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[recrimination]

[When the video flickers on, you get a lovely view of a silver-haired girl, screen carefully centered to perfection because Franziska would accept no less and it's amazing what a little girl can do with a crop and a heavy sense of conviction. There is a bulbasaur to her side. It looks vaguely disgruntled, but she pays it no mind. Franziska flicks

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[usedrage]

[ANGER FACE. If you look over his shoulder, there is definitely some grey hair behind him :|b]

He can't contact you.

... Your name is von Karma?

[recrimination]

[She sniffs. Haughtily.]

You mean to say that he is unwilling.

And you may address me as Miss Franziska von Karma.

[usedrage]

No, I mean to say he can't. He's with me... and he's been unconscious for days. So you can't blame him for your problems.

[HE'S HEARD SUCH BAD THINGS ABOUT MANFRED VON KARMA AND YOU ARE NOT VERY NICE AND HE DOES HAVE A REBELLIOUS STREAK SO] No, thanks.

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[recrimination]

Blame? You are mistaken. I am not 'blaming' him for my problems -- I am merely giving acknowledgment to foolishness where it is due, and if he has acted in such a way that merited that recognition, then it is his own fault.

[2/3]

[recrimination]

[..... and then it sinks in. Wait. What? Unconscious? For days? Franziska von Karma does not approve of this foolish foolishness.]

[3/3]

[recrimination]

If he has been unconscious for several days, then he must have arrived here before me. Which is fundamentally unforgivable.

[dramatic crop pointing!] You will awaken him at once and pass the video device to him so I may demand a proper explanation to this foolishness! Do not waste my time and be quick about it!

[usedrage]

He didn't. Stop talking about him like he's some kind of idiot. It's not like it's his choice anybody showed up here.

And don't you think I tried?! It's been more than a week, and he still hasn't woken up!

[recrimination]

[Dramatic whip-cracking is a go!]

Impossible! If you will not wake him up, then you will tell me his location and I will go and personally see to it that he is stripped of all of his sorry excuses and awakens immediately.

[usedrage]

[IS THIS SUPPOSED TO SCARE HIM]

Obviously it's not impossible because it's happening right now.

He's with me, and even if you manage to get here, I'm going to make sure you don't get in.

[recrimination]

[YES SOB]

Are you daring to insinuate that you are capable of denying a Von Karma?

[usedrage]

I don't care what your name is. Aren't I doing it right now?

[recrimination]

That is quite some nerve you have, speaking like that to your betters. You had better remember those words when I show up on your front steps and make you eat them one by one.

[usedrage]

My better?! [Oh you just struck a nerve. He flat out scoffs at that.] I don't care if you're Franziska von Karma or Mitsuru Kirijo. My betters don't act like everybody owes them something.

[recrimination]

On the contrary. With that statement alone, it is clear that you do not completely understand what it means to be 'better' than another. It is because that I am better that you owe me what I deserve.

[usedrage]

Shut up! You have no idea what it means to be better than other people--people like you are lower than dirt! Acting like you deserve respect just for existing!

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[recrimination]

That is where you are wrong. It is foolishness to expect respect simply for existing. A Von Karma deserves respect because we possess refinement, intelligence and are capable of performing our duties to perfection. It is only natural for us to deserve respect.