animus_network | Second Duel (Forward dated to late Saturday morning)

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Second Duel (Forward dated to late Saturday morning)

*It's Margulis' first appearance on the network, and...well, he looks horrible. He looks like he's barely slept in days and he looks almost sickly pale, except for where he skin is inflamed red from the cold. His scar is an angry red line down the side of his face and it doesn't take a doctor to figure out that it has to be causing him pain. It's no wonder he looks somewhat annoyed, right?*

I hadn't thought you the sort of coward who would leave a message and then refuse to show his face, Jin Uzuki. Or have your scant manners finally failed you completely?

More generally, I've been indisposed for the past two days. If anything of note has happened in that time, I'm interested in hearing about it.

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I saw the others' reactions. It wasn't a normal occurrence or common knowledge.

But not everyones.

[He's crossing his arms and sighing. Why is he bothering again?]

This is ridiculous.

Hmph, we'll see. But I'm not going to explain it over this hunk of outdated machinery.

They're useful enough, no matter how outdated they might be.

And likely monitored by our hosts.

It would be foolish to think that they didn't. They probably monitor everything but our thoughts, in fact. chaos and I were discussing just that the day I arrived.

*...Well, if how civil this conversation has been didn't already indicate that this isn't the Jin from his universe, the fact that he's on good terms with chaos definitely does.*

He mentioned his suspicions in that regard to me as well on my own arrival.

[Jin still won't be leaping for a chance to talk in person though.]

Not surprising. chaos is very thorough here as well, it seems.

*GDI Uzuki.*

I would be surprised if he wasn't. It isn't like him to be careless.

[Trololololol.]

Not at all, like him. You're right. You know him surprisingly well.

*He's not laughing.*

Not particularly, when you consider my frequent dealings with the Kukai Foundation even before they started requesting my assistance for the Elsa.

Quite a few differences between our universes then.

I'm hardly surprised, I've met several people here who know me as a member of U-TIC.

That's how I remember you, colonel.

And yet from my perspective, that was your position.

My position?!

[WHAAT??]

Going deaf, Uzuki? I left U-TIC fifteen years ago, but you and- *He hesitates before saying the next name, and there's a tone shift that implies it's a sore spot.* -Pellegri remained.

I would never have done something so ridiculous!

[Scowling! It's almost a lie though since he did something even moreso by agreeing with Wilhelm.]

Then clearly you have more sense than the Uzuki I'm familiar with.

Apparently so. And you have more sense than the Margulis I remember.

I'd already gathered that much from the fact that he's still allied with U-TIC.

Of course, I didn't mean to repeat that. It's still a surprise to encounter others from different universes here.

You don't have to explain that to me. I'm beginning to learn what to expect, but it's still no less unusual.

This entire situation is unusual.

I would think that that much goes without saying.

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