AUDIO. @VEGEMIGHT; OPEN.

[magnitudes]

( Hello there, darkness dwellers. Is this a new voice you here? It sure is, lucky you. The accent is Australian, broad almost to the point of cliche, and there's something oddly lackadaisical about it, given the... well. The everything, really. )

So, not being funny, but has anyone, I dunno... fallen off the ferry and gotten a bit cuddly with some mysterious glowy, kinda ethereal-seeming tentacles?

Asking for a friend.

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No problem! I've been pretty busy too.

[justcawse]

Might have been funny to see. [Akechi...] Still... Your friend could consider that a lesson learned I suppose.

why.... did i randomly start doing text replies lmao oh god

[magnitudes]

I mean, yes, but funnier if it wasn't happening to me.

( :'( )

Lol! I was wondering. It's all good though

[justcawse]

Oh, so it wasn't your friend then?

[He says this, but he's already concluded that she's talking about herself.]

we can pretend she was just speaking with odd delivery

[magnitudes]

No, no that was a cunning and complex facade.

( It wasn't, she knows, but how else can she get through life than with exaggerated seriousness that is definitely a self-drag? )

Sorry I lied to you.

Sounds good to me xD

[justcawse]

[You know... He can somewhat appreciate it, even if it wasn't done very well.]

I don't know what to think about you now that you've deceived me already. How do I know you won't keep lying to me?

[OKAY HE'S 120% JOKING. Because let's be honest, lying is all he ever did.]

[magnitudes]

I mean, I guess you can't. Our friendship started with falsehood, and maybe it's a pattern doomed to repeat? An ouroboros of deception and betrayal.

[justcawse]

Hmm... You say that, but that sounds awfully truthful for someone who's talking about it continuing.

[magnitudes]

Maybe it's all a deliberate game to disarm and confuse you.

[justcawse]

You'll have to try a little harder than that.

[magnitudes]

Oh, okay, uh-- gimme a sec.

( Dramatic inhale, and exhale. A pause.

And then, in the styling of a Great Shakespearian Orator, )

MayBE it's ALL a deliberrrrrrate game to disARM! and confuuuuuse you.

( Scene. )

How was that?

[justcawse]

[She's going to get a nice, gloved slow clap for that.]

Impressive. Have you ever thought about an acting career?

[magnitudes]

No, no. I mean, I wouldn't want to intimidate the greats, you know?

I'm so tired that I nearly changed a voice to an action post. Whoops.

[justcawse]

Who knows? You could always end up as one of 'the greats'.

[Pulling BS out of no where like it's nothing.]

Ah, how rude of me. I'm Goro Akechi.

we're on a roll

[magnitudes]

Goro Akechi, it's a pleasure to meet you. Of course, it's always a pleasure to meet people who are so wise and have such excellent taste.

( RIP the world, for here stand two bullshit artists. )

Sarissa Theron.

[justcawse]

I'm going to pretend that you actually meant that. Thank you very much for your kind compliments.

[With the two of them as friends acquaintances, nothing will stand in their way.]

It's a pleasure to meet you too, Theron-san.

[magnitudes]

( There's a long moment of pause, as Sarissa tries to remember her grasp of Japanese. It's so bloody rusty, but eventually she manages - albeit a little stilted and awkwardly phrased - to get something out: )

I never lie, but I definitely don't deserve to be anything-san, I promise.

( And then a pause, and she flips back to English. )

That was nightmarish, hey. Sorry.

[justcawse]

[You know. He can't say he expected that, but it could have been worse.]

Hm... I suppose if you prefer I don't use honorifics, I could abstain from doing so. [A way to show respect, but he's cool either way.] It was a good attempt.

[magnitudes]

It’s been a long while since I studied or had a chance to practice.

( Wry, faintly self-deprecating, ) Better than my English at any rate, eh?

[justcawse]

Unfortunately, all I know is Japanese. It seems language isn't a barrier here, so I guess that's one good thing about Beacon.

[He says that, but there's not many good things here so...]

[magnitudes]

Japanese is a pretty bloody great language, though. English and Greek are my main ones.

My thought that the best thing about Beacon was how close it sounded to "bacon," but the language thing is cool, too.

[justcawse]

It doesn't take much to amuse you, does it?

[But he says it jokingly, rather then judgmentally.]

[magnitudes]

It’s one of my better qualities, honestly.

[justcawse]

That's good to know. That'll make things interesting, I suppose