AKIRA

[voidbreaker]

awww shit here they go again

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[voidbreaker]

[ he just kinda looks at it

and then looks at akira. thanks but what? ]

[survivaltricks]

Here. Let me know if this works.

[LO AND BEHOLD]

[THE WORDS SHOW UP ON THE SCREEN, LIKE SO]

[Here. Let me know if this wroks.]

[voidbreaker]

[ oh.

hey.

it makes sense. ]



Wrok?

[survivaltricks]

What?

[looks at the tablet]

[oh]

Work.

[voidbreaker]

[ looks at the tablet too. ]

...

Thank aidios for whatever this thing is.

[survivaltricks]

A speech-to-text translator. I don't know what the heck was going on with our writing, but this will take care of you until your hearing returns.

Thank the directors.

[they did a good job!!]

[voidbreaker]

[ hm ]

Your writing. I mean, I was just writing how I always write. Was that how you normally write?

[survivaltricks]

Uh, yeah? It's Japanese. I guess for some reason though our speech is translated our written word isn't.

[beyond that? he's got nothing]

[voidbreaker]

Wonder if it’s trickier to translate writing than speech? For whatever reason.

[survivaltricks]

Beats me. That's a question for our directors.

[voidbreaker]

[ line face ]

Wonder where they get this tech in the middle of nowhere.

[survivaltricks]

You keep asking me questions that I don't have the answers for, Ash.

[just saying!!]

[voidbreaker]

I'm airing them out.

[ so he doesn't have to go ask the directors. ]

[survivaltricks]

[a snort]

I'm sorry I can't be more useful to you.

[voidbreaker]

I thought you'd have charmed the purple one into sharing all their secrets with you by now.

[survivaltricks]

Believe me, I've been trying. They're a tough nut to crack.

[voidbreaker]

Wow. I'm almost disappointed.

[ akira.... everyone expected more ]

But they are stubborn about what they will and won't talk about.

[survivaltricks]

[EXCUSE YOU HE'S NOT A MAGIC NPC WHISPERER. . .]

Well, yeah. They can only talk about so much before they get stabbed in the hand.

We have to be patient.

[voidbreaker]

[ drily: ]

Sure, we'll all just sit back and get murdered so they can avoid physical injury.

[survivaltricks]

[pointed look]

Ash. . .

[that's not fair and you know it]

[voidbreaker]

[ he just stares at him.

no, actually. he doesn't think it is, really. ]

I know you're really into making friends with the locals, and sure, you do you. But people here are gonna be suspicious of them and see the parts that don't add up. Whether that's malicious or not.

[survivaltricks]

That's not what I'm talking about.

[he doesn't mind if people aren't suspicious, it's just. . .]

We're not getting murdered just so they can avoid physical injury. You think something worse won't happen to them-- or one of us-- if they open up too quickly?

You don't have to trust them, but it's unfair to say they're refusing to talk just to avoid getting their hands stabbed.

[when they have already seen that it's way more than that]

[voidbreaker]

[ flash forward to them writing something along those lines on the board later that day. ]

No, you're right. I don't have to trust them.

[ so he doesn't think he will. ]

[survivaltricks]

Then don't.

[reaching into his pocket to pull out ??? a piece of paper??]

But at least trust me.

[voidbreaker]

[ squints. ]

You've got a whole other game behind you, you're fine.