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[noblerise]

If contacting his personal number or via Libra:

"You have reached Jusis Albarea. I'm busy. Leave a message."

If contacting his work number:

"You have reached the office of Jusis Albarea, Esquire. I'm not available at this time, so please leave your name, number, and a brief message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you."

Black Order Inbox and Class VII Group Chat for reference.

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[noblerise]

[Jusis has the audacity to raise an eyebrow at Elliot.]

That's a tad rich coming from our second-in-command of sappy speeches. That being said, we are about to deep-dive into Twitter discourse to see if we can find Regnitz. I think for today we can forgive anything too saccharine.

[That doesn't mean he won't gently tease his friend about it, and he's sure that's the same for said friend. Still! Jusis is going to try to be... uh... openly nice. Just for tonight!!!

Jusis actually shudders at the idea of someone thinking eggshells are edible.]

That's not real, surely.

[He says, when he has prosecuted criminals who have made really stupid mistakes.]

[fiddlestick]

[He snickers]

I'm not second-in-command of that! [Yes, yes he is] And oof- right, I nearly forgot about that. Yeah, probably best to make ourselves feel good before twitter destroys our souls.

[Look he's been having such a nice time just catching up with Jusis it's easy to forget their main mission here. ]

Aha- it's sadly real. A student of mine stayed with me for awhile, and he was very insistent on helping out with cooking and chores. Unfortunately he...didn't know the first thing about doing any of that stuff. [He scratches his jaw] It was a steep learning curve.

[noblerise]

There was no hope for my soul once I decided to be a lawyer. Yours we can still salvage so long as there's good music to listen to.

[He sounds a little amused. Honestly, Jusis hasn't enjoyed himself this much in a very long time, so it's quite refreshing for him.

Definitely thinking that box labeled 'Hunter' is this student. It seems rude to him to talk about that on their first real hang out, so he just keeps this tidbit in mind. Plus, as Elliot said, they're going to go through the soul-sucking despair that is Twitter. Best to save it for another time for sure.]

Goodness... I'll consider myself fortunate that my uncle made sure I wasn't quite that hopeless.

[fiddlestick]

[He chuckles]

Yeah, we'll see about that. I've heard another gay musician is running Hell these days anyway, so I'm not too worried about how it ends up.

[He says jokingly. This is really nice, getting to relax like this with Jusis. He really needed this. ]

Yeah, I'd say that was lucky you had him ... [Not all uncles were net positives, he thinks to himself. But...yeah. Probably best to leave that can of worms for another time.]

Does your uncle still run a restaurant?

[noblerise]

Heh, if that's also on the table, then I'll definitely be drinking champagne down there. I'll make sure to visit you if we happen to be in different circles.

[He's certainly happy to trade jokes like this. This has been missing from his life, and he's glad to have found it.

Sometimes, blood relations aren't the positive people hope for. Jusis knows that well enough.]

He does, as it happens. Mother had to talk him down from moving locations when my father collected us, though. We did take the time to visit him whenever we could, but that's gotten harder since she and I moved to the States. The best I've been able to do is call him once a week.

[There's a hint of fondness in his tone. Clearly, Jusis's uncle is still a positive influence in his life.]

Do you still have a sister who plays music?