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[teenrebellion]

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[egodist]

A corporation that abducted its new hires and conjured up fake contracts to suggest our compliance probably cares very little for true consent.

[teenrebellion]

No shit. That doesn't mean I have to like it.

[egodist]

And so? Will you simply endure and complain?

[teenrebellion]

We don't exactly have a way to stop it.

[egodist]

Oh? What measures have you taken to try?

[teenrebellion]

I'm a musician, not some kind of hacker, dude.

[egodist]

So the answer is nothing, despite the fact that you have all your senses and a brain between your ears.

Information collecting is a skill even a musician can possess.

[teenrebellion]

[ there's a wave of hot anger coming from kazuki now. ]

Do you always make baseless assumptions about people you don't know? I said I'm not a hacker, not that I'm planning to sit around and wait forever. I have things to get back to just like anyone else.

[egodist]

[scien continues to go girl give us nothing

but when the anger comes in from kazuki - scien's own emotional processing doesn't seem to entirely register it. before the emotion is fully formed, it dissipates before it truly manifests as a full emotion]

You're the one who assumed I expected you to hack anything.

[he didn't make the first baseless assumption kazuki]

[teenrebellion]

[ what the fuck was that. he stares at scien for a long moment, eyes narrowed in confusion. but without knowing how to address it, he'll just. leave it for now. ]

Because we were talking about their weird technology. I'm not stupid. I know I can learn about other stuff.

[egodist]

There's nothing stopping you from learning about technology, unless disinterest is enough reason.

But so be it. It's your life.

[teenrebellion]

...It's more that stuff like that really isn't my forte. I have other skills.

[ he is just a musician, man. ]

[egodist]

Then may those skills carry you well through the rest of this job.

[kazuki don't get murdered]

[teenrebellion]

They'll do just fine, thanks.

[ the problem here is that it's emotionshare and there's a low ripple of anxiety in the air but it's fine if he doesn't acknowledge it right! ]

[egodist]

[help

when scien gets that ripple of anxiety, he makes a face and there is his own answering feeling of annoyance - though not directed at kazuki, and also still not manifested quite right]

If you're worried about your survivability, you could always ask Dahut.

He's somehow still here, even despite the environment we work in.

[teenrebellion]

[ ?????? ]

What the hell does that mean?

[egodist]

He's the Deputy Director at a National Research Institute, where power is concentrated in our country as lives hang in the balance of our work.

It's not a peaceful place.

[teenrebellion]

At fifteen?

[ that's a lot to put on a teenager bro wtf ]

[egodist]

[ . . . ]

You have plenty to talk to him about.

[what does this mean]

[teenrebellion]

What does that mean?

[egodist]

That at this point, it's up to him to tell you about himself.

But I haven't said anything untrue.

[teenrebellion]

Oh my god.

[ there's just exasperation and confusion now thanks man ]

Fine, whatever, I'll ask him.

[egodist]

Why do you only seem to care about privacy when it's convenient to you?

[teenrebellion]

You're the one who brought him up. And I'm not looking into his medical information or something like that, either.

[egodist]

[he just levels kazuki with a disbelieving, exasperated stare

Youths.

and he'll make a dismissive gesture before going to walk away because he's decided he's too old to argue with a teenager]