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[ Even at a time like this, she's too polite to say that isn't comforting. It's not as if she doesn't want to find out who did it, but there's no satisfaction. It doesn't bring Logy back, and chances are they were possessed by a demon anyway.
Still, it's all she has to focus on. She nods, but looks frustrated. ]
... But this week - all week, I've been... I can't...
[ She knows that she hasn't been at her best. All week, she's felt how spacey and dazed she's been. And now it means she won't be at her best to figure out what happened to Logy. ]
Still, it's all she has to focus on. She nods, but looks frustrated. ]
... But this week - all week, I've been... I can't...
[ She knows that she hasn't been at her best. All week, she's felt how spacey and dazed she's been. And now it means she won't be at her best to figure out what happened to Logy. ]
[ wow it worked on dick when he was nine escha, be considerate of other people's very amazing coping mechanisms
he frowns a little. he hasn't seen escha much this week-- since she'd dodged them every morning-- but... ]
... You've been...?
he frowns a little. he hasn't seen escha much this week-- since she'd dodged them every morning-- but... ]
... You've been...?
[ She's still embarrassed, but she's also still cursed stupid, so her priorities are... Off? ]
No, I don't want to have that argument again. That doesn't sound comfortable at all.
No, I don't want to have that argument again. That doesn't sound comfortable at all.
[ oh my god, one of them has to ask, he can't take this anymore ]
-- Escha, do you want to have sex with us tonight? Either or both or-- that's what we've been trying to, to ask.
-- Escha, do you want to have sex with us tonight? Either or both or-- that's what we've been trying to, to ask.
[ She might normally brighten a bit at Junpei's comment, but it doesn't seem to do anything for her, today. ]
I've been getting distracted. Forgetting things, like what I'm doing or where I'm going. Leaving burners on, leaving doors open.
How am I supposed to figure anything out like this?
I've been getting distracted. Forgetting things, like what I'm doing or where I'm going. Leaving burners on, leaving doors open.
How am I supposed to figure anything out like this?
[ ... it explains a few things, fixes a few discrepancies dick wrote off, but he tilts his head in thought because being a little ditzier than usual is... a bit odd? ]
Do you remember when it started?
Do you remember when it started?
I don't remember...
[ Because. Of the curse itself. Great. ]
[ Because. Of the curse itself. Great. ]
[ dick doesn't have time to form a theory before junpei says he has one so he just. ???? ]
[He reaches out to push Escha's hair out of the way before remembering what happens when you touch a living person, so he stalls and just gestures at her head.]
The timer ran out. Escha's still here, nothing else has changed...what else could it be?
The timer ran out. Escha's still here, nothing else has changed...what else could it be?
[ ... ]
It's bad timing, but at least it wasn't something that actually hurt you. You've still been helpful this week, Escha. And whatever slack that gives you, we'll pick it up, right? That's what we do.
It's bad timing, but at least it wasn't something that actually hurt you. You've still been helpful this week, Escha. And whatever slack that gives you, we'll pick it up, right? That's what we do.
[...he wonders if Logy was hit with the same thing and that made his death easier, but he's. Not. Going to say that! When Escha's right there!]
Right. Just keep relying on us and we'll make it work. [...] Logy will be okay. Carlos and Polly should be taking care of him.
Right. Just keep relying on us and we'll make it work. [...] Logy will be okay. Carlos and Polly should be taking care of him.
[ It's still not very comforting, but it's better than nothing. And she knows that most importantly: it's the best they can do.
Her voice is still small, and more resigned than it is comforted. ]
... Okay.
Her voice is still small, and more resigned than it is comforted. ]
... Okay.
[ dick... hesitates, for a second, because it feels a tad hypocritical, but-- ]
... It's okay to be sad. Logy didn't deserve that.
... It's okay to be sad. Logy didn't deserve that.
[ She's about to get flustered from Dick just asking outright, but instead gets distracted by Junpei's comment. ]
It's true that it might be a little much. The book didn't really go into detail with this kind of scenario.
[ Sex For Dummies does not, in fact, cover threesomes, and as a researcher, Escha is offended. ]
It's true that it might be a little much. The book didn't really go into detail with this kind of scenario.
[ Sex For Dummies does not, in fact, cover threesomes, and as a researcher, Escha is offended. ]
[ dick is just. staring at junpei ]
Then you clarify what we thought she meant next time! [ DON'T BE PICKY ON HIS WORDING IF YOU WON'T TALK FIRST, ASSHOLE,
and then escha says that and he's. uh. god. he's dying. someone else take the wheel he's not used to this being awkward ]
Then you clarify what we thought she meant next time! [ DON'T BE PICKY ON HIS WORDING IF YOU WON'T TALK FIRST, ASSHOLE,
and then escha says that and he's. uh. god. he's dying. someone else take the wheel he's not used to this being awkward ]
[Both hands go up in self-defense?! Stop!?]
That's not what I'm saying! [Then what are you saying, Junpei?] Also don't. Read the book. The book is useless, please just ask us next time. [He pinches the bridge of his nose.] Anyway. ...there are ways to do it involving three people. What Dick was trying to say was that we're both okay with the idea. I think.
That's not what I'm saying! [Then what are you saying, Junpei?] Also don't. Read the book. The book is useless, please just ask us next time. [He pinches the bridge of his nose.] Anyway. ...there are ways to do it involving three people. What Dick was trying to say was that we're both okay with the idea. I think.
It wasn't totally useless, but it did go off on a lot of tangents about marriage...
[ Hmm... She looks like she's considering this. For the Research™......... ]
So you know stuff the book doesn't?
[ Hmm... She looks like she's considering this. For the Research™......... ]
So you know stuff the book doesn't?
[ this sure continues to happen in dick's vicinity, huh. though at the question--
he has to be an asshole about it. ]
Well, I know I do. Not 100% sure about that guy. [ he points to junpei with his thumb and a grin ]
he has to be an asshole about it. ]
Well, I know I do. Not 100% sure about that guy. [ he points to junpei with his thumb and a grin ]
I did not learn to fuck from a book! [Haha, so, you know how sometimes people know how to control themselves and not behave like children?
That doesn't happen because Junpei's response is to push on Dick's face to shut him up before realizing a hot-second later that's a bad idea.]
That doesn't happen because Junpei's response is to push on Dick's face to shut him up before realizing a hot-second later that's a bad idea.]
[ Escha pulls her legs close with her arms around them and presses her face against her knees. Honestly, she's had that thought already. If she's so out of it because of something she did with Logy, then...
She sighs. ]
I didn't want to have to be apart again.
She sighs. ]
I didn't want to have to be apart again.
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