Now entering Jack's Office

[heroantagonist]

[It's a long ride up in the elevator. The floors passing you by start to merge together into a jumbled blur, leaving the whole experience altogether surreal and boring.

Eventually though, it ends. Finally, you're deposited in a yellow hallway, rows upon rows of computers on business desks encased in large glass windows. A disc-shaped cleaning bot handles the long stretch of hallway you march down, rumbling incessantly as it passes. More potted plants. More Hyperion logos, getting worse by the second-

And then you enter Jack's office.

The man (the myth, the legend) himself is probably behind his desk. So why don't you drop in and say hi? Just be mindful of the rules...]

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[nmc0204]

[ Ryoko blinks. Her expression had been set pretty firmly into a scowl but now she looks a little wrong footed. ]

Really? Just like that?

[ She hadn't expected it to be so... easy. ]

[heroantagonist]

What? Wer-were you expecting a "no"? Maybe even a "get the hell out of my office"?

[He's almost jovial about it.]

[nmc0204]

Honestly? Yes.

[ and she still came here to make demands anyway?? That's Ryoko for you.

Suddenly her eyes narrow again. ]

What's the catch, then?

[heroantagonist]

Harsh. But understandable. Hell, I've been there.

[Takes guts to march into someone's office and strangle the life out of him.]

The catch is I need to recalibrate the stuff I used to bring your lot in here to find those pills. Might take a bit.

[nmc0204]

[ She makes a little noise of impatience -- or disbelief. Probably a little of both. ]

Right. Sure.

And how long do you plan for it to take?

[heroantagonist]

[A long exhale.]

Uhhhh, til the end of the week? Thing you can survive that long?

[nmc0204]

I should be able to manage. But it's not like I have much of a choice.

[ She's still eyeing him sharply, still waiting for the other shoe to drop. ]

And then? You'll just hand them over and that's that?

[heroantagonist]

And that’s that, kiddo. And the best part is, it’s NOT gonna cost you an arm and a leg. Unlike how some people do this.

[nmc0204]

[ She bites down on her instinctive don't call me that response and takes a moment to stare at him, her gaze level and a little hard to read.

Then she huffs in irritation. ]

Then I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

[ And with that – not even a thank you or a farewell – Ryoko turns on her heel and walks back out of the office. ]

[heroantagonist]

…Uh, yeah. Catch ya later.