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✉ ☏ ☕ CELTY STURLUSON

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//PROFILE: full
- Age (Physical): Early 20's
- Height: 174 cm (5'8.5'')
- Occupation: Vehicle Mechanic, part-time Gourmet Chef, deliverer at Thistle Do Nicely

//INVENTORY:
- initial: her bodysuit, her helmet, her cellphone

//OTHER:
Living Arrangements: Apartment
CYbuddy: N/A

code credit: hoasen

Comments

ur beautiful

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura is standing there and in the crook of his arm is ... a cat. She look like an older kitten by now, but she's only about 5 months old. There is a harness on her, but she seems well behaved ... for now. ]}

Celty-dono.
Purrdon my intrusion. But I find it is appawling that I haven't caught up with you lately.
_{[ see what he did there.. with a completely straight face. ]}

no u

[helmets]

[ oh no..... what a cute kitten... how does he know she has a weakness for cats. but yes, she does see what he did there and she would laugh if she could, he'll just have to settle for a brief shake of her shoulders instead. ]

With the way things are, everyone's busy. I'm sure we can overlook it this time.

[ she does open the door wider for him to step in, at least. ]

Please, come in.
Would you like anything to drink?

[bakudanma]

_{[ He doesn't take offense to her lack of response. Right, she cannot really chuckle, but hopefully she found amusement in his greeting.
And he guessed. Deduction. You have cat ears? That was the give away. ]}

I will gladly accept. As long as Larry-chan can have a drink too.

_{[ Katsura steps inside, slipping off his shoes before putting Larry on the ground so she can explore. Which she does.. very cautiously. ]}

—Ah, jokes aside, but we do need to have a serious conversation, but I thought you might like some furry company as well.
I mean it when I say 'pardon me', however. The discussion I want to have with you isn't pleasant.

[helmets]

Of course.

[ katsura is now the new sherlock holmes of cerealia. while larry is exploring, celty sets about getting a cup and a bowl, remembering belatedly that she doesn't have any milk in the fridge. ah.

in the end, she hands katsura a cup of water and places a bowl of it on the ground for larry to drink at her leisure. ]

Unpleasant?
Are you okay?

[bakudanma]

_{[ New place, new surroundings. She is just going to begin to bump her head and body over everything. This is her territory now ( so she thinks. ) ]}

That is a good question.
I believe I am in better condition than some people here, but things could be better.

What is more important is you— and if you are okay.

[helmets]

[ she can rule celty's apartment with an iron paw and no one will stop her.

she isn't sure how to respond to katsura at first; does he know about their capture? she had only told sakamoto and that went about as well as she'd expected it to (she still remembered how angry he looked), she didn't expect katsura to know about it too, and come to her about it.

she picks her words carefully, ]

I've been better, but I'm fine.
Things have been difficult for everyone lately.

[bakudanma]

_{[ A good response. ]}

I do not need to know the details of what happened with you and everyone else, but I am sorry for what did occur.
It was very noble and brave; the efforts you and the rest of your comrades did. Sacrificing yourself to benefit us who are striving to understand this place—

I couldn't be more proud of you, Celty-dono. My respect for you has increased by a tenfold.
_{[ woah .. ]}

[helmets]

[ ah.

she's quick to shake her helmet, waving a hand for good measure, ]

I don't think it was anything as noble as you think it was, truthfully, it was all sort of poorly planned.
We should have anticipated that CERES would find out about it.

[ but hak had been so desperate to find his friends again, she couldn't turn him down despite knowing the consequences. still, it's nice to be acknowledged for their efforts, and it'd be rude of her to dismiss what katsura said when he came all this way to see her. ]

But thank you. I'm honored to have gained your respect.
I appreciate you coming to check up on me.

[bakudanma]

It doesn't matter.

_{[ Katsura places his hand on her helmet— okay, he probably should have put his hand on her shoulder but those kitty ears make it hard for him to resist. ]}

It was brave. And that is what I respect.
_{[ His hand drops, and his arms find themselves in his haori sleeves. ]}

And it was not in vain. There are people who found out some interesting facts.
If you don't mind me asking, I want to know if you discovered anything.

this is so late im gomen

[helmets]

[ does katsura have a weakness for her helmet? a question she will never know the answer to. ]

When he infiltrated the research tower, Hak found a series of documents about the connection between "energy levels" of some sort and the profit that CERES is making.
Cerealia is apparently a great success because of it.
He also found a file under the name QUEEN.PRJ, but was unable to open it.

I know Hak was considering making an anonymous post on the network about it, perhaps after [ she makes a small, vague gesture ] things calm down.

ALWAYS FORGIVEN

[bakudanma]

_{[ Katsura takes in these words, his nose wrinkling slightly. He's quiet for the longest time before he replies: ]}

—A shady kind of business it sounds like.

_{[ He knows somebody and you've fucked somebody who knows all about business.. and the shady aspect of it. ]}

None of this is a surprise. It sounds very top secret, whatever it is.

akjsflas im dying

[helmets]

I agree.
I would assume us being here isn't simply to restore our worlds, if that's still true.

[ that's right. she did, didn't she? hollow laughter... ]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[bakudanma]

It isn't true.
Possibly they have harnessed our worlds for energy and it is being sold and have no intent of allowing us to restore it.
Possibly they are able to absorb the trauma we experience for energy.
Possibly it is both.

Either option isn't something that can go without punishment.