pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

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

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

[crashout]

[...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.

[crashout]

[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.]

[crashout]

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.

[crashout]

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

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[She pauses, then sighs.]

I probably can, but...

[crashout]

[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.

[uncurtained]

[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.]

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[She nods.]

Incredibly hot.

[crashout]

[...just. A face in his hand.]

What happened. Or do I have to guess that, too?

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Don't look at me like that.

[She sighs.]

Yes to the second question.

[crashout]

Beck I have a lot of reasons to look at you right now. [Look. It's only half-judgey.]

You flat out told somebody about what you can do? Instead of playing the question game like you're playing with me.

[uncurtained]

What's that supposed to mean?

[Ugh.]

Not... exactly, but I guess I told them more than I should have.

[crashout]

Sounds like a tricky game to be playing. [...] Was it Kagachi, by chance? [And before she asks:] He told me you two talked. It'd also explain why he was marked, too.

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[She pauses.]

No, but... Now that you know why, can we skip the who?

[crashout]

...I'm afraid not. [How to explain...] Beck, there are things I've heard from other people that I've been looking into. I'm trying to track down the source to every thing this ship may be hiding from us, and even if it doesn't seem important I need to make sure this doesn't cause something like this to happen again. It makes sense, doesn't it?

Why did you tell them?

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[She sighs.]

Because I trust them. Do you trust me? Because I know for a fact the only reason it happened is because I wasn't careful enough.