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... Do you ever feel like you've lost the plot? Like of. Your own life.

I was on a vacation for like. A year. Maybe? Lost track of time.

And just. Everything feels like soup.

Apparently I'm more qualified to be a model than a scientist...?

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::At a cafe under Kaikori's twinkling crystal forest lights or at a cafe in Domino, you can find Vidya with just a folder of paperwork and doom scrolling on a red-black smartphone.::

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*at Kaikori.

Souha's actually gone outside for once and is stopping by the cafe, and sees... you, Vidya.

... ... ponders choices for a moment, before approaching*

Hello.

::Looks up from her cold coffee.::

Hello...

Do you mind if I join you?

I guess. Better than my own head.

::Shrugs.::

*sitting down*

What are you up to, then? If your head is giving you so much trouble.

Sulking, I guess. I think someone called it having a life crisis...?

::Sighing.::

A lif-- oh, like a midlife crisis?

Do you feel like you're, ah... having a crisis?

Wife divorced me and has dropped off the face of the Earth.

I went on an overly long trip and feel dead inside.

Tried to get my job as a researcher back, got hired as a model instead.

... So. It feels like I am? Having a crisis?

::Sighs again.::

Edited 2023-07-19 07:46 (UTC)

... Let's start in reverse. *gesturing a finger a little, as though mentally trying to write something down*

Why would you get hired on as a model instead of a scientist? If the latter is what you'd rather do more.

It's what I was counter offered, and pretty much 'it's that or nothing' with a blank smile.

Why, though? What changed, exactly?

I think she got dumber since when I was last hired...?

::Squinting.::

Something about I have a "Rockin' Bod" and it would be 'wasted for thinking'...?

Whom exactly are you working for, anyway...? Or at least trying to work for.

Shiyoko. Who's the head of the division I was working for and running at one time. Also, that my qualifications aren't all up to snuff...?

Oh.

*making a face, like they absolutely understand the issue at hand*

Yes, actually, now I see the exact problem at hand here. You shouldn't be too hard on yourself in that case.

... Eh?

::Confused why you're making a face.::

She got married to Noriko.

And as much as she's very nice and I'm fond of her, she also opted to entirely shut her brain off as a result, unless it's absolutely necessary to think.

I think I remember hearing about that before I left... Maybe...

But yes. She seems vastly underqualified than before...? But she seemed very clear my scientific qualifications wouldn't be considered.

I'm going to be honest and blunt:

You should find a different employer and get a second, or even a third opinion. *while I gently shake Noriko for being a terrible influence, even if Shiyoko chose this*

... None of the more normal corps will hire anyone with supernatural acumen for 'fear of being hollowed out' by Kaiba Corp.

While I think Shiyoko indirectly owns or has connections to the companies that do.

And I need a company that can protect me from being assassinated by power figures in Makai. So.

Nice suggestion, but not an easy task.

Hmm... still seems like a waste, taking her opinion as to your job worth at face value.

Maybe you should just see if someone can give you a grant and work solo? What do you generally work on, anyway?

Uh. Blew up the barrier between worlds because it amused me.

... Third party arms dealer to half the threats that have popped up because I expect a certain life style and Makai keeps financially strangling me.

Reality modification tech. Illusion Magic. Soul Magic. Some very brief interludes into 'Immortal Magic'.

Maybe it'd be a good idea to put together a portfolio of what you might be currently working on, then?

Though having such an extensive resume should already get attention...

I think you're forgetting the Makai part.

And I'm working on nothing, just wallowing and trying to find out what happened to my ex. Haven't used my hands in basically a year, so I'm rusty.

And like I said, most of the companies that would hire me won't, and the rest have Shiyoko involved or on tap.

And with me being wanted, I. Don't. Wanna. Do. Freelance?

I mean, the alternative is just being a model...

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