Third Memory|Voice

[cursestained]

'He as a conqueror will call the conquered
Evil, but what will be the Good he gives?
Were I the victor, his works would be deemed
The only evil ones. And you, ye new
And scare-born mortals, what have been his gifts
To you already, in your little world?
But few; and some of those but bitter.'

[Naoya's tone is calm, cool--almost pleasant for once.

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[walkthedawn]

[Hrnnnnnn Byron. Someone else has been quoting him as of late.]

Lucifer's monologue.

I can't say I know anyplace unaffiliated who could use a programmer, but... What sort of things would you prefer to work on?

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[cursestained]

Ah, someone else is familiar.

[Naoya makes a noncommital noise--something akin to the verbal equivalent of a shrug.] I can do just about anything...I'm just not the sort of person who much enjoys entertaining others.

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[walkthedawn]

I did a lot of reading last year.

[There's a pause.]

You could make apps and sell them over the NV to people? I wouldn't call that "entertaining", but I bet several places would pay you a lot for that.

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[cursestained]

True, but that's a business plan that requires a enough money to get it off the ground first. [Still, he sounds thoughtful. Considering. A good way to get unquestioned access to NVs.]

I'll think of something.

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[walkthedawn]

Yeah, I guess so.

I don't think we've ever had a programmer here among the Newcomers before, actually...

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[cursestained]

Is that so? Interesting...[It's a bit of a peculiarity, but Naoya doesn't really have the means to conduct a census of everyone the Core has ever pulled here. And it wouldn't be that useful to him, anyway.]

I wonder if the Core has a bias in whom it calls here.

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[walkthedawn]

It wouldn't be surprising. People come in clumps, it seems. We get a bunch from the same world at once, sometimes...

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[cursestained]

Curiouser and curiouser. [Naoya chuckles. It's nice to be confronted with unfamiliar things, finally.]

I didn't catch your name.

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[walkthedawn]

Riku. And yours?

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[cursestained]

Naoya.

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[walkthedawn]

Good to meet you. Sorry I couldn't give you some better alternatives.

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[cursestained]

It's fine...I appreciate the effort. [And my shiny new target. c:]

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[walkthedawn]

Are you pressed for money? You can borrow from the Newcomer fund and there's a lot of Newcomer businesses who will hire you until you have enough to work with.

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[cursestained]

I'm not...yet, but I'd rather not wait until I am. Thank you.

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[walkthedawn]

It's no problem.

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[cursestained]

Helpfulness deserves thanks. It seems a bit rare around here.