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[Liquid sounds really, really frustrated here. He's not having a good festive time.]

I could handle the tanglesnakes. Sure, they got all up in my things, but that happens when you decide to live in a tree. Fine. Piss off the local wildlife, why don't we. Fine. I get it.

But did they really bloody have to turn this into that... party planet all over again? I'd been flirting with random passersby for entirely too long before I found out what was happening.

I can't sleep in my own bloody home because apparently the plants are drugging us. Isn't that exciting?

Maybe don't hang out around R3 if you don't want to embarrass yourself.

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Party planet? [TELL HIM MORE!] What's bad about that?

[There's also the weird plant stuff that's of some interest, but. Later. Party planet is more important.]

It's not as pleasant as it sounds, trust me. We lost an entire year and while it was just lovely at the time I don't exactly appreciate their methods.

[It could have been great! It could have!]

Wait, what? That's happening again?

[He'd been thinking about venturing over there to climb some trees but MAYBE NOT.]

Yes, it's happening again.

Well, something similar, anyway. It's more in the air than anything else, but then again it's not like I was going around eating the leaves.

[Staying away is clearly advisable.]

I do not need a repeat of all that.

No one does. Fuck that.

[Ugh. It had been a lousy enough experience the first time around.]

It's gotta be something different, though, even if it's similar. Which means the cure might also be different.

[It was an embarrassing time, for sure, and Liquid does not want to look back at his behavior, dammit.]

I've checked myself into a hotel in R1 and the effects are seemingly gone, so as long as you avoid prolonged exposure you're likely to be alright. I just don't know how long I'm going to have to stay away.

And I was just starting to get things decorated the way I wanted.

I'm sure you'll be able to get back to your home design project soon. Just think of it as a vacation for at least a few days.

I'd be less annoyed by it if I'd had a chance to evacuate before it had an effect.

But yes, fine, sure, it's a lovely holiday just being in a hotel.

Everyone who didn't get out would still be pretty screwed.

People banging in the streets this time? Or whatever they have that work as streets there.

Literally, depending. I do hope other people were able to get out of it.

It didn't get quite that bad from what I saw, but who knows what might be lurking in the shadows?

That's a step up, I guess. I'll keep away from there for a while. Thanks for the heads-up.

You're welcome. That would be the best course of action.

[...wait what but Rinzler's been in region three...]

Clarify: threat.

Something in the air or something, I suppose. From what I'm told, the plants are involved.

It's, well, I guess you could call it a sort of high. Rather unpleasant to look back on.

[The effect doesn't need explaining—Rinzler was on the bug-planet too. The vector, on the other hand, brings no small relief. He wasn't willing to be edited, least of all from something like that.]

Plants: removable?

I'm not certain. I mean, they should be, but how many are there? Where are they all?

Quite the undertaking, I'm sure.

[...I'm sure? Really, user?]

Your residence.

It's an entire region, not just my house. And that's only if it's contained to there.

[HE'S NOT SOME KIND OF BOTANIST.]

[One region or one house, the user won't get anywhere if he writes off possible solutions as someone else's undertaking.

Unless, of course, he only called the network to complain. Which really, Rinzler should have expected. There's a disgusted offscreen headshake, but the enforcer won't waste any more time on this typically user problem.]

Acknowledged.

[There's nothing like seeing people overwhelmed with the urge to flirt to remind you of how old you've gotten.]

You didn't make any mistakes I hope.

[It's not something Liquid would have done when he was younger! Probably!]

Define mistakes. I haven't done anything to seriously hurt anything, except maybe my pride.

[Miller's own hussy history is making him consider how he probably wouldn't have even noticed conditional flirting ten years ago.]

Concern that you picked up company you wouldn't have wanted later. Glad to hear it's only your pride, no offense.

[Luckily, Liquid's always been too on the 'angry and busy' side to do a ton in the way of flirting in the first place.]

None taken. Worry not, no one's gained access to my important secrets or my vault of gold.

I would be more worried about-

[Having sex with someone under the coercion of a strange atmosphere? No wait-]

Come to think of it I would be more worried about the important secrets.

[Sure neither are great but, you know, priorities.]

[Well, he'd certainly covered that one a while back. Good thing it hadn't been all that regretful.]

Bit of a worrisome concept, hm? But don't worry. Everything turned out alright on that front.

Now if I could just bloody get back to things without all that...

We should just be prepared for it to happen regardless. I've already written personal reminders to myself so I can remember who to contact if my memory is fractured.

As seems to happen more than I'd like.

[At home, too. Actually at home more than here.]

Smart. The mind is easily messed with, yes. [He knows that all too well, from brainwashing to Mantis's abilities to whatever else.]

This was... unpleasant, yes, but at least it wasn't quite like some of the other things. I suppose we can take something resembling positivity out of it.

Sometimes it doesn't even take an outside force to do it.

[Mantis is definitely his own thing. Who knows what space diseases out their can wreak their own havoc.]

I never expected you to be the positive thinker.

That's all too true as well. And sometimes the outside force and the inside force like to collude.

[He snorts out a small laugh.]

Neither did I. Maybe all this space has been something resembling good for me, hm?

Yeah.

Guess it does for me, too.

[As much as he blatantly distrusts it. Somehow it's made them considerably less fucked up.] Maybe it's the lack of anyone targeting use specifically.

[He's not even locking this portion of the conversation.]

It's... interesting, how far removed we are from how things were back home. Suppose no one ever thought space to be a factor.

[He hasn't been as... angry as he usually was, even when he's angry. Who knew this vacation was all he needed?]

Of course... I do find being alive again to be a little on the helpful side.

Good thing you're not going to end up going through the same mess here.

[Says the guy he killed.]

I'm a little tired of infections, whether it be viral or parasitic. Better to get rid of yet another.

Yes, I've never felt better. It's been a massive weight off my shoulders, not having to worry about going through that all over again.

[The first time was bad enough. A second time would have been... excessive.]

Let's just hope this place stops with that sort of thing.

I don't think any place will stop. Not for us. But "better than usual" isn't so bad. [He'll take it.]

Yes, yes, wishful thinking and everything. I suppose we'll see. But it has been... something, at least. [He'll take it too.]

Can you describe the effects the plants are causing?

I'd call it something akin to a high. Good mood, propensity to get far, far too close to people.

Do you know if it is isolated to a specific planet?

I only experienced it in Region 3 of Kauto, and nothing seems going on in Region 1. That's the extent of what I know about it.

There could be different plants in those regions.
If there was a way to get samples to a medical facility we might be able to find an antidote.

The locals might know. For all I know, maybe it happens every year and they failed to give a reasonable warning. I didn't go on a flower tour, was a bit busy with other things.

No. I don't expect there was a flower tour.
But it's a reasonable assumption.
If they do know more it's worth finding out.

I'll give you that.

It is, but I'm not going back without a gas mask. I do not need that again.

Would knowing where some are be too simple to hope?

I didn't know what was going on until I left, and I found out later when I decided I wasn't going back. The locals might know, though, if it's something that happens a lot.

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