002: Finding One's Place in the World

[waitingforjava]

[[Here we have one Diego Armando, dressed more or less like he always is, only with a suit jacket slung over one shoulder and a briefcase in hand. Coming home from work, maybe? He looks far too comfortable with this town and this life to be new, but he seems far too...well, cocky to be a drone

Comments

[snackaholictank]

*Why hello there person standing in the way. Annoyed Shiraasan is mildly annoyed.*

What are you doing?

[waitingforjava]

[[Hm? Some kid is standing in front of him. He hadn't noticed anyone approaching. Funny.]]

Reading a flyer, sweetheart. Am I in the way?

[snackaholictank]

Yes, you are.

*She notices the paper then.*

What's that? Another one of those fake pictures going around?

[waitingforjava]

[[Diego is about to move when she makes her claim as to the authenticity of the photo. This makes him take another look, examining the picture from another angle.]]

Fake? You think?

[snackaholictank]

That's what everyone else was saying. It's the same with all the stuff on those tee vee things. I know I wasn't happy about getting stuck in that place for a couple hours, and nobody else there seemed to like it, either.

[waitingforjava]

On TV too, huh. [[He's still distracted by the picture, and finally turns it around to show this girl. On the picture is a recognizable Mia Fey with some gent Diego doesn't recognize.]]

What do you think, kitten? This look fake to you?

[snackaholictank]

Of course it does. They're trying to make it look like it was real, even if it's not. Like the rest of this place.

*She looks at the picture more closely, and recognizes Mia right away.*

I don't think Mia'd do something like that. I should know, 'cause she's my mom here. She usually does the whole family thing, just to keep us out of trouble, but not like that.