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[LATER IN THE DAY he's sending off a text!]

can you stop by the room when you get the chance

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i am on my way up to clean up some slime. i have something to show you

[like a minute after she sends that the door to metallic apartment opens.]

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[Kashuu is standing here, also fkcin slimed. He's got a nasty slimed paper in one hand, too, and his expression is a little hard to read, but he'll make his way over to her as soon as she appears.]

I think we mighta found some similar stuff...

[He'll hold the paper out for her to take, though. It reads:

I hope you don't think any less of me because of what happened. I wouldn't blame you if you did. I suppose, in the end, I got what I deserved, didn't I? The world balanced itself out.
Now it's time we start to tip the balance in our favor. Chaos comes from somewhere, but so does order.
May we meet again.
Chinatsu wanted to say hi.]

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[she'll exchange notes with kashuu, then - hers reads...

Please let the others know I'm sorry, but I'm alright. Don't overwork yourself - get some of them to help. Unfortunately the dead disrupt broken Prism by visiting the Res. on the living side, or trying to meet living, and dead messages must be brief. Your meeting this week helped us catch up, start putting things together, but we'll try to get what we learn to you. Focus on restoring Res. memories for now? Things do get to us - we receive what's left in the alley and in the box, and can see you all sometimes. So we'll help how we can. And thank you, Jiuqing. - 长庚]

...was yours from Malik...?

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[Reading it over... And then nodding.]

Yeah. [WHAT A MALIK NOTE. He's pretty sure it's for him even without any indication, just because they talked about something similar once before.] Yours is from... Chang Geng? Mind if I take a pic? We found one from Buzen too, if you wanna see. Looks like bits of these letters are what made up the note on the meeting room door.

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Yes, it's from Chang Geng.

[hmm...]

You can take a picture if you'd like. Could I see Buzen's? It does seem like these are what made up the letter at the meeting hall, so I'm wondering if looking at them in their original context might help us figure out why the bits and pieces were arranged the way they were.

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Yeah - I think sharing 'em will help us all out a lot... Vin and me were talking about whether or not to tell the Residents and I said we should hold off until we know what we're working with, but I don't like keeping things from 'em, y'know? I'll text you the stuff I have so far and let you know if I see anything else.

[Whippin' out his slimey phone and texting a picture of these two letters even though she probably already has one of them because waves hands sweatily in metallic apartment timing shenanigans:

Yasu-san: you don’t need to dream about Aruji looking for me again, because I’m still here. Repaired, just somewhere else. We’re going to find a way back and get out of the Prism. Tell everyone I’m sorry for being a little too quick, and I miss them. We get all your letters. I’ve gone ahead to scout a different area, but we’ll meet again. Stay focused on the mission - we protect everyone, and get out of here. Buzen.
Why won’t it let me write more than two notes tell Hot-san and Ro-san and Meric-san I tried : (

oherts here. Mama N MOMO Gaohst, rɘwɘmqe, Brɘamɘr.█████████ tf t t r y 1 m g too lɘaf. Omg eye hat3 2day!!!! S0ry r0 rozam NO roxana-son. n1igt be like a qrism? Well kɘɘp try1nq. qlɘace talk to ohtres. m0rɘ iɘttɘrs. - k c h i ]

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I don't really like keeping things from them, either...

[she looks a little troubled by the idea - but she won't talk about what kashuu has shown her without his permission. maybe she'll talk about the letter she got. or maybe she won't, since it mentions the residents' memories...? a dilemma.

or maybe not so much of a dilemma? they've got their faces back, that's progress, right...?]

Thank you, Kashuu.

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Yeah... Teams gotta work together and all, right? But I wanna know what that part about "don't talk to the residents about then" meant, first.

[That's specifically a part of the meeting hall letter that made him most hesitant about divulging anything just yet. But he'll nod at the thanks.]

Mm, same to you. ...It kinda feels like - we might actually be making some progress here, huh?

[After so much of what felt like merely spinning in circles.]

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I'd like to know that, too. If we can track down which letter included that line...

[maybe it's a moot point! but the only way to find out is to see that phrase in context.]

...it does.

[she manages a small, cautious smile.]

I think we've all gotten a little better at working together, lately. Maybe this is a part of that.

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Yeah... Hopefully people'll circulate this stuff and not just sit on it.

[His phone's going to be ringing nonstop for the next like hour so that seems likely. God bless.

In any case, though he doesn't quite smile in return, there's some determination in his expression.]

...Mm, that's true. Think you might be right about that. It's easier to get stuff done and make progress when a bunch of people are working together in one clear direction, yeah?

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[mr. popular...]

Yes, it definitely is. It's much easier than working alone.

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[EVERYONE RUNNING AT HIM WITH DEADZOS IN THEIR HANDS.]

You can say that again. I've never really been a solo mission kinda guy, anyway...

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When you have people to work with that you can trust, working in a team is one of the best feelings in the world.

[


she'll do solo missions when she doesn't feel like she can trust the people around her though.]

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[She's entirely valid. Sometimes you're from a canon where somehow everyone is trustworthy though, except for perhaps grandpa.]

Right? It's better when you get to share your victory at the end with other people, too.

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Maybe once we all get out of this, we can have a victory party.

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That'd be pretty fun, wouldn't it? With drinks and singing and lots of good food, and nice company!

[And something to celebrate that wasn't marred by the looming DEATH AND REFRACTION in their future!]

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Yes. That would be very, very nice.

[SHE IS SO TIRED OF THE LOOMING DEATH AND REFRACTION.]