homophonic: jonas

[camena]

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[westedge]

[ oh boy. ]

You think? [ he is not as enthused as she is, but he can at least agree team outing and bonding probably isn't a bad idea. ] I mean yeah, I guess since it's the only thing there it's...an idea.

[camena]

I want to get to know whoever we're working with. And - yeah, there aren't a whole lot of other options for stuff we could all do together.

... Plus... What else are we doing until a task comes in? We've got time.

[westedge]

And if the task is bowling then we're already ahead of the game. [ the task will not be bowling. ] I still have no idea who we should ask to be our fourth.

[camena]

Yeah, see?

Kazuki came up last time, right? He's about our age. And he didn't come here with anyone, which is good if we're asking Setsu. And he plays guitar. [ is that? relevant? ]

[westedge]

That explains a few things about Kazuki, too. But what's the guitar got to do with anything? [ it's fine, it's whatever. i'm really glad alex got the fun lore and he got "japan is full of terrorists" lore.

and then he remembers something. ]

He actually mentioned that those two were thinking about teaming up anyway. So...that might work.

[camena]

[ hey this is working out easier than she thought! also she is not answering that question. ]

Then let's go for that. And if they say no, we'll just... Figure out something else.

[westedge]

[ someday he is going to learn to call her on not answering stuff.

today is not that day. ]

There's a few back-up options if we need to, but we'll call them our first draft. [ mildly related: ] I'm going to keep Rin in the loop. I told him I'd share anything I came across...didn't seem like a bad alliance to have even if I'm not sure what team he's ending up on.

[camena]

[ sometimes it's avoidance and sometimes she simply didn't have a thought to elaborate on. ]

Cool. I told Wolfwood I'd tell him if we figured stuff out. [ so that's her... alliance? sure. ] Not that there's much to report, yet.

[westedge]

There will be sooner or later. He's not a bad person to have on our side either. [ which is jonas for he likes wolfwood decently enough. ] Once people pick their teams it'll be easier for us to find at least one person per team we can think about trading information with.

[ because. like. there are some people who can figure it out themselves, or some people they may not want to talk to. ]

[camena]

You don't think there'll be some teams we just wholesale want to avoid?

[ because she's not so sure on sharing info with mr. murderhands from today's q&a. or anyone who decides to party with him after that. ]

[westedge]

[ a pause. ]

...no, okay, yeah. That's a good point. I was just thinking it might not hurt so there's less of a chance of them picking us as a target.

[ given their murderhands. ]

[camena]

Right... Making ourselves too useful to dispose of...

[ hate that... ]

It's something to think about at least.

[westedge]

[ tapping his fingers on his coffee cup... ]

If there's a team we want to avoid but stay in the good graces of, I'll talk to them and figure something out. Just to keep us off their radar.

[ it sucks to have to think this way, but he's also very much in the business of doing shit to keep them alive. ]

[camena]

That... sounds shady.

What, you don't think I could play politics or whatever? [ she definitely couldn't. ]

[westedge]

[ okay, well. ]

Not a chance. [ he will come out and say it. ] And it's not shady.

[ it's a little shady. ]

[camena]

[ she makes a little annoyed sound. ]

Okay.

[westedge]

[ oh my god. ]

What? [ what!! ]

[camena]

Just - we're a team. Don't be weird.

[ it's! shady!! ]

[westedge]

[ ?! kind of gesturing with his hands like "HELLO?" ]

I'm not--how am I being weird?

[ he's being weird, but also, shut up. ]

[camena]

[ don't gesture at me ]

I'm not, like, sending you in to infiltrate the scariest groups! That's dumb.

[westedge]

It's not sending, I'm volunteering. There's a difference.

[camena]

Not really.

[westedge]

Why not?

[camena]

The end result is the same, isn't it?

[westedge]

[ well. yes, technically. he still doesn't exactly see anything wrong with it, but he does go quiet to think. ]

Would it make you feel better if we wait to make a decision with Setsu and Kazuki?