[Dual Post]

[bibeakerbabe]

Journal Post



... 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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[keepersouha]

*sitting down*

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

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[bibeakerbabe]

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

::Sighing.::

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[keepersouha]

A lif-- oh, like a midlife crisis?

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

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[bibeakerbabe]

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.::

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[keepersouha]

... 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.

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[bibeakerbabe]

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

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[keepersouha]

Why, though? What changed, exactly?

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[bibeakerbabe]

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'...?

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[keepersouha]

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

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[bibeakerbabe]

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...?

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[keepersouha]

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.

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[bibeakerbabe]

... Eh?

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

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[keepersouha]

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.

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[bibeakerbabe]

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.

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[keepersouha]

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*

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[bibeakerbabe]

... 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.

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[keepersouha]

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?

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[bibeakerbabe]

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'.

Re: [Event Post]

[keepersouha]

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...

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[bibeakerbabe]

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?

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[keepersouha]

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

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[bibeakerbabe]

:: ... ::

... I couldn't interest you in anything, could I?

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[keepersouha]

I work in the medical field for monsters and people with unusual situations, be it hybridism or abilities affecting their biology.

So let's start there: What can you do to assist in that area? I'm asking this rather sincerely, I do have a budget to allow for hirings.

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[bibeakerbabe]

Uh. I've performed self surgery to turn myself and my sister into Fiend-Types.

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[keepersouha]

So you have experience in hybridization surgery, in a sense? Did you use a particular essence for yourself and your sister, or is it a generalized "Fiend-type" element?

This might be relevant-- it seems there is a service now that's deep in testing that offers hybridization surgery, and I'm likely to have more clients who have gone through that, in the near future.

Sekou included.