pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

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

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[crashout]

[...he'll grab two bottles, handing her one and keeping the other.]

So much for not being a next time.

[uncurtained]

I guess it would have been too easy to open that door and see a huge exit sign.

[Anyways, she's grabbing a glass and opening the bottle to pour.]

[crashout]

[Who the hell needs a glass? He's unscrewing the cap of his bottle, and from this close Beck might be able to see his hand is shaking. He's more rattled than he's willing to admit as he takes a pull straight from the bottle. This is his now.]

It's a key to an exit, even if it isn't the exit. I'm willing to bet there are similar rooms behind the other locked doors.

[uncurtained]

[She foregoes the ice this time, taking a drink once there's a fair amount in her glass, and setting the bottle down.]

...Are you thinking of trying to get into another, after all that?

[crashout]

[The silence is maybe telling.]

...Beck. They're not going to open themselves. We don't have a lot of options if something like this is happening, do we?

[uncurtained]

Right, but... If they're more dangerous than the rest of the hotel, maybe they're locked for a reason.

[crashout]

They're not locked because they're a danger to us. They're locked as a test. Take the risk, get the reward. Get the reward, get closer to getting out. I'm going to go back and see if I can do another look at the room.

[He will not get that far, but it's a thought.]

[uncurtained]

[She sighs.]

I just... I don't see how any of that got us any closer to getting out.

[crashout]

We have a better idea of what's going on here, and what might have happened or what to look out for. It's more information than we had, isn't it?

[uncurtained]

[After a few moments:]

What do you think is going on here, then?

[crashout]

Something was haunting thirty-three people. A monster or a ghost or something. They called it "it." And it was something accidental. Someone knew more than they let on, but they didn't share because they were protecting something that mattered.

And now, maybe we're here to recreate that scenario and make things right.

[uncurtained]

[She thinks that over, and in the end...]

Okay. So... You had me up until the recreating part. But - if that's the case, shouldn't we tell everyone tomorrow?

[crashout]

No. [Why not?] We still don't know who, if anyone, among us is mixed up in this whole thing or how everyone would react. You think everyone would be okay knowing there's a snuff ghost around? [He's going to keep that term going because I want to have him say sex demon but we're not there yet.

Time for another drink.]

[uncurtained]

...You think someone would do something stupid, then? I guess that's... probably true.

[She sighs.]

[crashout]

It wouldn't be the first time something like that happened, yeah. People panic when they don't feel like they're safe.

[uncurtained]

...Okay. I won't go into detail unless it's someone I trust, but - there's something else that's bothering me. Didn't they mention going from 33 to 12...?

[crashout]

Twenty-one people in four weeks. Kind of a big deal, isn't it?

[He's not going to go into how she should be careful who she trusts but there's that.]

[uncurtained]

...None of this really seemed dangerous until we went into that room. I just don't see how - I mean, how would something like that happen? That's insane.

[When she glances over at him, it's not hard to see how on edge she looks.]

[crashout]

Ritual sacrifice? A revenge scheme? Who knows. [...but yeah, he sees it and it's why he lightens up.]

...whatever it is, we know about it now. We're ahead of it. [He almost wishes he could say "it'll be alright", but he also doesn't believe that himself.]

[uncurtained]

That's the thing, though. We know about it. I mean, I get thinking everyone's going to panic, because they might, but if nobody knows they should be more careful than they're being right now...

[She sighs.]

[crashout]

[...god. They have to tell people, don't they.]

Okay. Who would you tell if you had the option?

[uncurtained]

It's tough to know who to trust after just a few days, but...

[Hm.]

Dick, Kagachi, and Monika, probably. [...] And I told Shiraishi a little bit about what happened already, but nothing about the - potential ghosts.

[crashout]

[There's a nod. It's not exactly a terrible list.]

...I have to tell Carlos. I. [Uh.] He'll get it, he'll understand. [Explain?] Did I tell you Dick's one of my roommates?

[uncurtained]

...Are you guys close already? He seems pretty nice.

[But she's also guessing there's something else there. Anyways!]

No, you didn't. But... I can bring it up with him, too, if you want.

[crashout]

If you don't, I will. I have to tell Escha anyway just to make sure. It'd be best if they both know. [Ah. The second roommate.

Regarding Carlos, Junpei's hand runs over the bracelet-watch on his left wrist and he pauses before finishing his glass. Let's pour another.]

Carlos is kind of important to me though, yeah. [That's Junpei for "I will and have died for him but if he knew I said anything nice he'd be an overpowering himbo."] He might have some ideas.

[He's like. Calm about this now, but there's something eating at him. It's fine.]