AUDIENCE 🚀 ANISE TATLIN

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[ It's okay. This low polygon chibi is very Aware of everyone around them. ]

I think it might be good if he naturally gets to the answer himself, ease him in with guidance if that's necessary... You know, letting it build up to that expectation, rather than saying I've been with Labs-R-Us this whole time. He gets very suspicious because he's so paranoid and thinks everyone could turn on us! So saying it outright would paint a target, you know? He might think you're involved with what happened...

[sexyasmieu]

Whoa... what's his problem?

Wait, are you actually with Labs-R-Us?

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... When we were kids, things happened. It's complicated.

Yeah, I'm with them.

[sexyasmieu]

[ okay, well, she kind of gets that... how childhood experiences can screw up your ability to trust people. ]

... Like, this whole time? [ the rat company?? ]

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[ They nod a couple of times. ]

This whole time.

[sexyasmieu]

......... I heard the "R" stands for rats??

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... Y-Yeah. It... Does...

[sexyasmieu]

...... Why?

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We... Live in commune... With 6' rats. They're really friendly, though.

[sexyasmieu]

There's no way that's true... besides, I thought you guys were on the Eudora!

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Both things can be true?!

[sexyasmieu]

So there's just a totally different company piggybacking on our company's ship, totally undetected?

[ this is the unrealistic part. the giant rats are more plausible than that. ]

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We didn't choose the name! It just... Populated itself when we loaded in?!

[sexyasmieu]

You mean as part of this "VR" stuff?

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Yeah! We weren't Labs-R-Us, originally.

I think.

[sexyasmieu]

You think??

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If they decided to give us a name, I wasn't there. It's not like we stick together all the time.

[ that sounds concerning honestly ]

[sexyasmieu]

You're not always together...? How big is that place?

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Pretty big. I don't know how we can fit everything in there.

[sexyasmieu]

Everything, like what things?

[ more rats?? ]

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There's a place that looks like a little neighborhood where you can go on a little cafe date! But they're ran by bipedal mice.

[ YEAH ]

[sexyasmieu]

Okay...... I guess that's better than not having a cafe for dates...

[ it's rats all the way down... ]

... Oh, right! We have this private messaging system that we can use to reach our crewmates over there... Are you and the old crew able to use it, too?

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I thought so, too. I hope our employees actually go...

[ Labs-R-Us deserve breaks. ]

Uhm... I can, but I've been giving my slots to other people. I don't think the old crew can, though.

[sexyasmieu]

If any of us wants to try writing you, how should we address it? So it doesn't go to the wrong person.

[ flips a coin to send mail to callisto or callisto ]

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I think our general email is "ratbrows." I don't know why. You guys don't need to waste your letters on me, though!