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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, FIDDLEFORD HADRON MCGUCKET. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 011.23.581.321 *** teslacoils has joined 011.23.581.321 >> teslacoils has posted an AUDIO MESSAGE. If you wish to listen, type LISTEN01. <teslacoils> Lab hours are 10 AM to 6 PM Mon-Wed, 7 PM to 3 AM Thur-Fri, special appointments available. <teslacoils> I am no longer associated with the Fourth God. <teslacoils> But I will answer any questions you might have about him with the honest truth.

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< hello >

[ufufufufu]

What a pleasant message.
I like it.
I also like your name.
It's wonderful.
I have a proposition for you.
Are you interested?
I am Tenkai.
A humble monk with a big dream~

<teslacoils>

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well seems to me i need to know what your proposition is
before i can tell you whether i'm interested or not, i mean.

< hello >

[ufufufufu]

Shoes that meow when you walk!

< hello > [2/2]

[ufufufufu]

I would like to make them.
But I lack the means to make them.
I am told that you're a scientist?
You could help me make them?
Please?

<teslacoils>

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[UHHHH]

well theoretically sure i could make them
or at least somethin you could attach to your shoes that'd meow with every step
i'm no shoemaker

but yknow if you dont mind me askin

why??

< hello >

[ufufufufu]

That would be wonderful.
Absolutely wonderful.
Luna would help.
I would help.

Ah? Luna is someone who likes the idea~
She is a dear friend.
Very dear.

As for the why, why not?

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oh it bein a gift for a friend is reason enough.

really all i'd need would be a good way to record a cat noise and some shoes that fit your friend
preferably with thick heels
that's probably where i'd put whatever device i wind up makin

[He's already got ideas percolating in the back of his mind. It's fairly cut and dry, really, it's just the specifics he has to fiddle with until he's satisfied.]

[ufufufufu]

A gift?
No, no.

What's the word? The word?
Mass-market.
There are a lot of people that like the idea.
Three, at least.

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oh! oh

well see i'm not lookin to produce anythin more than the things we're already workin on here
this is a little more niche than we're interested in goin
but if you wanted me to whip up blueprints
and just buy those to give to other folks to produce
that'd be alright

[ufufufufu]

Aw.
I suppose?
I suppose??

Then, that would be all right.
Yes, all right.
We'll attempt to make it from blueprints.
That sounds like fun.
Like fun.

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it's just not really in line with our brand you understand
not a bad idea though

[Alright. It's kind of a bad idea for mass-production if he's being very honest. Nobody's going to want that other than the three people this guy's found that apparently do.]

i'll get workin on some plans
and you can stop by in the next couple of days to take a look?

[ufufufufu]

I understand.
Not really.
But I'll say that I do.
Merchants must make what they're best at.
If they didn't, then they're only disappointing everyone.

I would love that.
Yes, love it.
So many people are going to work on this with me.
New friends.
In a dark room.
With lots of sharp objects.
Until we make shoes that I want.
Hahaha.
AHAHAHHAHA.
Yes, please let me know when it's ready.

And.
Yes, and.
I really like your name.

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['In a dark room, with lots of sharp objects' is not the kind of thing Fiddleford McGucket ever wants to read. That sounds incredibly sinister... or maybe his brain's just doing that thing it does and raising red flags even where they aren't warranted? He knows it can do that sometimes. Maybe he's just reading too far into things.

But who talks like that?

He resolves to just... gently gloss over it.]

thank you. i've had the same one my whole life and all. it's done me well enough.

[ufufufufu]

most welcome!
most welcome!
forever welcome, even!
it has done you very well.

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it'll be on the door to the shop too. makes it pretty hard to miss. you can't confuse one mcgucket labs for another when i'm fairly sure anyone with the name mcgucket's got to be related to me.

[ufufufufu]

You must have been busy.

[terribibble]

well its not a very common name is all. i honestly doubt you'd find any other mcguckets here at all

i sure hope not.

[Oh yikes. Oh, yikes, he really hopes he hasn't just given the Fog God an idea.]

[ufufufufu]

I hope not, too.
Our loved ones should be where they are happiest, is that not right?

The message.
The Fourth God.
I hear he is a kind soul.
He took in the soul of one of my friends.
I am grateful to him even though I remain neutral.
Neutral for almost a year.
None of them turn my head even if I feel gratitude.

Tell me, why did your god make you breathe with joy so that you would swear loyalty to him?

[terribibble]

i wouldn't say joy's precisely the right word. not that i'm not happy for His help mind you

[The truth is he needed a security blanket. He needed something to cling to since he didn't have anything familiar and he couldn't have his memory gun. He's not going to say that.]

i just like knowin i'm doin somethin concrete to fix this mess we're all in. it wouldn't sit right with me if i weren't

[ufufufufu]

I greatly apologize for saying so.
But what is your selfish wish?
Fixing things and feeling you are fixing things is nice.
But don't you have a much, much more selfish wish?

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that's an awful unflattering thing to assume about a near-stranger yknow

its not selfish to want to stay sane.

[ufufufufu]

Is it?

I'm saying that to go with a god you must have a selfish wish.
You need a selfish wish.
Sanity is found in being selfish.
I was never selfish in anything.
I wanted to do everything for someone I loved.
So, I'm telling you to make a much, much more selfish wish.
Sanity is found in the little things.
Sanity is lost in the bigger things.

To a near-stranger, I am telling you this for your own good.

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i have plenty of little things. thats not an issue
you oughtnt make judgements about folks you don't know.

[Is he being so defensive because Mitsuhide is right? Absolutely. There is a lot about his personal motivation that is selfish, and he knows it, but it would be hard to admit it even to a loved one let alone a stranger.]

[ufufufufu]

I humbly apologize!
I shouldn't judge anyone~
I am only worried.
Only worried.
I am very sorry for speaking out of turn.

[terribibble]

its alright. im sure you meant well.

i suppose most folks would call not wanting to leave selfish when most everyone is determined to figure out how. is that good enough for you not to worry?

[That's not something he's made any secret of. He wants anyone who wants to go home to be able to, but he's always staunchly insisted it should be a choice. Some people don't have anything to go back to.]