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[superlvldots]

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[Kirigiri's anything but fond of making her presence public. After all, no matter how you look at it, it's better to conduct your business subtly in any sort of dangerous situation.]

[However, her interactions with Naegi have been limited as of late, and she has gained precious little information about this tower. Monobear's activities, however, have slowed down. Now's a good time to act.]

Does anyone here have any skill with computers?

[Of course, she knows of at least one person who does, but simply mentioning the ability constitutes asking to talk to Chihiro.]

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[crouching_sin]

I do.

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[superlvldots]

I see. I was hoping to ask for help in examining the electronic appliances within the tower.

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[crouching_sin]

I might be able to help. What did you have in mind?

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[superlvldots]

There are electronic appliances in the rec room. There's a chance of acquiring information by analyzing them.

That said, are you available to visit floor five?

[When text filters fail, you simply have to make your own. The rec room is not in floor five, naturally. If anything electronic can be found there, it's the equipment in the security station.]

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[crouching_sin]

[He gets the picture. He hasn't had the occasion to find a failing filter yet, but he's not one to be reckless with this kind of information anyway.]

I am. I can meet you there.

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[tsunball]

.. What, you mean you don't? [ have a generally unhelpful person, kirigiri.. ]

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[mustlovedogs]

You asked Fujisaki yet?

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[superlvldots]

Not as much as others here, Kuwata-kun.

[The implication here being that they have the world's best hacker around.]

[Also those of other worlds. For good measure.]

[For what it's worth, even if Leon can't see it, Kirigiri's posture is a lot less guarded. Enough time has passed without Monobear pulling anything for her to put some trust in her classmates.]

[voice]

[superlvldots]

I have hopes that he will respond at some point.

['He'. The mere word a reminder of that one trial. Still, now's not the time to confuse things any further by acting.]

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[mustlovedogs]

Why don't you just ask her?

[It's not that he didn't catch the 'he', he sure did, and had to take an extra moment to respond because of it, the confirmation that Kirigiri knew about the trial. But, as long as there are people around who could catch their conversation and don't know about Chihiro's secret, he'll keep trying to protect it.]

[voice]

[superlvldots]

[Kirigiri expected that, of course. However, the staff are really are the only ones out of their world likely to take an interest in this conversation, as she sees it. If they listen to it, she'll be in a lot more trouble than matters involving Chihiro's identity. Still, she understands that, regardless of that fact, Mondo's word is his bond.]

Have you tried using a filter recently? They are consistently failing. I'd prefer to keep Fujisaki-kun's skillset a secret, at least from the other captives.

[The staff aren't the only ones dangerous here, after all.]

[voice]

[mustlovedogs]

Aah? What's that? You mean for coffee?

[voice]

[superlvldots]

[If Mondo was Naegi, he would get snark, but you know what? Regardless of his moral code, let's not berate the second-strongest person in the class. Not while Kirigiri's explaining things, anyway.]

...

No. Have you ever wanted to limit a conversation like this one to one person in particular, Oowada-kun?

[It's a little worrying he hasn't, really, but it's not like Monobear is monitoring every talk they have.]

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[superlvldots]

Understood. Thank you.

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[mustlovedogs]

Guess it'd probably be good... Don't really use these things much though.

[Of course, she's free to do so at any point as, yes, his moral code prevents him from doing anything to a girl, regardless of what she might be doing to him.]

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[crouching_sin]

[And there he is, showing up not too long after the request was made. He was nearby anyway, at least.]

[tsunball]

[ leon guessing implications, that's a funny one. and he doesn't notice her being less guarded as easily yet - she always seemed like an ice queen of sorts to him, after all.. ]

But anyone can use a computer, right? All you have to do is press a few buttons, can't be that difficult!

[voice]

[superlvldots]

It's usually possible, but the absence of that function since about a week ago is making things troublesome.

[superlvldots]

. . .

[She'd like to mention the exact difficulty of what she's considering, but doing so risks the tower staff's wrath.]

Let's say I just feel comfortable with a consultant.

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[superlvldots]

[Kirigiri actually arrives after him, trying not to make this too obvious. The only signal that she's the person who talked to him is an extremely small nod.]

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[crouching_sin]

[He nods back, and heads her way casually, hands in his pockets and looking around so it seems like he's just wandering.]

[voice]

[mustlovedogs]

Yeah? Can't you just go find her and ask her? You wanna know where her room's at?

[tsunball]

.. So you just want some company?

[ he puts some emphasis on the word, as if he means more to it than just.. you know, company. all girls want to be with guys and get all doki doki with them, clearly? ]

You can just go ahead and tell people that, you know! It doesn't suit the cool and mysterious image, yeah, but you have to go for it! Be aggressive if you just want someone to notice you! [ this is why no girl is ever attracted to leon. ]

[superlvldots]

[She actually looks a little intrigued. Not mad intrigued, or... or Leon intrigued, but genuinely puzzled.]

...You seem to have adapted to this environment with ease, Kuwata-kun.

[voice]

[superlvldots]

I have checked the listings already, but I wouldn't mind personal confirmation.

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[superlvldots]

[Kirigiri takes some time to consider her course of action. Maybe a wasted few seconds are actually a product of her hesitation to follow through with this, but even if she's caught, they won't kill her. Remaining ignorant of her circumstances for an eternity would be a worse fate anyways.]

[She starts walking towards the security station, making sure her feigned interest in the floor is not overly obvious.]

[voice]

[mustlovedogs]

Aah, sure. It's floor four, number eight. Pretty easy to remember.

[crouching_sin]

[He stops and examines one of the viewports, looking out at the ruins of his world... heh. He smirks slightly and turns back towards the security station, pausing every so often to stare at a machine. He does eventually make it there, though.]

[tsunball]

Huh? [ apparently he didn't quite see that turn of conversation coming, so for a few moments he just blinks to himself.. ]

.. Well, you get it, don't you? [ it feels a little awkward saying this to kirigiri of all people, but.. ] It's not like I have anywhere else left to go. There's not exactly a choice.