AUDIENCE 🚀 ARTHUR

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[stares back]

Yes?

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You're still in one piece.

[ Some mild surprise. ]

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...I beg your pardon? Why wouldn't I be?

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After the stunt you pulled in front of me?

[ They think they're justified to make some assumptions. ]

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[rolling his eyes, as though this is not a completely valid point (it is!!!!)]

If you had been brought somewhere against your will, you wouldn't try every method available to you to speak with the people responsible?

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[ Well, Arthur is right that they would definitely try. ]

I would choose a different method.

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Oh? Do you have a suggestion I haven't tried?

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[ Where there is a sense of murderous intent, but it is instantly watered down. To be clear, it isn't toward Arthur. ]

I don't recommend it.

[ But now Io is ramming the gate. ]

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[there's a sense of surprise!! he puts a pin in this for when he's done trying to break down the door.]

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[ I SEE ARTHUR IS ALSO TRYING TO BREAK DOWN THE GATE................

Callisto is just like... I see... They have nothing else to do, seeing that the override command got denied, so they will help. ]

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[after it becomes clear this isn't going to work:]

...Damn it. Hold on.

[brb he's going back to zero g for a second to collect his cat who is snoozing as she floats peacefully through the air]

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[ They take a pause to see the cat, though they continue to push at the gate with a hand.

At least Arthur is a good cat dad. ]

She's able to sleep through all this noise?

[ Wow. Wish it were them. ]

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She sleeps through whatever suits her.

[she seems startled as she's brought into the new area, hissing until arthur sets her down, and then goes right back to sleep.]

...What was it that I felt, earlier?

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You'll have to be specific.

[ With two big NPCs hitting the gate, is it the light rumbling near the gate? Emotions? Homesickness? Heartache? Are you kissing anyone, Arthur? ]

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...You felt as though you wanted to kill someone for a moment.

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And?

[ Like that's normal for them. ]

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[i love them]

...How did you come to this place of employment, M— [actually wait.] Your... profile specifies they and them. Do you prefer miss or mister? Or neither?

[(arthur voice) i can excuse being a raging asshole at all times but i draw the line at using the wrong pronouns]

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Callisto is appropriate. No article is necessary.

[ you are a good bean arthur ]

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...I prefer to be more formal.

[but he will allow it this once]

Regardless. How did you come to this place of employment?

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I was recruited and signed a contract.

[ Seems simple enough. ]

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...I don't know why I assumed you would provide useful information.

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Did you expect a different answer? We have little reason to lie.

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When I brought up a subject related to wanting to escape from your employers, you felt a surge of murderous intent. So yes, I expected a more detailed answer than "I was recruited and signed a contract".

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You misunderstood.

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How so?