pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

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IM PUTTING THE TIMON GIF IN HERE LATER YOU CANT BEAT ME

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It hasn’t changed. I’m starting to think it won’t, honestly...

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Probably not. I was hoping that as time went on it might, but...I don't know. You haven't asked your host?

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[She shakes her head.]

I've asked him stuff kind of related to that, but... Not that exact question. [...] Who's yours, by the way?

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You think it would have happened even if you didn't come here?

[She pauses for a moment, thinking of the best way to respond as she chews on her lip.]

Are you having second thoughts about the engagement, or...?

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You having to deal with it too doesn't make me feel better.

[It does, at least a little, but she feels a little bad saying that.]

But - god, yeah, I bet that gets tough. How many different timelines have you had to explain?

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Chuuya. Why, who's yours? [It's occurred to him he has zero idea even with the context clues.]

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Carlos. I got pretty lucky. Imagine if either of us got Polly...

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No, it's not that. I still want to marry her, I know that much. But...we're also from a timeline where we're technically not actually engaged. We just remember the timeline where we were and promised to be. There's still a lot left to do before we can even think about getting married.

[Like stopping a nuclear war. But...]

I don't know if it would have, but that might've been because I know myself. I wouldn't have tried to find other people. Even in the timeline she made me forget, I know I would've spent my entire life looking for her. [A pause.] But I don't think that stopped either of us from hitting on someone else so who knows.

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[It's fine? Please feel better about it because he Knows how stupid it all is.]

Misery loves company. Pretty sure there were at least four or five? Trying to sort them all out started getting complicated.

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[He shakes his head.]

Polly's...trying, I guess. I've spoken to her a few times since this whole thing started and I'm still mad, but she seems to be getting her shit together. [...still. There's a grin at the mention of Carlos.] But I think we lucked out, yeah.

W5, WEDNESDAY;

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[After that disaster of a night, Junpei leaves the others to do as Junpeis are wont to do. That is to say, his team split up and he went to shower and dissect his notes and information and not sleep even though he should probably take a nap. As it is, later in the afternoon he's up and he's on his way to hunt down Beck. The first place he's going to check is her room though and he'll knock on the door to patiently wait.

He also has a book under his arm? Hm.]

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[She opens the door after a few moments. It might take a few seconds longer than normal because of the injury, but she looks about as good as she can after all that happened overnight. Since her shirt is a lost cause, she's in her alternate outfit, a simple black dress with a bird print on it. She's showered as well, of course, so all that remains of the goop is the stain it's left on her hair and skin.

When she sees it's him, she raises her hand in greeting, stepping back to let him in.]

How are you holding up...?

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[He follows her inside but he shrugs at the question.]

I should be asking you that. Come on, go sit...I don't want to be the cause of ripping your wounds open or something. [He's keeping the tone light but he's serious, too.] Dick fixed it, right?

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I won't, promise. I'm being careful.

[But she doesn't want to worry him any more, so she's heading over to the bed to do just that. She gives him a nod.]

As much as he could, yeah. [...] What book did you bring?

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Good. [He follows, but he looks a little startled like he'd forgotten he was even holding a book.]

Oh. Uh. Well...[He looks a little sheepish but he holds it out to her. It's a poetry book called The Princess Saves Herself in This One.] I thought you'd probably be bored if you had to lay low for a while until the gashes healed and I was browsing and found this. Kinda made me think of you.

[...] I can take it back if it's not your style though.

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...It sounds like it has a happy ending. I think we could all use that.

[She takes it with a grateful little smile, setting it on the bed.]

Thanks. It was thoughtful of you.

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Don't mention it. [There's a half-smile.] I've...been thinking about happy endings lately and what we can do to make sure people get one. Figured some independent study was in order.

Plus it's a nicer distraction, isn't it?

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Yeah, it is. I’ll tell you if it’s worth reading afterwards.

[...]

We’re getting closer to that, aren’t we?

[A happy ending.]

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[There's a nod and he's settling on another part of the bed.]

...I want to think we are, but it's hard to tell. Depends on how the next 10 days go, right? We've got everything we need, but we still have a while to wait.

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Then... We just can’t lose sight, right? We’ve made it forty days, what’s another ten?

[She means it to sound optimistic, but she can’t hide the tired and stressed edge it carries.]

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[Mood. And it's why he watches her quietly before he looks at his hands.]

I keep thinking about something Shiraishi told me that he heard in the room he and Hizamaru broke into. "You will answer to our truth." But what is that truth?

...but you're right. Even if we don't feel like it, we can't lose sight of what's ahead. [A beat.] Even with everything that happened, do you think it was worth what we did?

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...We could try to do a task for a hint. Polly knows more about the demons than the others, apparently.

[She thinks about it for a moment.]

I know it will be, for that jar. It just... It’s hard to accept that when we don’t have the result it’s going to help bring yet. I mean, with what happened to Higekiri...

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You heard about what happened to her yesterday didn't you? You think we could try to get a task from her? Or maybe one of the others can help with at least knowing about the ritual or...something. I've never done a task for them.

[But there's a frown.] ...I'm still really worried about that. Something's wrong, and I haven't figured out how to fix it yet.

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Maybe she’s calmed down by now. It can’t hurt to ask her, right?

[If she doesn’t answer or can’t help, they can figure it out from there.]

I’m going to see if Carlos can help out with that at all. I just... hope he won’t do anything reckless as we look into it.

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I wouldn't mind going to see her and see what we can do together. If it's both of us, we might be able to get something done, right?

[There's a flicker of something in his expression when she mentions Carlos but he nods.] Let me know if he has any ideas. [...] In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get close enough when he won't let any of us touch him or anything.