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[Since Alter Ego's post about the lack of internet went up on the message board, San has been trying his best to squeeze in a visit or two to LOAD's former haunts, hoping to find some sort of information to pass off to the intrepid party. Lo and behold, he managed to scare up a few notes and a few pieces of equipment that have been left behind after the other programmer disappeared, all of which he's packed carefully into a box for a free day.

And, what a surprise! Today is that day! Though, by the time he's gotten to the door to room 005 (he notes the name 'Alter Ego' on the plaque, definitely the right place), it dawns on him that he may have picked a bad day. What if Alter Ego isn't there? He doesn't even actually know who he's looking for. Should he just drop this stuff off by the door? So many questions...

He shifts the box in his arms, freeing up one hand enough to lightly knock at the door frame before slightly sliding the door out of place.]

Um, hello...?

[Knock knock it's Knuckles]

[Thankfully, Alter Ego isn't in any state of undress at the moment! A problem that he has been avoiding like the plague, to be honest. So he hears the knock and looks up with a curious tilt of his head, obviously a little wary of the boy standing in his doorway.]

Oh... um... h-hi?

[God this can only end poorly.]

[Thank goodness for that, for both of their sakes, probably.

But! Someone is home! That's good, and while San doesn't know what this Alter Ego person looks like at all, he doesn't imagine it's the person who is in the room at the moment. He sort of partway enters, peering in while still keeping one foot outside of the room, holding himself mostly in the doorframe.]

Sorry, ['Didn't mean to interrupt anything,'] I was looking for someone called Alter Ego...? I have some parts to drop off.

[There's a moment where Alter Ego seems uncertain about why someone would be looking for him... And then he suddenly brightens up, clasping his hands together as a smile spreads over his face.]

Oh! You must be San-kun! It's really nice to meet you! I'm Alter Ego.

[He gives San a little bow and another small smile.]

Thank you for your help!

['San-kun' GOD he's never going to be over how ridiculous that sort of thing sounds.]

Oh-! You're... [Not what he expected. What's with these programmers, being all feminine and whatnot??] Um, it's nice to meet you.

[He would pass off the box right away, but Alter Ego seems... a little frail, to put it nicely? He can finish carting it into the room.] Where do you want this stuff?

[Quickly, Alter Ego points to a corner of the room.]

Just right there should be fine! I'm really sorry that you had to bring that all the way here...

[He looks a little teary-eyed just... because of that...]

I really, really appreciate it!

[Huh? What's with the sad sounding tone? Did... he say something wrong already?]

Uh, n-no, it's fine...! [Should he have gotten Alter Ego to come get it instead? That, um, doesn't seem too polite?] This was all I could find, but if I find anything else, I can bring it over. I don't know how much stuff LOAD-san was hoarding.

[Everyone has such weird names because of the Witch... so strange! Anyway!

Alter Ego is perking up pretty quickly, moving over to inspect the spoils.]

Ah! This is more than I could have hoped for! And please do let me know if you find anything else! I want to be able to do whatever I can with this!

[Look okay some people have totally normal names and then some of them are getting pranked as hard as possible by the Witch and her terrible sense of humor. That makes it worse than everyone having bizarre names.]

Yeah, sure thing. [At least the enthusiasm for parts is also par for the course for these programmer-types.] I hope that's a good start there, though.

[He's busily picking through everything, pulling out things that look promising.]

It looks like it! This person must have been really smart. These all look pretty good quality!

Yeah, I guess so.

[As if he didn't personally interact with LOAD at least a few times, goodness.]

It's pretty hard to find a lot of electronic stuff on the island, so if you want to look for more on your own, you should probably try the marketplace in town. Stuff changes there pretty much daily, so something might turn up sooner or later.

[That's probably how all of these parts were picked up.]

Oh! Do they sell stuff like this around the markets? That's good to know!!

[Alter Ego is very pleased with this idea. It means he can actually earn something.]

I'll definitely go look around.

Sometimes, yeah. There's a lot of weird stuff, too, so it usually takes a while to find anything specific.

[Really, though, he only intended to come here and drop stuff off, so maybe he can slip out of this social interaction now?]

I can leave you alone to look all that stuff over, if you want.

I'm super patient, so that's okay! I'll just have to look around a lot.

[He says as if he like... didn't have a fit over there not being computers. Ah well.]

Oh!

[Quickly, Alter Ego bows to San again.]

Thank you again, so much! I really appreciate it!

Yeah, don't mention it. At least this stuff will be getting put to use.

[And, he bows slightly in return.]

It was nice meeting you face-to-face.

You too! I hope we can meet up again sometime!

[You are getting a super kawaii smile, San.]

[Smile more like... kawaii...le.]

Ah, of course.

[Seems like all the pleasantries are in order... time for San to heckin' beat it out of here.]

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