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[medanmyboy]

[Having set the members of the Casa up in Dissimulo near Valley Road on the edge of town, Meryl awakens to find the communicators and streets once again abuzz with life. He'll be standing out here looking grumpy if anyone is interested in coming over.So this happens outside of the city as well. Is this a feature of the planet itself? But what

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[hop_toit_udonge]

-Don't look now, but there's a woman leaning against you from behind, Meryl.-

And if you strive to find the meaning in everything, surely you'll go mad, hmm?

[medanmyboy]

[oh aslj hello there!]

Eirin! You're back!

[He can't really turn around with her there, but he turns his head a bit. Pause.]

I don't suppose you're staying.

[hop_toit_udonge]

I'm afraid not, dear. You know how these things go...

So it's best to make the most of it, hmm?

[medanmyboy]

Hmm. I suppose so. [Ah, well. It's nice to get a visit at least. *o* ]

Much has changed since you left.

[For example, we're not even in the same city anymore.]

[hop_toit_udonge]

I can see. It's certainly a lot to take in.

[medanmyboy]

[He frowns.] That it is. The city has been divided into three.

But I suppose there could be worse places to be. The scientists were kind enough to give us traveling kits and enough seeds to begin gardens.

[hop_toit_udonge]

Dare I ask what's become of my hospital?

[medanmyboy]

Ah...

[...more frowning...]

The...last time I saw the building, it was still standing. [Yeah, that's the best he can do. He seems sorry that he doesn't have anything better to say.] I know that Cube traveled to Spero with the others. And that Dr. Cuddy has left. I fear we are once again short a few medics.

[hop_toit_udonge]

I see... Well it is only a building, in the end.

If Cube is serving Spero, who is operating in this settlement?

[medanmyboy]

[He looks sorry, then a little...disgusted. As though the topic had just switched to cockroaches.]

A man with no shirt who seems eager for something to happen because it would "relieve his boredom".

I think I'll be doing my own doctoring on this trip.

[hop_toit_udonge]

-She finds herself chuckling.- No shirt, you say? My my.

[medanmyboy]

[ 8| ]

I would mind less if he didn't seem to be the type to flaunt about.

[hop_toit_udonge]

You're not jealous, are you?

[medanmyboy]

Of what? Being able to go shirtless? Do I look like the type to show off?

[It's nice to have someone to...get teased by again.]

[hop_toit_udonge]

I'm your doctor. I've seen you naked. Who would know better than I, hmm? -She chuckled again, finding herself leaning towards him.-

[medanmyboy]

[Oh he had to think about teasing, didn't he. HE JUST HAD TO. He blusters.]

Then...then you know that I have no interest in going shirtless!