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[Considering the person who is writing it, the handwriting is pretty average and readable. He likely doesn't know that the words he's writing will appear on other notebooks.]

I wonder what would happen if I wore my usual clothing instead of this grey stuff? It's going to sound strange coming from a guy, but this color really... uh, clashes with my hair. I mean, it's white... grey really doesn't go well.

[At the end of the note, there is a scratched out sentence.]

~~Never thought I'd see the day where I said that... must be because I hang out with women too much.~~

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_{[The handwriting of the reply is very messy, all sharp corners and uneven letter size]}

you should try it

i mean
whats the worst that could happen

if nothing else youll know and someones gotta be the first

[The poor guy raises an eyebrow, wondering how the hell he had gotten a reply.]

I have to be going insane. There's no way someone else's replies can appear in a different notebook entirely.

That has to be it.

Either that, or something is behind it.

nah dont worry youre not

im sure the notebooks are magic or some shit like that

pretty cool right? they didnt have this last time around

Somehow, I get the feeling I shouldn't be surprised by this... not by a long shot.

Guess it is kinda nice, though. Would've made life easier.

calling for help certainly will be easier now
and you know
communicating in general

im sure theyre gonna have some horrific downside though because we cant have nice things

I'm use to that happening, so it wouldn't surprise me.

well then at least youll be ready for it thats great

if this place is anything it used to be therell be a lot of it

Bring it on, then.

[No Dante, stop.]

thats the spirit

[The handwriting is hurried and somewhat cramped, but legible] Ill-advised to try, they seem to see us as part of things when we dress as they wish us to.

... You serious?

[Well, crap.]

Very. It is a risk that is not worth taking, in my thoughts, though you are welcome to do as you wish.

I'm gonna take a guess that you tried this out yourself?

[That seemed to have been it, until words appeared once again.]

What's your name?

[There is an OBVIOUS pause between the message and the reply] I hardly see how that has anything to do with our current conversation.

These words magically appear on paper. What did you expect me to ask?

Anything but what my name is? Why would it matter?

It'd be nice to know.

Your choice, though.

What is your name? I know vaguely what you look like now.

[There is a bit of a pause before his next reply.]

... Dante. What do you mean by vaguely?

While there are a number of people with pale hair here, there are not many who would ask a question out of vanity, and I know one of them.

So I know you to be pale, likely of hair and skin. You are male. It would be a simple process of elimination from there, ruling out those that I already know.

Mine is Livia.

[Well hey, he got a name!]

You're on track. Wonder if you could figure out if I'm human or not?

It seems likely that you are. Though what value "humanity" has on your world may be slightly different. It seems to be one of those words that translates inaccurately. Bi-pedal, male, pale hair, light skin and an ego that suffers under the thought that you might be considered less than attractive, perhaps?

Only in grey, babe. Only in grey.

You could put me in pink and I'd still be attractive.

So the ego is an unavoidable part of your personality then. I see. With pale skin, would not a pale pink cause the same issues?

I am quite egoistic when you get down to the nitty gritty.

And it does, but it's ten thousand years better than grey and an actual color.

I have spent most of my life in uniform, and I have rarely heard anyone complain that the color does not suit them.

Yeah, but I wear red and black 24/7. They're nice colors on me.

I am certain that grey does not look as bad as you pretend.

I ain't pretending... it looks really bad.

My hair is likely equally pale, and I have noticed none of this. But then, we are hardly parading ourselves through court.

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