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[dishonorstudent]

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☎ [ voicemail ] → Oi, you've reached Ryuko Matoi. Leave a message and I'll get back soon, I guess.

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[psycholawgy]

I just-- It's difficult to forget things that hurt.

[ She laughs sheepishly. Her mood's dwindled down a bit, but she's still very happy. ]

I hope we'll continue to get along.

[dishonorstudent]

Were you worried that we wouldn't? I know I'm difficult sometimes...

[psycholawgy]

And I'm noisy... and maybe charge head on before thinking sometimes?

Not all the time, but very seldomly.

[ Shut up Athena. ]

[dishonorstudent]

Oh, please, if you're brash, then I'm just a lunatic.

...I caaaan't disagree about the noise, though.

[psycholawgy]

Well, anyway. [ Jumping around again and circling Ryuko. ] You can put it wherever you like!

[dishonorstudent]

It's really something... [ She hasn't decided where exactly it's going to go yet, but she does continue to appraise it more. ]

Where did you learn to paint like this anyway?

[psycholawgy]

Oh, well... I couldn't really go to school like a normal kid, because of my hearing. So I just stayed at home.

And I picked up drawing and painting. I painted a lot of stuff back then.

[ There's a fond smile on her face as she remembers more of her childhood. ]

That's why Widget is great. He can paint what I can hear.

[dishonorstudent]

Widget... paints? [ She suddenly scrutinizes the little thing, her eyes averted from the painting for a moment. ]

[psycholawgy]

Mm, not exactly. But he can display what I hear.

[dishonorstudent]

...Is he displaying something now?

[psycholawgy]

He only does it when I turn the Mood Matrix on. Do you want to see it?

[dishonorstudent]

How can I say no? [ This all sounds so weird to her, but it makes sense to Athena, just like Senketsu makes sense to Ryuko... perhaps this way they'll understand each other better. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ Well, ok! Time to activate Widget. She draws a circle in the air before her, and blue lines follow the trace of her fingers. A smiley face pops up in thin air, and it winks. "Hello Athena", Widget says. And now, there's a 3d display right in front of them.

Then the Mood Matrix's start-up screen pops up. ]

I just have to configure a few things... add some data in.

[ Click, click. ]

Meeting Ryuko was one of the best thing's that's happened to me here!

[ And as she says that, Widget displays Ryuko and Athena's meeting for the first time. Standing in a hallway in the research center. The green icon at the top left is blinking a lot, too. ]

[dishonorstudent]

[ She looks unimpressed by the technology at first, she has seen enough of holograms as it is in Cerealia. However, when Athena calibrates the data, she's caught off-guard and looks embarrassed again. ]

Wh-what is that, why did yo-- where did that come from?

[ Both the statement and the things Widget is projecting. ]

[psycholawgy]

[ PEACE! ]

The glory of analytical psychology!

[dishonorstudent]

I... don't get it... what's the green flashing all about?

[psycholawgy]

The four icons represent the four major emotions of a person. Green is happy, red is angry, yellow is surprised, and blue is sad.

If I can hear an emotion, Widget displays it and makes the icon blink. So...

[ She tries again, saying something else this time. ]

Archer totally made me angry the other day because he's so difficult!

[ And now the red icon keeps blinking, like, really wildly. But the green icon also blinks, but not as much. And... well, Archer's dumb smug face is being displayed. ]

[dishonorstudent]

Hey-- It displayed two colours this time! Angry, and... happy? [ She looks to Athena for an explanation. ]

Also get rid of that face.

[psycholawgy]

Well, Archer was telling the truth, so it made me happy! He's so dumb about his heart!

[ Sadly, as long as they keep talking about it, Archer's face is still being displayed. ]

[dishonorstudent]

Why are you so invested in his heart anyway?! If he doesn't wanna say anything, then just leave it.

[psycholawgy]

[ With a deep breath, she says: ]

... Because those are the kinds of people who need help. They try to act tough, but. . . their heart is crying. Their heart is troubled.

[dishonorstudent]

[ Then Ryuko has to wonder why Athena never took an interest in her old life. With all that she has seen about Senketsu and Ryuko's insecurities about what she really is, she has yet to ask her anything about it. It's always Archer-this, Archer-that...

...but she's not going to be petty about it. Not after what Athena just painted for her. ]

Well, just... don't get too focused on one thing, enough that you'll miss other things. I'd hate to know you're mad about something.

[psycholawgy]

[ Well, Ryuko calls herself a monster and Athena doesn't want to... step in on that and meddle too much. Meanwhile, Archer totally walked into her pings of helping pople like SImon Blackquill. ]

What do you mean?

[dishonorstudent]

[ Monsters need the most therapy!! ]

He ain't your responsibility. Am I supposed to be okay with his sad stories makin' you cry?

[psycholawgy]

Wh- What?! I- They- They're sad stories! Shut up!