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Nov. 24th, 2023 06:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamofarcadia[The tap, tap, of heavy boot heels echo on the hard floor.
The footsteps feel large, but in-between them, the sound of multiple smaller steps can be heard.]
J.J: Thank you for your hard work. Are you just here to inspect the organization's facility today?
R.R: What? Oh, is it you again?
Don't just come out of the dark like that. It's not funny.
J.J: Ohoho. Then shall we decorate the room with brilliant lights and adorn it with curtains in order to announce your glorious return?
R.R: ...
J.J: Haahaha! It was a joke, only a joke.
Please, feel free to laugh.
R.R: When I returned, I was in quite a good mood, but I can feel my discomfort index rising rapidly, now that I'm here in this room.
[Luggage is set down, with a thud, and then the snap, snap, of light switches being turned on follows.]
J.J: Ah, yes, now that you mention it...
Today was the day you were visiting the orphanage, wasn't it? I hope the children were well.
R.R: You don't need to worry.
I don't particularly want to hear your attempts at playing a fool, either.
Get to the point.
J.J: Ah, yes, then, I shall.
Yes, it's quite a good thing to have the young ones be full of life...
[After the luggage, there's a sound of someone large sitting down, sinking into the fabric of the seat. Then the flick of a lighter, and the crackling of a cigarette.]
J.J: But even they've been dragged into those goals of yours, haven't they?
R.R:...
[A long exhale, as someone scratches their head intensely.]
R.R: Are you the type of person who doesn't even try to clean their room because 'it'll get dirty in the end, anyway'? Do you not want to eat because you'll get hungry again in the end?
J.J: Hmmmmm.
R.R: Ah...I guess this asshole really wouldn't care about answering this, would he...
J.J: Oh no, no! I understand perfectly! Yes, I definitely do!
simply not enough of a reason to crush the present with your own idleness.
R.R: You're going far too over-the top with this. It's suspicious.
Hm. I'm not like you. I want to take the matters at hand now seriously.
And I don't care if I'm laughed at as a hypocrite for it.
J.J: Oh really? What if I laughed at you?
R.R: I'd probably send you flying.
J.J: Hahahahaha!
[A light sound of clapping.]
R.R: Well then, hurry up and tell me what you've found.
J.J: Right, yes...I'm sure you already know this, but the second dove has been discovered.
R.R: It seems so.
J.J: And all the wings except for myself are moving to shuffle the cards without informing their respective sages.
R.R: Hmm...Has...the clairvoyance managed to read anything?
J.J: I don't know. But in any case, the sixth dove is currently pretty much sealed away. Even if they do manageto do something, they'll have to be careful and only use means they know are reliable.
R.R: So that means that if we have any party crashers, they're likely to be those bastards from the brain's entertainment?
J.J: Yes. After all, they do everything according to their own whims. And if I had to say, this time it's getting into their territory specifically.
So it'll be a bit difficult for us to make an excuse for getting involved ourselves.
R.R: But, you know...We can't overlook this ourselves, either. If the balance is broken, then there's a possibility of something big happening. Just like it did three years ago.
J.J: Exactly.
R.R: ...
[A 'ahhh' sort of sigh, then a different deep breath. Like someone exchanging all the smoke in their lungs with fresh air.
The clock ticks on and on, as the two of them think.]
R.R: By the way, about the hiding place of those things. Are you sure that information was reliable?
J.J: Yes. It's a ninety percent chance that they're...there and there. Unless they find out that we know and move them, that is.
No matter what happens...changing the owner of an artifact isn't something that can be done carelessly, after all.
R.R: Hmmmmmmmmmm.
[A cigarette is tapped on the edge of a glass ashtray. It may or may not have made a sound. A clump of ash joins the rest of the ash at the bottom of the tray.]
R.R: You must not interfere with this incident. We will observe it, and let them solve it.
J.J: Will that be alright?
R.R: Right now, the most important thing is to prepare to collect the artifacts. We must do it quickly, while the sixth's functions
have been halted. Tell me about any new developments with them, as well.
J.J: Yes, I'll do as you say....And so that means...
R.R: Exactly. It's time to proceed with the other plan.
[The sound of precious metals around someone's neck, rubbing together.]
R.R: Soon, we'll stop pretending to be allies.
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