★ my genius, flawless idol for life

[liedol]

⭐ Who: Ai and you!
⭐ When: its fucking dember
⭐ Where: Mostly in Yumemigaoka, with some planned Hunts and stuff in the Dream Sphere
⭐ What: Wow, that was pretty decidedly awful!!! Unfortunately, there's no rest for the wicked OR the DU's idol so even though she's a little running on fumes, Ai's still got a busy December ahead of her...! With DU work and idol work and holiday obligations all on her plate, the real question is: how does she ever find time to sleep???

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[liedol]

I see...! That explains why I've never heard of you before.

[ She's......... taking it completely in stride! Between celebs, idols and Dreamers, she's talked to a lot of people who have a gimmick, is all. This is a day ending in Y, when you get down to it. ]

Well, I don't know about omens but you were definitely a good look charm for me today. [ wink! ] So thank you.

[predecir]

Ha!

[He lets out a sharp burst of laughter, then snaps his mouth shut abruptly.]

I, uh. I don't get that often. Glad to help, though...?

[liedol]

Oh, don't you? Aah, let me guess... you're more of a solo Dreamer, then? You're not in a Unit or anything? I guess it makes sense if you only just got here...

[ I—it's a little like a polite interrogation... ]

[predecir]

Yeah. It's - it's fine, though. I've been solo for a while.

[The last thing he needs is someone trying to set him up with a Unit! Even if the idea does sound nice. But...he shouldn't, really. The risk seems a lot slighter here, but it's still risk.

(That, and...working with a different Unit? It feels a little like a betrayal.)]

[liedol]

I guess you do seem pretty self-sufficient...! There was the whole...

[ ... vague hand gesture. She does not want to think about the rats!!! ]

Shadow wave attack...? It seems like you could cover a lot of ground with that, even by yourself. Let me guess... you're a Striker, then?

[predecir]

Uh - oh, no, I just -

[Well. ~*Dreamer Omen*~ (with the spooky voice) probably ought to be, right?]

I started before any of those terms took off.

[liedol]

You did?

[ She sounds a little aghast. She's met Dreamers from before and around the DU's founding of course, but someone from that early on? That's a rare find. Now she's even more interested. ]

I guess it makes sense if you're from pretty far out from Yumemigaoka... but it's really wild to meet someone with no connection to the DU at all...

[ h—her eyes.... are sparkling at him........... ]

[predecir]

Eh, yeah. It's not that big a deal.

[He shrugs a little. It's not an Omen persona thing, really; Bruno is just so accustomed to being uninvolved with the DU that it doesn't really seem interesting to him at all. Maybe the kids would feel different. It's been too long since he really talked to any of them.]

Even when they did open it, it wasn't such a big deal right away. Not so international.

[liedol]

I guess it must've started pretty small at some point but it's really hard to imagine... [ Then, with a wry smile: ] Then again, it's also really hard to imagine that it's as big and as international as it's gotten... So make my sense of scale's just off!

[ She laughs at her own joke............ ]

Either way...! You should definitely drop by the DU anytime you're feeling up to it. It's always nice to see new faces around.

[predecir]

I don't know too much about how it was back then, I guess. It was really far away...

[By the time it felt like something that existed in their part of the world...well, Bruno was already retreating from it.]

Oh, um. Yeah. Maybe.

[It's not convincing!]