office hours: round 1.

[foo_bar]

office hours daily. i'm here to help... i think.

(screened PCs with han)

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[throwabookatit]

[ And she turns away. ]

I need to take time to think about this. It's... It's not at all what I expected.

[foo_bar]

Please.

[he asks one last time, his face definitely shows some sign of anxiety. oh no.]

[throwabookatit]

[ What she'd expected... She's speaking before she can help herself. ]

We- we get out of here a-and- and you owe me...alright? [ It's shaky. What would she even- ] S-something, I- I don't know what, but I'll- I'll keep this secret, if--

[ They're in the future. Who knows, what they could do. Maybe... Maybe something to help- with that stupid letter. ]

[foo_bar]

If what?

[he's not a mind reader.]

Sorry, what do you want from me?

[throwabookatit]

[ She turns back around and- god, she looks...even more desperate. ]

We're in- what, the 2200s? You have amazing technology here, enough to snatch people from all centuries, different realities, so-

[ Crazed eyes. Pleading. ]

Megumi said it would be like no time had passed. I don't want that. I want...to return before I left. If it's possible, even if it could be possible, only by...a day, just a single day.

There's someone I need to save.

[foo_bar]

[he's so out of his depth here, but... he'd want to help, even if she wasn't extorting him.]

Rebecca, I'll find away, okay?

[throwabookatit]

[ She shuts her eyes in thought, and Isabella's own empty ones bore into her.

I'm sorry, Belle, I'll fix it, I SWEAR I'll fix it--

And they open, and she's...somewhat close to composed. ]

Then... I believe we have a deal, Mister Young.

[ For the first time, the way she says his name lacks any venom or bite. ]