It's fine. I... did everything that I needed to do already. And I... I'm feeling better that I don't feel as emotionally compromised, but being busy certainly kept my mind off of it. Moreover, seeing Viktor return to us gave me hope...
[ She likes to act dumb and all, but -- the reaction she had to Legerdemain was... extreme. Yuri did tell her an approximation of her canonpoint, but it leaves room for a little questioning, but --
...No, it doesn't matter. The only thing Rodya is really concerned about ist hat Yuri is alive now. That's always what she's been about, the present.
She shakes her head a little, brushing off the questioning waiting. ]
Nah, nevermind. Just thought about asking if you'd really like to be our bus mascot but our lifestyle and pay probably suuuucks compared to what else you can get, especially if you go with Shushu, huh?
[ Yuri gets the feeling that it wasn't what Rodya really wanted to ask, but if she doesn't want to talk about it, Yuri won't force her. ]
You know, Rodya? I really considered that before we came to the ship. I thought... about how nice it would be to have a place to return, a place where I could belong. Even if it was just in jest, that invitation... really made me happy.
But I feel that I can't go back to The City even if I wanted to, even if it's at a different point of time. If I go back, then I might not even have two seconds to take in the fact that I'm back there before I would die.
[ By all means she has avoided letting it be known that Yuri is dead by her time point, because it's nothing but detrimental. At least in her point of view anyway. ]
You've proven you're pretty tough and all, but it is pretty dangerous there. The way people talk about the City, we're clearly waaaaay low on the ladder.
Wouldn't blame you if you wanted to go somewhere else.
But I did make up my mind a long time ago that I won't be returning to The City. As to where I would go... Scien made an offer for me to be his assistant or at least a different version of him. That's been on the table since the first week, but he said I have until the end of this delivery job to think about and won't mind if I go with someone else.
[ Because she has friends now. Yay. ]
About Shu though... would that be jumping the gun?
I remember that, yeah. Are you still interested in the research position?
I don't know what's the rules on post-expedition stuff. If Cici's world doesn't have interplanetary travel, wouldn't that make it hard to visit Shushu? Greg and I are probably going back to the LCB, but the City doesn't really have all that fancy-schmancy space travel hoo-ha, so...
Mm. I know that there will be goodbyes and that I'll have to weigh the decision carefully. Sometimes, it's all I think about. Either way, to be able to start over in a different place... is something that I look forward to.
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... I can make a guess, but I am definitely not a mind reader. Did you want to be alone?
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[ So she stands up, doing a little stretch of her legs! Let's not get cramps here. ]
Were you gonna do anything today?
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[ She says that quickly, immediately, and without hesitation. ]
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[ She knows Yuri would insist she's just being honest but she still has to push back at least a little. But she does also have to ask: ]
You feel better now?
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...
Hey, you...
[ She starts, and then stops, seeming to think about it for a moment. ]
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Yuri looks at Rodya, patiently waiting for her to speak again. ]
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...No, it doesn't matter. The only thing Rodya is really concerned about ist hat Yuri is alive now. That's always what she's been about, the present.
She shakes her head a little, brushing off the questioning waiting. ]
Nah, nevermind. Just thought about asking if you'd really like to be our bus mascot but our lifestyle and pay probably suuuucks compared to what else you can get, especially if you go with Shushu, huh?
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You know, Rodya? I really considered that before we came to the ship. I thought... about how nice it would be to have a place to return, a place where I could belong. Even if it was just in jest, that invitation... really made me happy.
But I feel that I can't go back to The City even if I wanted to, even if it's at a different point of time. If I go back, then I might not even have two seconds to take in the fact that I'm back there before I would die.
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[ By all means she has avoided letting it be known that Yuri is dead by her time point, because it's nothing but detrimental. At least in her point of view anyway. ]
You've proven you're pretty tough and all, but it is pretty dangerous there. The way people talk about the City, we're clearly waaaaay low on the ladder.
Wouldn't blame you if you wanted to go somewhere else.
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[ ... ]
But I did make up my mind a long time ago that I won't be returning to The City. As to where I would go... Scien made an offer for me to be his assistant or at least a different version of him. That's been on the table since the first week, but he said I have until the end of this delivery job to think about and won't mind if I go with someone else.
[ Because she has friends now. Yay. ]
About Shu though... would that be jumping the gun?
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I remember that, yeah. Are you still interested in the research position?
I don't know what's the rules on post-expedition stuff. If Cici's world doesn't have interplanetary travel, wouldn't that make it hard to visit Shushu? Greg and I are probably going back to the LCB, but the City doesn't really have all that fancy-schmancy space travel hoo-ha, so...
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Mm. I know that there will be goodbyes and that I'll have to weigh the decision carefully. Sometimes, it's all I think about. Either way, to be able to start over in a different place... is something that I look forward to.
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Greg and I just have a bit much riding on our contract. If we still had I.R.I.Ses after this though, we'd totally text you all the time.
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[ How exactly do you get rid of nanites in your system?? Yuri doesn't know. ]
But you're right. I'll ask him about it.
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[ Throughout all the inconveniences... the I.R.I.S is pretty dang cool, you gotta admit. ]
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I can't think of a way how they would extract it out of our system, since it's built in.