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IC INBOX - kaisou
I'm busy. Make it quick.
(or just don't leave a message at all.)
(or just don't leave a message at all.)
username: dark slayer | ✉ ☏ 📷 |
username: dark slayer | ✉ ☏ 📷 |
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That's simply how we were taught back then.
[He dodges compliments even if he doesn't dodge mechanics.]
I will find some way of paying the bill, even if it isn't all at once. I have a job, I just have difficulty keeping track of my earnings.
[That's what we're calling it? Okay then.]
It is. This instrument meant enough to him that he still mourns it decades later. I'm not sure "sentiment" covers it.
He recently came back into my life after I thought he had passed away.
It's only fair that I return something dear he also thought lost.
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vergil doesnt have many magic wind powers, but since he got the one he has, he's abused it every day of his life for the stupidest things. just like this. ]
You are my oldest friend, and this item is something that is important for you.
I am determined to find it already, but I can assure you that even if you cannot pay the bill all at once, I am not concerned.
It is not like you're going anywhere. [ fuckin ancient-ass rock dragon. ]
It sounds something beyond sentiment. A treasure, perhaps. I have more than one of those myself, so I can understand his
wish to have it returned.
...
He thought you had passed away?
I know you are quite long-lived, Zhongli, however, I am not sure how someone can make that sort of mistake.
[ small warflashbacks of himself leaving his phone in italy for a week when he visited berlin... ]
Did you forget to telephone him for a few years.
[ THIS IS A JOKE ]
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Even if I am taken off my assignment, I would like to continue living here. So... you're likely right about that.
Thank you for your kindness.
[He'll certainly be around a While.]
Communication was difficult, and things were quite tumultuous in his area at the time, so I made that assumption myself. I wouldn't have blamed him for assuming the worst in my case either.
[Just how much longer does he want to keep this up? Is it even worth it? Would Vergil even believe him?]
... Ah. I only received a phone in the past few years while working for the Order.
[....... fuck it, he already knows he's old.]
Telephoning him would have been particularly difficult seeing as they did not yet have phone numbers in the era of the French Revolution.
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I see. Cell phones have existed for quite a number of years, but. The French Revolution was in the late 1700s, whereas the first long-distance telephone was not created until the late 1800s.
...
One would suppose being able to tell if someone is dead or alive, due to that circumstance alone, may well be difficult.
[ you goddamn old people use a carrier pidgeon or something ]
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[Vergil is definitely taking the time to talk himself through it, which means this probably hit harder than he meant it to oops.]
Yes. Yes it is.
We had our ways of passing messages, but... there were extenuating circumstances around that time. So it goes.
[As casually as anything. Like he's talking about missing a football game and not five hundred fucking years of friendship.]
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[ friendship is weird, he's getting used to accepting it--it's a bit easier if it's someone he's known this long, at least. ]
I would not know how it goes. Unfortunately. However I can understand the difficulty, at the very least.
Sending letters was not always reliable back then, either. And I can imagine there is certain information you would not want... found.
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Indeed. We were cautious; the last thing we wanted to do was draw attention, lest we go the way of the old legends.
[Maybe a little too late for Venti, though.]
Do you need anything else to begin the search?
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Casual life does not sound easy for the long-lived.
[ being a demon is fine but he cant imagine living as long as zhongli has. ]
For now, I think the details you gave me are more than enough. I merely need to get in contact with some people who are in the same line of work as me, and see if they have heard tell of such a musical instrument.
If not, it'll just be a matter of browsing old collections.
This is the sort of work I enjoy, so worry not.
Once I find something, you will be the first to know.
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[He has lived far too long and he will readily admit that if asked. It's rough out here.]
Thank you again for all of this.
[Neither of them are counting favors, as favors are neither fair nor are they contracts, but one day Zhongli hopes to do something monumental for Vergil, too.]
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But of course.
I will update you as soon as I know anything.
I bid you a pleasant evening.
[ as if zhongli hasn't already been an asset to his mental health since he's gotten here. fool. ]