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On a lighter note than that last broadcast... [Not that Claudia doesn't appreciate Armin's announcement for what it is, and anyone missing their friends is free to do so as they see fit. But she's not about to pretend this isn't a more upbeat thing.]

Anyone up for lightcycles this time out? I think I've recharged from the party prep stuff, but I'm gonna have to get on things fast if I'm gonna finish them before we get shipped off again. First three people to say they're in get one.

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Damn right they are! Makes for a great light show too, if there's enough room.

[Lightcycles being raced as is already look pretty damn cool, and then there's Naoto's copter. But still.]

I hope the next one has--

[Ryoutarou stops and blinks, and then starts throttling down.]

We're due to be sent somewhere soon, aren't we? There were only two different locations last time and this is the third.

[Yeah, it's worth slowing down for a conversation like this, so Claudia follows suit.]

Probably, yeah. There were three between frickin' Doki and the Grid, but I don't think that's standard. This time it might've been because Helena asked for a party space.

I don't want to go.

[He grits that out, suddenly tense and almost vibrating with it. Then he sighs.]

After last time, I can't imagine what the Trumps will do to me this time.

I know the feel, dude. After frickin' Doki stuck me reliving my Cranky Foster Kid days I wasn't exactly in a hurry to see what came next. But they're not all bad.

I haven't had a good one yet. First one was my fault, I get that, but the second one was definitely all on the Trumps.

[He sighs and brings the cycle to a complete stop.]

Cranky foster kid, huh? That doesn't sound like something to relive. And, uh... how do you make it go back into the baton?

[The abrupt change in topic is because he lifted his hand to scrub at his hair and then had to adjust to steady the lightcycle before it fell over on him.]

I would've liked the Grid more if I'd gotten out and done more. And seriously, I don't think Nova Venezia was good for anyone.

[She stops, hops off her own cycle, and flips it closed again with the hand still on a handlebar.]

It... wasn't something to relive. Everything else has at least dodged that part, even though Nova Venezia was especially laugh-into-salad worthy.

[He watches closely and lets out a relieved sigh when copying the motion has a baton in his hand again. He's not sure where to put it, so he ends up sticking it through his belt after a fumble. Damn, he keeps on forgetting about learning that hammerspace trick.]

Laugh into salad?

[Someone isn't up on his memes. He'd share, but he doesn't think she'd like to know about what Rio went through. Losing parents--possibly--is bad enough.]

...I really need to stick to Thorne with the meme talk, she's like the only person here who gets it. Short version, it ended up being a little too on-point.

I... know the feeling, more or less. My .. overlay hit really close to home in all the bad ways.

[Laugh into salad to describe that is kind of weird but, Ryoutarou shrugs and moves on.]

Makes me wonder if they're laughing at us.

That's rough, dude. I'm sorry. [She doesn't press for details, though.]

I don't think they're laughing at us as such. They... they have stuff that needs doing, and it so happens there are people with similar experiences that we glom onto.

Too similar, seems to me, but I've only infiltrated once.

[If it happens over and over again he'll start getting suspicious though.]

Stuff that needs doing isn't a good excuse though. [His mouth twists down.] All of us have stuff that needs doing in our homes too.

[After a moment, he shakes his head.]

But you probably don't need to hear it. We're all in the same position here.

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