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>You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours
"...Fine." You can always dispose of it later if it proves useless or dangerous. "But not <span class="mu-i">yet.</span> You can't say a load of stupid cryptic stuff and then just <span class="mu-i">leave</span> like everybody else does, okay? I won't let you. Answer my questions."
R/D-C #1 looks a tad put out. "What kind of questions?"
"You'll find out when I ask them." Obviously. "Question one. What do you <span class="mu-i">mean,</span> 'hit the big time'? I— I have hit the big time. I <span class="mu-i">am</span> the big time. I'll have you know that I'm a very famous heroine, actually, and I— that's probably what you see in my stringnature! That I'm a heroine! Who's going to save the whole entire world, and there's probably a— I have not as of yet found a prophecy pertaining to this, but there probably is one. Somewhere. About me. So I think you're sorely mistaken about the meaning of 'big time,' and if you'd like to explain what you <span class="mu-i">think</span> you mean, then I'm sure we can clarify—"
"I don't think I'm mistaken. But look, you'll know it if you hit it, alright? You'll know it when you hit it." Her close-lipped smile is Eloise-esque too. (You can't escape!) "Next question."
....Your leverage here is slim, especially if the card's in bad faith. You're probably lucky she's saying anything at all. Damnit! "<span class="mu-i">Fine.</span> What's an RD? I know what a Correspondent does, but I've never met a—"
"Researchist-Developer? It's what it sounds like!"
You scowl.
"We research and develop new technology? As a division? We're responsible for— well— name something!"
<span class="mu-i">Name</span> something? Like a... a technology? She expects you to know snake technologies? Or maybe this is a clever trick to get you to stop asking questions? Oh, God. Surely you can think of something. ".......Backups?"
"Yup. Developed those. Plus just about every other—"
"What <span class="mu-i">is</span> a backup?" You fold your hands together. "You said it can stop somebody from reading and writing? Because that's just stupid. Why would you invent something that—"
"Hmm?" Researchist/Developer-Correspondent #1 blinks. "Ah! No, no, no. A backup preserves a safe metaphysical state, so it can be reverted to if disaster strikes instead of a recycle or semi-cycle. Since those aren't very conducive to success rates, if the previous eon has proven anything. It has nothing to do with literacy. I was saying that #314 has banjaxed himself catastrophically enough that the auto-backup isn't triggering, and they're holding off on the manual backup for <span class="mu-i">some</span> reason. I assume it's because there's a degraded scrap of him still in that mess, it'd cause a huge conflict, and the backup might bork, too. Which wouldn't make his <span class="mu-i">friend</span> happy. Whoever that is."
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