Texts: dont ugh me

Texts: dont ugh me
Date of Scene:	17 November 2023
Location:	Texts
Synopsis:	Mamoru texts Kyouka to tell him an important thing and then they bicker like children. Also, Fuyuko.
Cast of Characters:	Mamoru Chiba, Kyouka Inai

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(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: so

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: so

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: i set a date for a month from now that's a target for my lawyers to close on a deal

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: to sell my subsidary project to an unaffiliated corporation

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: so my employees don't lose their jobs

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: when the call centers stop transmitting energy

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: do you get what i mean :D

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i follow. i think.

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: whats your subsidiary project

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: have i heard of it

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: call centers. not in japan.

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: thats pretty lame, arent you a big shot villain? on second thought foreign call centers are pretty evil, nevermind

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: ugh

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: dont ugh me

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: anyway.. in all seriousness. let me know if i can help. anything, for real

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: the point is, either we find the silver crystal or a month from now

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: ok.

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i got you fam

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: i trust you. not to keep secrets, ever, but i trust you.

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i strive to be worthy of it. except, i guess, in the arena of keeping secrets

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: yeah i tell you things if i want everyone to know, lmao

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: look i have to disseminate information as i deem best for the overall community, ok? it will be a lot easier to keep your secrets when we're officially on the same side and i dont have to worry about endangering anyone by keeping them

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: youre so defensive. methinks the scrub doth protest too much

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: of course im defensive, youre impugning me

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: youre not even denying it tho XD XD XD XD XD

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: no im justifying it! theres no point in denying things that are provably true

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: yeah but you're trying to justify it to a 16yo whos full of dark energy. youre extremely funny

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i care about what you think of me, ok? its dumb but i do. deal with it

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: i care what you think of me too, it's really fucking annoying

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: for the record, i think you're annoying. but also im really glad you're getting out. one way or another.

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: obviously not JUST annoying, or annoying and dangerous, or TOO annoying, or you wouldnt be bothering with offering help :P

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: annoying the way a younger sibling is annoying. they drive you nuts but you'd still go to bat for them every time. just how it is

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: thank you

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: thanks are not required. but they are appreciated. buy me a beer with all your damn corpo money after its over, ok?

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: i will!! as long as you dont tell on me for drinking one too

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: if a 16 year old can run a foreign call center and sell it in a major business deal i think he can also drink one (1) beer

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: good, neph thinks so too, hahahaha. he made this one drink that looked like a frog in a blender, all green and red

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: what is that like a test of courage or something

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: it tasted like fruit punch and was wildly alcoholic. so i guess, yeah

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: yuck. i dont like sweet drinks. especially ones with frog

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: there was no actual frog. oh god thats disgusting

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i know there wasnt i was being cheeky. but i still dont like sweet drinks

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: more for me

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: i might look the other way for a celebratory beer but im afraid i cant condone drinking to excess

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: you need to be of-age before you can drink to excess

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: corporate alcohol culture

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: i don't like getting drunk so it's fine

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: but if you get a sweet drink on accident i will jump on that grenade for you

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: good to know. hey random question, do you know Fuyuko Yuuhi? she works at Obsidian in HR

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: yeah why? she had to put up with my sensitivity training when i stabbed sunbreaker

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: come to think of it, she also had to put up with me when i was 14 so be nice to her

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: shes an old acquaintance of mine. from the old days. you can probably trust her... to a point. i wouldnt tell her about your plans. but if you ever desperately need a favor, tell her i said to help you. shell either instantly do it or instantly do the opposite just to spite me but at least its a coin flip.

(PHONE) Darien Shields texts: oh cool, ok. so i'll have to be really desperate and also pray first, got it

(PHONE) Kyouka Inai texts: yes its a hail mary but sometimes you gotta take chances