== A Cold Night with New Company ==

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[The dialogue in Bold are Vic's. While the dialogue in Italics are Ito's.]

00:41

Abril 28th, 20XX

Ito's House - Green Town

The sky is partly cloudy. The crescent moon is exposed on some minutes and it gets covered by the clouds, only to return and so on. The night is also a bit cold but bearable. The two are outside nearby the door with some glasses of beer on their hands. Them being sober, Ito is standing, while Vic is sitted down on the ground. The beer bottles are also nearby the two.

"Thanks for allowing me to stay in your house, Ito."

"No, problem. Vic. Anything to help a fellow member."

Vic rises his hand with his glass, and Ito catches the meaning of it and with his glass clashes the other one in order to celebrate Vic now living in Ito's house. When the former meteorologist takes a sip, he rises his head, looking at the sky.

"Partly cloudy. Tomorrow's going to be more so."

"Oh. So, should I carry a jacket on that day?"

"Yep, but a light one. It is Spring since last week, but the nights can get pretty cold! Like, I checked that it is 12ºC now."

"You're really good at what you know. Woah..."

The compliment bitters the former meteorologist. Before he met Ito and WWW, he was the meteorologist of Sky Town. He was really happy with his job, but he became bitter when Mr. Weather was almost completed. He was terminated and got replaced by a weather-controling robot. He became obsolete. He enjoyed the work yet he was replaced...
Fulled of resentment, he joined WWW. Vic wants to show Sky Town that technology can't replace him.

Ito notices that Vic's right hand, the one that he's holding his Sake, is shaking due his resentment.

"I was just doing my job, and greatly, nonetheless! Yet, They didn't even cared about that! They just wanted that stupid robot to do their job easier..."

The prosecutor looks worried at the fired man now turned terrorist. After all, Ito developed a system that replaces a human judge. He actually starts to feel worried about the consequences of that, that he just sat down nearby Vic and drank his alcoholic beverage.

"I... really feel bad about your situation Vic."

"I appreciate your sympathy, prosecutor. But it isn't going to change anything. What can you do? Helping me to recover my job on a legal case against the people in Sky Town due to me being unfairly fired?"

"That's... Not a bad idea, actually. I can help you with that."

"But bah. That option is boring. No offense. I have a better plan, even better that I'm part of this organization. They're going to pay for this, big time!"

The prosecutor is confused by that but he ended up accepting it, while filing his glass with more beer, as well as offering the other one more as well, since he already finished his'. They both started drinking their second glass of beer.

During the second glass, Ito is starting to get a bit dizzy. He's more sensible towards alcohol. Even when alcohol starts to act on him, he tries to remain conscious and not fall down. While Vic is embracing the alcoholic state. And he's stating to playfully move with his glass like he's in a singing tavern. The prosecutor laughs a bit while watching his friend doing it.

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