It is a bit confusing, but to be honest, almost everything you've told me about where you come from is like that? [HE'S KINDA USED TO IT in that "expect the unexpected" way, except it's just "expect Junpei's world to be wild as fuck".
He sure does remember the ring in his pocket, though - and remembers the name which had been brought up when they were discussing those hit clips. There's something a little soft in his voice when he speaks again, because honestly, he's the kind of gross goober who's fond of other people's fondness.]
Haha, she really sounds like an interesting person - and I'm sure she's wonderful, if she's someone you love. [He wants to MEET HER god imagine that disaster.] Well! No rest for the weary, hm? But all hardships end sooner or later - you'll get the break you deserve, I'm sure.
Believe it or not I used to have a completely normal life before that. [He misses that? So much? And yet this is just how things are now. But the subject of Akane comes up and he just...huffs lightly.]
She's...amazing and frustrating all at once. Pretty sure the main reason I've been able to play this game right is because I know she'd understand and she'd do the same thing. [And probably wouldn't even be surprised Junpei found other people to bond with. The worst part is that Akane definitely goes on tangents about aliens and shit so they'd probably be fine. Still, he doesn't know what WWX's thinking and moves on.]
After we save 8 billion people from a nuclear war? I think we'll take a week off or something.
Hah! Now that's probably the most difficult to believe of all the things you've said yet!
[But it's a gentle tease, at least. Punks gonna be punks...]
Anyway, I think you should probably credit yourself a bit more. I'm sure she's helped! But there's a lot you've done here that only you could do, probably. [...] I also think you could probably take an entire lifetime off after managing a feat like that, but for some reason, I have a hard time envisioning you taking to the retired life well.
[Wow?] Come on! It's not that difficult...I was going to college and everything. [But the smirk says he knows. It's weird.]
...I've never really known how to stop when I start working on stuff, if you really want to know. Even after we saved Akane and she ditched us in the desert I spent the next year doing everything to find her again because losing her wasn't an option. Losing the Decision Game wasn't an option, and...losing here isn't really an option either. It feels familiar in a way I really don't want it to, but...if it helps other people here, maybe it's for the best. You know what they, sleep when you're dead or whatever.
College student Junpei Tenmyouji... How strange, strange indeed!
[But the clear teasing aside, he'll just cheerily add:]
Haha, well, you don't really get to sleep when you're dead either. [REASSURING.] ...Still, I think that sort of thing is invaluable. Sometimes the most important asset a person could have - or any group, really - is the ability to keep going even when the situation is grim. A lot of us refuse to accept when something isn't going in the way we want it to, you know? That's probably not a coincidence, either.
[Maybe because the demons think it's funny to break down stubborn people?? FUCK YOU DEMONS THAT JUST MAKES HIM WANT TO FIGHT MORE.]
Yeah, well. Ex-college student. I dropped out a few months before graduation.
You're crushing my hopes and dreams, man. [Regarding sleeping when he's dead.] But I can't disagree with that either. I don't think we would've gotten nearly as far if most of us just rolled over and quit. We tend to force the issue and make it work in our advantage.
But, admittedly, it makes me worry about what they'll try next when we aren't expecting it.
Ah... Well! To be fair, any sort of life that could be described as "average" doesn't seem suiting to you, anyway.
[That's a compliment, truly it is.
He also just chuckles at the first bit there SORRY SOMETIMES YOU JUST DIE AND REALIZE DEATH IS JUST MORE OF THE SAME. Godspeed, Junpei.]
--Haha, you and I both! I'm sure they know us quite well, after all, and have plenty of time to learn more as we go. Pressing our limits to see when we'll finally reach a point we can't get up from seems like a demonic thing to do, hm? [Though he grins anyway, and there's something to it that's just a little sharper than usual.] On the other hand, it wouldn't be the first time or the last that something inhuman has forced a human's hand and regretted it.
[There's a low hum like "yeah, okay" because haha.]
They did enough research on us to know what'll get reactions, so I'll give them some credit. [Not much though, fuck demons.] ...does that have to do with how you came back from the dead or whatever, or is it something else?
You're not wrong. [On either account, haha. Humans and demons are both problematic on their own.] But isn't being stubborn and making your own choices what being human really means in the first place?
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It is a bit confusing, but to be honest, almost everything you've told me about where you come from is like that? [HE'S KINDA USED TO IT in that "expect the unexpected" way, except it's just "expect Junpei's world to be wild as fuck".
He sure does remember the ring in his pocket, though - and remembers the name which had been brought up when they were discussing those hit clips. There's something a little soft in his voice when he speaks again, because honestly, he's the kind of gross goober who's fond of other people's fondness.]
Haha, she really sounds like an interesting person - and I'm sure she's wonderful, if she's someone you love. [He wants to MEET HER god imagine that disaster.] Well! No rest for the weary, hm? But all hardships end sooner or later - you'll get the break you deserve, I'm sure.
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She's...amazing and frustrating all at once. Pretty sure the main reason I've been able to play this game right is because I know she'd understand and she'd do the same thing. [And probably wouldn't even be surprised Junpei found other people to bond with. The worst part is that Akane definitely goes on tangents about aliens and shit so they'd probably be fine. Still, he doesn't know what WWX's thinking and moves on.]
After we save 8 billion people from a nuclear war? I think we'll take a week off or something.
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[But it's a gentle tease, at least. Punks gonna be punks...]
Anyway, I think you should probably credit yourself a bit more. I'm sure she's helped! But there's a lot you've done here that only you could do, probably. [...] I also think you could probably take an entire lifetime off after managing a feat like that, but for some reason, I have a hard time envisioning you taking to the retired life well.
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...I've never really known how to stop when I start working on stuff, if you really want to know. Even after we saved Akane and she ditched us in the desert I spent the next year doing everything to find her again because losing her wasn't an option. Losing the Decision Game wasn't an option, and...losing here isn't really an option either. It feels familiar in a way I really don't want it to, but...if it helps other people here, maybe it's for the best. You know what they, sleep when you're dead or whatever.
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[But the clear teasing aside, he'll just cheerily add:]
Haha, well, you don't really get to sleep when you're dead either. [REASSURING.] ...Still, I think that sort of thing is invaluable. Sometimes the most important asset a person could have - or any group, really - is the ability to keep going even when the situation is grim. A lot of us refuse to accept when something isn't going in the way we want it to, you know? That's probably not a coincidence, either.
[Maybe because the demons think it's funny to break down stubborn people?? FUCK YOU DEMONS THAT JUST MAKES HIM WANT TO FIGHT MORE.]
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You're crushing my hopes and dreams, man. [Regarding sleeping when he's dead.] But I can't disagree with that either. I don't think we would've gotten nearly as far if most of us just rolled over and quit. We tend to force the issue and make it work in our advantage.
But, admittedly, it makes me worry about what they'll try next when we aren't expecting it.
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[That's a compliment, truly it is.
He also just chuckles at the first bit there SORRY SOMETIMES YOU JUST DIE AND REALIZE DEATH IS JUST MORE OF THE SAME. Godspeed, Junpei.]
--Haha, you and I both! I'm sure they know us quite well, after all, and have plenty of time to learn more as we go. Pressing our limits to see when we'll finally reach a point we can't get up from seems like a demonic thing to do, hm? [Though he grins anyway, and there's something to it that's just a little sharper than usual.] On the other hand, it wouldn't be the first time or the last that something inhuman has forced a human's hand and regretted it.
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They did enough research on us to know what'll get reactions, so I'll give them some credit. [Not much though, fuck demons.] ...does that have to do with how you came back from the dead or whatever, or is it something else?
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[THEY'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. As for that, he just huffs out a little laugh and shakes his head.]
Oh, no - more of a general statement. Humans can be quite a handful!
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