09 | Audio

[chalicejoker]

[When the audio feed opens up, Hajime sounds rather angry about something. Not distressed, but certainly angry.]

I'm not even sure what the hell these pulses think they're doing anymore, but now I need someone to bring me a shirt. No questions, just a shirt.

[He is so irritated right now. So very irritated. Doesn't help that an earlier Echo shortened his fuse a little bit...]

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[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

You'll have to show me before you burn it. Gotta see if it's worse than the sweater Aunt Tomiko sent me three christmases ago.

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

Wouldn't surprise me if it released some sort of toxic fumes if it were burned, the way this thing looks...

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

Don't tell me it's actually made of crayons. That would just be awesome.

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

That...well, it's a normal shirt, as far as I can tell. Just really ugly.

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a small snort of amusement.]] All this fuss over just a normal shirt...

So? Did you get someone to answer your fashion emergency call? Or do I get to amble on down and stuff you in a minecraft t-shirt? [[can you hear the grin in his voice, Hajime? Can you?]]

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

[Hajime sounds a little defensive.]

Hey, it's weird and entirely not like me to wear it. If it's a controllable bit of weirdness, then I'm going to hide it so no one suspects anything.

Shou's supposed to be coming.

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

Just claim someone spilled something on you and this was the only shirt that they had for you to borrow.

Or just say you lost a bet. It's not like you transformed again or anything.

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

I still can't wear this...it's...

[There's an exasperated sigh.]

I'd still look like an idiot.

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

Can't be helped~

[[such a helpful friend, this guy.]]

Would it help if I showed up wearing one of Aunt Tomiko's sweaters? I'd look worse and people would assume we were just doing a thing.

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

The sweater can't be worse than this. How anyone could make something like that and actually give it as a gift...

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

One moment~

[[And about five minute later, Hajime gets an image sent of this]]

The worst thing? She had no idea what size I wore so she got it sized for my dad. It's still big.

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

Did she send that thing to you in a time machine from the 80s?

[The disgust in Hajime's voice is evident.]

I'm pretty sure we'd attract all the wrong sorts of attention if you showed up here in that and I was wearing mine.

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

With Aunt Tomiko, anything's possible.

Can't just say we were having a contest to see who had the family with the worst taste in gift clothes?

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

Geez, and I thought my mom's sisters were bad.

That's the sort of contest that needs to be held in private, I think...

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

She's my dad's sister, it might be the same thing.

Could always say we need impartial judges? "Excuse me, sir, which shirt is the most hideous?"

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

But that would involve asking to be noticed in these things.

I do not want to be noticed.

[Nope nope nooooope, not even for the inherent comedy factor.]

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

Aa, but see, logic works backwards with these things. By being self conscious about the shirt, you stick out. By laughing it off, someone might remember the shirt, but not who was wearing it! You yourself become invisible!

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

That...uh...

I still don't want to wear the shirt.

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

Here's hoping your rescue comes through with something then.

Since going topless would just get you more attention of all the wrong sort~

[Voice]

[chalicejoker]

I would've just done that if this had happened in the middle of summer...at least it could have gotten me to a thrift shop or something to grab another shirt.

[Really, it's easy to say that now.]