[ It's when she's fully inside she takes the mask off from her left arm which immediately reveals her normal appearance before she places it in her backpack. ]
I just don't want to deal with certain people for a bit is all.
[ ...he needs to make a mental note of that. Franky's going to be busy when he gets back home. Either way, he sighs and steps aside, back to his desk. ]
That's fine, I suppose. Although, I hope that you're able to disguise your voice a lot better than that.
[ Make a quick escape, cover blown. That's an option in his case, although that'd typically also require the other to be taken out immediately. That's not always an available option, of course. Especially for civilians. ]
I see. That would be considered a temporary fix, but I suppose you did say it would be "just for a bit". Letting a mask become a permanent source of protection will only cause others to chip away at it until it cracks in two.
[ She may have dealt with someone pretending to be someone completely different to the point where it actually could have been bad. They could have become the person they were pretending to be. Which in that particular case wasn't healthy!! ]
[ Like he can really pretend that he's not someone who had to be someone different constantly. Part of being a spy-- he's even deceived Inaba before, at least, he thinks he has.
He wouldn't be surprised if that didn't work. That disguise was awful. Still, he continues. ]
The concept of "masks" as it pertains to human psychology's fairly standard. I figure that they also extend towards "bonds" as well, as you were speaking about before.
Basically. Masks can be both literal and figurative. Some people have a lot of them, some people have a few. [ God, why is she quoting Taichi here...? ] But yes - they can extend to bonds, naturally.
[ ...should he even be having this conversation right now? Well, no harm right now. ]
Naturally. The bonds you make with others leads you to craft different masks all of the time. Between groups of friends, co-workers, family members, et cetera. Though, I think anyone would be hard-pressed to have one quite as literal as yours is.
[ Interesting. Really, technology that would more than likely put him out of work-- well, aside from one issue. ]
That must be challenging to keep track of. I would imagine, every form you take in each mask carries their own nuances. From their gait, their mannerisms, sometimes even in their reaction.
Hm. Naturally, of course. You would know that for sure, as would anyone you came across. But if your mask can't hide who you are to those you don't want to see, then why bother with it?
You sound like you would know a lot about that. [ But anyway. ] Most people aren't intuitive enough to figure it out.
[ She would know. Even outside the mask she's... actually been other people before, and nobody could tell. Not to mention that one time Taichi fucked up-- ]
It's only those who pay close attention and actually care that will notice. And those are the people I don't really care about fooling at the moment.
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He has absolutely no idea what a robot would want with him. Was this something sent by that soldier from before? ]
Can I help you?
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[ She's not bothering to shift her voice in front of him, so she sounds basically the same as normal. ]
It's Inaba, by the way. If you couldn't already guess.
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[ What the hell? What kind of tech is this?
Either way, he gets the door behind her. It might have been a bad idea to postpone this momentarily after all, if she had to move under disguise. ]
Any particular reason why?
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I just don't want to deal with certain people for a bit is all.
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That's fine, I suppose. Although, I hope that you're able to disguise your voice a lot better than that.
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I see. That would be considered a temporary fix, but I suppose you did say it would be "just for a bit". Letting a mask become a permanent source of protection will only cause others to chip away at it until it cracks in two.
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[ She may have dealt with someone pretending to be someone completely different to the point where it actually could have been bad. They could have become the person they were pretending to be. Which in that particular case wasn't healthy!! ]
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[ Like he can really pretend that he's not someone who had to be someone different constantly. Part of being a spy-- he's even deceived Inaba before, at least, he thinks he has.
He wouldn't be surprised if that didn't work. That disguise was awful. Still, he continues. ]
The concept of "masks" as it pertains to human psychology's fairly standard. I figure that they also extend towards "bonds" as well, as you were speaking about before.
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Naturally. The bonds you make with others leads you to craft different masks all of the time. Between groups of friends, co-workers, family members, et cetera. Though, I think anyone would be hard-pressed to have one quite as literal as yours is.
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Is that the only form your mask will allow you to take?
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[ She has another mask as a backup, but that's only if things get worse. ]
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That must be challenging to keep track of. I would imagine, every form you take in each mask carries their own nuances. From their gait, their mannerisms, sometimes even in their reaction.
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[ She would know. Even outside the mask she's... actually been other people before, and nobody could tell. Not to mention that one time Taichi fucked up-- ]
It's only those who pay close attention and actually care that will notice. And those are the people I don't really care about fooling at the moment.
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So the point is simply to fool strangers?
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[ There's a bitter smile on her lips. ]
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That's an odd qualification. I would presume that those who don't bother would be who you would hide from the least.
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[ Or enemies of a friend, potentially. That's always a possibility here. ]
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