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X, Harpuia:

Seems I slept in.

Are you both okay?

- Zero

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[posted elsewhere on the board, left unsigned:]

Question--

I was told by someone that sleeping a lot means you'll 'disappear' soon. Is that true?

If it is, then what happens when you 'disappear'? Where do you go?

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Is that really what you think?

Believe me, Zero, I will never rely on you by choice. Desperate times require desperate measures.

Perhaps.

Nice to know I'm such a desperate last measure to you. I suppose those times I helped you out don't count for anything, right?

If that's true, then should you really be so relaxed? There's simply no way to tell if I'm one of the ones that still wants you dead, is there?

Equally desperate measures. I never asked to be saved by you.

Whoever said I fully trust you?

Oh. Okay. So next time you're in trouble, I'll just leave you to die.

How unfair of you, Zero. I trust you.

But not before a lengthy chastising on how I should take better care of myself? Your words and your actions don't quite seem to be lining up.

Really.

That was before I found out that helping you was such a horrible, terrible desperate measure.

I see no reason to lie.

You're certainly being dramatic about it. Did I hurt your feelings, Zero?

I can think of a few reasons.

You're calling me dramatic when you're the one who treats being helped like the end of the world?

Think whatever you want. I'm not interested in convincing you of anything.

My reaction was justified! I'm not somebody who needs to depend on the charity of others. I can hardly call myself a soldier if I need someone else to carry my weight for me.

Whatever you say.

Being able to take care of yourself has nothing to do with your inability to say 'thanks'.

If you helped me so you could get a pat on the back, then you did it for the wrong reasons, Zero.

I never said that. I was just trying to point out your lack of manners.

Since when did manners mean anything to you?

[....pen taps] Since certain people didn't bother to at least say thanks when I risked my life to save theirs.

I don't understand why you did it, Zero. It's not as though you ever had any problem with watching Neo Arcadians die. Why make an exception out of me?

[....]

Do I have to answer that question?

You don't have to do anything.

I'm not sure I would answer if I were in your shoes either.

[...Zero spends a good minute or two trying to think of the right way to respond to this, pen taps and ink blots included.

But ultimately, he doesn't leave any reply. Even if he felt like a response was absolutely necessary, something like this...had a great possibility of leading into a conversation that didn't need to be happening on the bulletin board.]

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[two separate notes]

[uh Zero who hasn't tried to kill you let's be real here]

[Uh....Ciel? Ciel hasn--oh wait..../cue that fanart of her punching him into the sky]

[clearly violence is just how people say they care in the future]

[23XX: violence, short androgynous teenagers, and midriff baring]

[23XX: secretly an 80s movie?]

[I knew it.......]

[TWO REPLOIDS ENTER ONE REPLOID LEAVES]

[Thunderdome: the real method Copy used to solve the energy crisis]

[It's the perfect solution, okay]

[pshhh he could've just installed some solar panels or something, geez]

[ew no they would have clashed with the decor]

[liar, I'm sure the HRA would have awarded massive points for them!!]

[yeah well the HRA is mavericks]

[....t....rue....I mean look at Lyle and how he tries to force you into it, def. suspicious]

[Exactly why their opinions CANNOT BE TRUSTED]

[b-but even so, their opinions on decor are the only ones that matter!!]

[Then clearly you are already Maverick too!!!!!]

[sobs grossly and leaves forever]