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✪ 5! [ video ]

Aha, Shiro! Shiro, I have a present for you! ✩

[ "Toto" is literally jumping up and down and clapping his hands on the video. Something has him really excited. ]

The Administrators must really love me. I'm not sure why they gave it to me instead of you, but I'll give it to its rightful owner.

[ He's so excited that he forgot to filter this message. ]

The Tower finally gets to have its own Aceman. Again. ✩ [ He then holds up a silver, metal mask. And grins. Not quite as scary as her grin, but still an A for effort. ]

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Only because you lied to her.

[A white lie he's gonna say, but even if it's only half a lie, it's still bad enough for her.]

...I'm tired.

[She crouches to pick up the mask again and stares at it. Or rather right through it.]

I didn't lie to her at all. She asked if she looked like Aceman. And she does... right, Aceman? ✩

[ He approaches her, and frowns. ]

You are? [ Every time she said that... it was while the lullaby was playing. ] Shiro didn't tell me she wasn't sleeping well... are feeling okay?

You know she didn't mean that. Had she been given the choice, Shiro would never have wanted to become me.

[She gives him a glance and a smirk.] The Administrators are just as just the same spoilsports as Sorae used to be~ Since our last game they seem to have installed their own Mother Goose system somewhere in the Tower~

[Though this is only part of the reason why she said she was tired.]

She is you. Whether she wants to be or not. That's the difference between me and Woodpecker. I accept-

[ Wait, what? ]

... They have? How is that-- did they take any of your flesh? [ They must not have. Not that he'd be able to tell; healing factor, and whatnot. Though, that would explain why Shiro's been out more often... ]

You're still awake. It must not be as strong as Igarashi's.

[Wretched Egg conveniently ignores his first remark. Then she shrugs.] I don't know. They managed to make me lose consciousness. [They could have done anything after that.]

Maybe not. But we still won't be able to play as often as before~ [She holds the mask in front of her, hiding half of her face. She's clearly teasing him.] And you have no control over that system~

[ That was... impossible. No way. Sure, Wretched Egg needed to sleep just as much as anyone else, but knocking her out? And then taking parts of her flesh without her noticing? No... no, they must be doing something else. Not even HE could pull that off. ]

You're still awake. How loud is it?

[By way of answer Wretched Egg starts humming softly. It's not very loud. But it's annoying. Like the loud buzzing of an insect. Or rather of a group of insects.]

Okay, okay, I get it. [ Good God, that's annoying. ] I'll start looking into a way to shut it down, but... it took me years to figure out Sorae's.

Well good luck with that~

I didn't come here to play just so we have to go back to the same old rules. I'm just as upset about this as you are.

Gah... unrequited love... really, Jason? ✩

Me neither~ I didn't come here for that~

[She turns around and starts walking away.]

Try to be more careful about the presents you make to Shiro too~

[But at least she's still keeping the mask.]

Just because you hate ice cream doesn't mean my last present was bad. ✩

[ Come on, Shiro loved that sundae. ]

Don't play dumb, Mockingbird~ You know I'm not talking about the ice cream~ [She's talking about the mask.]

She seemed happy about both. [ His point is that he's trying balance both of them, but fair enough. ]

[Only because he's way too good at deceiving poor young Shiro. But Wretched Egg already mentioned that and she hates repeating herself.]

Next time you promise her 'Aceman', see to it that it's the real Aceman. Not me.

After all~ She already has me, just like I have her~ It does not depend on you anymore~

I guess 'it's a series reboot' wouldn't work, would it? [ An exasperated sigh. Deflect with humor... doesn't tend to work on her as well as it does with Shiro. ]

At least the cape looks like the real deal. Too bad they didn't send me that.

[No, it doesn't. And she ignores his first remark altogether.]

Too bad indeed~

Aha, well... hungry? Thirsty? I haven't eaten dinner yet, and... [ Glances down at the 'snacks' he brought for Shiro. ] I never thought I'd miss those damn twins.

You miss them~? ...How sweet~

I told you. I'm tired~ [And she's already leaning down onto a couch.]

They were good cooks. Even you have to admit that. [ A shrug, and he grabs one of the nutrition bars, and plops down next to her, sitting cross-legged. He then begins unwrapping the bland, tasteless bar that actually manages to have less flavor than tofu. ]

Y'know... [ He says, taking a bite. ] Something always had me about curious your 'Red Man' act when it came to Ganta. How is it he never commented on how short you were? Or were you always flying?

[Unfortunately for Hagire, he is not going to get the answer to this question. Not this time at least. There is a yawn and a sigh.] In Shiro's dream? Sometimes Shiro's flying. But not always.

...Sorry, Toto. Shiro's fallen asleep. [She's hugging the Red Man's mask against her chest as if it were a plush.] Shiro's hungry now.

[ ... well played, Wretched Egg. He looks slightly surprised by Shiro's sudden 'appearance,' but then regains his composure, and gently pats Shiro's head. ]

Ahh... no, it's okay, Shiro. You were up late last night. [ He claps his hands, and hands her one of the nutrition bars... that he had covered in sugar he had stockpiled from last month. ] Here you go. ✩

[Shiro blinks as he pats her head. But then she forgets about everything else as he shows her the sugar coated nutrition bar.] This one looks yummy! [It barely looks like the bland nutrition bars anymore. Shiro takes it and enthusiastically takes a bite.] Mmmm~

Aha, don't get too excited, Shiro. I don't have as much sugar as I'd like for this kind of thing every day. ✩

[ Though, she looks happy. Good. See that, Wretched Egg? See that? ]

[Yes, she does see that.]

Oh... [Slightly disappointed and then suddenly hopeful again.] Maybe they'll give us back the candy before Toto runs out of sugar!

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