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[glamorous_shirley]

[After going over and over the copy of the Handbook that Manka left in her mailbox. She picks up the phone.]

So, is there anyone out there who want to try explaining the "Handbook for New Citizens of Our Glorious and Free Haven for the workers spirit" to me? I've gone over it a bunch of times, but there's a couple things that bug me about it.

I know all the questions I have were probably answered before, but I've been pretty busy. The drones work you hard here. They like go out every other night.

[Filtered to Kyrie]

[Later that day, Shirley's grabs a snack and goes looking for her not!mom.]

Yo, Kyrie~! I have a few questions for you!

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[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

[Kyrie is in the living room just thinking to herself when she hears her not!daughter's voice]

Yes, Charlotte?

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

This was in the mailbox today.

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

[She takes the handbook and flips through a couple pages, skimming the material.

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Charlotte, do you know who delivered this?

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

Some kid on the phone said "Check your mailbox." Other than that, nope not at all~.

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

[She frowns. If it was a person over the phone then it couldn't be a drone.]

I see. Make sure the drone in the house doesn't get a hold of it. It seems this has something to do with the Russians.

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

I'll hide it and tell dad to stay out of my room. But if it is, then why is it here? Did Sergei drop it or something?

I was going to ask, you did know something, about that Sergei guy?

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

I can't answer that for certain. He might have dropped it or perhaps he gave it to someone.

Unfortunately no. I met him one night, but when I pursued him he vanished.

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

I see...Maybe he knew something about this place that we don't. That's why everyone was looking for him. And I was just wondering since it just seemed a little odd that that cop would stop by our house.

To tell you the truth this whole Cold War thing is a little hard for me to grasp. Unless Commander Mina was right when she said if we would be fighting amongst ourselves if we weren't fighting the Neuroi.

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

From what I heard he went to everyone's home. He seemed quite aggravated about the situation.

[She thinks.] Do you want me to give you a brief overview of the Cold War, Charlotte? I lived through the crucial parts of it myself.

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

The only one's I heard about were the ones that were raided. But I guess that would make sense.

If you could, that would be great.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what any of that was either.

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

It's too bad most of it's burnt, I wanted to know what was in Appendixes A65-X72.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

And why are there rules for drinking milk?

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

I know, right. Why do you have to wait until two in the afternoon to drink it?

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

The manual sounds a lot like communist Russia, which is definitely weird, since this place is supposed to be modeled after America in the 50s.

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

Maybe it has something to do with that Sergei. I mean that's an Orussian name right?

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's probably it. Maybe he gave it to someone.

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

If he did, I wonder why he would give something like this to someone...

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

I dunno. That's a good question. Maybe he wanted someone to see it?

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe.

Who's Tatiana though, I wonder. His wife?

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Probably, yeah.

[illusionkiller.livejournal.com]

Throw it away. It's not worth your time.

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

Eh, why? But it might a a clue or something.

[illusionkiller.livejournal.com]

Can you really trust that it isn't a trick?

[swift-gigantic.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it is or isn't. But the mayor and that cop went to great lengths to find Sergei.

[illusionkiller.livejournal.com]

Just because they're on opposing sides doesn't mean either of them are on our side.