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[material_guy]

[Greed plops down for a daily community check, having heard the morning reports and not likely to have much further business before noon. Accidentally bumping the camera on as he sets his beer down, he stares at the screen and makes a face at the first post he sees. Well. Community bullshit he can't understand. Nothing new. He scrolls down a few

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[killerbaseball]

There appears to be a language-related virus going on.

[Video]

[material_guy]

[Greed can read that. Clearly, they understand each other, still! He always replies to Shelly's text with video. Nothing out of the ordinary here.]

言語ウイルス、か
まぁ、俺たちゃやっぱ問題なしけどな

[Video]

[killerbaseball]

... Oh, lord.

[Video]

[material_guy]

あ…

[killerbaseball]

Can you understand me?

[Video]

[material_guy]

[Relieved.] あぁ、読める、読める。

お前っていつからあんなに訛りが強くなったんだ
別の言語みてー

[killerbaseball]

Mister Greed, I cannot understand you.

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[material_guy]

マジかよ？　おい。

へい、へい… [At the keyboard. It's a slow process.]

読めんのか、これ？

[text]
ｃａｎ　ｙｏｕ　ｒｅａｄ　ｔｈｉｓ？

[text forever, probably]

[killerbaseball]

Ah, yes, I can.

[text]

[material_guy]

its good we got a conection that means we can make sense somehow but it's better not to think of this as love letters

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[killerbaseball]

Well, now I am curious, I must confess. If English is not your native language, how did you learn it?

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[material_guy]

Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ？

ｉ　ｏｎｌｙ　ｋｎｏｗ　ｏｎｅ　ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ

[text]

[killerbaseball]

You appear to be typing in English right now.

[text]

[material_guy]

Ｉｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｓａｍｅ　ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ　Ｉ　ｗａｓ　ｔａｌｋｉｎｇ

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[killerbaseball]

No, you were speaking... Japanese, I believe.

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[material_guy]

[Greed sigh and talks slowly, as if saying exactly what he's slamming into the keyboard with frustration, letter by letter.]

こ、の、世界、に、は、なぁ…
日本が、存在や、し、な、い！

[text]
Ｊａｐａｎ　ｄｏｅｓ　ｎｏｔ　ｅｘｉｓｔ　ｈｅｒｅ