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[fujimaru]

It's Ritsuka! I've either fallen asleep or couldn't find my phone in time, so leave a message.

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[psynchroneyes]

... You have one of those?

[fujimaru]

I mean, you know.

[ She taps her temple. ]

The possessions that the Warden gives us? I already knew mine from before.

[psynchroneyes]

Oh, that's what you mean.

... Yeah, I guess they are ride-alongs in their own way. I usually think something along the lines of freeloader.

[fujimaru]

I dunno, we're all technically freeloaders except for the people on Echidna.

[psynchroneyes]

Is it freeloading if it's against your will?

[fujimaru]

I think it depends on who you ask.

[psynchroneyes]

Hm... Nah. I'll consider it compensation for the bullshit we gotta put up with.

[fujimaru]

That's fair! And you gotta admit, the benefits are pretty nice. Nicer than you'd expect, when the Warden wants to roleplay prison life.

[psynchroneyes]

And I think I'd grow bored out of my mind in a normal prison. ... More than I do around here, anyway.

[fujimaru]

I know. I'm used to being so busy all the time, being here is kind of weird.

Or not kind of. A lot? A lot weird.

[psynchroneyes]

Right? I've been super busy for a while too, so coming here to a lot of nothing... It almost makes me miss work.

[fujimaru]

I...

[ This is a thing that requires a few seconds of deep thought. ]

I do, but I don't. If that makes sense.

[psynchroneyes]

Oh, right, 'cause of...

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... Are you glad to get away from all that?

[fujimaru]

...A little?

[ She's not entirely sure, even in her own heart. Is she? Surely a little, but at the same time-- ]

I just hate that I haven't finished, either. I don't like leaving a project partway through.

[psynchroneyes]

I think that's a little more than a "project", though.

[fujimaru]

A little, but I don't know what else I'd call it.

[psynchroneyes]

I guess it's more like a... mission? No, maybe 'undertaking' is more like it.

[fujimaru]

Yeah... when I'm really tired, it's mostly just, "let me live."

[psynchroneyes]

TV really makes it seem more glorious than it is, huh.

[fujimaru]

TV leaves out stuff like there will be bugs, and uncomfortable camping spots, and lots of really angry smelly beasts that don't care about anything but trying to literally bite your head off. Yeah.

[psynchroneyes]

If nothing else, you deserve the break.

[fujimaru]

...honestly, even with the bad things that've happened... this place kind of is like a break.