Audience: Grace Monroe

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[ this is so many stuff. she brought him one some of those like? little sammiches that go with tea? and she deposits those before immediately bringing out a dog treat, because maus is good and deserves it. pets!!! ]

Greed. Miss me? I thought you'd appreciate me skipping a visit during the whole emotion sharing debacle.

[ hm what reveals?? what ]

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[he. looks up at the tea sammich before there's a nod like "oh okay" and he goes back to work. maus crawls on his belly across the desk to reach for the treat, licking grace's fingers and letting her pet him.]

Believe me, that was the best strategy you could have followed. The effects each week are really starting to become even more ridiculous.

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No kidding. [ her eyes are purple and her skin is matchies with greed. it ain't great. maus is getting double handed pets, because she won't get stuck to a dog and that's the best possible thing ] But that's not even the most ridiculous thing in this place, right.

[ the furby... she doesn't want to think about that. it's dog petting time. she looks at his notes in thought ]

Your notes must be a nightmare.

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[it sure ain't! at least she's not a block of ice like he is, and maus rolls into her hands happily.]

You aren't wrong. [to both of those statements, but there's a sigh after that.] Everything about this place is a nightmare, so you can't be too surprised.

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Just because I'm not surprised doesn't mean it's not exhausting. [ who's a good boy who can enjoy the warmth of a human being. yes you are. yes you are!! ] So how are you holding up? If we're like this...

[ how bad is it getting for greed and others, hm ]

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[it's very much debatable when greed last ate or slept so exhausting is a good word for it. maus is busy doing that thing dogs do where they really just shove their head into your hands for all the pets. all of them.]

I can move my hands enough to hold my pen, so I suppose there's been some improvement. [so, not great!]

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[ eat your FUCKING SANDWICH, GREED, but maus is absolutely getting ALL the pets. the goodest boy ]

Well, looking on the bright side, that means you can move your hands enough to eat without me having to hand feed you. That'd be embarrassing.

[ :/ pointedly looks at the sammich ]

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[the goodest boy!! greed is not. greed is the worst, but he moves his hand and attempts to pick up the sandwich, shoving it into his hood for a bite. better?]

As if you would be so kind as to do such a thing. [and also, counterpoint, as if he would agree to it in the first place.]

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Excuse you? I'm super nice. [ nice and kind is not the same thing, but it's fine, she's placated by nomnoms. ] But I'd have gotten you a smoothie instead before I tried that, yeah.

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[there's a snort that's probably a "not on your life" but he's chewing the sandwich...which is a little difficult because fangs.]

Clever. [but then he puts the sandwich down.] ...Medb texted me yesterday after you went to visit the elevator.

[there's an unspoken "are you alright?" in there.]

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Oh, yeah, that. [ she tilts her head. which kind of exposes the two burns on her neck it's fine ] It was freaky more than anything. But... I keep trying to figure out why we saw Tamaki's murder?

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[he props his head up with his hand to look at her. hm. concern.]

You were shown it the way we were shown it, I assume.

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[ it's fine it's just a flesh wound??? she could go in the pod but won't. she is not perceiving ]

Grossly invasive? Yeah. But then it went on with its own... point of view, with the Beau thing. And I'm guessing you guys don't have that part?

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No, because that would be remotely useful. [he's so mad at this stupid monster.] Though it does explain a few things.

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[ grace has a dick book that means she can relate, but we're not there to talk about that and she related before it, so she blinks as she pets ]

About where Beau went and where the furby... stays?

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Something like that. I don't know if that's necessarily where it stays at all times given it's around plenty, but that satellite's new. We haven't really seen an outside view of the base since we entered it months ago.

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Maybe that's where its nest is? Does that thing even nest.

[ what the fuck is up with the baby. ]

But there's a ton of stuff you guys didn't have access to until we did, right? It's weird. I don't know why it's giving us... all that.

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It is part-bird...ish. Birdly designed. [furby...] I wouldn't be surprised if it nested though that does make everything a bit more troublesome.

[there's a nod.] That would be correct. We weren't even fully aware of its existence the first time. So for it to provide information now...it must want something from all of us. Despair, maybe. Or perhaps Wrath...?

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If getting us mad is giving it what it wants, it's really good at that. [ dryly. but she ruffles maus's fur with one hand and leans her chin on the other ] It's willing to share information, but it hates being seen and talking to us...? It doesn't have that problem with you guys, though.

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It has plenty of problems with us, Grace. It killed four of us for getting too close.

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I meant creepily talking to you, but okay, fair. [ :| ] Then is it just a will thing...? It's different because it chooses to show up versus anyone seeing it when we're not "meant" to?

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Ah. No, I believe that's just it choosing to be an asshole. [THIS. USELESS-ASS FURBY MONSTER.] An exercise of control is my best guess.

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I don't know why I'm even trying to emotionally understand an AI furby. [ this is why she was racist against nulls. in preparation for this. ] It's literally the worst.

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It's the same reason one must try to understand the motives of any culprit. "Why" is always important to unearthing its true goals.

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Does it count if it told us its reasoning was literally that it just wants power... [ muffled in the table before she does a phbbbt and raises her head again ] Do you think that's the real reason?