Haha, it's fine. It was the day the flood stopped, so I'll just accept it as a birthday gift and move on. [Besides, his birthday has never been that important a day to him; he never did anything when he was younger, and now it's spent being polite for cameras and fans. The insult of the present he was given was way worse than just the fact that the calendar said November 12 at some point.] But that actually brings us around to what I wanted to talk about.
[He dunks his teabag up and down in the mug, skillfully sidestepping the intent of the question and getting down to brass tacks instead.] I asked for my shiki, but it refused. I reached out to the Admin for a justification. It turns out this is more complicated than I thought-- it's not just an active barrier that's stopping them from coming through, but something the Admin is doing to prevent them from reaching me. Them specifically, because our bond puts us all in more danger from... the possible possession that pays attention when you say its name.
[Does Vangeance... know about that, actually? He knows that Vangeance, unlike Matoba, has at least figured out how to use a cell phone, but...]
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[He dunks his teabag up and down in the mug, skillfully sidestepping the intent of the question and getting down to brass tacks instead.] I asked for my shiki, but it refused. I reached out to the Admin for a justification. It turns out this is more complicated than I thought-- it's not just an active barrier that's stopping them from coming through, but something the Admin is doing to prevent them from reaching me. Them specifically, because our bond puts us all in more danger from... the possible possession that pays attention when you say its name.
[Does Vangeance... know about that, actually? He knows that Vangeance, unlike Matoba, has at least figured out how to use a cell phone, but...]