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[liven]

[ even if there is a capability to record a voicemail message, shijima sadly wouldn't bother. welcome to a world of silence. please put the date and method of contact in the comment header. As of mid-July 2701 Shijima will have a cat-collar connection to Hiro's network consisting of herself, Hiro, Jason, Loki, Billy, Eren, Lumina, Lemina, Thrall, and Howard, so those people can contact her from that point on with that network which will persist through the timeskip. She also completely fails to enter any sort of voicemail message for that, WHAT UP. ]

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[cagedinflesh]

As it is on mine. I will contact you the next time something arises.

[liven]

Later, Hyde.

[ She knows she could just say Berserker but sometimes she just prefers to differentiate...there's no further farewell. he hardly need to be told not to die. or to kill anything that tries to kill him. they'll chat later. ]

late March (like the 27th)

[zerotohiro]

[Well, now that all of this crazy bullshit with the snow and Roc is finished? Shijima will find that wherever she happens to be she will be visited by two small toy birds that seem to fly on their own, made of a light metal and enchanted to stay airborne for a while. Tied to the leg of one of the birds though is a note written in Hiro's blocky handwriting.]

Told you I'd do it.
PS let me know if they stop working and I'll fix them and make them better.

her favorite

[liven]

[ It takes a little while for Shijima to reply. She's not sure how she was found by the little metal birds, but she's fascinated by them and it takes some time for her to bother to read the note.

At least she can tell who it was from, and she calls him up immediately. ]

How did they find me? A homing...spell? [ FASCINATING, maybe this magic stuff really is worth knowing. ]

[zerotohiro]

[He's not surprised in the least, but at least he has an answer.]

Have you met any of the Aellyn sorcerers around here? I called in a favor just to make sure the birds would find you and not somebody else. I...don't think they're supposed to be doing stuff like that for us though. [Oh well.] I'm thinking about asking if they can teach me or maybe the monarchs can. It's gotta be teachable. [He's good, but he's not that good.]

[liven]

No. I spend time with different sorts of people. [ like mercenaries and shady guilds, apparently...shijima knows there are magicians around, but she pays little mind to it aside from the guild hiro had mentioned, earlier. ] It would be a useful thing to know, this sort of spell. A way to pass letters quickly...I'm told the lockets are watched by the monarchs or something. I do not particularly care [ since she's not up to anything treasonous ] but some do and would prefer more secure methods of speaking, I suppose.

Late February - text;

[dragmire]

Perhaps you might tell me why I have been named a Briaghan.

Late February - text;

[liven]

[ gOD shijima was hoping it would never come up ever again...that stupid river, those stupid people... ]

They don't follow people who aren't. So I did the initiation ritual as your proxy. Now they'll follow you.

[ it worked, didn't it? ................admittedly she didn't really think through what came after, but as her goal had been to get them to follow him without murdering them all, it was...

would you call it a success? shijima's been trying to block it out. ]

[zerotohiro]

[Just gonna assume she means murderers to be honest. Somehow that seems to be how a lot of his innercircle is run.] I'm looking into it, but I don't think I have enough metal to make a lot of birds and I don't know how to do a tracking spell myself. [The lockets though. He can believe the lockets are monitored and he doesn't like that.]

I don't think that's a bad idea. I'm already putting together a list of what I want to make if I can figure out how. Something more secure, something that only we can use, and definitely something that can be used to bookmark past conversations instead of trying to backtrack all the time. I just don't know how they're made.

[liven]

[ HE'S NOT...WRONG...maybe get a new inner circle, Hiro. Or keep them, since at least it's a really good defense system??? ] Mmm. Keep me updated, then. If it comes to looking for supplies, it's not as though I'm doing much...

[ sometimes she gets really bored... ]

Hm. Some of the natives might know...? Or there's that Artificer girl. I do not know her well myself, but you could see what she knows? [ A shrug. Tohsaka does...magic things, right? She'd done something about Eren's gear, come to think of it. ] I believe she's applied magic to technology at least once.

[zerotohiro]

[Nah he's perfectly happy with his crew of murderers who won't end up murdering him.] So I've heard. I might need you to help me out soon if I can't find supplies on my own...I'll even pay you in fish. [It's a joke but. He's probably 100% unaware of how serious of an offer that can be.]

Artificer girl? Who is she? Got a name? [This is probably really his first time hearing about Rin in that sense but that sounds like a step in the right direction.]

[liven]

Blue-black fish? [ Suddenly more interested...she also would work for cat toys, tbh. Money holds very little sway over Shijima, who doesn't usually feel a need for anything she can't, you know. Get easily... ]

Mhmm. Tohsaka. Rin. It's her court title, Artificer. She helped Eren with his gear once. [ A vague hand gesture, since she's not entirely certain how that...worked? Whatever... ]

[zerotohiro]

Um...yeah, if that's what you really want I can probably find some. [Easiest. Trade. Ever.]

I don't think he ever told me that. [Then again most of his time with Eren so far has been spent trying to teach him to be a normal teenager so of course it didn't come up.] Rin the Artificer. I'll see if I can get in touch with her, maybe she can help me start creating something on my own. Have you ever actually met her?

Late February - text;

[dragmire]

I have never even been to the Briagha.

Even so, I am impressed you managed this without a slaughter. When I was told you had left Mair to deal with them, I expected a second blood bath.

Late February - text;

[liven]

It really doesn't matter so long as you let them think they found it first, I believe. They really like that river.

I am capable of diplomacy.

[ that's like the most blatant lie she's told since arriving in the drabwurld. this was the most diplomatic she'd ever been: not murdering people while insulting them and simply barely tolerating their beliefs. that was not really diplomacy, though... ]

Besides, they gave me fish. I won't kill people who feed me, usually.

[liven]

It is the best type of fish. [ She says, with utterly serious sincerity........ ]

She was at the Barrel earlier this month. I would not call us anything other than very vague acquaintances.

Late February - text;

[dragmire]

I will let them keep their river. I will be certain to provide you food, if that's what you care for. For this task, I was prepared to offer some position and pay to those who proved themselves worthy of it.

Do such things motivate you? [He did not think it likely.]

Late February - text;

[liven]

[ He probably can't give her the one thing she genuinely wants in life, which is death. He's right about her motivation for money, which is that it doesn't really exist. ]

Not particularly. I do not like to deal with coin if I can avoid it, though it is sometimes necessary.

[ She hunts for her own food and collects clothes like a mad beggar would, just accumulating whatever comes her way and caring little about how it looks. And simply sleeps wherever she's allowed, either at Lumina's farm or elsewhere. Belongings aren't that important. ]

I was bored, so I took the job. That is what motivated me, I suppose.

[zerotohiro]

[...siiiigh. Shijima, you are only making him miss Mochi more, stop that.] I'll do my best. What's the second type if I can't find that though?

I have a feeling that most of the people around here are only vague acquaintances with each other. I have no idea where the Barrel is either but I can always call her on the lockets. That's going to help a lot.

[liven]

All the other types are second best. [ She's not that picky past her favorite type, apparently... ]

If it helps, does that mean you will make me something else?

[ shijima............... ]

[zerotohiro]

[A snort.] Like I said, I'll do my best.

What do you want? [It's a genuine question at least and not one of irritation. He's perfectly fine with taking requests. It's nice to have something to do in his...spare...time. Or at least during the hours he should be sleeping like a normal person but whatever.]

[liven]

[ WHAT...DOES SHE WANT, that is a good question... ]

I like the birds. [ cat toys are what she wants... ] I do not know. A mouse?

[ she will just keep asking him for dumb toys........who needs pride ]

[zerotohiro]

[...such simple requests. He can totally do that.]

Like. Not a real one, right? Because I think you could catch those faster than I can. But sure, a toy mouse. I think I know what to do.

Late February - text;

[dragmire]

You make for a peculiar creature, Shijima. All the same, you are welcome to the city. If you come to the castle, I will provide you a Mark that shall serve as payment to anywhere in the city that you choose to eat. That should serve to keep your belly filled.

[It would mean he would pay the expense, but it would at the least prevent her from needing to deal with coin. More than that, it would keep her in the city and so available to him for other uses in the future.]

Late February - text;

[liven]

[ ...He's absolutely not wrong, Shijima likes this prize way more than she would care for a position at court. And it shouldn't cost him all that much, since she weighs all of sixty-six pounds and eats basically only as much as a housecat would. There will be periodic bills for fish, but it shouldn't be very much overall. ]

I will come to the castle as soon as I may, then.