[It's pretty lucky that Shao Corporation happened upon him when they did! Of course, it was incredibly bad luck that the cruise ship he'd won a trip on had crashed thanks to a falling satellite. Oh, but that was balanced out by him stumbling upon some kind of Top Secret areas he normally would never have had access to!
Jaeger tech and the like isn't something he ever really had a grasp of. He's just a student, after all! But it's incredibly interesting, and if his luck had decided that hey, he was going to wash up right where this big corporation could take him in and interrogate him? There must be something even better (or worse) coming up! How exciting.
Of course, no matter how patiently he tried to explain that he's Japanese, not European, they'd decided to stick the foreigner with the foreigner.]
And thanks again for showing me around, Dr. Geiszler. I'll be sure to tell Hope's Peak how welcoming the Shao Corporation was to worthless trash like me.
[--He says, but being a Hope's Peak student is a pretty big deal? Even one who's on a what could be called a mandatory-leave-of-absence.]
[Sorry, Komaeda, did you say something? Newt's monkeying around on his tablet. He's a very busy man, okay?
Or he should be, anyway, but Shao has for some reason seen it fit to saddle him with playing escort to this little punk. Doesn't she have, like, other people who can handle this? Other people that aren't, hmm, the heads of all-important research and engineering divisions? Hell, Newt would kick her one of his lackeys if it meant he got out of this dumb grunt work. It's a waste of everyone's time, not having him in the lab.
Try telling that to her, though. Ugh.]
Right, uhh, no problem. Our pleasure. Happy to have you. [Suuuper dismissive.] When's your school coming to grab you, again? We should probably, ah, get you down to the lobby or whatever.
[Because he will be free from this hell soon, right? Right??]
[Nagito laughs, a quiet sound more like embarrassment than amusement. His eyes never stop moving, though, taking in everything within sight. He doesn't speak Chinese, nor is he a math whiz, but surely there's something here he can look at?]
I don't think anyone will be coming. The administration and I had... a misunderstanding. I'm sure a renowned scientist like yourself knows what that's like, right? Knowing what's best for your research, but being blocked by people too blind and shortsighted to see it?
[His smile is gentle, almost awkwardly sincere as he laughs again.]
In spite of that, I do still have a talent, so I'm sure I'll be able to go back.
Right right, that whole "talent" thing. [He waves a hand. He's not bitter, you're bitter!! He folds up the tablet and slips it back into his jacket pocket, out of ways to pretend he's got better things to do. Well, he does have better things to do, but nothing he can do remotely. He needs to focus.
But, hmmm, the rest of that. Newt can't resist someone patting his ass, even a dumpy kid like this.]
Blind and shortsighted, huh? [He laughs.] Careful, kid. You don't want the wrong people to catch you talking like that.
Fortunately, I don't think the wrong people are listening.
[Another harmless smile. Even trash like him knows to assume that a high-powered corporation is monitoring them. That would be pretty sloppy on their part if they weren't!
He is, admittedly, a little curious about that tablet, but it's out of sight now. Bummer. Instead, the corners of his lips stay fixed in their smile as he answers simply,] As for my talent... I'm lucky.
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mipsbox2018-03-31 06:33 pm
i'm sorry?? also i don't know what i'm doing thanks
[It's pretty lucky that Shao Corporation happened upon him when they did! Of course, it was incredibly bad luck that the cruise ship he'd won a trip on had crashed thanks to a falling satellite. Oh, but that was balanced out by him stumbling upon some kind of Top Secret areas he normally would never have had access to!
Jaeger tech and the like isn't something he ever really had a grasp of. He's just a student, after all! But it's incredibly interesting, and if his luck had decided that hey, he was going to wash up right where this big corporation could take him in and interrogate him? There must be something even better (or worse) coming up! How exciting.
Of course, no matter how patiently he tried to explain that he's Japanese, not European, they'd decided to stick the foreigner with the foreigner.]
And thanks again for showing me around, Dr. Geiszler. I'll be sure to tell Hope's Peak how welcoming the Shao Corporation was to worthless trash like me.
[--He says, but being a Hope's Peak student is a pretty big deal? Even one who's on a what could be called a mandatory-leave-of-absence.]
hard same
[Sorry, Komaeda, did you say something? Newt's monkeying around on his tablet. He's a very busy man, okay?
Or he should be, anyway, but Shao has for some reason seen it fit to saddle him with playing escort to this little punk. Doesn't she have, like, other people who can handle this? Other people that aren't, hmm, the heads of all-important research and engineering divisions? Hell, Newt would kick her one of his lackeys if it meant he got out of this dumb grunt work. It's a waste of everyone's time, not having him in the lab.
Try telling that to her, though. Ugh.]
Right, uhh, no problem. Our pleasure. Happy to have you. [Suuuper dismissive.] When's your school coming to grab you, again? We should probably, ah, get you down to the lobby or whatever.
[Because he will be free from this hell soon, right? Right??]
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I don't think anyone will be coming. The administration and I had... a misunderstanding. I'm sure a renowned scientist like yourself knows what that's like, right? Knowing what's best for your research, but being blocked by people too blind and shortsighted to see it?
[His smile is gentle, almost awkwardly sincere as he laughs again.]
In spite of that, I do still have a talent, so I'm sure I'll be able to go back.
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But, hmmm, the rest of that. Newt can't resist someone patting his ass, even a dumpy kid like this.]
Blind and shortsighted, huh? [He laughs.] Careful, kid. You don't want the wrong people to catch you talking like that.
[God, he's not wrong, though.]
What's your talent supposed to be, anyway?
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[Another harmless smile. Even trash like him knows to assume that a high-powered corporation is monitoring them. That would be pretty sloppy on their part if they weren't!
He is, admittedly, a little curious about that tablet, but it's out of sight now. Bummer. Instead, the corners of his lips stay fixed in their smile as he answers simply,] As for my talent... I'm lucky.