ZERO;

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W0, SUNDAY

[crashout]

[Zero's probably minding her own business and loitering in the lounge upstairs, but Junpei pays no mind to that. Instead, he lets himself into the lounge after his grand disappearance, slinking into the room and immediately making his way to the liquor cabinet.

Everything in his posture screams the appearance of someone who wants to make a quick get-away, but given his current state he can't quite keep his mouth shut.]

We really ought to stop meeting like this. [The words are low, kind of conversational and also kind of to himself? He may already be slightly drunk. Hello.]

[fleuris]

[ she raises an eyebrow at Junpei's general hangdog slinking. wow, she hasn't seen someone slink quite that pathetically since Decadus's-

since Decadus, actually. hm. ]

I was here first, which makes any meetings your fault.

[ there's no bite to her voice though; in fact, Zero seems rather relaxed, judging by her careless sprawl and lazy tone. ]

Looking for something stronger?

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Isn't everyone? [Is he just ignoring that it's his fault that he's running into her? Probably.] What else have you tried out so far? You seem like you have some thoughts on that.

[fleuris]

There's a green bottle of stuff that's pretty good.

[ she says as she pours another big glass of something from... a green bottle. hm. ]

Hits pretty hard too, if you're interested in not thinking too hard about anything.

[crashout]

Worth a shot then. [ Haha. A shot. He looks for the mentioned bottle and browses for a glass.]

Is that what brought you here? Or did you run out of options for today?

[fleuris]

It's not like there's a lot to do here. They didn't even give us anything to read besides that crappy instruction book.

[ ugh, it's only been a day and she's already getting twitchy. ]

Even Five would've gotten bored of this place.

[crashout]

Now, now, don't be rude. There's the instruction book and the app on the clamshell. [The sarcasm's a little thicker as he focuses on his drink-making and etc.

With his back turned though, if Zero's looking she might see his shoulders twitch a bit at the name Five.]

Who's Five?

[fleuris]

Oh, wow, what a huge mistake. We have two things to read until our eyes bleed.

[ hmm... weird. ]

My sister. She's a slut.

[ yup, that's Five in a word. ]

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[It gets something of a laugh from him while he sets the bottle aside, taking a drink of this bright green liquid.]

The only sister you have? [It's conversational, and also he's fine if she wants to elaborate why Five is apparently a slut. Also ha, wow, Zero and Five? That's not weird at all to him.]

[fleuris]

Ha! I wish. No, I have five of them - One, Two, Three, Four, and Five.

[ can you tell their mother was super creative? ]

Which really is five too many.

[crashout]

So I see. [What the hell, that's wild.] I've never had siblings, but I'm starting to think I'm luckier for it. You...must be the oldest then? [Numerically speaking.]

[fleuris]

Unfortunately, yes. I was the first, and then the rest all came tumbling out at the same time.

[ it was The Worst. ]

But it doesn't really matter. They're not here, and I am. Might as well enjoy the peace and quiet while I can.

[crashout]

[Yeesh. No thanks.]

You consider a place like this peaceful and quiet? [Turn of phrase, sure.] There's still thirty-two other people here.

[fleuris]

And none of them are my sisters. Peace. And. Quiet.

[ ugh she doesn't even want to think about one of them being here while she doesn't have her sword or her dragon. ]

Besides, I wasn't the one making a racket downstairs earlier.

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[He looks over the rim of his glass as he takes a sip, listening to her and moving away from that topic.]

Implying something I should know about? [He won't openly admit to anything yet.]

[fleuris]

Tamamo already yelled about you being unfaithful.

[ so that cover? yeah, it's already blown. ]

So is it a sex dungeon down there or what?

[crashout]

Ah. Makes sense. [Sorry Tamamo.]

What all did you hear? Didn't think we were being that loud.

[fleuris]

Some moaning, some screaming - nothing specific, if you're worried about that.

[ which means no one knows whose name got yelled or who said "hit me harder" or whatever kinks they were playing with. ]

So? Sex dungeon, yes or no?

[crashout]

[Huh. That's...interesting.]

A little more comfortable than a sex dungeon if you can believe that. But I've always imagined dungeons with iron bars and shackles.

[fleuris]

They usually are, give or take some blood and rats.

[ hmmmm. she takes a gulp of her glass, eyeing Junpei. ]

Is there a reason you're being so tight lipped?

[ or is junpei someone who doesn't kiss and tell. ]

[crashout]

[...]

It's not what you think it is. [Ah. So there's that.] Whatever you think it is, it's probably not right.

[fleuris]

[ ah. ]

Oh yeah? And I was thinking you lot were just enjoying yourselves down there.

[ siiiiiiip. ]

Though I guess that does bring up the issue of how you got down there.

[crashout]

You really sure it was downstairs? Nobody else saw anything, did they? [He's not immediately providing an answer, but...Zero seems smart enough.]

takes a stab at this??? yolo??????

[fleuris]

[ is Zero smart enough? maybe. is traverse? absolutely not. ]

... This place really is screwed up. How the hell does sound get from up there to just the first floor?

Or was that a bunch of bullshit too?

[crashout]

[There's a tilted grin.]

We never went down to the basement. Pretty sure sound was broadcasted down there when we were checking things out.