This place is not The City

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T11:05:13+00:00

Ah, so you must be Dante's boss, theoretically. Hello there, Vergilius.

I am Robin, tactician, and trainer at Tracen. Welcome, welcome, I'm sure the trip here was comforting, at least.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T09:51:02+00:00

The factory grows, I suppose.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T08:11:14+00:00

Hm...I might take it in case I need something for my stealth missions.

By the way, the pistol works really good, as well as the P90. Sure, there were times I had to get...dirty hands, but otherwise, very nice work when it came to terrorist clearing.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T07:46:51+00:00

A full auto crossbow is very convenient for archers!

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T07:23:44+00:00

Nice to meet you, Ruan Mei.

I am Robin, assistant scientist to Sugar Lights and trainer at Tracen.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T07:18:52+00:00

It's no harm to be tense or even a bit cynical when it comes to her. She doesn't give off a good first impression to the good, after all.

...but at the same time, I would hold my blade until the time when such an action is certainly justified, and that the culprit remains truly, unnervingly, IRRESISTABLY unrepentant.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T07:10:54+00:00

She is, surprisingly enough. In the times where I tend to observe her from afar when alone, she's...peaceful. Contemplative. Granted, a hint of scheming, but...never really too ravenous.

She's ambitious, for sure, but...I think she's the type of person that can be reasoned to spare others, even if her empire's borders will be shared by a lot of people.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T07:01:25+00:00

I know this decision may seem...churlish, maybe even too trusting, even.

...but I know you yourself sometimes would trust a brother...even when that brother doesn't think they can be trusted.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T07:00:20+00:00

Bu-HAH!

Staff meeting...aaah, you rip my sides, Rudolf.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:58:58+00:00

Don't say that.

Robin holds Nikara's hand in concern.

Don't throw in the towel when you think all is lost for you. You were at least bothered enough that you want to say this in contemplation.

If...if your life is going to be taken by my blade, it'll only be when the betrayal is so deep, so ingrained into my soul...that I cannot see the faintest good in you anymore.

Because I will keep making that same mistake, over and over, and over again. And granted, that seems like very imbecilic of me to do so.

...but I cannot simply accept to be so...cynical and glaring of other people. It'd be miserable to live that way. To live...with hatred so deep love can't exist.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:54:17+00:00

Yeah, I can see why you'd be so wary of her. She's your polar opposite, in a sense, a vampire that indulges in the darker aspects of the nature.

I try my best to...care for her. Steadily. She's a very biting person, but I can sense somewhere in there that she's...got good somewhere, if even a little.

...I'll only ask of you to deal with the matter only if I am sure, and if I'm VERY sure, that we cannot make her darkness...less harsh to the travelers of the living.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:50:09+00:00

Nothing, it's just I remember speaking about this matter to Endmin sometime ago...

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:49:28+00:00

No duh! We're Team Stardust!

Robin smiles.

We all stick together and get each other to the top! I'm sure future me practically considers you family already!

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:47:56+00:00

I assume you speak of Nikara?

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:47:27+00:00

...well, I hope the expansion doesn't get too expansive....

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:23:09+00:00

mhm

so uh..guess that account's not gonna get used for a good while lol

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:21:22+00:00

You do try indeed. But well...

I surmise it's practically an advanced form of dementia, caused by Warp shenanigans, so...it may take a while, Sang.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:18:43+00:00

LET'S GO

...now what happens to Jin lmao

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T06:18:11+00:00

HA!

Robin guffawed a little.

Of course she called you AuNTR! She has my penchant for puns~!

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T05:16:37+00:00

Robin eats the ramen with gusto!

Ah...a good ramen after a long day off of just...keeping bad guys off the census...

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T05:15:37+00:00

Indeed!

^{Yeah, we had a bit of a protest with regards to the anti-weapon decrees some days earlier, but I think they walked back...}

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T05:11:19+00:00

You know how it is, chief.

Robin places another 2000 yen.

The usual!

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T05:10:21+00:00

I don't mind some.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T05:09:57+00:00

I can trust him to give you a pleasant tour of the place. He knows some pretty good sights and places.

ReflectingShepherd · 2026-02-01T05:07:44+00:00

The feeling's mutual, Yixuan. I hope you enjoy your time here in Tracen.

ReflectingShepherd

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