pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

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

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[crashout]

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.

[uncurtained]

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

[crashout]

Yeah. I know there's not but...[He rubs the back of his head.] Carlos kinda set me straight the other day. I owe you an apology for a lot of things, but I want to be better.

[uncurtained]

[She, in turn, isn't quite sure how to respond to that, but after a few moments pass:]

What do you think you owe me an apology for?

[crashout]

Uh, everything from Tuesday? [He turns his head just slightly, giving her a half-grin.] Still kind of an asshole move to leave a hot girl alone in bed after sleeping with her.

[He means the Akane stuff, too, and the AB Game explanation.]

[uncurtained]

You wouldn't be the first.

[It's said lightly, but she grows more somber as she continues.]

I get that you've... gone through a lot. And this place is a lot, too, so I understand being all over the place, believe me. I guess it can just be hard to know exactly where we stand...? Not that I'm, like, demanding you tell me how you feel at every second. Just - okay, this is definitely coming out wrong.

[crashout]

[...he just reaches into his pocket and wordlessly holds up a diamond ring. He doesn't explain anything, just waiting to see if Beck understands.]

[uncurtained]

[Realization dawns on her face fairly quickly, even as she looks between the ring and him several times.]

How did you get that...? I thought the item you came with was different, and I didn't see anything like that in the gift shop.

[crashout]

Showed up in a box with my name on it? I woke up on Wednesday and found it. No idea where it came from. I'm trying to find out. [But it's been a wild experience.]

[uncurtained]

[She bites her lip.]

It seems really weird that it was just you. Did you ask Carlos, Chuuya or Nathan? Maybe they could tell you more about how it got to you.

[crashout]

Carlos is the one who convinced me to give it to Akane in the first place. He told me to ask around which means he knows but can't tell me. That's why I'm thinking it might've been someone here.

[uncurtained]

[She tilts her head.]

If that's what he told you... Who do you think it might be?

[crashout]

That's what I'm trying to find out. I kind of have to wonder if they can't tell me directly and that's why the handwriting's different. And maybe they didn't know what it'd be. There're only two people who know I'm engaged. And you're one of them.

[uncurtained]

What do you mean by the handwriting being different...?

[But, hm.]

Who's the other person who knows? Unless you mean Carlos.

[crashout]

It was handwriting I didn't recognize, but...I guess maybe that doesn't mean too much.

[Hm.] Tamamo knows. Carlos told her and she confronted me about it after he disappeared.

[uncurtained]

[She pauses for a moment.]

So... You think it was one of the two of us, then, since we're the only people who know about Akane?

[crashout]

I'm not really sure, but that was my first line of thought, yeah. Came in a box with my name on it, so it was intended for me.

[...] You promise you have no idea about this?

[uncurtained]

I...

[She looks down at the ring again, seeming conflicted, before:]

Okay, screw it, that probably counts as asking me directly. Yes, it was me. I'm - sorry.

[crashout]

[...ah. Just. Taking a deep breath.]

...tell me you didn't know it was the ring. You're not--you're not the kind of person to do that on purpose. [Are you?]

[uncurtained]

No. I promise, I wouldn't have done that. I wouldn't even have...

[She trails off, frowning, before:]

I don't know how much I can say about it.

[crashout]

...it's okay. Just...[There's another breath and he tries to sort his thoughts. That mystery's solved then.]

...let's start from the beginning. Did you send anyone else something, or just me?

[uncurtained]

[She nods.]

It was more than just you.

[crashout]

Something important to everyone. [He tilts his head, swinging his legs in the water while holding Akane's ring.] It wasn't everyone here, I know that, but...how many is more? Or is that too specific? Less than five?

[He's bad at shutting up but at least he's less sad?]

[uncurtained]

I think it was fifteen. So - about half.

[crashout]

Are you serious?! [AHHHH] No wonder Carlos told me to ask around. [I'm glad he asked people and the people he asked flat-out just didn't have anything.]

Is...that going to be something you do every week? [Can he get more free stuff?]