"not here right now.
leave a message. will get back to you soon.
probably."
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NOTE: As of 12/2016, Rey has adopted the alias "Fiona Stransky" when working with the Guard. Something to keep in mind, as Rey maintains a low profile with her involvement in the group. Other than what is mentioned in the Guard records, there is no trace of a "Fiona" identified on the network.
[Rey would hate to see what "weird" is by Sato's standards, since it isn't like he's at all normal himself.]
Will have to watch it around him, I guess. Doubt he's so stupid to think that we're totally on board with how he does things, but it'd also be pretty stupid on our part not to act with a little discretion.
Yeah. Why else do you think I didn't just tell him to fuck off?
[There's no point in stirring up trouble with someone who could cause so much damage if scorned.
...Though lately Firo's realized that he's been running out of friends to worry about protecting from Sato. Apparently immortal loons are the only people who want to hang out with him.]
So what did happen between you guys? Obviously I'm just gonna make something up when I "report" back to him, but I'm curious.
[Rey isn't afraid of Sato personally, but she has no illusions that he can think of ways of incapacitating even immortals like Firo. She'd rather not take that risk, or gamble with the lives of anyone else around her.]
To be honest, I'm not really sure...? Might have something with me being too busy to go on little "adventures" with him to the tunnels or the fog corner of the city. Or providing him with faulty explosives when he tried to blow up the Guard headquarters.
Killed him a few times, too, but he didn't seem to really mind. [Rey, seriously.]
[Considering how dying heals his injuries, Rey can see that being something Sato would ask of someone. Makes her wonder if Firo's had such an experience, and then decides that his comment is an answer enough.
[Damn.]
It isn't loneliness so much as boredom. Going solo isn't "fun" to people like him.
Because he doesn't see them as people -- he sees them as playthings. It isn't fun to him without his toys.
[That puts the way Sato uses others to a much more unsettling perspective.]
But sure, if that'll appease whatever weird paranoia he's got going. Guess I'll talk to him. [Sigh.] He's started hanging around the bar, now that he knows it's there, so it's not like it'll be easy to avoid him, anyway.
I was gonna tell him too, so I guess it's a good thing we get our story straight.
Yeah, he said he'd stop by for games too. Said he was curious about board games and all, so we were gonna try those.
[To Firo, there is no inconsistency in finding Sato shady as hell and also still being willing to play with him. A guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do to pass the time here.]
Agreed. He's unstable and unpredictable, but he's no idiot.
[And it'd be equally as stupid to treat him like he is. Insanity does not equal a lack of wit.]
That'll probably only keep him occupied for so long, but that's good, at least. Usually the activities he wants us to do involves a little more going out and killing shit.
No, it's not. It'll probably become the Guard's problem again someday, though. And chances are he's not going to want to go in as the lone soldier then, either.
[Which means that it could be be Firo's problem -- and Rey's.]
Maybe, maybe not. He isn't someone who likes it when you say no, though. That invisible thing of his just about ripped my guts out when he attacked the Guard, and pretty sure he used it to help bury me alive a while back.
...Well, that could have been one of those psycho doubles running around at the time, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was him, too. He hasn't really brought it up since then.
[Did she ever tell Firo about those things? Oops.]
...Invisible thing? And, hey, when did he bury you?
[Rey doesn't sound too worried over it, but Firo doesn't like the sound of that at all. If there's one thing that concerns him, it's Sato hurting his friends.]
He probably wouldn't if you haven't seen him fight that much. Think he used it the second time we met, when Fear was trying to get us to freak each other out, and in the tunnels against a bunch of assholes trying to kill us.
[Why was Rey in the tunnels with Sato? Well, it was for a good cause.]
No kidding. He's got enough going for him with that immortality shit.
[Firo doesn't quite see the humor, but the simple fact that Rey's laughing harder than he's ever heard (has he ever heard her laugh?) is enough to make him smile.]
Yeah, so it all turned out to be a waste of time. At least I learned just how crazy he really is.
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[Rey would hate to see what "weird" is by Sato's standards, since it isn't like he's at all normal himself.]
Will have to watch it around him, I guess. Doubt he's so stupid to think that we're totally on board with how he does things, but it'd also be pretty stupid on our part not to act with a little discretion.
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[There's no point in stirring up trouble with someone who could cause so much damage if scorned.
...Though lately Firo's realized that he's been running out of friends to worry about protecting from Sato. Apparently immortal loons are the only people who want to hang out with him.]
So what did happen between you guys? Obviously I'm just gonna make something up when I "report" back to him, but I'm curious.
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[Rey isn't afraid of Sato personally, but she has no illusions that he can think of ways of incapacitating even immortals like Firo. She'd rather not take that risk, or gamble with the lives of anyone else around her.]
To be honest, I'm not really sure...? Might have something with me being too busy to go on little "adventures" with him to the tunnels or the fog corner of the city. Or providing him with faulty explosives when he tried to blow up the Guard headquarters.
Killed him a few times, too, but he didn't seem to really mind. [Rey, seriously.]
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[Killing him that is. Firo knows from bloody, bloody experience: chopping Sato up multiple times for Rage and then shooting him at the Guard HQ.]
So maybe it was the other stuff. Funny, I wouldn't think a guy like that would get lonely.
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[Damn.]
It isn't loneliness so much as boredom. Going solo isn't "fun" to people like him.
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What do you want me to tell him? That you're still friends?
[His tone is slightly teasing on the last question.]
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[That puts the way Sato uses others to a much more unsettling perspective.]
But sure, if that'll appease whatever weird paranoia he's got going. Guess I'll talk to him. [Sigh.] He's started hanging around the bar, now that he knows it's there, so it's not like it'll be easy to avoid him, anyway.
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Yeah, he said he'd stop by for games too. Said he was curious about board games and all, so we were gonna try those.
[To Firo, there is no inconsistency in finding Sato shady as hell and also still being willing to play with him. A guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do to pass the time here.]
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[And it'd be equally as stupid to treat him like he is. Insanity does not equal a lack of wit.]
That'll probably only keep him occupied for so long, but that's good, at least. Usually the activities he wants us to do involves a little more going out and killing shit.
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[Firo's not even entirely sure if he's referring more to himself or Sato there.]
Yeah, the more time he spends messing around with that stuff is the less time he has to go screw with everybody else. Not that that's my problem.
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No, it's not. It'll probably become the Guard's problem again someday, though. And chances are he's not going to want to go in as the lone soldier then, either.
[Which means that it could be be Firo's problem -- and Rey's.]
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Are you tryin' to hint at something? If he wants to do that in the future, it's not my problem.
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Maybe, maybe not. He isn't someone who likes it when you say no, though. That invisible thing of his just about ripped my guts out when he attacked the Guard, and pretty sure he used it to help bury me alive a while back.
...Well, that could have been one of those psycho doubles running around at the time, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was him, too. He hasn't really brought it up since then.
[Did she ever tell Firo about those things? Oops.]
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[Rey doesn't sound too worried over it, but Firo doesn't like the sound of that at all. If there's one thing that concerns him, it's Sato hurting his friends.]
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[In case that part hadn't been made clear enough.]
Was buried by my doppelgänger. He helped, or his helped. Whatever.
[It's hard to tell the difference, since they're both assholes.]
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[Not so that Firo could notice, anyway. He just knows this is going to make him paranoid now.]
Just what he doesn't need, huh?
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[Why was Rey in the tunnels with Sato? Well, it was for a good cause.]
No kidding. He's got enough going for him with that immortality shit.
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[That makes Firo wonder, though: why did Sato ask him to help out in Rage's temple if he had some invisible buddy to help him out?]
...If he could do that the whole time, then why--? I guess he's just a jackass.
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Not that I'd be crazy enough to do that in the first place, but I'd rather use some invisible helper than a guy I'd just met, if I were him.
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[The sound of a hand slapping over her face can be heard.] Why am I not surprised that's the sort of shit he'd pull?
[Then, a pause:]
Wonder if that would have even worked.
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Not really. She just gave us fake bullets.
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[A few seconds of silence...]
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[And laaaughs and laaaughs and laaaughs. Has anyone ever heard her laugh this much? Maybe. But it still seems like awkward timing.
[Between breaths:] Oh, wow. That's just... wow.
That really sucks. [Wheeze.]
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Yeah, so it all turned out to be a waste of time. At least I learned just how crazy he really is.
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