[network] @guardian; Afternoon 77; [open]

[phaseshifter]

[ After a day and a half of complete radio silence, Angel and Rhys are back. If anyone was worried about a potential repeat of the whole kidnapping incident, it looks like those worries were unfounded - they both look happy, healthy (ish), and maybe even a little smug. Angel's wearing a flower crown, man, that's about as un-distressed as it's possible to get.

And, you know. Rhys is singing and dancing in the background with Dumpy. That's also a pretty good indicator that they're doing okay. Angel beams at the feed before speaking, clearly EXCITED AS ALL HECKIE: ]

She's a woman! The administrator spoke to us, with her voice, and she's a woman! She didn't even sound robotic - which doesn't mean she isn't an AI, of course, but ones that can imitate human cadence and tone in their speech tend to be more human in other ways, too. As in they tend to have feelings and emotions! So even if she isn't human, she's definitely a person. And a woman! We called it!

[ She pauses, shooting an excited look back at Rhys. Her brief silence makes it a lot easier to hear what he's singing - this, for anyone who might recognise it. He sings pretty well! It just sucks that Dumpy's enthusiastic screaming is drowning out a lot of it. Angel snorts, looking back at the tablet. ]

Um, yes. What... what they said. And now we know she's a person, I think... I mean, I'm pretty sure that she needs rescuing even more than we do. Right?

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[phaseshifter]

I'm going to hold you to that. Dibs on a yellow one.

[ Wait wait IMPORTANT CAVEAT ]

Uh - but do me a favour? No matter how much he begs you, don't make Rhys a tie.

[ Sure, if he goes home he can get another one, but maybe secret ai Jack will veto that and lOOK JUST NO MORE TIES OKAY ]

[lacecase]

Oh! Is yellow your favorite color? I'd love to make you something in yellow! Aw, you'll look like...like a super cute little bumblebee!

[Ginger has to pause at Angel's quick addition.]

Why would he want a tie? Ties don't keep you warm! They're all business-y and kind of, like, stuffy.

[phaseshifter]

He's all businessy. Until we-- until, um, the thing with my dad, he had this gross red tie that was so long he tucked it into his pants. Just this long thin strip, I - I'm pretty sure I'm having trauma flashbacks.

[ THE TIE WAS THAT BAD OKAY

THAT BAD ]

[lacecase]

That's pretty bad. [Kind of a fashion nightmare, honestly.] But, like...What if it was just a normal sized tie?

[She's trying to find a way to make a compromise, here. She just wants everyone to be happy, okay?]

[phaseshifter]

He'd find a way to ruin it. Look at him. He does - he - he has this thing, where everything is half pinstripes? And his shoes, they're - I don't even know.

Red doesn't even match anything on his stupid corporate butthole outfit.

[lacecase]

That sounds like...a super fashion emergency!

[But...he kind of has that dorky embarrassing thing going for him? In, like, a weird way. And...his uniquieness! It's an important new piece of information in the tie war--and Ginger doesn't like to put people down! Like, ever! It's so mean and sad! It's okay when Angel does it cause they totally have that, like, sibling vibe.]

Wait! I have a theory! What if, it's like, the mismatched tie totally brings it all together? Like...all the things are wrong, but then you put them together and suddenly they're right?

[No, no, hear her out, okay?]

Like, could you even imagine him dressed normally? Wouldn't it be so weird because it's totally lacking in weirdness? It's, like, aesthetic!

[phaseshifter]

What? No way! It's just terrib--

...Oh my god. He got to you, didn't he.

[ Another casualty in this terrble, terrible war. ANGEL IS SORRY SHE WAS TOO LATE TO SAVE YOU, GINGER ]

[lacecase]

[...okay, it was worth a shot.]

He just, like, looked so sad, and his voice wavered and everything! I feel so bad!

[There was a lip quiver, Angel. Does Ginger look like the kind of woman who can resist it when any man quivers their lower lip?]