Audience: Grace Monroe

[probe]

Comments

[probe]

Who's to say I don't have other ways of obtaining everything else I could want?

[alteracion]

That sort of makes you being stuck here sadder, if you're not getting anything at all out of it.

[probe]

That isn't really something to concern yourself with, Miss Monroe. Your primary focus is what you're after.

[alteracion]

[

pats greed's shoulder ]

Loosen up, Greed. I'm sympathizing, not planning a search and rescue.

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[grace says loosen up and greed tenses under her hand. also, even with her gloves, there's a chill that can be felt against her hand.]

I really don't need your sympathy, actually. [it's not even really in a harsh way, it's more of a way of saying they don't think it's important to think about.]

[alteracion]

That's kind of not how sympathy works? [ jesus, greed. but she'll take her hand off and shake it out because. cold. ] How come you're so cold?

[ grace you can't just ask people why they're cold ]

[probe]

[there isn't much in the way of a verbal reply, so grace can probably hear the

. . .

that comes from greed.]

[alteracion]

Physically. I'm not asking about your personality.

[ there is a very high chance greed did not think she was, but y'know, whatever? ]

[probe]

I'm aware. [greed did not think she was but also wow?] I don't have an answer for you.

[alteracion]

Then say that? [ grace is being nice and not saying that greed never has answers for her :/ ] Oh, I meant to ask. Whatever happened to Takeru and his group last week... Do you know what it was?

[probe]

Another recalibration is the best we can figure. They disappeared without warning and came back without warning. They can't return, and the things they managed to see weren't entirely real.

Almost a mass hallucination, but not quite.

[alteracion]

[ not quite indeed, considering it. actually happened, but grace doesn't point that out. ]

Recalibration of what, though?

[probe]

That's been undetermined. Another thing we're looking into...some of us more than others.

[alteracion]

So... mostly you, right?

[ she's seen the others, ]

[probe]

...possibly. [they can just admit it, and there's a pause.] I prefer to keep busy even if the others are the way they are.

[don't judge them.]

[alteracion]

Hey, so long as someone's doing it, it's fine.

[ probably. ]

[probe]

Indeed.

[...very talkative as usual, greed.]

...what did Sasazuka tell you, exactly?

[alteracion]

About what happened? [ there's a pause ] I thought you guys could see everything we did and talked about?

[probe]

Normally, yes. But that situation was an anomaly. They disappeared out of sight, and we couldn't see where they were or what occurred during that period of time.

[alteracion]

Well, that too. But I meant-- wouldn't you know what he told me?

[probe]

We have the ability. It doesn't mean we're always listening to everything you're doing.

[otherwise the avatars would hear so much fucking and nobody needs that.]

[alteracion]

Fair enough. Hm, he said... They were in a room with giant things that tried to eat them? And then another room were more things tried to eat them. And then they were locked somewhere and starved to death and woke up in the kitchen.

[probe]

Giant...things. Strangely thematic.

[pondering...pondering...]

[alteracion]

He said it seemed pretty Gluttony themed. Considering the whole... eating thing? Everything tried to eat them.

[probe]

I can at least assure you that Gluttony themselves had nothing to do with it. They were as puzzled as the rest of us.