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[hauntedsavior]

What's up.
Are we doing introductions now? I guess we're doing introductions.
Name's Anna. Professional city defender and mostly robot girl.
Coming here from a place called Recolle that I'm pretty sure no one here knows about, which is cool.

Never been much for stuff like this, so, like, I don't know.
Anyone needs a katana at their side, look me up. I'm pretty damn good at it.
I might not know what's going on here, but far as I'm concerned, this is where I live now and it makes sense for everyone if I actually try to keep it safe.

And since I'm in full spaghetti at the wall mode right now, lemme just throw out some words, see if it triggers anything for any of you guys.
Zee Carlisle. Clarence Vanderweele. Layers of reality. Retrospec.
The Geteilts.
Nothing?
Yeah, didn't think so.

Anyway, yeah, flag me down if you see me on the streets and need some protection or whatever. I'm five ten and I only have one eye. I'm hard to miss.

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[incandescentfaith]

Yes. And my name is Rei Hino, since I failed to give that earlier.
I wouldn't say I'm anything particularly special, I just happen to have had the fortune and ill-fortune to have been in Deerington for longer than most.
Shiro Takashi and Eddie Kaspbrak might be the two people who've been here the longest.

Ruby is certainly someone to meet. She is an experience.

[hauntedsavior]

Shiro and Eddie. Got it, I can follow up with them too if I need anything else.
Nice meeting you, Rei. Ruby's not bad, but it's nice to talk to some people actually focused on finding stuff out.
Not that I'm opposed to the other half of that process (fucking around), but, like, you know.
Gotta get your bearings first.

[incandescentfaith]

Getting your bearings is important.

May I ask, what is it you do? What's your specialty? Your occupation in your home?

[hauntedsavior]

Oh, god, uh.
Well, back home I was basically a sword for hire, except I never asked for pay.
Worked a little as a tour guide, did a few months as a musician before my bandmates forgot I existed.
Before that I did tier 2 tech support, so if anyone has office equipment that breaks down or networks with connectivity issues, I can probably fix that.
Might have been a bit in the middle there where I was a waitress at a bunny girl cafe, but you know, who knows, that could've been a dream or whatever. Totally impossible to tell.

Round here I'm looking to do more of the same. It's all about helping out wherever I can.

[incandescentfaith]

So, you did general odd jobs, and you know how to fight. That's good to know.

I'm curious about the bunny girl bit.
Seems like a thing a mercenary would avoid.

[hauntedsavior]

Listen, I needed the money and the place was cool with me turning into a robot.
Plus my ex worked there and she got me in easy.
We all make mistakes when we get desperate.

[incandescentfaith]

No judgment.
I'm sure it worked well for you.

[hauntedsavior]

Better than you'd expect.
Turns out I got a real fuckin' charm to me when I'm getting paid for it.

[incandescentfaith]

I wouldn't have doubted either of those things.