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Wowwww, an' here I thought everyone here kinda peaceful! Guess I was wrong, yer true colors are showin'. 'S called "Fortuna's First Great War (AD)"— [...] not the greatest ring to it, but I guess it'll have to do 'til I hear a better one. I've heard worse! So I'll be the neutral party an' swoop in at the last second on the clearly winnin' side. It's a great plan, dunno why more 'a ya nations don' try it more often. An' succeed.

But anyway, I've got somethin' more important, so stop fightin' over stupid shit for like five seconds an' listen up.

IT'S SASUKE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.

Yep! Sasuke's!! I bet he'll say he wanted it to be a ~secret~, but don' listen to him cuz everyone's gotta know. So I hope ya can get yer gifts together in record timin' if ya didn'. Iunno why ya wouldn' want the attention 'bout that anyway, 's not like he's turning fifty or somethin'. [... most likely.]

Ya can drop 'em off at 1113 in Dissimulo.♪ Thanks!!

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Sadiq. An' likewise!

[dewebbed]

So you've been here for awhile? I guess we just never talked much.

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Since early November 'a last year! S'okay, I heard ya can be here years an' still not know some people existed.

[dewebbed]

Haha, yeah. I've been here for...[ a pause, he's thinking ] a year back in March, so like, 16 months now? Jeez.

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Woaaaaahhh!! So ya know the ropes better than I do!

[not that he really knows them all that well in the first place]

The truth. Ya got that, right?

[dewebbed]

The truth? What do you mean?

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I mean, ya must know a lot 'bout the scientists! Why were here in the firs' place!

[dewebbed]

Nah. Sorry, dude. I mean- I think if one of us knew, everybody would know already! I don't even know what's up with the scientists. They aren't even the ones that were here when I first got here.

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Unless ya were really selfish an' wanted to keep everyone here cuz ya liked it better than yer actual home.

[... he has no idea where that just came from.]

[dewebbed]

What? No, no way! I mean...I like the people here, but I don't really think this is a great place to live. I wouldn't keep it a secret.

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Yeah, all right. That was super hypothetical!

[he's still having trouble understanding why.]

Anyway.♪ Who was here instead 'a the scientists?

[dewebbed]

Jeez, I guess they were...the old scientists? Haha. One of them was a really angry guy, he was the one who smashed all the computers in Spero. That sucked.

And there was a lady, too, but if there were any more I never saw them. The ones we have now showed up a couple months after I got here.

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D'ya know what happened to 'em?

[dewebbed]

No, sorry. I don't know if anybody does.

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S'all right, not exactly yer fault! I'll jus' have to pay attention better to 'em from here on out.

[dewebbed]

Yeah, that's what we've been doing. Trying to pick up stuff from between the lines and all that.