in the way he always does when he's thinking of saying more, but baren didn't ask and so chuuya decides it doesn't count as a lie not to continue.

don't worry though it'll definitely come up at another time]

S'all I wanted, though. Go if you're that busy.

[crudest]

I'm leaving in a second.

[though he will shoot off a text to make it look like he's putting someone on hold for just a second seeing as how his escape didn't work. then he's looking back up and mentioning, as if it's some trivial detail - ]

Also, I'm jumping into the unknown tomorrow, I think. If you don't hear back from me in a week, just reconvene with the other three I told you.

[doublesmall]

You're doing what?!

[okay, no, that's alarming?? don't just say it like that baren!!]

The fuck do you mean 'jumping into the unknown'?

[crudest]

Miss Wiseman disappeared into the same void as half the city - but maybe not the exact same void. They located her, but I don't have many details except that I'm going on some kind of field trip.

[so. y'know. that's a lot of unknowns. normally baren isn't comfortable working with so many unknowns, but it's not like he's left with many options]

I'll probably let you know whenever I get back, if I'm not half-dead, I guess.