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[willchange]

[There's a brief moment of audio. There's a bit of background noise, but not a lot. Louder than the rest is the voice of a very panicked girl.]

Ah, I'm terribly sorry, sir, but, um... The cash register seems to be malfunctioning. I'm not sure what's... I think I pressed the wrong things, I'm really sorry.

...w-what the...

[There's a different voice, a male one, but he's barely audible. The girl speaks up again after him.]

N-No, everything is alright! I'll just-

[The audio cuts out. About an hour later, a text post follows.]

Um... I guess I should be polite and introduce myself? My name's Cerise... but Cherry is fine too, everyone calls me that. Anyway, could... someone please explain this to me?

I mean, what kind of network is this even? I thought it was fake or something... Not that I wanted to doubt anyone or anything, it's just a little unbelievable. But how did it just show up on my cash register?! I don't get this at all...

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[anequal]

stuck faster than super glue. sorry to break it to you.

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[willchange]

That's what I thought. But it's still discouraging to have it confirmed.

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[anequal]

yeah i know. it's all involuntary.

i'm really sorry you had to get dragged into it.

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[willchange]

It's fine.

Well, okay, not exactly 'fine', but... I'll manage. I mean, at least there's plenty of other people, even some I already know, so that's good I guess.

[Actually no, that kind of makes it worse. But she just has to stay positive about this. Somehow.]

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[anequal]

you'll be okay in that you're at least not on your own? :)

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[willchange]

Yeah, something like that. At the very least I'll have people to confirm that I'm not just going crazy.

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[anequal]

unless we're all a figment of your imagination, you're ok.

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[willchange]

If I'm that far gone, there's not really anything to be done about it anymore. So I'll give you all the benefit of the doubt, I think. :)

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[anequal]

that's nice of you :)

well, nice to meet you, then!