vor | Sixth Cream Cake: [Written/Action]

[Filtered to Ivan Vorpatril, 65% unhackable because it's early and he's sick.]

Ivan,

Would you please look in on the horse for me? The Imperial Ass seems to be having trouble getting out of bed today, as the Imperial Sniffles have turned into the Imperial Plague. We apologize for Our impending death and your impending resulting frustrations.

Regretfully,

Gregor

P.S. If this letter caused you alarm, please give yourself a refresher course in detecting the Imperial Sarcasm.

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[Gregor is sick as a dog. Apartments adjacent to his have probably heard violent, deep, chesty coughing for about two weeks now. Ordinarily, he'd have on-site approved physicians checking him out and prescribing whatever antibiotic was necessary, but here, he has to actually go seek out help. So. To the Battle Dome clinic he goes, looking specifically to see Adele LeBlanc when she's in. He will wait for her, if necessary.

Afterwards, he's going to the library, then the bakery for coffee and something sweet. Anyone stopping in can see him sitting inside, devouring a psychology textbook and sipping coffee, the cream cakes reduced to crumbs. They are the only thing he has eaten all day. He is not looking great, occasionally falling into bad coughing fits, for which he ducks outside, but recovering fairly quickly. When he heads home, he goes straight to bed despite his plans to work out. And the fact that it's the middle of the day.]

[Filtered to Phoenix Ikki 79%]

PI--

I suppose we're supposed to be pen pals, whatever that entails. I hope you're adjusting to the village well.

--GB

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Forcing friends.

[That fits the bill better in his opinion.]

[Gregor doesn't dare bring up the fact that he and Phoenix seem to be getting on well enough, something he thought of a moment ago.]

Like I said, it wouldn't happen without them.

[Ikki isn't one to easily admit those things, anyway, and if he's pointed out to them he denies them. He never said he wasn't an hypocrite after all.]

I suppose I can accept that things would be boring at times without people like that. But just because they get lucky a few times with their ideas it doesn't make them less annoying.

No, it doesn't. And it still isn't their concern.

I like that answer, can we set it in stone and put it somewhere for them to see?

You have permission. Where?

I would say the building of that SOS Brigade, just for the rabbit or whatever it is to see it. But the fountain may be better.

The building of the SOS Brigade is rather pointed. It would be effective, not subtle. On the fountain, the point could be so subtle as to be missed.

What about in the fountain but facing the SOS Brigade?

That, I would call an excellent compromise.

You know, with how little there's to do here, I'm sure someone would be willing to do the job if only to fill some time.

If you were serious about it, yes.

No need to be serious. Some people here are ~~crazy~~ bored enough for it either way.

Then why haven't they?

[A pause before the next is written.]

Have they?

This idea specifically no. At least that I know of.

It would probably be gone the next day.

That actually makes me wonder how many crazy things some people do that are undone overnight.

It does explain the lack of vulgar graffiti.

The lack of graffiti, you mean. Most of the people here are actually not the type to do vulgar graffiti.

And I wonder about that. Lucetians are very well behaved, as a general rule.

I know a few that could do vulgar graffiti, if they did graffiti at all.

Some of the people here are awfully innocent though and, unfortunately, it's not an act.

Unfortunately?

Depends on the point of view, okay?

[Kotomi being all innocent and naive is good but... Sometimes it's bad too, okay?]

Specially if it makes them terrible gullible.

I think what I've noticed is that everyone here believes they have absolute clarity of sight in any given situation, and yet no one can see eye to eye. There being a distinct lack of wizened old geezers, I begin to think that was a deliberate choice on the part of the Malnosso. Separate the wise and experienced from the strong and ambitious.

You have a point, but that's only now mostly. We have had some elders hanging around or guys who knew a lot and were experienced in many kinds of shit. They are gone now for the most part though.

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