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[psycholawgy]

You've reached Athena Cykes. I'm currently unavailable, but leave a message and I'll get back to you pronto. Danke! (voice/call → text → video → action)

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[sortileges]

Hey. I have a question?

[ That's it, but this is definitely following this ]

[psycholawgy]

Yes? Go ahead.

[sortileges]

After asking me to keep this secret, how many people have you actually told?

[psycholawgy]

Well, Ai and Rei know... and Yu, and I told Iris I like you, but she doesn't know that we're. . . whatever this is. And then Mr. Wright found out, and so did Hiro. And Archer found out for some reason, too.

[sortileges]

Iris worked it out from the festival, sorry.

When were you planning on letting me know? :(

[ Athena......... you specifically asked him to keep it a secret okay. ]

[psycholawgy]

Oh! Well. You already know! You're part of the secret, after all!

[sortileges]

Athena.

[ That's it. No more, no less. ]

[psycholawgy]

Are you mad? I tried to keep it a secret, I swear.

[sortileges]

I think disappointed is the better word for it.

I wasn't the one who asked for it to be a secret to begin with.

[psycholawgy]

I didn't mean for word to get out! [ most of the time. ]

I'm sorry. I keep making mistakes.

[sortileges]

Is he that important to you?

Yu said that might be why.

[ Because he doesn't talk about everything with anyone, out of habit... out of only really ever having his mother and not wanting to burden her with everything. It's complicated. ]

[psycholawgy]

All those people I mentioned are my closest friends.

And I'm sorry Mr. Wright called you out in public. I had no idea he would do that at all. He's like a father to me, I guess... he might be my boss, but he's also family.

[sortileges]

Sorry.

I didn't mean to react badly.

[ But he doesn't elaborate further. ]

[psycholawgy]

Can I call, or are you busy?

[sortileges]

I'm still talking to him. You can come by if you want. Or I'll talk to you after.

[psycholawgy]

Can we have dinner, then? I'll cook?

Please?

[sortileges]

Come by when you're ready.

[psycholawgy]

Promise me you're not mad?

[sortileges]

Not mad. I can explain later.

video; early 6/23

[majinken]

[who is this brightly smiling face with an equally bright mullet?

well, it's not stahn aileron. no, the noble stahnbot is on a quest to help its master make more friends, after hearing stahn mention that he wanted to try and meet more people in cerealia. clearly, the solution to this is to... call people who have friendly-enough sounding voicemail messages.]

Hello, do you have a moment that I could use to speak with you!

[it's got stahn's energy down. there's a grin and a brightness to the tone, even if the voice only vaguely resembles his stahn's cadence. it's still tinny and robotic, and the speech patterns are still stiff.

but hey, it's trying really hard right now. it really wants for its master to make new friends! even if this is not how stahn would want to go about this.

it's fine. this fine. probably. maybe.]

[psycholawgy]

[ she's not all that busy, so why not? her bedroom looks a bit like this so her backdrop looks like she's in outerspace. it's nice.

athena matches the peppiness, though, even though she knows it's a robot whom she's speaking with. ]

Hi. What's up?

[majinken]

[well, it definitely saves a bit of confusion for athena to know what she's dealing with—not that it isn't plainly obvious. it'll save the stahnbot explanations though, so that's nice.

her peppy, positive response seems to affirm to it that this was a good idea, at least.]

I am trying to help my master! And it seems like you may be just the person able to help! [even though... she hasn't said or done anything to really indicate this. it's fine.]

[psycholawgy]

I'm the right person for helping!

What is it that he needs help with? I'd do anything! [ yeah, she's so gung-ho right now, she probably would... ]

[majinken]

[good, this is good. this is exactly the sort of response stahnbot wanted.]

It would seem he is lonely and in need of friendly friends!

[...what a description, and also not at all what stahn meant when he said he wanted to meet more people.

and yet, the bot seems so proud of itself.]

[psycholawgy]

[ this is a MIGHTY CAUSE FOR CONCERN. ]

Lonely?! In this place? Why is he lonely?