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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[lucentia]

Is it not? Many people would rather look away from reality for a while.

[vacuous]

...Guess so...

I decided on a trip to Saga so I could try and get away from that stuff.

[lucentia]

In others or in yourself...?

[vacuous]

...? Just everything.

I wanted to go someplace with no relatives, nobody I know, that I didn't know anything about. Totally new.

[lucentia]

... Right.

Though if you don't mind me asking, do you have any plans for what you'll do after the trip?

[vacuous]

...Study, maybe.

Thinking... maybe I could go back to school. I got up to a Masters before I decided to work instead. Could get a Doctorate. Work overseas.

[lucentia]

[not sure if masters or doctorates exist in eit world but he does perk up a little at the talk of overseas.]

Working overseas sounds fascinating.

[vacuous]

Yeah. My masters degree was on Rugnamian literature.

[ Everything is so real world compliant in his canon and then suddenly there's fake-ass country of Rugname, so funny ]

[lucentia]

[help

he doesn't want to say he has no idea what that is in case that sounds weird af.]

I see. To be honest, I would love to travel more, but even this much is pushing the limits of what my family would accept...

So I might be biased, but if you get the chance, I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to take it.

[vacuous]

My mom's kind of unsure about it. You know how safe Japan is. She's worried about me going somewhere else that might not be as safe.

...I think I just need something different though. Even though I will be kind of leeching on my parents' kindness until I can get that degree...

I'll pay it back eventually. I'll try.

[lucentia]

Mm. Even if it might not be safe, it can be nice to broaden your horizons.

[...]

I'm sure you'll be able to.

[vacuous]

[ Spoilers he does not and you would not believe ghe reason why ]

Hope so.

[lucentia]

[WELL

HE IS AWARE THAT THINGS DON'T WORK OUT FOR TOKINAGA AT ALL BUT HE'S NOT ABOUT TO RAIN ON THIS VERSION'S PARADE

before i have lucien ask will you kill me if he asks what rugnamia or whatever it's called is like. do you have this info or will you cry.]

[vacuous]

[ It's Rugname all I know is that it's a foreign country and presumably allies with the UK or is a part of the UK??? So basically I might cry depending ]

[lucentia]

[does not ask about it then to spare lowe]

If you do pursue further education, do you think you would still go for something related to literature?

[vacuous]

[ OUR lore comrade ]

It's a doctorate so it'd be the same thing as my masters.

[ I'm truly sorry Lucien is constantly bombarded by things like Saga and Doctorates and he is simply left to drown because this Tokinaga doesn't know about jamjars. At the least he doesn't sound even remotely judgmental. ]

[lucentia]

[thanks tokinaga he is moving right on.]

Ah, right, of course. I'm glad that work didn't kill your interest in it, at least...?

[vacuous]

I really only stopped after my masters because realistically, I needed money.

[ To like, you know. Live. ]

[lucentia]

... Right. Money does tend to be the deciding factor in these things, unfortunately, even if education should be more freely available...

[vacuous]

Education is pretty accessible in Japan. Getting a doctorate is pretty privileged. Especially for something like literature...

[ But hey, it's his interest. ]

[lucentia]

[he is momentarily distracted by thinking about his public education projects back home, but.]

Any particular reason you chose that field of study?

[vacuous]

I just think it's interesting. They have a lot of stuff to offer.

[lucentia]

[i am trying so hard not to ask questions that would make you cry lowe]

I can understand that, perhaps. I've always been rather interested in international cultures and literature myself.

[vacuous]

[ You can ask I'd just either make shit up or be like idk so pretend he said something... we persevere

Also you deserve to when I keep doing this to you because Tokinaga would. Observe: ]

Yeah? Where?

[lucentia]

[tearfully opens a playthrough to try and a find a scene where other countries are mentioned]

... I don't think you would recognize the places.