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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 gives Elliot an apologetic look.]

I apologize for the reminder.

[He's been taking small bites of chowder and bread as they talk. It's delicious, of course, but he's barely tasting it. Still, Jusis will eat every last bit.

He frowns for a moment in thought. That's unexpected.]

A ghost of me? Interesting... I suppose there's some truth to that, however. Yes, that would've been Uncle Hammond. He owns a restaurant in Düsseldorf, and my mother used to work there as a waitress. When I was a child, I'd often stay with him at the restaurant after school, sometimes with friends.

[motiv8]

[Rean shoots Elliot an apologetic look, as well. Sorry, babe. He'll try to make it up to you later when they're not booked snuggling Jusis?]

Honestly, I don't know exactly what it was, but it was probably the nicest thing we saw in there. [He's not just going to come out and say "I think it was you as a child or something and it was adorable." He's not here to murder Jusis tonight.] Regardless, I'm just happy you do have people like him and your mom in your life, still.

[He glances back to some of the photos, taking a closer look now that he's sitting.]

I know you can't get the whole picture— pun not intended— from photographs, but even just these photos of them have this sort of kindness to them.

[fiddlestick]

Ahah...it's fine.

[Totally fine, all is forgiven! He meanwhile has also been eating his own food as they talk. All the running around the past couple days have built up quite the appetite. And like Rean, he's more than willing to tread carefully and not bring up the stuff in that dungeon too much. Not tonight, when Jusis was tired and everything was so raw]

Oh yeah, I looked up his restaurant on google after you told me about it. Took some tries since I don't speak German, but from the website it looks like a wonderful place! Kinda made me tempted to visit Germany to try it.

[noblerise]

[Jusis appreciates the both of them. At least his memories of his uncle are happier, so he's glad to share them with Rean and Elliot.]

Perhaps someday we can make a trip. I'd be happy to be your translator and tour guide, so to speak. Although, with how long it's been since I was in Düsseldorf, I imagine there've been some changes to the city.

[Still, it's a trip worth considering. He's felt bad that Uncle Hammond has had to travel to America in order to visit him. It'll be a nice change to return the favor by visiting Germany, at the very least.

Jusis looks to the photos on the wall and nods with a small smile.]

Indeed, he'd come to my graduations and competitions when he could. Uncle Hammond tends to be camera shy, though, so I don't have as many pictures of him. He was usually the one taking our photos. You see the one where I'm standing with a woman close to my age? That was from a ballroom dancing competition, and he's quite proud of how that photo came out.