[Wherever Junpei is? Carlos is suddenly showing up behind him, like the world's shittiest jumpscare. NORMALLY HE WOULD CONGRATULATE HIM ON A JOB WELL DONE but instead Junpei gets—]
—Really?
[you tell a guy his nipples are nice during a mental breakdown once and this is what happens wtf]
[Junpei is definitely somewhere very alone but also very shirtless still because Carlos just shows up without warning? There's no warning but there's an almost amused look at the response.]
I can put my shirt back on if you want. [He's definitely just fucking with him but also...he kind of feels good. It's a weird situation and tomorrow they're executing a teenage girl, but they're kind of saving her, too. He didn't pin anyone innocent. He did something right and it's almost like rolling three ones again. Inevitable, but still damn pleasing.]
[It's definitely a weird situation, and the fact that they're executing an 18-year-old girl is... maybe part of the reason Carlos seems particularly tense and high strung when he arrives. He has to take a moment to chill, massaging the bridge of his nose and taking a breath as he glances at. Wherever they are.
He may or may not have thrown himself at the audience request without actually considering where he would end up. It's fine. He's just living his best yeet life.]
That's up to you. [He's seen the nips so many times, he's mostly over them.
[Mostly. They're in Junpei's room which means Carlos is treated to a wall of sticky notes with theories and ideas and information. The conspiracy wall is real. On the bed is the small notebook Chuuya have him that he was recording notes in when he called Carlos.
He gets distracted when Carlos speaks and ignores his shirt for a moment. His own expression grows somber and serious again.]
So you can see all that. [He sounds a little happy about it but also a little unsure.] Is it really gonna be like this until we catch the demon?
[The conspiracy wall is real............................. Carlos has only been here once when he was getting used to the fact he could cross over for a good tit pic, so. He's staring at the wall of sticky notes instead of looking at Junpei, letting himself get distracted by what's written there for a moment.
Which is probably concerning, given the fact that he makes an odd noise at the mention of The Demon.]
...both of them. Please tell me there's only two because those are the only ones I tracked and I only took on one of them. [This happens when nobody is holding the child leash. The notes say things about the items from the scavenger hunt, the finansex app, who has died, the diagram of the sex demon routes, etc.]
Of course she did. [ He's still really mad, thanks! Big mistakes were made!!] ...any luck finding out anything on your end? Even if you can't tell how many, Polly has to be looking for an answer to fix stuff.
Or...that's part of what my job for Chuuya is. Finding the possessed each week and getting the information I need to stop them.
We're working on it. But I'm worried about how we're gonna get anything we find back to your side. It's not like we can say whatever we want.
[Big mistakes were, indeed, made. The past is in the past now, though. There's no changing what happened. Carlos stares at the conspiracy wall for a moment longer before he turns towards Junpei, frowning.]
... What are you going to do if you find something?
Maybe we can play charades or something. That could work. [An attempt at a joke, but...he looks at his watch quietly. A reminder of what he has to do here. ]
I'm going to get rid of it. Isn't that the point? [He sounds sure enough.] And make sure it doesn't get away. I just haven't figured out how yet.
It's why I don't feel too bad about what happened today. [...] Mostly.
[He makes a face because, like, good point. But yeah...mostly. He frowns in thought, arms folding over his chest partially for comfort and partially for warmth.]
Mostly. It's still killing an eighteen year old girl just because she was unfortunate enough to be the host. People aren't gonna like that.
...about you and Polly being there and not really being dead? Sorta hard to forget when you're right there even if I have to summon you all the time just to see you. [...wait.]
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w1, saturday.
—Really?
[you tell a guy his nipples are nice during a mental breakdown once and this is what happens wtf]
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I can put my shirt back on if you want. [He's definitely just fucking with him but also...he kind of feels good. It's a weird situation and tomorrow they're executing a teenage girl, but they're kind of saving her, too. He didn't pin anyone innocent. He did something right and it's almost like rolling three ones again. Inevitable, but still damn pleasing.]
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He may or may not have thrown himself at the audience request without actually considering where he would end up. It's fine. He's just living his best yeet life.]
That's up to you. [He's seen the nips so many times, he's mostly over them.
But, after a moment:]
... You did a good job. All of you.
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He gets distracted when Carlos speaks and ignores his shirt for a moment. His own expression grows somber and serious again.]
So you can see all that. [He sounds a little happy about it but also a little unsure.] Is it really gonna be like this until we catch the demon?
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Which is probably concerning, given the fact that he makes an odd noise at the mention of The Demon.]
... The demon?
[Hm.]
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He's quiet when he speaks.]
There's more than one demon, Junpei. I can't tell how many, but Polly released more than one when she got her ritual to work.
[Worrying about Polly that one night sure was a mistake, huh.]
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Or...that's part of what my job for Chuuya is. Finding the possessed each week and getting the information I need to stop them.
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[Big mistakes were, indeed, made. The past is in the past now, though. There's no changing what happened. Carlos stares at the conspiracy wall for a moment longer before he turns towards Junpei, frowning.]
... What are you going to do if you find something?
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I'm going to get rid of it. Isn't that the point? [He sounds sure enough.] And make sure it doesn't get away. I just haven't figured out how yet.
It's why I don't feel too bad about what happened today. [...] Mostly.
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Maybe. I'm not sure I want to know how they'd censor that though.
[Maybe he'll melt again. It's a mystery. Hmm...]
Mostly?
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Mostly. It's still killing an eighteen year old girl just because she was unfortunate enough to be the host. People aren't gonna like that.
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[Yeah. Monika didn't deserve any of this and yet, here we are.]
You remember what I said about the other side, right?
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It's the same for everyone else, isn't it.