[She nods, also looking Stressed and... pretty angry, though that isn't directed at him by any means. Polly, why!! Regardless, she takes a breath as she nods.]
Yeah. Yeah, I'm...heading that way myself. [God. GOD!!!] Come on. [He calls for the elevator and gets in, waiting for Beck before hiding the button for the panthouse.]
Sure. But just because she was the source doesn't mean she's the current host. [It's a theory he has and given that he's staring straight ahead and not making eyecontact it's not a theory he's happy with. The elevator arrives soon enough, but when the doors open he hesitates.]
What do you mean...? Weren't we still voting for the source, not the host?
[She steps out of the elevator without realizing he isn't automatically following, and she looks back at him once she notices he isn't moving forward.]
...source could also include both of them, since she used him to summon the demon. [But he nods and steps out of the elevator, heading for the door of the panthouse. This time he doesn't hesitate and instead raises a fist to pound on the door. Open up my dude.]
They won't have to spend too much time pounding on the door, because Carlos will open it up quickly enough. He looks understandably pale, but. Well. At least it's not deathly pale. Haha.]
... Hey.
[He's stepping aside so they can come on in if they want.]
[Beck can ask questions. Junpei's just. Going to immediately look around the room for anything alcoholic they can drink. It's fine. He hasn't slept since they woke up Friday, Carlos is maybe still possessed...it's cool. Cool cool cool.]
[...yeah he's still quiet, opening and mixing things and pouring a significantly bigger amount of booze into his own glass. He keeps thinking about Carlos's body stitching itself back together because that ballroom wasn't that big, friends!!
I don't like a lot of things right now, so you may as well say it already. [...but he moves to hand Beck her drink and also one for Carlos if he wants. Carlos's has less booze and more mixer in it since he still looks unsteady. He'll go back for his own and lean against whatever's convenient. Jounter. Jall. Whatever.]
[He's a social drinker through and through, but. Well. He's definitely taking that drink if it's offered to him. He would like to be in his head a little less right now, thanks!]
... You'll find out tomorrow anyway. It's best if I tell you now.
[He's not happy about it. Obviously.]
You guys remember what Polly said when she explained herself? Chuuya and Nathan didn't do the trick, but the ritual worked when she used me. And then... We both got torn apart. The same thing happened to both of us.
Not if the ritual required the energy of both. [He's taking a drink, voice clipped and annoyed. He would still love to kill Polly with his bare hands, it's fine.] They're both bound to this demon now. Is that it?
[Sometimes guys come back to life and you listen to what they have to say.]
He mentioned some kind of guidance. Stuff he learned "on the other side", wherever that is, and just knowledge he earned. [A glance at Carlos.] That's why I asked. I wasn't sure if it was that, or something you saw in the field now that your memories are back.
[He nods at Junpei's explanation. That's it, yes.]
It's like that. Though I'm still trying to figure out why it feels that way. There's a lot of stuff I didn't know before that I do now, and my head's kind of... [VAGUELY WAVES HIS HAND. It's been a long day.] It's all I have to go off from right now, anyway. I've been trying to access the field since I realized we got our powers back. This whole situation should have made it easier to tap into, right? But... something's not right.
[...HE TAKES A DRINK BECAUSE HAHA, OOPS. But he mumbles something that sounds like a muffled version of "morphogenetic field" and it echos in his glass. Have fun Carlos!]
[.......................... GIVING JUNPEI A LOOK LIKE YOU! BITCH! HE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!! Why is exposition being left up to him. He's only known about his powers for, like. A little over a week? Bitch!!!]
... Uh. [UH.] Have you ever heard of the Morphogenetic Field, Beck?
Man why do I have to explain it? [But alright, alright...] The Morphogentic Field is an invisible space that's used as a way to pass information between living things. Telepathy is a form of use, for example. When information exists in the field, it kind of resonates with other living beings.
[A drink.] Here's an example. There was an experiment in Britain, I think, that asked a group of people to identify two pictures. Thousand people. One picture was of a dog, and one was a lady in a hat. A little over 9% of people could see the lady, but only 4% could see the dog as a dog. Later, though, the same experiment was televised somewhere else in the world. That experiment only had 850 people but it involved the same pictures. The number of people who identified the lady was almost the same, the dog results doubled. It's because the solution of the pictures transmitted through the field.
People with really strong connections to the field can do things like send mental messages to each other, or alter the consciousness of another person. There're also people who have the ability to see across multiple timelines and universes. They can see different outcomes and different memories of their other selves...and they can also jump timelines by sending their consciousness through the field to another version of themselves.
...we're called espers. [Okay, thanks, storytime over! He looks at Carlos to see if he has anything to add.]
Because, uh, you've known about it for the longest time.
[Out of the two of them, anyway. Don't make Carlos give out exposition. He's the baby ESPer here. :( Sad. He rubs his neck once Junpei has finished, though, glancing over to Beck.]
It's just like Junpei said. We're espers. I've always been able to use the field to know which paths have death at the end, but...
...you know what, sure. That's not a bad way to describe it. That's almost easier, like a fourth dimension. [Instead of literally every way it was ever explained to him. ] I'm not really sure what makes it so a person can access that dimension. It's something to do with human conscience being higher I think. Some people develop their powers early and some don't access the field for a long time. Carlos didn't know until recently, and it's only been about a year for me. We're also both able to SHIFT if conditions are met, but we haven't been able to here.
[A look to Carlos. ] You get to explain SHIFTing. You're the one who started that first.
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Needless to say, he's back to looking incredibly stressed?]
Beck...going somewhere?
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Yeah. I wanted to see him... Want to come with?
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...what do you think is going to happen to him?
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[She steps out of the elevator without realizing he isn't automatically following, and she looks back at him once she notices he isn't moving forward.]
...Are you coming?
[Not that she blames him for hesitating.]
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They won't have to spend too much time pounding on the door, because Carlos will open it up quickly enough. He looks understandably pale, but. Well. At least it's not deathly pale. Haha.]
... Hey.
[He's stepping aside so they can come on in if they want.]
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[She comes in, trying not to stare at him, but she does glance his way. Asking how he's feeling seems hollow, but...]
It's nice to see you. Can we get you anything?
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...yeah. You're not looking so good. [Just. Putting that gently.]
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[Haha. Understatement.
He offers Beck a smile, though. He's really trying his best not to be too much of a downer.]
I don't need anything right now, but thanks. I appreciate it.
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[And she hesitates, but—]
It's okay if you'd rather not talk about anything that happened, but... Can I ask you something?
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It's fine, Beck. [He can talk about it. He... knows he has to talk about it, even if he's still overwhelmed.] What is it?
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[The question he's leading up to, though, has to do more with the aftermath of the trial than that.]
Do you know why you're here, too, not just Polly?
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He's admittedly curious, too.]
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He nods, slowly. It's impossible to disguise how hesitant he is to answer, but...]
I have a theory. [...] You're not going to like it.
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Like I said... You only have to answer if you want to.
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... You'll find out tomorrow anyway. It's best if I tell you now.
[He's not happy about it. Obviously.]
You guys remember what Polly said when she explained herself? Chuuya and Nathan didn't do the trick, but the ritual worked when she used me. And then... We both got torn apart. The same thing happened to both of us.
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[Which is, haha, you know. Great. He stares at the drink in his hand for a long moment before taking a sip.]
I felt pain when she got dragged away. And then I had no choice but to follow after her. That's never happened before.
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[Bad!]
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If we exorcise and kill her tomorrow, you'll die. [JUST COMING OUT TO SAY IT.]
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Whatever happens to her is probably going to happen to me. That's my theory.
[...]
So... I need a favor from you guys.
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...Of course. What is it?
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Pretty sure I owe you at least one by now. [So yes, what is it?]
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[... YEAH.]
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[She already agreed, but—]
You don't want to look for another way?
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I'm not letting you die here. Not after everything. There's gotta be another option. I have people looking into it, that's not...no.
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[He's making that one thing clear, even if it sounds contradictory.]
But some things need to happen before we fix this, and I get the feeling this is one of them.
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Why do you think that? And... What things?
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...is this a feeling or did you see something?
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Do you remember what Chuuya said after we all woke up?
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He mentioned some kind of guidance. Stuff he learned "on the other side", wherever that is, and just knowledge he earned. [A glance at Carlos.] That's why I asked. I wasn't sure if it was that, or something you saw in the field now that your memories are back.
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It's like that. Though I'm still trying to figure out why it feels that way. There's a lot of stuff I didn't know before that I do now, and my head's kind of... [VAGUELY WAVES HIS HAND. It's been a long day.] It's all I have to go off from right now, anyway. I've been trying to access the field since I realized we got our powers back. This whole situation should have made it easier to tap into, right? But... something's not right.
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Sorry, the... field?
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... Uh. [UH.] Have you ever heard of the Morphogenetic Field, Beck?
[Carlos is not having fun. :(]
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[???]
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Man why do I have to explain it? [But alright, alright...] The Morphogentic Field is an invisible space that's used as a way to pass information between living things. Telepathy is a form of use, for example. When information exists in the field, it kind of resonates with other living beings.
[A drink.] Here's an example. There was an experiment in Britain, I think, that asked a group of people to identify two pictures. Thousand people. One picture was of a dog, and one was a lady in a hat. A little over 9% of people could see the lady, but only 4% could see the dog as a dog. Later, though, the same experiment was televised somewhere else in the world. That experiment only had 850 people but it involved the same pictures. The number of people who identified the lady was almost the same, the dog results doubled. It's because the solution of the pictures transmitted through the field.
People with really strong connections to the field can do things like send mental messages to each other, or alter the consciousness of another person. There're also people who have the ability to see across multiple timelines and universes. They can see different outcomes and different memories of their other selves...and they can also jump timelines by sending their consciousness through the field to another version of themselves.
...we're called espers. [Okay, thanks, storytime over! He looks at Carlos to see if he has anything to add.]
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[Out of the two of them, anyway. Don't make Carlos give out exposition. He's the baby ESPer here. :( Sad. He rubs his neck once Junpei has finished, though, glancing over to Beck.]
It's just like Junpei said. We're espers. I've always been able to use the field to know which paths have death at the end, but...
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[Give her a few moments to try and wrap her head around this. She's definitely making the math lady meme face.]
Like some kind of pocket dimension that contains a bunch of information only certain people can access?
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[A look to Carlos. ] You get to explain SHIFTing. You're the one who started that first.