uncurtained | pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[After the trial concludes, she heads out onto the deck for some air. She isn't intending to use the pool or the hot tub, but when she sees Junpei sitting near the latter... She heads his way, taking a seat beside him.]

...Hey. I hope I'm not, like, intruding on your alone time.

[He has his feet in the water and his jeans rolled up to his knees, leather jacket wrapped around his body and hands in his pockets. He looks up when he hears Beck though, giving her a soft smile that doesn't match most of his usual expressions from the last week.]

You're one of the few people that's never an intrusion, Beck. [He scoots over if she wants to join him.]

[As she sits, she takes her shoes off and pushes her pant legs up so she can do the same.]

Hm... Good to know. I'll make sure to bother you at any time, then.

[Anyways.]

You did good today.

[Not always easy to watch, but - good.]

Consider it an open invite. [He kicks at the water a bit.]

...you think so? [A mild comment, but there's also a tiny, pleased smile. This is bad but...it's also good.]

I might have to take you up on that sometime.

[She nods.]

You seemed sure a long time before I was, at least.

[A nod.] I was sure when I went to talk to Chuuya about the camera and the vote. I just had to figure out a way to convince other people. And now...[And now they're exorcise a teenage girl. ]

You okay? You seemed kinda close to her.

I mean... As close as anyone can get in two weeks, I guess. [...] She didn't deserve - something like that taking her over.

[She looks down at the water.]

And Prompto didn't deserve to die, so here we are at an impasse with the demon.

[...] Tomorrow's gonna be rough on a lot of people, too.

It's not really a competition for who got the shorter end of the stick. It's awful for both of them.

[She sighs, even as she nods.]

Do you think it'll be like last time?

[He doesn't reply, but he's slightly biased. He can concede that things are awful for both of them, but...well, he knew one of them better than the other.]

What, the exorcism? Most likely. And we're all supposed to be there and we don't get a choice. Can't say I'm lookin forward to that either way.

...Neither am I. She said - she could still feel everything, you know?

[Bad.]

...she did, or the demon said it for her?

[...]

We don't know that it isn't true, either way. She isn't - gone. I talked to her.

...what exactly did she say, Beck?

It’s a little bit personal, actually.

...fair enough. [And he goes silent, kicking the water still. He's still trying to think of what to say, but sometimes that means getting stuck in his own head. His mouth twists like he's going to say something, but ultimately he stares at his feet.]

...at least the week's almost over. We can figure out where to go from here.

You think we’ll be able to get rid of it tomorrow...?

["No."]

We'll be able to separate it from her, I think. It's going to be a problem figuring out what to do it once we have it trapped.

Well... Tomorrow, it won’t really be “we”, will it?

No. It won't, but we'll still have to deal with it. So it's kind of "we" anyway isn't it?

It's only we if it doesn't get killed, then.

[And she's still hoping, even if it's apprehensive.]

...Beck, I'll be honest. I don't really know what to say. [And that bothers him. He spent the whole day knowing beat for beat where to go, but now that they're here and now that they're dealing with a new situation, he's lost again.]

[After a moment passes:]

Sorry, did I say something wrong...?

Sorry, no. [Ahhh...] I just...I'm not really good at knowing what to say in situations like this even though I want to be.

You don't have to say anything. I mean... I don't think there are any guidelines or requirements, you know? It's tough.

pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

week one, saturday.

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