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That is a fair point.
But already, I have the sense that you are more of the Jamie that I knew before.
Even though you never were not Jamie.

I am glad... you are here.

Yes, this weird environment is a little offputting, but it can be cute.

I have tried touching the tea pots and they all make weird beeping noises.

[floret]

Well
I mean, I kind of wasn't, since I was Hanatarou
But I think I know what you mean. Probably.

I really didn't show up to work for two months, did I...
I understand if that's an automatic termination.

Do they really??
I want to hear more about the beep!

[ascatic]

It does not matter, you are Jamie to me.
Even though it was... a little awkward, finding out things that may or may not have happened.

I feel that the names we have here and the names we knew before are separate yet equal identities. The memories attached, the same.

...

They make beeps. It is hard to describe, but I have not been able to extract the tea out of them.

[floret]

About that.
Just so you know, my parents aren't dead.
or
um, Jamie Doh's aren't.
I should really talk to Nazuna about all this, but it feels
not
great? lol

Beeps instead of tea sounds really inconvenient. Maybe there's some kind of sequence you need to complete... What happens if you leave the room and then go back in?

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It will... be awkward. But I suppose that if anything, one would be much more lenient when it comes to oddities of memory and form around here.

Yes. The beeping is extremely inconvenient. It is almost like it is waiting for a time longer than one would normally brew tea, and when I touch it, it makes a disapproving noise.

[floret]

What a pain...
I wonder if you need to build up more skill points in something tea-related. Oh, or have you tried just putting more and more tea leaves into it? Maybe it needs a set number of them before it'll complete the process. Or maybe it's a recipe minigame and it's waiting for another key ingredient?

[ascatic]

Skill points? Minigames?

Oh. I understand. Are you saying that this is like one of those games you can play on your phone? I do not think I am able to allocate any points, as I have not seen any lie around.

... if the recipe is boiling water to make tea, how could I mess that up... ?!

[floret]

I don't know. It's possible that the programmer didn't actually know that much about tea, or wanted to make the sequence more involved...

I guess it's also possible there's no way to make tea at all within this version of reality.

[ascatic]

Jamie. I do not like this reality any more. I want to return to the one where I can make my drinks, for myself or for others, and sell them at a reasonable price while also making a small profit so I can pay whoever works that week.

And then I can buy myself a little bag of cinnamon hearts.

I like spicy things.

I do not like this.

[floret]

That's exactly what I want too! Except probably strawberry candy instead of cinnamon hearts!

Please let me keep working for you!! I promise to do my best to stop going on field trips to hell for a month or having my past rewritten!!

[ascatic]

I would never fire anyone, especially someone else who shared the application and had to go through such trials and tribulations.

You are essentially family to me.

[floret]

[ he's moved af........ ]

Thank you. Thank you so much


Do you want me to come see if I can help figure out anything with the teapots?
Or the espresso machine, for that matter.

[ascatic]

Hm... if you would like to. Perhaps you can unlock the mysteries of the teapots? Or at least, you can continue to make them chirp while I figure out how to bake some cookies.

I hope there is no game behind that, either.

[floret]

I'll be there right away!






Unless

[ascatic]

Unless...?

Is there something wrong?

I suppose the fact I am an amateur baker might be an issue, but I promise I will not punch the oven like I have punched the machine.

[floret]

No, don't be silly. Your baking is great.

It's just, I was thinking.
Maybe YOU could actually come over here, if you wanted?
I know you're allergic to cats, but maybe digital approximations of cats would be fine!

[ascatic]

Jamie... I have surprising news.

I do not think I was ever allergic to cats, as I am one. Yet, I have no problem being myself. I have to clean up my own hair.

I am sorry to shock you like this.






Also, I would love to visit.

[floret]

I don't know what to say.

I'm stunned


Do you need directions?
Or I'll meet you somewhere along the way?

[ascatic]

... it means I can finally have a cat. Of any kind.

But not now. Things are too unsettled, would you not agree?

And yes. I would love directions. I can finally meet your Kitty without being in fear of certain death.

[floret]

Definitely.
Although sometimes I wonder if things are ever really going to get settled again...
I mean, last month was the closest to normal we've had in a while, but I wasn't even me.


About Kitty.
There's something you should know.

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I am filled with worry.

Was Kitty a figment of our imaginations this entire time?

[floret]

No, she's super real!
Though maybe I shouldn't say that given how poorly rendered she is at the moment...

The thing is.
There are two of her now.

[ascatic]

Two?!

Two very blurry Kitty... s.

Kitties?

But how?!

[floret]

I honestly don't know. When I was Hanatarou Nito, I didn't have her at all, but as soon as I went back to being Jamie, there both of her were.
And I got Minato back, too, but he'd lost Retrospec, so he didn't have any insight to share...
... and now he's gone again, of course...

[ascatic]

... I see.

I am glad that you got to have him again, even briefly.
Despite him being gone again, your memories will not be lost to you.
Even if we are destined to come in and out as the application dictates.

But at least you have two cats.
Or three.
Though, I would not like to be called one. But if it comforted you in any way, I would accept that title without hesitation.