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[23wishes]

[The camera is pointed at a blank wall. There's some hemming and hawing, muffled, then the camera switches to Aerith's neck as she finds how to switch to the front camera. She may have accidentally given herself a double chin for a moment there, but you didn't see that, right?]

Ah- There we go!

[She adjusts it so the camera is framing her face properly, and gives it a big, bright smile.]

Sorry! This phone is a lot fancier than my old one, but I got it now. Anyway, I'm Aerith. I just got here. It's a little weird so far.

... Um...

Is anyone unregistered? What's it like?

I don't think I want to...

[Aerith looks down at something out of frame, frowning slightly. Suddenly, she looks back up.]

Oh, I almost forgot! Does anyone know where I can buy some plants? This room needs lots of sprucing up!

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[monster_san]

The cellphone technology is amazing, isn't it? I'd be hard pressed to find something they don't do. Hello, Miss Aerith--I'm Fuu Hououji.

I'm not unregistered, but if you're worried about it... [it kind of doesn't make a difference if someone wants to mess around with the imPorts NOPE NOT SAYING THAT RIGHT OFF] It's uncomfortable, but not exactly like being drafted into the military. We aren't forced to fight by law or conscription.

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[protects_the_small]

So did you find your place alright?

[Going to ignore both those questions, since she has experience with neither.]

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[knifecollecting]

Being unregistered can kind of suck.

[She's still unregistered, but it's getting to the point where she's considering registering just to make her life easier.]

[23wishes]

Hi, Fuu! It's nice to meet you.

[SORRY she just needs a moment to accept that she can SEE who she's talking to. Her last phone was a flip phone, ok.]

Well... I guess that's good. I'm not sure it's a good fit for me.

[23wishes]

I did! See?

[Here, she'll spin the phone around her room to give Kel a panorama. IT'S... pretty empty, and pretty plain, and maybe Kel can infer the problem with that.]

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[resoundingpledge]

I don't know if it would work for indoor things, but there's a garden centre near the government houses in Nonah.

[23wishes]

[Well, at least you don't sugarcoat it.]

I was afraid of that...

How bad is it?

[23wishes]

That will work! I have lots of experience growing tough plants indoors.

Thanks, um...

[Your name?]

[protects_the_small]

[She's bought a single maneki-neko and a sword for her room in the two months she's been here soooo....]

I'm glad! Though I see what you mean about needing something else, perhaps on the window ledges?

[knifecollecting]

[...She probably should have at least tried to sugarcoat it. Sorry, Aerith.]

A lot of the perks that the government promises don't make it to us. You'll lose your assigned job. [That happened to her.]

Mostly you have to take care of yourself.

[resoundingpledge]

Ahh, I didn't—!

It's . . . Sumeragi, Kururu Sumeragi. It's nice to meet you, Miss Aerith.

[23wishes]

[:|]

[She can help with that.]

Sure, we can start there!

[23wishes]

[No, that's fine. She'd rather hear it straight.]

That does sound bad...

But I've gotten by on my own before...

... I need to think about it.

[Wait a sec, though.]

How are you getting by?

[protects_the_small]

I'm afraid you'll have to find someone else to help with that. Though there are very nice parks in this city, I'm not sure one is supposed to take the plants away.

[23wishes]

It's nice to meet you, too, Sumeragi!

[23wishes]

I'll make a note of it, anyway~ I'm sure no one would miss a few seeds, if it came to that.

[monster_san]

[THAT'S OKAY the last cell Fuu has experience of looks like this.]

That's understandable. I've thought about unregistering myself, but so far I haven't been given a pressing reason to do so, and the benefits are good.

[knifecollecting]

Better than I have been back home, honestly. I have a job here. [Stark didn't seem to care that she was unregistered.]

[protects_the_small]

If what I'm told is true, imPorts like us tend to be given stuff, so you may be right there.

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[deadtective]

What're you looking for?

[does she mean the plants or the information about being unregistered? impossible to tell, and Hazel offers no clarification. gonna have to take a leap of faith on your own, it seems.]

[23wishes]

I hope they're generous~

[23wishes]

Ah! So some people will hire you! That's good.

... Sorry, did you tell me your name yet?

[23wishes]

[WOW.]

Mm. I suppose that's the only positive. It's a shame it's such a major one.

[protects_the_small]

I'm fairly sure I got my sword at half the price it should have been, but I'm still unsure what the conversion rate is to my country's nobles.

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