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[encoder]

"Use this"? How am I supposed to use this piece of trash...?

[groangroangroan whiiine. the kid looks displeased, as do 90% of the people who first arrive here. he taps the red light with a gloved finger, continues to glare into its camera.]

... Right. So there's obviously peopl—

[he breaks off mid-sentence, eyebrows furrowing. turning, the camera swivels with him to catch sight of a department store and then his apparent cause for alarm*. but mental berating aside for not noticing the thing before it's literally within meters of him, yukio smiles. glances at the camera and tucks it into a coat pocket. enjoy the view of darkness for a while. calmly:]

Invaders must die.

[nope. she continues to move strangely, her crying more audible, it's as if it's she that's yet to notice him.]

What the hell.. I said, 'invaders must die'!

[a thud. the scraping of claws against broken cement, yukio taking a few faltering steps backward.]

INVADERS MUST D—

[WHAM. the recording ends.]

Comments

[encoder]

I don't want to hear your jokes.

And no. Everything is terrible.

[abstruse]

It's almost a relief to hear someone less optimistic about this situation.

[encoder]

[shrug.]

Kinda hard to be.

[abstruse]

You'd be surprised. This city is filled to the brim with people who have high hopes about nearly everything. There's nothing wrong with it, I should say; however, a change of pace is nice.

[encoder]

No, they're probably just retarded.

[abstruse]

Hmm, not all of them. The more intellectual people seem to approach it more realistically, however, I will give you that.

[encoder]

Points...? Is this some kinda debate?

[abstruse]

Ah, not intentionally.

[encoder]

Yeah. I don't really like doing that, so...

[abstruse]

Well enough.

((sighs.)) Do you have any questions, then...?

[encoder]

Most of the answers I get are shoddy excuses for laziness and apathy.

So, no.

[abstruse]

Ah! That makes this easy then. And infinitely shorter.

[encoder]

Well, okay. Here's a question for you.

Is everyone here so lazy?

[abstruse]

No. Depends on what you look at as "lazy"; however, I know a few who are quite active in their endeavors here, some of which are all-for-not. Those who work at some things here lose as much as they gain, others actually have productive and lasting approaches to their projects. The ones which are actually beneficial.

[encoder]

You could've just stopped at 'no', you know.

[abstruse]

But I didn't. Do you plan to do something about that?

[encoder]

I don't think I can.

[abstruse]

No use complaining then, hmm?

[encoder]

It's for future reference.

[abstruse]

You didn't need to tell me.

[encoder]

Don't be mad.

[abstruse]

I'm not; I'm rarely mad.

[encoder]

Okay.