[color=orangered][h3]Natsumi Fujikawa[/h3][/color]
[color=orangered]"A freelancer?"[/color] She hadn't heard of that being a thing, not in Japan at least. There were unregulated contract wielders, she supposed, but those were only begrudgingly tolerated by the DDF. Wasn't there a woman who got killed fighting Monster-class demons on her own a few months ago? Or did she barely survive? Natsumi was part of salvaging that messy situation, but she didn't know all the details about the disaster response afterwards. She could have requested that information, but looking up death tolls would accomplish little more than making her feel bad. Regardless, Rika seemed too timid to try something foolish like that.

[color=orangered]"Well, you were authorized to join by Hirasawa-san, so I wouldn't worry about breaking protocol. At worst, Kubo-san might be irate due to the extra paperwork. Oh, I suppose we should do introductions. I'm Fujikawa Natsumi."[/color] She bowed in greeting, unsure if Rika would care for Japanese customs but wanting to be polite. [color=orangered]"I've worked here for a little over a year now. Could you, uhm, remind me of your full name?"[/color]

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