Day 1 - Alvin

[selfsufficiency]

[The profiles have been up and available for long enough that Alice has seen them by now, and while she's not sure she totally agrees with the wording on hers (it doesn't make her sound anywhere near as impressive as she actually is!), she can't deny that it's accurate.

It wouldn't make sense for the to be truthful on some profiles and not on others... which of course makes certain people even more interesting to her than they were before. Alvin is one of those people, so once she's done looking at profiles on one of the terminals, she seeks him out.

When she sees him, she comes up behind him and taps him on the shoulder, flashing him a smile when he turns to look.]

Come with me, would you? I want to talk to you about something.

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[selfsufficiency]

I guess whoever was writing those profiles really wanted to make you look suspicious.

[And part of her does wonder why that is. Maybe he's got bad luck, or maybe he just backstabbed the wrong person and now it's coming back to bite him. It doesn't make that much of a difference to her regardless, though, because her curiosity won't keep her from trying to find a way she can make use of this.

They seal the deal with a handshake, and Alice looks satisfied.]

As long as you don't get in my way, I won't have any reason to turn on you.

[For the moment, at least, their goals are the same. It'll do.]

[betraitor]

Well, if that's what they wanted, they got it. Really makes you wonder just what it is they're after, though.

[he finally sets himself on a path to trying to be a less shitty person, only to end up in a situation where everyone knows how shitty he is without even a chance for redemption.

first impressions and all that.]

I get the feeling we'll be finding out soon enough either way. [for better or for worse, and alvin gets the feeling it'll definitely be "for worse."]

[selfsufficiency]

Looks that way!

[For worse, definitely... But there isn't a whole lot they can do about it until it happens, and Alice knows that.]

Aaaanyway... I'm going to get going. I said what I wanted to say, so unless you have anything you want to say...~?

[betraitor]

I think you covered all of it this time around. I'm pretty sure I know where to find you if I need something—it's not like this is going to be the last meeting we have.

[though what they talk about next is something that even alvin can't really predict.

he's not into bombarding people with questions anyway, so whatever he wants to know, he'll find a way to get it into conversation a little more naturally next time around.]