week 7

[airlockedmods]

[For the first time in several weeks there is no new memorial in the garden. No new body in the morgue, no bloody mess for the roombas to clean. Choromatsu is still in need of time to heal and constant vigilance but he's alive. They're all alive for once on a Sunday and, even with the terrible realizations their returning memories may bring, there's a sense of hope for the first time in a long time.

There is no new floor this week.

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your activity for week 6, submit your memory regains and put in your threads for the Benefactors!]

Comments

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Junpei doesn't even knock, he just peeks in at the open door to see whether or not Choromatsu's awake, and even then, doesn't come in. He just nods a little.]

Hey, Sketch.

[He slides a hanger with a green plaid outfit onto the inside doorknob.]

Figured this was yours.

[shikosuki]

[ He stares at the green plaid... yeah that's his, all right ]

...Why do they keep giving you my stuff?

[misanthropicprinciple]

I keep getting everybody's stuff. Every time I talk to someone, I wake up with panties here and plush chocobos there and here I am with two shirts to my name and a grandma-scented candle.

[shikosuki]

[ what the fuck ]

Yeesh, and I thought getting a vibrator was bad.

[ pause ]

...You only have two shirts? Are you sure you don't want to keep mine then?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Uh. Would it fit? I mean...

[He's 5'8", Churro, and not built like a spindle.]

I've still got the spacesuits and the kigurumi.

[shikosuki]

It might? The pants probably won't but the shirt might.

[ Five inches can't be THAT bad right ]

But if you're sure you don't need it... I'm glad to have it back.

[misanthropicprinciple]

...You should keep it, I think. Green isn't really my color.

[And it's a piece of home that Choromatsu probably needs. Junpei hesitates, then finally enters the room properly, though he stays leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.]

If I ask you how you're doing, is it gonna be annoying?

[shikosuki]

...No. Though honestly, I don't even know how to answer that.

[ He's alive but... he doesn't really feel okay ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Man. I don't know. I was kind of hoping it would annoy you.

[He rubs the inner corners of his eyes.]

I'm a little pissed.

[shikosuki]

[ Ah.

He looks down. Though honestly anywhere but at Junpei would be good right now. ]

...I'm sorry.

[ But he knows that's not going to be enough. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

I'm not gonna yell, for what it's worth. I'm a bitter son of a fuck, but I'm not entirely unsympathetic. And you are laid up. It wouldn't be sporting.

[But, after Rhys and Angel? Yeah. He's a grumpycat Tenmeowji.]

I read some of your letter.

[shikosuki]

[ Honestly not being yelled at almost makes him feel worse. He was braced for that. But the quieter-but-still-clearly-mad-and-disappointed-with-you stuff cuts real deep. ]

...How much?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Enough to get mad at you? About the part where you told us not to blame ourselves.

[So, like. Three paragraphs in. Junpei has a fairly low anger point.]

[shikosuki]

...I see.

[misanthropicprinciple]

...You know... you know why I'm mad, right?

probably should have a blanket suicide CW on these threads, whoops

[shikosuki]

Because I was stupid and tried to kill myself?

[ what else would it be ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

--Well, yeah, basically?

[He's not yelling, but he sure has a lot of feelings about this.]

Choromatsu, I--how are we supposed to find a way out of here if everyone with eyes stops looking?

[shikosuki]

[ Junpei may not be yelling but. Well Choromatsu now is. ]

I was trying to get out!!

We've been here over a month! And there's nothing! How is there even supposed to be any other way out of this at this point?! There's just no end until we die!

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Okay, well, now Junpei's a liar, because he raises his voice to match Choromatsu's, uncrossing his arms and letting his fists drop like heavy weights at his sides.]

That's not--I refuse to let that be true, but I need--you can't leave us to work this out alone! We can't... if people keep dying, I'm not smart enough to work this out by myself!

[shikosuki]

And how am I supposed to help?! I know you said I should give myself more credit... but I'm not smart enough, either! I've only ever liked looking smart! You guys don't actually need me...! [ And no one back home did either. ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Of course we do! That's--that's what I'm telling you, that I do! I need--your perspective, the things only you understand! What the hell, Choromatsu, what if you're the key to getting out of here and you don't know? You don't know!