03 | Video

[selfinteresting]

[Remember this picture, Ange? (doesn't Battler look like a dork (doesn't dad look as cool as ever)) Mom managed to find it.  And now it's being broadcast, isn't it great...

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Happy birthday, Ange~ Will you come over for dinner tonight? We can have a little party just like we used to.  Well, not quite the same seeing as your father isn't around, but we all know the highlight is having Battler there anyway.
I want to make up for our absence, in some small way. 

[Locked from Ange]

I'm extending an open invitation to any of Ange's friends as well.  I'll be making dinner as well as dessert and you're welcome to stay as little or long as you like.  The only condition is, please keep it a secret from Ange, I want it to be a surprise.

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[selfinteresting]

That's fine too. [She laughs lightly] You're just as welcome to come tonight, even if you're only interested in a meal.

[markofthewise]

I... don't know about that. Just showing up to someone's birthday like that would be weird.

[selfinteresting]

Well, it's clear you have at least spoken to her some, right? It's not that strange.

[Private]

[breaks_destiny]

I agree with you. I feel the same, for Ange and the friends I've made here. Even if I've friends waiting at Hinamizawa as well, those are safe, I know that, so there's no need for me to worry.

Re: [Private]

[selfinteresting]

That's right, besides, anyone you know from home could just as well show up here. People never want to move away from their friends, but once they get settled, the new home isn't so bad at all, and would be just as difficult to leave.

[markofthewise]

Getting invited by someone's mom when they barely know you? It's a little strange.

[selfinteresting]

[It's already meant to be as embarrassing as possible, so...]

I think she, at least, is used to it.

[markofthewise]

[He sighs.]

Maybe I'll uh. Poke my head in. For a little bit.

[selfinteresting]

[Get used to those strange Ushiromiyas...]

It's only an invitation, don't feel you have to. It would be rude not to offer, right?

[filtered]

[divinacommedia]

I don't want to have those anyways!

...Oh were you? What were you like? [STORY TIME?!?]

[filtered]

[selfinteresting]

[Like Kasumi/EP7 all the time...?]

You really are just like Rudolf, I thought you would be horrified, but you want to hear about it? Well, generally humourless, overly serious, cruel...a superior attitude, that sort of thing? They raised me that way, so it was pretty deeply instilled.

[Okay maybe not so...entirely different...]

[magentarific]

[ Actual idiot-levels are irrelevant. It's more of an affectionate term than anything... ]

Captain? Hmm, not a bad title but it's probably more like President or General or Miss Leader or something. Boss? I should probably come up with an actual title.

[Video]

[de_bel_survivor]

It's something to think about in case they repeat the experiment. [A possibility.] But now, Ange's alright since the experiment?

[repudiate]

Sorry, mom, this is something I have to deal with by myself.

[ even if Kyrie doesn't know half of it. imaginary friends and all. ]

[Private]

[breaks_destiny]

That's true... Though when we moved to Hinamizawa from Tokyo I was actually happy about it even if I knew no one there.

[Then again, those were... Special circumstances.]

[filtered]

[divinacommedia]

[FUN FUN TEA ROOM.]

Ooohh I see... now look at you! Generally you just try and tease me and Ange and try to get us flustered. [but yeah- he can still see some of what she was like before, apparently.]

[filtered]

[selfinteresting]

That's thanks to your father, aren't you glad? Nothing to say about the rest though, hm? Am I really that bad?

[after watching EP3 and EP4, yeah, that bad :I not to mention the adult's conversations...at least Battler hasn't seen EP5 or EP7?]

[selfinteresting]

[Oh, alright, this is fine]

How about 'Your Majesty'?

[Video]

[selfinteresting]

Yes, she's been just fine for several weeks now, ever since the end. I may have to ask her some more about it, to see what exactly she remembers.

[selfinteresting]

Why won't you let me in? All I want is to help you...

[It's k, mom has one of those too]

[Private]

[selfinteresting]

Oh, you lived in Tokyo?

[She won't ask the reason he was happy for it, it's clear enough it's something that would likely be a touchy subject.]

I was glad to leave Kyoto as well, sometimes it's just a toxic environment you need to get out of.

[magentarific]

Just Yuri's probably fine, though. I don't need a title.

[selfinteresting]

You said people call your Yurippe sometimes, right?

[magentarific]

That works too.

[selfinteresting]

I can stick with Yuri, just making sure I have things right.