POLLY;

[crashout]

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W0, WEDNESDAY;

[crashout]

[After the sexy and unfortunate adventures on Wednesday, Junpei...well, first of all, Junpei goes somewhere very private to calm the fuck down and stop being wound up about a lapdance. God. This place was really starting to get to him between things with Tamamo, things with Nikkari and now this.

So. He goes to Carlos because he thinks that maybe Carlos can talk some sense into him. He goes to Carlos's room and knocks on the door, assuming his bro would be home. He folds his arms loosely over his chest, shifting his weight from one foot to the other and impatiently knocks again after five seconds. Hewwo???]

[yaaaasss]

[Polly, being Polly, is lounging around in their bed, completely naked because why bother with clothes when she doesn't have to?

Also being Polly, she doesn't bother putting any on before she answers the door.]

Hey, boo! Did you come to drink? 'Cause I've still got a lot of vodka from the other day.

[crashout]

[...everything about today is a goddamn mistake. He finds himself stumbling on words a little, trying to figure out where the fuck he's supposed to be looking and settling on her face. Eventually.]

While I would normally take you up on that, I was looking for Carlos. Know when he left? [Because he doubts Carlos would be around while Polly's. Naked.

...also he would never believe Carlos slept with Polly unfortunately.]

[yaaaasss]

A while back. He never wants to have any fun.

[s u l k s]

[crashout]

That sounds about right. [...um...] Well. Since I'm here, I wanted to talk to you anyway. Are you okay with that?

[He's trying to decide if telling her to put on clothes will even make a difference anymore.]

[yaaaasss]

Yeah, sure!

[i'm sorry this is late]

[crashout]

[This is funny in retrospect.]

You're not going to put clothes on for this conversation, are you.

[yaaaasss]

Do I have to? Because I really don't want to.

W1, post-execution

[yaaaasss]

[Well, that was a lot.

Anyway, the next time Junpei walks through a door after sending that nip pic, he'll find himself not in whatever room he was expecting to go to, but in what looks like a high school bathroom, with rows of stalls.

Polly is there, and she doesn't look happy.]

They let it GET AWAY?!

[Someone was keeping up with the execution, somehow.]

[crashout]

[Well this is better than a hospital, but he definitely looks a little perplexed that he's here. He's trying not to be mad at Polly still, but his expression is neutral even as he crosses the room to lean against a sink.]

Looks that way. [Hm.] Guess that answers how much you can see, too. How are we supposed to trap that thing if it can make a break for it?

[yaaaasss]

By killing it fast? It can't leave the circle until it breaks the barrier. So, as long as it's not given enough time to do that...

[She frowns.]

Man, this bites. I got my face melted off, and that thing got away.

[crashout]

Your face looks fine now. [A throwaway. There there, Polly.] Is there any way to make the barrier stronger, you think? Carlos told me there's multiple demons out there and if that's true I'd like to figure out how to capture them.

1/2

[yaaaasss]

-̶͉͓̙̬̟͇͔̳͓̘͔̝̽̐̇͊̈́̑̅̎͠-̸̴̡̦̗̱͔̙͇̦̟͉͔̫̞̞̉̇̆͌̋͊̔ͥ͆̊͒̒̓̈́͒͞-̝̠̗̜̲͔̟̾̈́͗̎͘͜͜͞ͅͅ-̏́̀͌̆̂̌͌̆̔̒̎̚҉͏̡̫̹͍͎̙̱͟͢ͅ-̷͎̭̩̜̝̫̬͍̺͇̹̗̘̳̳͐ͧ̅̔ͨͥ̾͌ͅ-̴̧̳̟̤̭̲̱̟̟̟̪͓̭ͫ͒̾͌ͣ̈̈̌́͡-ͫͦͦ̓̅̉͂̈́̆͏̜͔͍͈͖̳̯̜̭͔̝͓̫-̸̵̹̼̘̯̫̳͖͂ͩ̎ͧ̽̂̊͑̊ͥ̇͌ͧ͝͠-̢̔ͯ́̃ͨ̎ͨͣ͐̈́̄͊̊͆̃̍ͮ̀҉̬̙͉͇̫͍̀-̶̢͕̠̹̩͔̻̥̺͍͓͖̳̻̼̞̞̬̂̔̐̈́̇̓ͤ̀́̚̚͟-̷̉ͤ͋̍͂̎҉҉̠̫͉̟̥̰̬͉̩̼̙͙͕̲ͅͅ-̴̴̶̶̟͕͖͔̘͎̦͚̺ͧ͑̒̃͌̉ͥ̃́͋̀͑̇̇̑̽̇̿̈͟-̨̖̣͎͙͇͎͓͈̟̲̉̈ͦ̈̍ͥͭ̉͒͆ͯ̏̾͊̏̓̐̊̓͘͢͠-̵̧͈̘̩̩̮͇̿ͭ̈́̏̅ͮ͘-̴̴̥͚̘̺̝͙͓̬̙̫̘̫̳͇̱̭̲͉̊̄̏͊ͣ̉̅̌-̬̼̤̗̻̝̬͖̼̺͎̗͚̘̺͉̇͊ͬ̔ͮͮ͆ͣ̃̌͐̾͞-̵͈̩̤͙͇͉̹̰̼̩̬̩͔̱ͭ̍̓̋͂́̕-̷͚̹̰̝̗̒͆ͮͯ̌͘͜͝

2/2

[yaaaasss]

OH, COME ON.

[crashout]

...you too? [GOD.] Guess that means you have an idea but we can't hear it. Right?

[yaaaasss]

Yeah! Ughhhhhh, this whole thing is so stupid, just let me talk! I'm trying to be HELPFUL for once!!

[crashout]

For once. [Sorry, he just kind of smiles. He knows, Polly. He's...had time to kind of sort his thoughts.] Maybe we can figure out something else. What about writing it down?

W4, thursday

[yaaaasss]

[polly shows up wearing no ghost clothes because of course she fucking does. hope junpei doesn't mind her just full-on materializing on his bed.]

Hey boo! Got your message.

[crashout]

[Luckily by now he's maybe used to extreme nudity, so hopefully Polly doesn't mind that he's in his unbuttoned flannel shirt and half under the covers because he just woke up.]

I was hoping you would. Sorry for the misleading note though. [A grin. He's not that sorry.] You good to talk for a little bit? I was hoping to ask you some stuff and see how things were over on that side.

[yaaaasss]

...I was good to use my mouth for way more than talking, but sure, what the hell. We can talk.

[DISAPPOINTMENT.]

[crashout]

...I mean I wouldn't say no to that, but business first. [Also it's Thursday I already turned in my report like a good player 8|]

I wanted to ask...you guys dispatch some of us to eliminate demons before the week's over. Is there a method to finding them before a trial that we don't know about?

[yaaaasss]

[i have never been more glad thot reports are already in, at least this gives me a perfect excuse to swerve polly away from being herself.]

...not before a trial, no.

[crashout]

[NTS put in requests early to embarrass Britt. But there's a blink of surprise.]

So that would mean that they were demons we missed. [...what the--] We had two demons two weekends in a row? Is that even something you can answer?

[WAIT DID DIMITRI FUCKING KILL SOMEONE AFTER ALL WTF.]

[yaaaasss]

I can't answer that.

[SECRETS, TY. SECRETS.]

...but I think out of everyone here you're probably best equipped to figure out how we're pinpointing it.

[crashout]

The answer, I assume, comes from those who're going to the other side. It's not like their memories would let them forget who killed them. People talk...and information spreads.

Which is the point, isn't it? We're supposed to keep working together. Carlos told me that you guys would be doing stuff on that end to help us here. [...he shifts to sit up a little, propped up by his pillows.] Are the people you guys equip with the exorcism tools still considered guilty of murder if they're exorcising demons? I guess I'm just. [Hm.]

I want to make sure people are going in the right direction Saturday. You guys can still see the trials from there, right?