[The buzzing phone is a not so pleasant distraction from his soup mission. Oh, this is stupid. A part of him is tempted to say get it and avoid their shared dinner for the next few days. They can suffer with the frog leg stew.]
I found something similar. It's the body part of some kind of animal.
We need to adjust our expectations for this world. I suggest we look for instant meals instead of soup ingredients. Surely they've figured out how to make instant noodles somewhere.
[Maybe he'll buy this weird shit anyway, actually.]
Wouldn't the illustrious leader of the Phantom Thieves be better suited for infiltration training? I'll leave that to you - should you find it necessary to show him, that is.
Maruki - barter with your extensive funds. Shards talk, so speak with them.
Obviously I would, but you're the one that was supposed to be his senpai, last I heard. I figured that would simply be something you naturally covered. My mistake.
[Tones that can be heard through text.]
Maruki-sensei, if there's anything you're unsure of, feel free to ask me.
[ Unfortunately Maruki doesn't see any of this because all he sends is a blurry photo of the forbidden soup aisle he argued his way into. Blurry because he's still arguing with Dan the gelfling, actually. He sends it without looking at the conversation in process, wholly focused on fighting his way to soup victory. ]
[Alright, well. That can't be good. That's been a while now, with nothing but a blurry picture of... soup? That has to be soup. Also not good, probably.]
Are you okay?
Did you eat any frog legs?
[?????????? there are no frog legs in the PICTURE]
Akechi, you should've told me you didn't train him sooner. He could get ambushed, you know.
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Most of the ones I saw were pre-cooked, but they had some... interesting flavors. The honey and rhubarb mix seemed like it was selling well.
[Does it taste good? Who knows. But it's weird, so that's enough to make Akira's eyes light up.]
In any case, I did make it to some more normal food. A little more normal than I was expecting, actually.
[Even if there's... a lot of it...]
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Maruki stares at his phone, baffled, and his question is entirely sincere. ]
Is there soup?
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[That's the good news!]
But all of it contains frog legs.
[That's the bad news!]
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I found something similar. It's the body part of some kind of animal.
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We need to adjust our expectations for this world. I suggest we look for instant meals instead of soup ingredients. Surely they've figured out how to make instant noodles somewhere.
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[ Are you fucking kidding him right now. ]
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I'd try it. Let us know what kind of animal it is if you find out.
[okay freak]
Has anyone tried going into a different aisle yet?
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Hold on, let me try reasoning with the gelflings. There's a whole section of the store dreamers still aren't allowed in...
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Depraved is a strong word.
More importantly, just infiltrate it. Akechi's taught you by now, right?
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AKECHI HASN'T TAUGHT HIM SHIT ABOUT INFILTRATION?
Whatever. He's not here. He's arguing with gelflings. Is that Dan? Oooooh that's Dan... He's going to stay so normal and not get heated... ]
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Wouldn't the illustrious leader of the Phantom Thieves be better suited for infiltration training? I'll leave that to you - should you find it necessary to show him, that is.
Maruki - barter with your extensive funds. Shards talk, so speak with them.
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[Tones that can be heard through text.]
Maruki-sensei, if there's anything you're unsure of, feel free to ask me.
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No, you know what? OKAY. ]
On second thought, perhaps you're right.
Leaving a job half done isn't in my nature - I won't start now.
No, I'll teach him how to infiltrate the way I always have. He'll learn to accept the collateral damage from such methods.
[ Is what he does any different than Akira? Not really. Does he want to put the fear of Yaldy in him anyway? Yeah. ]
Maruki, we'll start soon. I'm certain you'll pick up on it quickly and there are plenty of targets to choose from, so to speak.
[ They're GONNA KILL A GELFLING. j/k...unless? ]
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[Alright, well. That can't be good. That's been a while now, with nothing but a blurry picture of... soup? That has to be soup. Also not good, probably.]
Are you okay?
Did you eat any frog legs?
[?????????? there are no frog legs in the PICTURE]
Akechi, you should've told me you didn't train him sooner. He could get ambushed, you know.
I'M WRAPPIN FOR ME SO WE CAN DO NEW THINGS
I met an old foe and was evicted from the store before I could secure an infiltration route. Or any soup.
I'm sorry.
slaps the side of it one last time. if only they had fit some soup in here.
Let's count our losses and regroup. We'll take some time to prepare and approach it again another day.
[It seems it's time to prepare some lessons for Maruki, anyway...]
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Read @ xx:xx. He's surrounded by idiots. ]