All the voicetesting...

[heiwajima_kasuka]

[He looks around for a long time. And then he looks around some more.

Since his mun doesn't seem inclined to say anything, confident that he can figure it out on his own, it's Kasuka who finally breaks the silence.]

... I'm sorry, but I'm exclusively bound to my agency.

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[dissectinghersmile]

Sorry to tell you this, Kasuka-kun, but that doesn't matter here.

[Cue one creepy doctor in front of you! Thankfully not right in your face like when you were little.]

[heiwajima_kasuka]

Kishitani-sensei. [Have a barely noticeable nod.]

It doesn't?

[dissectinghersmile]

No. If what my mundane tells me can be taken as fact, you've been adopted into a headspace. If your mun likes you, she'll put you in a game.

But, well, judging from the looks of most of them, muns show their affection in very odd ways.

[heiwajima_kasuka]

[This is all very confusing. And a little worrying. But Kasuka is trying to adapt.]

I like games. [Does he really? It's anyone's guess.] But I really can't abandon my work just for that.

[dissectinghersmile]

I couldn't abandon my job or Celty, but here I am. May as well... enjoy one of these games.

[heiwajima_kasuka]

I'm sorry you're missing Celty-san.

[Of course, he doesn't sound sorry. He may not be sorry. But he understands that you're missing Celty. And he acknowledges that.]

[dissectinghersmile]

It's nothing you need to apologize for! She is here, occasionally, and sometimes more than one of her at a time! Then I feel like this is a dream come true~!

[totallysane]

Ah, it's probably impolite of me to-

I mean, it's not like we're friends or anything so-

[Yeah, okay, this is awkward.]

I think it's probably not something that person cares about.

[heiwajima_kasuka]

[Kasuka stares at the boy as he tries to make sense of that.]

I can't do any work unless my agency makes the arrangements.

[... Yeah, he still doesn't understand.]

[totallysane]

It's more like you've been kidnapped though. And are being made to act at gunpoint.

[Pause.]

Maybe not really gunpoint, but under duress. Since it's not like you're in control of it.

[heiwajima_kasuka]

I won't act. [Because he owes his agency that much.

Of course, not acting... is fine by the mun, too.]

[totallysane]

Ah, well, considering the things your mun likes to do with my best friend, I do wonder if it would have any similarity at all to the type of films you do. In fact I think...

[No, he can't really say it. He'll just stand here and blush.]

[heiwajima_kasuka]

[Kasuka will just stare at you as he waits for you to finish that sentence.

Patience. He has it. He was silent on the phone for twenty hours straight, once. You think a little awkward silence like this is going to make a difference?]

[kingshizuchan]

[Speaking of agency...]

I thought you were in the middle of filming.

[heiwajima_kasuka]

I am.

[Which is why he almost sorta kinda looks perturbed. If you squint. He takes his projects seriously, OK?]

[kingshizuchan]

[Hey, he knows. Shizuo takes your projects seriously, too.]

The hell're these people doing, taking you in the middle of work?

[... Shizuo, he's always working.]

[heiwajima_kasuka]

I'm not sure.

[Hey wait, niisan. You get a slight headtilt.]

They took you, too.

[kingshizuchan]

I-

[Well, you noticed. ... Shhhhh.]

Well, yeah. A lot of us have been taken, I guess.

[heiwajima_kasuka]

[Observation. It's a skill.]

This is worrisome...

[Said with less emotion than most people use talking about the weather. It's only mass-kidnapping, after all.]

[sleepygunsman]

........Kasuka?

[Staring. Where did his bitty go? And still wearing those cat ears since he needs to return them to you. ]

[heiwajima_kasuka]

[Oh. A guy with cat ears. Why does this almost look familiar?]

Yes. And you are...?

[sleepygunsman]

Lace....[Guess he's not surprised that Kasuka would forget him.]

Only...you were tiny... These are yours...[He offers the kitty eared headband ]

[heiwajima_kasuka]

[Kasuka takes the headband, looking at it for a while as he tries to put everything together. And maybe he doesn't succeed in making sense of it - but he does remember.]

You're smaller.

[sleepygunsman]

And you're bigger. Have you been well?

[heiwajima_kasuka]

Yes, thank you. How are you?

[Ah, the safety of set phrases as he tries to work out what on earth happened, here.]