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[fortune_sought]

[when Sophie activates her CAT, her expression is determined. behind her, the scenery of the town square is visible as she's currently walking through it--and at a brisk pace, too]

Anyone who means to search for the item Nathan mentioned, I'll be in the space station. If you get there soon, I'm starting in the mayor's office.

[with that said, she moves to turn off her CAT--but stops, looking to the side as though distracted. she snaps:] No, I'm not going to be that specific over the CAT! What if someone is listening? [she pauses--and scowls] It's not a lie. I'll tell them more when I see them. [and after one more pause, she bursts out:] Gah! Would both of you be quiet!? [and she continues on her way--stomping rather. it seems something has annoyed her]

[ooc: Sophie is going to search for the blueprints to lead them to the missing lab--and hopefully the film. Feel free to join her! Or, if you'd prefer, just have a conversation over the CAT~ Also, threadhopping is welcome if you want to search without her!]

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[manicurious]

[Meanwhile, Ichijou seems kind of distracted. Even if Sophie's shoulder guides were visible he probably wouldn't even notice.]

I suppose "Young and old" us must be a common theme, then. The little child "me" is, well, the way I was as a child - overly naive and trusting. He keeps telling me to take people's word for everything, to tell everyone exactly what I'm thinking all the time.

At least that one's kind of cute. Old man "me" is... Horrifying, actually. He keeps insulting everyone I talk to, and he's always telling me to threaten people for various reasons. And sometimes he just sort of sits there on my shoulder and laughs...

Regardless of their suggestions, I've been doing just fine making my own decisions. Not that I've had many decisions to make - right now I'm just waiting to hear back from Nathan. I know that he has his CAT now, and I've been asking him for an explanation of just what it is that he's supposedly lying about.

He should know by now that he could tell me anything and I'll still side with him. We have a deal, after all. The only way I'll budge on that is if someone else offers one of equal or greater benefit to me.

[fortune_sought]

Oh. Mine aren't...quite like that. [but she refrains from describing what hers are like]

[she frowns at his statements about Nathan's CAT] Then I do have to wonder why he's still not telling you. [she pauses, glancing to one side] Yes, that's a good question.

Ichijou, are you really so certain we can trust him?

[manicurious]

I'm not certain at all, actually. As I've said, the only reason I choose to side with him is because we made a deal, and neither Resarci nor this Ferran or whatever has been able to match or beat it.

I believe that Resarci has the most credibility out of anyone, but if he can't be bothered to offer me the one thing that I want, I can't be bothered to side with him. That's just the way it is.

[fortune_sought]

[ooc: I dropped the "Mr" above by accident. Please pretend it is there]

[she stares, surprised] But...what makes you say that? Resarci was manipulating us from the start!

[manicurious]

((I didn't even notice!))

[At this point, he looks directly into the CAT instead of fiddling around with his nails. His expression is dead serious.]

I understand his situation far more than I'd typically be comfortable admitting. You could call it intuition or something, but overall the best way I can describe it is a feeling in my heart that we're a similar kind of "monster."

From a more logical standpoint, I don't see what he has to gain by deceiving us right now. I don't think there's any benefit for him to lie to us at this point. Our current captor wants us to stay put, and Nathan has expressed interest in letting most of us go. Resarci wants us to defy both of them!

It's horribly risky. Clearly he knows that. Why would he be opposing two powerful entities like them if he himself wasn't in a desperate situation?

[fortune_sought]

[Sophie frowns at Ichijou's description. he's never struck her as any sort of "monster." selfish, yes, but she knows plenty of other selfish people. still, they have too much to worry about at the moment for her to argue that point with him, so she lets it go]

Perhaps he thinks the reward for keeping us to himself is worth that risk? Or, as I'm more concerned might be the truth, by being "rid" of us, he means to kill us so that he can be free of whatever ties he still has to this town! [she scowls] I wouldn't doubt it from him.