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[addiesands]

Wow, that looks great on you.

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[piercingblueeyes]

I'd say it's too flashy for my taste.

[addiesands]

Is it? Well, if you’re thinking about branching out, you can pull it off.

[piercingblueeyes]

I prefer not to stick out in a crowd. It tends to get you shot.

[addiesands]

[Her eyes widen a bit at that.] Is that normally a problem around here?

[piercingblueeyes]

Around here? Don't know. But it comes in handy in my previous line of work. It was bad business to attract attention.

[addiesands]

Ah. Sounds like a good thing that you got out of it.

[piercingblueeyes]

Dunno about that. The pay is better and it's legit but the risk of death is significantly higher. At least there's heat and electricity in the barracks tho.

[addiesands]

Are you in the military?

[piercingblueeyes]

Not exactly. I'm in CORP. Spec OPs. Got recruited by SkyTech. I'm using the term loosely because their recruitment method isn't exactly correct procedure. It's military grade sure but not in the classical sense.

[addiesands]

[Those are a lot of things that don’t really make a lot of sense to her.]

It definitely sounds impressive. But now I understand why you don’t want to stand out.

[piercingblueeyes]

[He get the feeling she doesn't understand. So he sighs.]

Look it's complicated. I'm from a pretty bad place. Here companies deals with their business on their own. Occasionally they need heavy support in that, which is where my squad comes in. It ain't glamorous but they pay well.

That said we can dress however we like. I just prefer if I can hide in a crowd. Call me paranoid but it saved my ass several times growing up.

[addiesands]

[Good god, what weird company-run section of the world had she wandered into?]

No, I get that. That definitely makes sense.

For your sake tho, let's keep it to Ian just visiting cos his world is dark

[piercingblueeyes]

[A post-apocalyptic one, cyber-punk one.]

Yeah. [Pause.] I guess trying something new wouldn't be too bad. But yeah I'd rather not jump off the deep end just yet.