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[blackshadow]

[Tyr tries to look more businesslike than he has in years as he sits beside Rita.]

I don't know if you guys need me to set an appointment for this, but I- we just want to talk... All we want is some information. You don't need to do anything.

[--But then Rita cuts in quickly.]

You do need to talk. I don’t care if we have to pay for the information, we want you guys to cough up something.

[Tyr looks over at her awkwardly, but in the end he just nods...]

Right... We'll be waiting for your response.

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[blackshadow]

It's not that weird for different worlds to work differently... I just assumed that the passage of time here was just cosmetic- like a dream world.

Do you even know how this place actually works yourself? You might have been here longer than us, but there's no guarantee that you actually know anything. That's why we're just talking.

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[laszlo_jamf]

Fun fact: I am not the first to ever hold my particular position. I am, in point of fact, something of a replacement.

Surprise, surprise.

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[negativegate]

And do you feel like sharing who chooses these replacements, too?

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[laszlo_jamf]

In my case, I was abandoned by my previous immediate supervisor, one, Mr. Ferocia Coutura.

No, I'm not bitter. But I'm not over it either.

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[blackshadow]

Mm...

[ Sorry you were abandoned, I guess... ]

So you guys can just disappear too, huh?

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[laszlo_jamf]

Well, we can be reassigned, I know that.

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[negativegate]

To another job in the City, or on something else entirely?

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[laszlo_jamf]

Haven't you heard that there's a hierarchy? Honestly. What do you think I did for Mr. Coutura before I came here?

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[blackshadow]

[ Laundry, Tyr thinks, but decides to just keep that to himself... ]

I haven't exactly made it a point to learn about your system. I thought all of you were equals.

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[laszlo_jamf]

And I thought we were here to talk or not talk about the means by which you were brought into the City.

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[negativegate]

But if you don't know for certain, we'd have to go up this heirarchy. Do you know how the connection is established?

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[laszlo_jamf]

What if I told you that I don't? What if I told you that everything I've told you is a lie--or, rather, isn't a whole lie but only discusses theoreticals which are not at play in this situation? What if I told you the whole affair is orchestrated not by us but by the City itself?

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[blackshadow]

Then I wouldn't be surprised. If you actually knew, you wouldn't just speculate with us...

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[laszlo_jamf]

Then my work here is done. But the theories are interesting, aren't they?

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[negativegate]

Okay, they are interesting. But if this is set up by the City, what part is responsible? I mean, the City itself can't be sentient or anything.

[...Right?]

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[laszlo_jamf]

Why couldn't it be?

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[blackshadow]

Because...

[ Tyr, you have a sentient tattoo. You can't talk.

And so he doesn't. Instead, he just closes his mouth and looks at Laszlo. ]

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[laszlo_jamf]

And so we are at an impasse.

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[negativegate]

Hmph...Unless you're saying it has some kind of brain or computer somewhere.