001. [Video. Public.]
[There is a pause before any words are spoken. In that time, the sound of tapping can be heard - fast and brief - and a click or two as buttons are pressed in quick succession.] Son of a-- [The muttered curse is abruptly cut off, and the audio with it. Seconds tick by. Then audio resumes, this time accompanied by video.]
There.
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You talkin' about Tseng?
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Yeah. That's right. Ya seen him?
[The hell??]
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[And Vincent, but does he really count anymore?]
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[Don't I know him from somewhere? Hmm..]
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Anyway, this place is Adstringendum. It's a world created when some scientists messed up and so people from different worlds and times show up.
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Scientists messing up? That's easier to swallow than a whole other world.
So why'd these Animus guys, or whatever they're called, pick you? [Or me, for that matter. And why the hell do you look so damn familiar?]
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[You can do it, Reno. Maybe it's because he's changed his hair, since then.]
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[There's a long pause. In the end, it's the eyes that do it. Mako always had a way of adding a bit ...more to someone, and Soldiers were some of the ones who got it worse. They had that look about them.]
How long you been here, then? [He doesn't say the name just yet.]
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A year.
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[There's another long pause. Huh. Wonder if we're just all dead. Sure as hell doesn't look like what I'd thought the lifestream'd look like.]
So, uh. Is it better or worse here than back home and working for the man? Any good bars in this place?
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Depends on what the Planet's like from your time, or what you're goin' through. Might be a little nicer for me here, but that doesn't mean I like it.
[Zack Fair? Being almost blunt about his death? Naaaah.]
I think there's a couple bars, though. If the alcohol supply is up to par right now.
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No giant city-sized monsters running around blowing up the world.. No huge-ass meteor ready to smash into it.. No psycho Soldiers killing people left and right.. I'd say that - except for the company - this place is better already.
[He offers an easy grin at that.] No offense of course. I mean, a Soldier's not a Turk.
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It gets pretty shitty, though. Just keep your eyes open.
[He waves off the apology.]
Call this my retirement plan.
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I sleep with both eyes open - 'cept when I'm passed out. Speaking of which, I should probably find one of those bars. They usually solve all my problems for a good hour or ten.
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They're labeled on the map on your PCD, that thing we're talkin' on, but I think one is at [x,y].
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