pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

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

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[crashout]

Yeah. It helps a little, even if I don't get why it happened that way. [But he stares straight ahead.]

...for a while, we didn't remember the other timelines because of the injections at the end of each round. But once we figured out a way to make it stop, they started coming back over time. I think I just...[He shrugs.]

I told you before, I think. My cases weren't exactly clean either. Maybe I'm finally more numb to it than I thought.

[uncurtained]

[Gently:]

I don't think anyone would blame you if you were tired of all of it by now.

[crashout]

Yeah. [...he just rubs a hand over his face, bringing more attention to the bags under his eyes.] But it doesn't really stop. This place kinda proves that.

[uncurtained]

Maybe we'll both get a break after we get out of here.

[Not that she was going through anything as intense as he was before she arrived.]

[crashout]

That'd be nice, wouldn't it? [Zero belief in his tone. He thinks about what's waiting for him.] We can call it something to look forward to.

[uncurtained]

[She glances his way.]

What's the first thing you're going to do?

[crashout]

Promise you won't laugh? [And without even waiting:] A final case report for me and resignation from my job.

[This isn't even a laughable thing.]

[uncurtained]

Right. You said you wanted to move onto something new, right...?

[crashout]

Yeah. I'm still in the interview process, but I should have an answer by the time we finish what we started at the shelter.

[He will just have to convince Akane to bring him along to Crash Keys. Simple.]

[uncurtained]

And what is it that you'll be doing after this?

[crashout]

We have a religious fanatic to catch. Someone who's going to start a nuclear war and kill 8 billion people. Because of the timeline we escaped to, that's the price we're paying.

[He's at least worked that much out based on what he remembers and Carlos telling him they made it to that history where they were all alive.]

[uncurtained]

[After a long moment:]

Holy shit.

[crashout]

Yeah. [Yeah.] ...we're not going to let it happen. We'll find that person and fix the future. But that can't happen if Carlos and I don't get back.

[uncurtained]

...Then we'll make sure nothing happens to you, and we'll bring him back.

[crashout]

I hope you're right. [A very, very tentative form of optimism.] ...so what are we supposed to do now?

[uncurtained]

Live to fight another day...?

[It comes out as a question more than anything else.]

[crashout]

Yeah. Maybe. [...he doesn't sound confident either.] Hey, I'm really sorry but...I think I need to go for a while. [He knows he asked to come here, but he's getting stuck in a cycle of thought he'd rather not deal with in front of another person.]

[uncurtained]

[After a moment, she nods.]

...Yeah, of course. Take as much time as you need.

[crashout]

Thanks, Beck. [And he'll turn around and leave.]