OFFICE HOURS

[didntgetdadslooks]

Got something you want to say to your good friend The Professor's Assistant? Come on in, don't be shy! Her official hours are daylight hours - girl has to sleep? after all, probably - but if you knock on the door at night she'll generally answer. Please just make sure to leave the in-game date and time in the header of your toplevel!

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[nothingcanstop]

[ ...For a good few moments, she considers it.

But ultimately, no.

Della's staying right there. ]

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ Then after a bit, Angel will return! She has two bottles in her hands - one is full of pre-mixed appletini, and the other is full of something else. She offers the former out to her. ]

Just... make up somewhere in the world for it to have come from, I guess.

[nothingcanstop]

[ ...She really got it, huh. Della looks from Angel to the bottle and then takes it. ]

Oh... Oh, yeah. This would've been just the right... [ She's murmuring to herself. If only, if only... There's never enough time.

She looks up at Angel, studying first the bottle she's got and then her face. ]

What's the deal with all this? Why're you being so nice?

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ Angel sighs, shoulders sagging a little. ]

I've... you guys have all had a heck of a day. I had to watch the trial from up here, and... yikes.

[ She takes a seat next to Della, but not too close. It is very important to mention that she says the next part sadly, but also like it's a normal thing to say. ]

But also... I guess I haven't mentioned this, but I don't sleep? So I've watched a lot of fun things today.

[nothingcanstop]

'Scuse me, you what?

[ Good thing she put the bottle of premixed appletini down, because otherwise she would've dropped that!! ]

How the heck is that even, like, possible? Biologically?

[didntgetdadslooks]

[ Angel taps the metal implants in her head. ]

Cybernetic implants. They make the whole... surveillance thing work, and make it so I don't need to sleep.

[nothingcanstop]

[ Della's quiet for a moment. But-- ]

How'd you get like that?

[didntgetdadslooks]

Uh...

[ She thinks it over. ]

... I don't actually know for sure.

[nothingcanstop]

How can that be something you don't know?

[didntgetdadslooks]

It's...

[ Angel bites her lip. ]

... that's actually something I don't really want to talk about? It's personal, not... related to everything going on here.

[nothingcanstop]

Something from before the Professor...?

[ There's the slightest bit of worry on Della's features, but. ]

That sure sounds like something... Oh, alright. Fine, no prying.

[didntgetdadslooks]

If it becomes relevant I'll say what I can, but...

[ laugh track @ today ]

They're... my feelings about that are kind of all over the place.

[nothingcanstop]

...Well, even if we don't get any privacy, I guess you didn't ask for your life to be dragged out on display.

[ There's some bitterness in there, quite a lot of it, but it...at least doesn't seem directed at Angel. ]