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"Um. Hey."

[Judging right away from the tone and lack of Russian inflection this time, the one known as Safronov has checked out, and Rey is Rey again.]

"So it looks like at some point when being... unwell, the upper floor at the Speakeasy lost its Casino manager, Firo. He helped to organize the whole thing with me when Delight's bar went out of commission, so... Would rather not have to keep handling the place solo. If anyone would like to help there in any way, it'd be appreciated."

[She'll leave the convenient signup at the Speakeasy/Casino available for those who wish to help.]

"And, um. Sorry for those who had to deal with one of my... other selves." [Yeah, she remembers. Some of it, anyway. She has complicated feelings towards Safronov.]

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[She just might be more open to it eventually, since she gets enough people confused about how a casino works in a place like Hadriel.

[Rey falls quiet a moment ]

Just don't enjoy playing something that requires you to move specific pieces like they're more disposable than others, is all.

[It's too close to war for Rey's comfort. Also doesn't help that the project that helped to make her ended up designating the classes of other synthetic using the names of chess pieces, further driving the point home that they're just pieces of a war game to a lot of people.]

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[puzzlingly]

「That is actually quite telling, it aligns with a lot of things Rey had told her before about her life in the military, and while he can only assume, he understands where she's coming from.」

We can always play checkers.

「There is no way in hell he's gonna be prodding her about it. Not when the memories of many things he saw about her are coming back to the surface.」

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[She appreciates the suggestion than anything else. Atem seems to know enough about her now to hopefully grasp her reasonings.

[At that, though, she just stifles a quiet laugh.]

Sure. In checkers, everyone starts as an equal.

[No pawns to cast aside, no special pieces that make or break the game. They're all the same value.]

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[puzzlingly]

Until you king them.

「Oops? Well, it's true.」

And you gonna be doing that a lot.

「Okay, now he's being an ass, he's sure that's what Bakura would have said.

He might have a problem...」

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[She scoffs.] True, but that's only after they've survived the field just like everyone else.

So that means you've got to earn that crown.

[It might be a problem to her, but it just reminds Rey of her brother. She's starting to think the two would get along, with how competitive they both are. After all, Orion made games his profession.]

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I will, no worries.

「There is a smile in his voice anyway. He's just messing with her. He's never told her about his King title... not the ancient one, no. Maybe one day. There is no reason for him to brag about that, he's not like that guy...」

Anyway... Thanks for the chance, Rey. I will not disappoint you.

「Doing absolutely nothing all days every day is terrible to the soul, this will be a nice change.」

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[Cocky lil' shit. Not that Rey is put off by that sort of thing -- there's something oddly endearing about it. You a'ght, brah.]

Better not. Or I'll have to dock your wages in the form of more shin kicking, and it won't be very nice.

[As shin-kickings usually aren't

[...

[Yeah, she's doing a lot better now. Something about that brain futzing left a definite improvement.]

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[puzzlingly]

With friends like these...

「He just leaves it like that.」

See you soon.

「And he's gone, what a good talk.」