pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

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

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W1, TUESDAY

[crashout]

[The aquarium's lovely isn't it? There're fish...and water...and more fish...and as Beck's here looking around, should she make her way through the tunnel and into the comfortable room, she'll soon hear a voice from...a pile of blankets???]

Kind of cool, isn't it?

[uncurtained]

[She looks in that direction just a little too quickly, surprised, before taking a breath.]

Yeah... Pretty cool.

[But more importantly:]

Do I want to ask what you're doing?

[crashout]

[The blankets wiggle a little as he sits up. He's also acquired a new leather jacket. Praise him.]

Observing. Getting away from people for a bit. The usual.

[uncurtained]

Right. Observing from... under the blankets.

[Anyways.]

Mind if I join you?

[crashout]

...[He opens up the blanket cape, moving against the wall to give her more room.]

How else would you observe the bottom of the ocean, Beck? There's something about being so far isolated that you just feel cold automatically.

[Or Junpei's a little bitch and doesn't like being cold, period. One of the two.]

[uncurtained]

[She heads his way, then, taking a seat next to him.]

I don’t know. It seems more peaceful than isolating to me, if you can ignore... Everything here.

[crashout]

[He'll close the blanket pile so they can be warm and toasty then, even if his eyes are alert and staring at the wall to watch the water.]

Can we ignore everything here? [For a guy who watched a friend melt into goo, he seems pretty okay.] There's still a lot we don't know. But I found out the ocean's also possessed.

[Hm.]

[uncurtained]

[...]

Wait, what?

[crashout]

[A wave of his hand. And now she's learned his actual motivation.]

Something's wrong. It's like the water has a mind of its own, it'll spit you right back onto the deck if you try to leave.

[uncurtained]

That’s... How could they control the entire ocean?

[crashout]

I don't know. The same way they're controlling everything else? It's like I've been saying since the beginning, we can't always believe everything that we're seeing until we look closer.

[There's a huff.] But it's real. Tried it myself and everything. I didn't even swim that far before the ocean rejected me.

[uncurtained]

Controlling what happens in here seems a lot different than controlling the ocean.

[Terrifying!!]

[crashout]

Our demons are probably more powerful than we thought. [So, so casually.] Given that they can control what happens to us if we don't follow their rules, maybe it's not so far out of the realm of possibility.

[...with that said, he looks at her from the corner of his eye.] ...you saw the rulebook updates? Looks like fuck or die is really true.

[uncurtained]

[She just... leans against the glass as he talks about the approximate power level of the demons. When he moves on, though:]

Yeah. [...] Do you have it taken care of already?

[crashout]

Do you? [An automatic deflect, but he takes a breath and tries again. ] I'm working on it. We're all kind of in a bad situation right now.

[uncurtained]

...Yeah, yesterday.

[awkward.]

It definitely is. I’m just saying, if you need someone...

[crashout]

[....he kind of wants to ask who but decides that's also awkward. But...there's a slow lift of his eyebrows. ]

Are you propositioning me? [It's teasing but a hint of seriousness in his tone, too.] Very forward of you.

[uncurtained]

[She's definitely shoving at his shoulder.]

I don't really do the whole shy thing. Anyways... I want to make sure you're okay.

[crashout]

[There's a quiet laugh but he seems to be focusing on the matter at hand.]

Then I guess I'm in good hands. [...] ...it's better to be safe, isn't it? If you're okay with it.

[That's sort of a "yeah, I'll go and do it." ]

[uncurtained]

[She nods.]

I am. So... My room or yours?

[crashout]

Probably yours? Two roommates makes it harder to know when it's going to be empty.

[uncurtained]

Probably a better choice, as long as you can ignore the... ink splotches. My roommate has interesting hobbies.

[hm.]

[crashout]

I've been in worse places. Bed's clean, isn't it? [But he's crawling out of his blanket fort, sitting up and rising to his feet before extending a hand to her.]

[uncurtained]

Concerning, but I'll look past it for now. And - yes, I promise the bed isn't gross.

[She takes his hand, turning towards the exit.]

[crashout]

[He doesn't let go of her hand, at least, letting her take the lead.]

It's not that concerning, is it? My job's taken me some pretty questionable places.

[Plus. Dcom. But haha.]