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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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[psycholawgy]

[ rei... okay. yeah, the two of them definitely need to talk. hopefully he won't take too long or she'll worry like crazy again. ]

Text me when you're on your way back home?

[psycholawgy]

Are you well enough to go outside? Or I can come visit you, if you'd like.

[prosecutory]

[Good call, but sorry, he's more interested in what happened next than in commending Athena for that.]

Can you describe that particular area? Did you find anything else of note?

[Obviously they didn't find Maya.]

[psycholawgy]

The library? A lot of books about the Flamines.

We didn't get a good look at the tower because we were escorted out of the building straight away.

[prosecutory]

Escorted? By whom?

[psycholawgy]

Some CERES employee-- we didn't get to get a good look at them, either. It all went by so quickly.

[prosecutory]

That's...very odd.

[He pauses.]

Since you returned, and unless you have any clue as to where Maya disappeared to, all we can do now is wait and see if we can contact her via CEREvice again.

[psycholawgy]

I hope she does come back.

[ she doesn't want phoneix to lose her again! :( ]

[emotive]

[Ah...]

What were you both fighting about?

[prosecutory]

...

Me too. But you're safe.

[At least. For now.]

[psycholawgy]

W- Well! I was having a problem with Merlin-- [ her cheeks flush red when she says it, and it prompts her to look away. ] and I asked him for help. He didn't want to help me.

[psycholawgy]

I guess I'm fortunate in that regard.

[emotive]

That... That's just like him isn't it??

[Archer's so picky with people even with the ones he's known for a long time.]

Um. He left me a sword!

[psycholawgy]

I really expected him to help me out, you know? I blew up at him and tried to punch him and left crying. We didn't get to make up before he left.

[ that's the thing that bothers her the most, really. it's how awful it ended.

still, at ai's remark, she cants her head curiously. swords make her uncomfortable, but she isn't going to tell ai that. ]

What kind of sword?

[emotive]

[Ai sighs. It's too bad that things didn't end well between the two people she valued a lot. She knows that if they had more time, perhaps things wouldn't be so tentative. She'll proceed to answer Athena's question instead of making the conversation sour though.]

A Vietnamese style one! Well, they're similar to Chinese style swords where they're thin and light. I just hope I can use it well when needed. All that training with Archer has to pay off for something.

[psycholawgy]

It's not like a katana, is it?

[emotive]

[Ai shakes her head.]

No, the blade is slightly shorter and the blade isn't curved. It's a bit thinner too.

I'd show you right now, but it's probably not polite to bring weapons to the table when we're eating...

[She's so thoughtful!]

[psycholawgy]

[ actually, she doesn't want to see it. (unsure) sorry, ai... ]

That's alright. Maybe next time.

[prosecutory]

Who else was in your group, by the way? And do you think all of you had anything in common?

[psycholawgy]

Do you know Mister Han Solo? And there was another guy, too. [ truth be told, she isn't sure if he's actually a guy, but ah... ] Miss Maya called him Illidan.

[prosecutory]

Han Solo...is a familiar name.

[Did they meet or did he just hear the name in passing? Or has it been a long while since he spoke to the guy??]

But Illidan is not familiar to me at all. There were only four of you?

[psycholawgy]

That's right. It was just us four.

[prosecutory]

Hmm. Wright's group was five strong.

I presume you had no way of contacting anyone outside?

[psycholawgy]

No. We didn't have any reception.

[prosecutory]

Trying to contact any of you only yielded a "User Currently Occupied" message.

...It turns out that you were indeed occupied with a lot.