[the recording begins with static - static that, when it reaches your ears, is vaguely painful and fills you with dread. then the static fades to a low hum, vaguely there in the background, but quiet enough that you can hear the vague rustling of papers and what's being said over it.
the voice that rings out is deep and rumbling, but also light and airy; it is everything you can think of and nothing you can put your finger on, all at once.]
[the voice that answers is young and girlish, and may be recognizable to anyone who came here from wiwaldi academy.]
You're asking that, but you already seem pretty sure that I'm going to sign. What would happen if I said no, hm? I could rip this up right now. You know what sort of power I have at my fingertips already. I could wipe you out.
...hmph. One of these days, you're going to meet someone who's clever enough to outsmart you. And you'll be too bound by your own contract to do anything about it. [there is a pause, and a rustling of the papers again.] Ladybug, in your keeping? ...fine. I'll go along with this.
[there's the rustle of papers again, the sound of a pen on paper - and then that voice that is everything and nothing at once chuckles lowly. it's cruel and amused, but the sound of it is soon drowned out by the sudden return of the dread-inducing static, before the recording goes quiet.]
RECORDING.
the voice that rings out is deep and rumbling, but also light and airy; it is everything you can think of and nothing you can put your finger on, all at once.]
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[the voice that answers is young and girlish, and may be recognizable to anyone who came here from wiwaldi academy.]
You're asking that, but you already seem pretty sure that I'm going to sign. What would happen if I said no, hm? I could rip this up right now. You know what sort of power I have at my fingertips already. I could wipe you out.
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...hmph. One of these days, you're going to meet someone who's clever enough to outsmart you. And you'll be too bound by your own contract to do anything about it. [there is a pause, and a rustling of the papers again.] Ladybug, in your keeping? ...fine. I'll go along with this.
V檀e谈r痰y檀 谈w檀e潭l谭l痰.痰.潭.痰 潭i谭n谭 檀t痰h谈a谭t檀 潭c潭a谭s谈e潭,潭 谈s谭i檀g痰n谭 檀o潭n谈 痰t潭h檀e痰 谈l谈i潭n谈e痰.潭 谭A谈n檀d谭 檀w檀e檀l痰c谭o潭m潭e潭 檀t谭o痰 檀m痰y檀 檀e檀m檀p谭l潭o潭y潭.痰.檀.痰 痰V谭u谈l谭p谭e谭c痰u谈l痰a檀.痰
[there's the rustle of papers again, the sound of a pen on paper - and then that voice that is everything and nothing at once chuckles lowly. it's cruel and amused, but the sound of it is soon drowned out by the sudden return of the dread-inducing static, before the recording goes quiet.]