now the world is only white noise, frequencies that I can't understand

[helladoptera]

[ Well, that was some shit! Uh. To avoid pulling a Junpei and retreating somewhere, Max instead gathers up a couple people to help and goes to the first floor restaurant to set up some food, because fuck asking everyone to use the elevators. After getting some batter mixed, she writes up some notes! ]

Hey. Food in the first floor restaurant, if you're hungry.
Breakfast and burgers! :)

- Max, Pyrrha, Arianna

[ True to her word, there's a steady stream of waffles, pancakes, and some burgers coming out of the kitchen, as well as a bunch of (non-alcoholic) drinks on a table with a sign that says "BYOB if you want booze." ]

Comments

[cyan_maid]

Oh. Uh. So...porn, then.

[ratherdoweddings]

A lot, yes. Hikaru-chan has a bit of a stash.

[cyan_maid]

...Wow.

[ratherdoweddings]

You know, I used to think she had a thing for Akito too, every other woman in range does. Then we thought she was having an affair with one of our officers, since he was always hitting on younger women even though he was married. But it turns about she only cares about her Boys' Love stories. I sure wish things turned out that well all the time.

[cyan_maid]

...Well, so long as she was happy, I guess it's not that big a deal.

[ratherdoweddings]

Everyone should be able to have something that makes them happy! Especially when the world gets so complicated.

[cyan_maid]

That makes sense.

[...Wonder what it is for Jane, now that so much of what she loves has been tainted.]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika frowns. They approach her room, though, and she opens the door. Her room is neat and organized, and she walks over and immediately retrieves the purple cell phone.]

Here you go! It's a little different from the one in the concourse.

[cyan_maid]

Really? How so?

[She'll take it and handle it gently though. Yurika is giving it to her, after all.]

[ratherdoweddings]

This one powers on! It still doesn't get a signal, though. We sadly can't be that lucky.

[cyan_maid]

...Hm. Did you take a look at what's on it?

[Gonna just power it on, maybe to get the battery to run out before she works on it.]

[ratherdoweddings]

A few texts, but mostly cute little app games.

[cyan_maid]

What kind of texts?

[ratherdoweddings]

That's the thing, it's not even anything important. Just things where they're talking to their girlfriend or something like that. It's cute, but it's not the secrets of the Champion Excellence Program or anything.

[cyan_maid]

...Oh.

[She suddenly wonders if she should take this? It feels incredibly rude to rip apart someone's personal phone.]

[ratherdoweddings]

Sorry. It's about all I've got, aside from the... weird screaming box.

[cyan_maid]

...The what?

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika holds up Rick's box.]

Hitting the button just makes it do this weird squeal. That's it.

[cyan_maid]

...So it's useless, essentially.

[ratherdoweddings]

Exactly. Do you want it anyway?

[cyan_maid]

[Shrug.]

If you don't, I'll figure out something to do with it.

[ratherdoweddings]

Sure! Here you go. [She hands it over.] By the way, did you still have my old uniform? It was so chaotic when we found our stuff again, I never got around to asking.

[cyan_maid]

I think I left it in the Duty Free Store, I didn't realize it was yours when I got it...

[ratherdoweddings]

I suppose I did only start wearing it around the last few weeks of that space station. Sometimes the Benefactors can be so stingy, you know?

[cyan_maid]

Yeah...sometimes they'll let you have something precious, and other times you don't get it back to enjoy at all.