CATCHALL: Shu

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[roseoftexas]

They’re a stubborn asshole, so probably.

[solesuccess]

[ there's a slight laugh from him with that. ]

Sounds like someone who'd fit right in, actually. Looks like a bunch of people here are just as stubborn.

[roseoftexas]

…

It’d be kinda fun to see his rich kid ass adjust to being cooped up in a floating tin can.

[solesuccess]

[ well. shu is greeted with a vibe that is generally ":unamused: rich people" but also a little bit of amusement. ]

That annoying, huh?

[roseoftexas]

[ snorts. ]

Not really. He's stubborn and stupid sometimes, but I trust him.

[solesuccess]

Who is he to you? [ since shu's brain went to this guy already. ]

[roseoftexas]

… For the record, I doubt I could get him on speed dial given that I don’t have my phone, if that’s where you’re going with this.

[solesuccess]

...

[ that was not it at all, but shoma's not sure how to say "you brought it up so it just felt like it made sense to ask about him." so he doesn't reply for a second. ]

It wasn't. Pretty sure we're all cut off anyway.

[ you know. he's starting to realize he truly is out of practice with small talk. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ shu just pulls a face. right. isolation.

love that. ]

…

He’s a friend. Or a pain. Or something like that.

[ awful, really. ]

[solesuccess]

[ shu. ]

I don't think it's impossible for a person to be both. [ ...no, that's definitely possible. ] Somebody you've known for a while?

[roseoftexas]

[ yeah? ]

A few years, give or take. We work together, in our own way.

[solesuccess]

[ thinks about shu's profile... ]

Is he a sniper, too?

[roseoftexas]

[ aha. ]

No, he's just a lawyer. One who likes to stick his nose into anything suspicious.

[solesuccess]

How often does suspicious stuff happen around you guys? I know you're from Earth, but there's, like, a dozen of them by this point.

[roseoftexas]

He goes looking for it.

[ shrugs. ] We live in a big city. There's corruption everywhere, if you're sticking your nose under the odd rock to sniff it out.

[solesuccess]

[ how very vague and yet very telling, he thinks. ]

Pretty grim way of thinking of it. [ but he does not necessarily think that's wrong now either. ] Doesn't that also depend on what you'd consider corruption to be?

[roseoftexas]

[ welcome to new sieg baybee ]

Injustices, I guess would be one way of putting it. Limbo catches the scent of one, and then drags us after whatever the problem is. It's usually something like someone with too much power, too much money abusing their position. Who'd've thought?

[solesuccess]

It's always the rich and powerful. [ annoying. he is thinking... ]

So you guys are kind of like detectives or a police force outside of the actual police? [ thinks about what shu has said so far and seemingly coming to his own conclusions. ] Or more similar to vigilantes?

[roseoftexas]

We're not working with the police, no.

[ he's not saying it's like vigilantism, but y'know. ]

[solesuccess]

[ he can sort of read between the lines. ]

If you're getting the results you need guess you wouldn't necessarily have to. [ listen he has his own complicated feelings about the police currently but. ] At least someone's doing it.

[roseoftexas]

It pays well.

[ immediately concerning. ] And the result usually involve screwing over someone the law won't touch, so everyone wins.

[solesuccess]

[ ...he tilts his head. ]

Pays more than whatever our promised stipend here is going to be?

[ also he can agree with that. screw the corrupt, etc. ]

[roseoftexas]

Depends.

This would be a more consistent payout, if that's what you're asking.

[ sometimes you get like 20 grand every couple of months. or it might be every half a year. ]

[solesuccess]

Yeah, that's what I was asking. [ hum. ] But even with that it wouldn't be enough for you to willingly sign on to be here, would it?

[roseoftexas]

Nope. I'm not hurting for cash.

[ me every day trying to calculate how much cash the bustafellows have when they do that many jobs for like 20k each. ]