010; (video; english)

[vonkarmic]

(The video feed starts suddenly, focused on a young girl with shoulder-length blue hair; she hasn't been in the city before today, but if you know Franziska von Karma, this girl will look very familiar ... and the similarities will be even more obvious once she opens her mouth.)Assuming that this device has some sort of communication feature, I

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[notmanaging]

[Have an incredulous stare!]

I-Is that you, Franziska?

[vonkarmic]

(Franziska eyes the communicator suspiciously, unsure if she should answer directly.)

My name is Franziska, yes.

Who are you, and how do you know who I am?

[notmanaging]

You must've been affected by the time rift as well.

[Answering her questions? WHAT A SILLY NOTION.]

[vonkarmic]

(BRATZISKA WILL NOT ALLOW THIS FOOLISH WOMAN TO BRUSH HER OFF.)

'Time rift'? (She sounds both dubious and impatient.) Make sense, immediately.

(...)

And you still have not answered my questions!

[notmanaging]

[God, Franziska was frightening as a child. Yet, it's still Franziska, so she holds her ground.]

A lot of people I know have been becoming children lately.

[vonkarmic]

'Becoming children'? You're making less and less sense as you go on.

[notmanaging]

You're a little older usually. About twenty or so.

[vonkarmic]

I will not be twenty for another seven and a half years.

(...)

And I am most certainly not a child.

[notmanaging]

So you're twelve right now. [...] That makes you a child.

[vonkarmic]

So says the foolish fool who is still foolishly avoiding my inquiries! As if I would be inclined to take anything you say seriously!

[notmanaging]

You have in the past.

[vonkarmic]

You speak as though you know me, though I am quite certain that I have never met you before in my life!

[notmanaging]

You're a really trying child, you know that?

[vonkarmic]

I have told you before -- I am not a child.

(Exasperated, she huffs sharply.)

In just a few short months, I shall take the bar exam and become a prosecutor, trying the world's criminals and putting them away for their crimes.

Could a child accomplish that?

[notmanaging]

[Just. Smiles knowingly. It's almost like she's enjoying infuriating Franziska while she still can.]

Oh, I'm absolutely sure you can.

[vonkarmic]

(oh adrian)

Just who do you think you are, speaking so condescendingly to a von Karma?!