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I know that!

[He snaps it and flops onto his couch, frowning at the ceiling as if he expected answers to appear there.]

She wasn't my guard either. She was... [The images didn't actually spell out what kind of relationship they had, only that he was trying to either push her away or something confusing.] someone's guard that was in the way of something and was going to die because my Father wouldn't allow anyone to get in his way.

[He kicked out, growling a little.] I- it felt so real.

Deep breaths.

[He's not being patronizing or snarky for once, just genuinely concerned. See, he cares.]

What was she in the way of? Did you know what she was a part of that would have your father even turning his attention to her and her boss?

I don't know!

[Okay, he was getting a little upset here. Yoon-sung took a deep breath and wiggled like a caught fish because while there was a hint of a deeper story there he couldn't remember much more.]

She was working at the Blue House? At least the person she was protecting was the President's daughter, I know that.

Getting mad at me isn't going to do anything.

[There's a slight growl to David's voice, but he drops it after that.]

None of this is making sense. And before you get pissy, just let me think on this out loud -

Yeah, your father's fairly well-known in Korea, and politics and business get mixed up all the time, hell, I wouldn't have a job if that weren't true - but why would a guard for the President's daughter be in the way enough to make him want to kill? It's completely out of character.

You get why I'm having a hard time with this? You and I both know this doesn't make sense on so many levels.

[He lets out a sigh, though him rubbing his temples isn't obviously seen.]

... it's not that I don't believe you, but it's. Weird.

Thing is that the girl wasn't the daughter I've met. She was someone different and yet the memory insisted that she was the daughter.

[He had been warned to stay away from that family by his father, and while he tended to not listen to his father when it came to women, Yoon-sung knew enough to keep away from the crazies. Besides, the dream-him had thought about a very male president while the one he knew now was a woman.]

I'm not mad at you, I'm mad because it doesn't make sense. Father is many things but I can't see him holding a gun. Even when he did his service, I can't picture it. Black listing is more his style.

I don't know what to tell you that I haven't already said, Yoon-sung. Though I guess we should be thankful that you haven't gotten any random packages lately, apparently there's been word of the spreading on RetroSpec.

Something about all this doesn't sit right with me.

I've heard about that too.

[He just sits up now and starts to fidget with putting things back on the couch. He always felt a little better when it came to doing things with his hands.]

Something weird is going on but only to people who have that app. I just wish I can crack it.

You're right in that there's a connection there between the app and everything going on with us over the last couple months. Doesn't help that the people who don't have RetroSpec have no idea of anything.

Honestly it's feeling like a weird sci-fi movie to me, like a huge conspiracy. First not being able to uninstall the app, then the things that nobody else seems to remember being there previously, now this.

If you have a weird alien thing popping out of your chest, I'm going to hurl.

[And he lays back down to proceed to re-kicking the pillows off the couch. Yes, he's being immature, he don't care.]

I still need to work on the final boss of the Shattered Caves. Would you want to test run it?

Pretty sure I haven't found any gross-looking eggs lately. Thankfully your housekeeper's good about making sure you don't let food go bad.

[And back to gentle ribbing. It's the best he can do in this trying time.]

Thought you had other testers, but sure - could use something to get my mind off all this. Which boss was it again?

She's pretty good about a lot of things, including not taking my words at face value.

[Let's face it, he was a grating person on his bad days.]

I do but they try too hard at being nice even when I want their honesty over something important. Bahamut the First Sire.

I'm trying to make you feel better, jackass. At least appreciate my sense of humor once in a while.

[Moment ruined. Good job, you two.]

And knowing me, I'm not afraid to tell you if it sucks. I get it. I'll probably stop by later to check it out. This is the action game, right? Or the MMO?

I do, jerk!

[It's easy to ruin all the moments with them.]

It's going to be the same model in both systems, but I think the MMO would be better since we can use our maxed characters.

You've got a crappy way of showing it then!

[Save them.]

Fine. You want me to head over yet tonight or wait until morning?

It's hard to show it when I'm finishing up the textures on a monster's skin map.

[There is no one here to save them, so sad.]

If you have something to do, I can wait until tomorrow.

Then show me later. Better yet, start reimbursing me for some of the coffee runs I've had to make in the line of duty.

Either way works, not like I was really planning on doing much else tonight.

All you had to do is tell me, sheesh.

Then stop by and we can start the run. It might be better to work on it while I'm still annoyed enough to work on.

I like keeping blackmail material in the wings, keeps things interesting.

[Okay they both know that's really not true considering how serious blackmail could potentially be for Yoon-sung, but just humor him a moment.]

Fine, I'll be over there in a bit. Need to make sure I'm stocked for the night if we end up staying up half the night to work on this. Also I needed to talk to you in person anyway.

You're a horrible person, blackmailing the guy you're suppose to protect.

[He knows this is a joke, so he keeps his tone light too. After all, real blackmail would crush his position if it ever happened, which was why most of his relationships were shallow.]

I'll put in an order for food at the local Korean place so you can pick it up on the way in, okay?

Never said I was a nice guy, boss.

Right, and I'll grab a few iced coffees just in case. but if it goes for too long, we're calling it. First meeting isn't until noon but this is more to be on the safe side.

Is that why you have a better smile then me? To keep me from guessing your terrible plans?

It should only take two hours tops with our server spawns, unless you want to use the off-work characters.

These dimples hide many secrets. Some of which you'll never know.

Probably not, if you're looking to test out the level with the MMO builds.

They are deep enough to hide a lot of things, though I never guessed it was secrets.

Okay then. I'll boot them up so we can jump in as soon as you get here.

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