DAY 006

[inflori]

( Hey. )

[ Petre is unusually quiet when he reaches out to the station as a whole. All the fellow hosts, awake or currently resting, get a pressing nudge that won't relent until he has their attention. ]

( Is anybody's powers changing, sorta? Like. In a way that you don't even know they are. )

[ There's reluctance to show any true uncertainty in his voice. Misato told him that wanting everyone to think you were a threat was only a sign of your weakness... or something like that. All he knows is that this feels like showing vulnerability. He doesn't like it, but he's more curious than proud right now. ]

( ... I keep changing whenever I look in the mirror. )

Comments

[greentech]

( Not really. There's no one I really want to look at. )

[inflori]

( What if I asked you to do it? I could pay you. )

[greentech]

( Uh, I guess it depends on who and why and what you want me to find out. )

[inflori]

( I dunno yet. But maybe one day. )

[greentech]

( Well, uh, let me know, I guess. )

[inflori]

( Okay.

What else do you do around here? )

[greentech]

( A lot of thinking. Mostly just wait, right now. )

[inflori]

( No wonder this place is so fucking boring. We're all just waiting. )

[greentech]

( Yeah, tell me about it. I have a few ideas, but I need to start putting them into practice... )

[inflori]

( Like what? Tell me. Maybe I can do something too. )

[greentech]

( How to control the station without getting too deep into the mental mumbo-jumbo. )

[inflori]

( - control it? Seriously? )

[greentech]

( That's how they do it. So in theory, it's possible. )

[inflori]

( ... I wanna help. Maybe someone else can too. )

[greentech]

( Yeah, that's what I've heard from a lot of different people. I just need to figure out how to do it or what I'm going to do. I need to run more tests... )

[inflori]

( Sounds boring. But whatever, cool. We can do other stuff in the meanwhile. )

[greentech]

( Any suggestions? )

[inflori]

[ Easiest question in the world. ]

( Let's steal stuff. We can make them trade, or make them feel stupid when they find it under their beds or something.

We can draw dicks on Kavinsky's face while he's sleeping, too. )

[greentech]

( You know, I hadn't even considered the practical joke applications of this... )

[ But she likes the idea. ]

[inflori]

( Of course you didn't. That's why you met me. )

[greentech]

( I already knew someone like you. )

[ Lance, maybe, but Lance wasn't quite as cunning. ]

[inflori]

( Please. There's no one like me. )

[greentech]

( Eh, I don't know about that. )

[inflori]

( Prove me wrong. )

[greentech]

( Chatty, kind of likes to brag, high opinion of yourself? Yeah, definitely knew someone like you back home. )