Audience: Yuri Leclerc

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w6 tuesday

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[she's quick about it, zooming across the base to meet him at the simulation room!]

You should definitely show me something though. It's only fair!

[aubins]

I will, I will. I'm not sure it'll be quite as exciting as you might be hoping for though. We'll see.

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I bet it will. I'm just giving you a preview.

[entering the simulation room...]

You ready?

[aubins]

I will await the full experience with baited breath.

[ ah, he comes here too much. ]

As always.

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Okay then! [give her a second and she'll adjust the settings before the room turns into ...a maid cafe?

this video shows the cafe at different angles.]

Tada! Welcome to Sunfish Pocket!

[aubins]

[ that video made me lose it, holy shit. ]

...

[ he really doesn't know how to react to any of it honestly. what is this place? ]

Is this some kind of inn?

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[she's doing her best.]

Even better. It's a cafe! This is the kind of place people go when they want to go out to eat or get some work done or just be catered to. There are all kinds of maid cafes where I'm from. This one just has an ocean theme.

[she seems so weirdly fond but there are some underlying mixed feelings there.] I used to have a job here before I started focusing on my idol career.

[aubins]

[ she's perfect. ]

... I think the closest thing I have to compare it to is an inn actually. Except this looks a lot nicer, and cleaner. What other themes do these places have?

[ the... underlying mixed feelings get her a thoughtful side look. ] Do you miss it?

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They usually are really nice inside. [she tilts her head and begins to walk forward to take a look around.]

Some of them have a victorian theme, or a classroom theme...cat themes? They vary on what the customer wants.

I still visit even though I don't work there anymore! And I'm still friends with a lot of the girls. The cafe was owned by my manager for a while. I'm...not sure who'll take over officially now.

[aubins]

Like... nyaa? [ STOP ]

I know people like cats, but that much?

[ ... hm. ] Did the manager retire? It's good to be close to work associates though. Even after you leave whatever line of work you were in when you met them.

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Nyaaa. [so yeah.] You'd be surprised. The catboy and catgirl trend's still pretty popular.

[...she shrugs then, folding her arms behind her back.]

Mr. Okiura died recently. It was pretty unexpected.

[aubins]

-- Wait not just the animal?

[ please god explain cat boys. ] Is this like those maid outfits with the cat ears in our closets?

[ ... ah. ]

Sorry for your loss.

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Yeah, exactly! It's something like that.

[...but she shrugs again.] It's okay. Things got pretty complicated.

[aubins]

... I mean it's fun, but I'm not sure I'd pay to have someone I didn't know serve me drinks in it. But it's obviously someone's thing.

[ ... ]

If it was someone you knew, the loss is still a loss.

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Our costumes are mermaid-themed and customers really like it. We give them a trident for their table and everything.

[gesturing to a trident on the wall.]

He was the owner of the entertainment company I'm working for, too. So we don't know what'll happen to Lemniscate next.

[aubins]

[ imagine if iris' floor had been lower. someone would have absolutely murdered with that trident if the cafe is a location. ]

Really leaning into the theme, I see.

[ ah. ]

For your A-Set/Tesa role. There's no one else around who wants to run it? I know any kind of organisation where I'm from does have higher roles who can keep things going even if the leader is gone. It's... pretty much why the Church of Seiros back home didn't collapse in on itself when the head of the church was kidnapped.

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That's what all the best cafes do. [nodnod. also they probably would have, it's fine.]

I'll figure it out. Running an entertainment company is pretty tough, but Mr. Okiura did have people working for him. We'll have to see what happens now.

[aubins]

I guess it makes it stand out. [ hmm. ]

Surely if you've got a lot of fans they won't want to lose them or their interest, so... yeah, maybe it'll all work out.

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We'll see. [but she's waving her hands.] This wasn't about that! I just wanted to show you a place like this because I knew it'd be way different than what you're used to. I wonder if we can make simulation food actually work...

[aubins]

Well, it's definitely that.

[ hm. ]

We can try? Don't think it'll do anything for our food intake for the day, but that's kind of a fun idea too.

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It'll be cool to see if it works! But how do you feel about seafood? Like oysters maybe?

[aubins]

I've got no problem with it, although I don't think I've tried oysters. [ ... ah. ] Oh, seafood speciality?

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Yup! Though we make other stuff here, too, like rice omelettes. They're not as good as the ones at Ota's place though.

[aubins]

Oh those sound interesting. I've had omlettes for breakfast before but it's never been with rice.

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Oh it's good! You make a regular omelette and it's filled with fried rice with ketchup on top, traditionally. It's one of the only non-fish dishes we have...let me see if I can get the simulation to get us some. Have a seat!

[pick a table, yuri, she's going to scuttle off toward the kitchen.]