After the Contractor mission

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

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*Minutes after congratulating and excusing himself from the Contractor hunting job team, Souji walks out of the bathroom on his floor of the dorms. His expression's normal, but he's a lot paler than usual. People who are used to a lot of wild partying or psychological distress will possibly recognize the signs that he was engaging in one of those two things.*

> You're not sure whether you're more upset by the gratuitous violence, the gratuitous violence against small children...

> ...or the fact that you weren't bothered by it at all until you got back.

> You seriously consider not going to that world anymore.

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[d-drive-love.livejournal.com]

[Looks up from her manga.]

Ah, welcome ba-

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[d-drive-love.livejournal.com]

[They've been living together for a bit now. She's learned to pick up on a few of these signs.]

... um, you look kinda pale. Are you alright?

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

I'll be fine, Konata. Just kind of a harsh job.

[d-drive-love.livejournal.com]

... well, if you say so... you look kinda like you're about to come down with something, though.

Which job?

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

We had to take down a pair of Contractors in a version of Japan.

I was a Contractor myself there, and it was kind of...unsettling.

[d-drive-love.livejournal.com]

The Contractors job, huh? I-

... eh? Wait, wasn't that one an uber-dangerous murder case or something like that!?

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

We had a lot of strong people on it, so it wasn't that dangerous.

The actual case we were investigating was pretty bad, though.

[d-drive-love.livejournal.com]

R-Really? How bad was it? I mean, the number of agents they were asking for to deal with those two people...