pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

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

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[crashout]

[He experiences something and wow, sure is weird to be seeing this from Beck's perspective. The first thing that Junpei's own consciousness picks up is "wow, what a douche" but as the memory's lived and comes to a close, he blinks his eyes as if to clear his vision and stare at Beck openly.

...hm. Bad.]

...guy seems like kind of a dick. [Lightly, and casually, and maybe a tiny bit judgmental.]

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[She blinks, looking his way with a frown.]

Wait, what guy? What's going on?

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Huh? [Wait.] Wait did you not...see what I just saw? Some blonde guy arguing about how a blowjob is linked to cancer...?

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Wait, how did you...

[She pauses.]

You saw that? But, how?

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I don't know? I'm used to seeing my own memories, not someone else's. Mostly. [Hm.] Also seriously, Beck, you still slept with him after that? And right in front of your window?

[He doesn't get to say much more about it though because he looks at her and soon she finds herself seeing something else until 3:23.]

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Okay, you don't get to judge me after just seeing one...

[She doesn't get to finish that, though, because memory time! She shakes her head as if to clear it once all that's over, and then looks towards Junpei.]

...Oh my god, you put it on the wrong hand.

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[He, unfortunately, immediately knows what she's talking about and flushes pink.]

Stop. Stop right there, it definitely looked left from where I was standing!

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You're blushing.

[She's definitely laughing a little bit, sorry Junpei.]

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I am not blushing! [He says as he proceeds to blush even further. The barrier shimmers around them and breaks, but he doesn't move.] Isn't it the thought that counts?

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...It was sweet. She's really pretty, too. Seems like you caught a good one.

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[...he's embarrassed but there's a soft smile anyway.]

...in spite of everything? I did. [The timelines they aren't together, the things Akane did, the things he can't forgive her for...she's the one he's crazy about even now. There's an equally quiet laugh and a mumble under his breath, hand running through his hair.]

I never got to move the ring back before I got here. So...that's one of the first things for me.

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Gotta make it official, right?

[She shoves at his shoulder a little.]

I'm happy for you.

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[He stumbles back just once when she shoves, but there's a sheepish smile.]

Thanks. It was...I went there to find her, but Carlos is the one who told me to tell her and stop wasting time. So I kind of owe it to him in the first place.

[A beat.] Sometimes I miss her like crazy.

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...We'll be out of here soon. I believe that.

[Maybe.]

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Yeah, I know. [Just not soon enough. He's folding his arms over his chest again and taking a step away from where the barrier was.] So until then I'm doing what I have to in order to survive.

[...something occurs to him then.] Do you know anything about where those marks came from on you, Escha and Kagachi by the way? I meant to ask.

[Also he's gonna go back to Beck's memory in a second.]

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[After a moment, she nods.]

Yeah, I know where they came from now.

[crashout]

[...]

Your choice for the week?

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...No, actually. Something different.

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...can you tell me what? [Wait. What?]

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[She pauses, then sighs.]

I probably can, but...

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[He leans against a bookcase.]

Beck. Please. It's really important. [...] I've kept my promise to you. I haven't told anyone about your part in this game.

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I know, and I want to. It's not like I'm trying to hide things from you, just...

[She pauses for a second.]

Ask again, maybe?

[crashout]

[...????? What in the fuck.]

Someone with another set of rules then, like you. I'm not asking, I'm saying it. [Is he right? That's the only thing that adds up, but what the fuck? Or...] Or it's something else you can do. If it wasn't your choice this last week.

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[She frowns, but she shakes her head.]

No, not really.

[crashout]

...a punishment of some kind for breaking your rules? Am I growing hotter or colder here?

[He's weirdly invested here, but also something bit his former roommate and he needs to understand.]