[Accidental Voice Post]
[Two people are speaking: Naoto and an older man. The voices are slightly muffled, and the sound quality has a bit of static. Italics are Naoto's Grampa speaking.]
--nd this incident has given me pause, Naoto. Coming face to face with my own mortality, I know I won't be around forever...
Grampa! Don't say such things! You've still got many years left ahead of you!
Naoto... I just want to make sure that your taken care of when I'm gone. I think it's high time you started considering the future of the Shirogane line. Your future. [A pause] Marriage.
[Sighs] ...Grampa, I'm only sixteen. There's plenty of time for me to consider marriage, when I'm not so busy with work.
I know how much your career means to you, child. It's an important part of what makes you a Shirogane, but you should think about matters outside of work, for a change. I want you to find someone suitable, someone worthy enough to be your partner. Someone well-suited, but also--
Please, enough talk. You need your rest. Here--[some shuffling]--I've got some more of that special herbal tea. Drink it. It'll help you to get well again.
[grumbling] That stuff tastes horrid. But I'll drink it. [A pause] Will you at least give the matter some thought?
Yes, Grampa. I will. As soon as I finish this case, I'll give the matter some serious consideration.
Good. Because I think--
[The feed cuts out.]
((OOC: Gone to visit family all day, will tag back later tonight.))
--nd this incident has given me pause, Naoto. Coming face to face with my own mortality, I know I won't be around forever...
Grampa! Don't say such things! You've still got many years left ahead of you!
Naoto... I just want to make sure that your taken care of when I'm gone. I think it's high time you started considering the future of the Shirogane line. Your future. [A pause] Marriage.
[Sighs] ...Grampa, I'm only sixteen. There's plenty of time for me to consider marriage, when I'm not so busy with work.
I know how much your career means to you, child. It's an important part of what makes you a Shirogane, but you should think about matters outside of work, for a change. I want you to find someone suitable, someone worthy enough to be your partner. Someone well-suited, but also--
Please, enough talk. You need your rest. Here--[some shuffling]--I've got some more of that special herbal tea. Drink it. It'll help you to get well again.
[grumbling] That stuff tastes horrid. But I'll drink it. [A pause] Will you at least give the matter some thought?
Yes, Grampa. I will. As soon as I finish this case, I'll give the matter some serious consideration.
Good. Because I think--
[The feed cuts out.]
((OOC: Gone to visit family all day, will tag back later tonight.))