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[Gilbert is having a bad day. The video feed turns on to him fiddling with the buttons on the side of the communicator. The picture winks in and out off an don for a few minutes. His face reappears, looking hopeful. And then, then the video lurches, showing a spinning view of the ceiling. In the background, a loud THUD can be heard, followed by a few choice curse words before the communicator lands with a clatter on the floor. When it stops spinning it shows Gilbert still sprawled out where he fell.]
What the hell is going on today?
[Really. He's already taken a tumble down the stairs, broken his favorite teacup. Bandaids are scattered about his person after an attempt at making lunch in the kitchen ended in disaster.]
Tch. This is ridiculous. [He climbs to his feet and picks up the communicator.] I'm not usually this bad. I... does this have anything to do with all the other weirdness happening?
All I want to do is figure this--
[PRIVATE - BLOCKED FROM NAOKI]
...that did it? Great. Umm. Let's see. Vash, 202, Aradia, ah... Kaoru? And Jack, Break, Elliot, Alice.
[A breath. Ok so far so good. And he hasn't choked on talking. It's like success.]
I think that's everyone. But mm. I know not all of you really know me that well, but you do know Naoki, right? Anyway, his birthday is coming up monday. And I was kind of hoping to have a little party for him. I was also hoping to keep it a surprise. So I was thinking around lunchtime on Monday. There'll be food and cake. And hopefully good company and conversation.
Naoki really deserves something nice, so, mm. I hope you'll all come.
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What the hell is going on today?
[Really. He's already taken a tumble down the stairs, broken his favorite teacup. Bandaids are scattered about his person after an attempt at making lunch in the kitchen ended in disaster.]
Tch. This is ridiculous. [He climbs to his feet and picks up the communicator.] I'm not usually this bad. I... does this have anything to do with all the other weirdness happening?
All I want to do is figure this--
[PRIVATE - BLOCKED FROM NAOKI]
...that did it? Great. Umm. Let's see. Vash, 202, Aradia, ah... Kaoru? And Jack, Break, Elliot, Alice.
[A breath. Ok so far so good. And he hasn't choked on talking. It's like success.]
I think that's everyone. But mm. I know not all of you really know me that well, but you do know Naoki, right? Anyway, his birthday is coming up monday. And I was kind of hoping to have a little party for him. I was also hoping to keep it a surprise. So I was thinking around lunchtime on Monday. There'll be food and cake. And hopefully good company and conversation.
Naoki really deserves something nice, so, mm. I hope you'll all come.
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