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[bornfromdeath]

[There's the faint strains of music in the background.]

You've reached Ooe. Leave me a message and I'll get back to you.

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[topslug]

[ A few hours after this conversation-- ]

Ooe-san, I forgot to say--

Um, if you ever receive any cookies from someone you don't know... Don't eat them, all right?

That's all.

reaction/redialling

[bornfromdeath]

...

[Wait what.]

[Was she suggesting someone was trying to kill him?]

[CALLING YOU BACK, WOMAN.]

[topslug]

[ AHHHH NOT AS PLANNED. ]

Hello?

[bornfromdeath]

Who did Shinji tick off this time?

[topslug]

No one! ... Not that I know of. I mean, I'm pretty sure he ticks off a lot of people on a regular basis, but that's not why.

[bornfromdeath]

Then why do you think someone might be trying to poison me?

[topslug]

Not you specifically, but...

[ Hnnnnngh, how to explain? ]

Someone anonymously left a plate of cookies at the bake sale. They turned out to be, um... kind of inedible. Hazardous, actually.

I've left instructions to be a lot more strict about keeping track of who brings what in, but there's always a chance someone might get through.

[bornfromdeath]

So it's possible someone's trying to undermine the NCC, huh? Well, they probably won't be stupid enough to try the same trick twice - or if they do, they might switch it around.

...

So you ate poisoned cookies?

[topslug]

I'm not sure. Officer Mayer's looking into it, but that's as far as I know.

[ Urk. ]

Y-yeah... it looks like it.

[bornfromdeath]

That explains a lot. But how are you still alive?

[topslug]

Just lucky, I guess. Or maybe I'm just used to eating things that aren't exactly healthy...

[bornfromdeath]

"Yako of the Iron Stomach". [A wicked laugh.] Katsuragi-san, it sounds like an honorable title.

[topslug]

[ She snorts, but she's laughing too. ] It kind of does, doesn't it?

[bornfromdeath]

I quite like it. It rather suits you. [He's teasing, really.]