[ so it's saturday morning. or a morning. it's hard to say what day of the week it is or anything considering jonas hadn't slept for a good 24 hours the day before but now that he's a little more rested he's in search of something caffeinated to soothe his nerves again.
the nicotine helps, given he still has a cigarette between his teeth, but coffee just hits differently. he wasn't lying when he told that guy yesterday that he wasn't a bean snob, but he can't say he's really excited to have mcdonald's coffee as his only option either.
Yeah, wedged between a chair and table all night. It's pretty comfy if you get the angle right.
[ just. immediately. that's the response. he's also fucking lying, but he doesn't elaborate. ] I also don't feel like fighting my way through the Ikea until I find food, so. Until we find more options, this'll have to do.
[ lifts a hand back in a wave. and wanders closer to drop under the tree. he figures this is fine, so...he takes a cigarette and a lighter out of his pocket to light his own. ]
[ anyway jonas is in the park and probably sitting at the top of the slide. also probably only really visible thanks to the light of the cigarette in his mouth. he is hiding up here and no one can stop him, thank you!!
except there's shu down below, so he sort of sticks a hand out from the top of said-slide and flickers his lighter to catch his attention. ]
Coming or going? [ hello, how are you, are you also dead inside? ]
the barrier went down! sort of. god knows where they actually are, but. y'know. the barrier went down! amazing. rng says they're at the colosseumn which is a mistake because i always spell that wrong.
shu is perched up in the viewing seats, watching the lions pace around the arena thoughtfully. ]
Not quite what I expected. Think they'll hold the trial here next week?
[ jonas is just here next to him, also watching the lions? this is a real-ass colosseum and he has a lot of questions. unfortunately he doesn't have a good answer. ]
You see the lions, right? If anything it'll probably be where they host next week's erasure.
[ honestly same though. which is why jonas sees this, and because he's a teenager, just decides the best option is to actually sit on the ground near the bench and also sort of sprawl out. ]
[ good morning. jonas is just here at a table or a booth, whatever you want to call it, and he seems to be eyeing a stack of pancakes? but he at least nods a greeting to shu when he sees him. ]
See, this is, like, already a vast improvement over McDonald's.
[ voids us, but probably also just aimlessly walking outside. probably heading to the park. and he falls into step with shu while he's lighting up before he offers to do the same for him. ]
Knew it was too good to be true. [ their winning streak!! ]
shu is somewhere near the bubble machines, watching the bubbles form and float away with people inside them. just, y'know. casually. he's squinting at the bubbles like he's trying to figure out how the fuck this is happening, which means he doesn't see the pig racing into his legs. haha ]
[ i had an idea of what i wanted to give you but now i might change it for matching thematics, but you tell me if you want matchie themes for bonding or more spooky/lore stuff in exchange becks.
anyway this is fair. jonas himself was also trying to figure out how the bubbles are happening (how the whole fucking cloud city is happening, truthfully) but he doesn't get very far at all when the pig barrels into shu's legs, encasing both of them in a barrier. he barely has a chance to say anything when he sees something he's, like, pretty sure he's not supposed to be privy to.
but he pays attention. he pays attention to the way shu presents himself, to the way teuta responds and her fluctuating emotions, to the slow-dawning realization of something that had been there for a time that the two of them hadn't put a name to. and he pays closer attention still to the heart of what it all means.
"It broke me. I don't want you to go through the same thing."
it's something that he actually seems to understand probably more than he wants to. so when the memory stops, jonas is left quiet and sort of blinking uncertainly, like he's debating if he's even allowed to commentate on it. so, first, he breaks the moment with a little bit of a joke. ]
...you ever think about how often girls say they aren't mad when they really just want you to guess why they're mad in the first place?
[ oh they are absolutely going in the catacombs. it's happening.
shu's absolutely using his lighter to squint at some of the skulls lining the walls here. he's heard of catacombs, sure, but this is the first time he's ever been in one directly. ]
I think I prefer the graveyard. But this is definitely one way to remember people.
he's like. sitting on a bench pretty out in the open but away from everybody. he's also on-guard, so when he appears he turns his head to look at him.
he. still doesn't quite look normal? it's like halfway between his normal teen appearance and a man in his mid-20s, maybe someone 21-22 age range. some of the scars on his face have reopened, but appear to have been attended to and are slightly more fresh than they were. he's in the green seeds coat so it's hard to see anything else that might have occurred, but there's fresh blood on the back at least. so something happened there.
he doesn't say anything though? just. staring at him for a bit like he's trying to place who this is. ]
[ we are at milk & cookies because i, personally, wish i had a cookie. jonas is also kind of eyeballing all of this sugar, but it's equal parts hunger and disbelief. ]
Okay. So. Paris. Italy. Mythological clouds. And now the literal North Pole. Can you believe this?
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weekend 0, saturday
the nicotine helps, given he still has a cigarette between his teeth, but coffee just hits differently. he wasn't lying when he told that guy yesterday that he wasn't a bean snob, but he can't say he's really excited to have mcdonald's coffee as his only option either.
he is surprised to see shu's back again though. ]
Don't tell me you slept here last night.
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[ just. immediately. that's the response. he's also fucking lying, but he doesn't elaborate. ] I also don't feel like fighting my way through the Ikea until I find food, so. Until we find more options, this'll have to do.
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w0, monday
location doesn't matter but for the sake of setting, shu's sat under the tree. also smoking. because i have the power now.
he'll just lift a hand and wave it when he sees jonas. ]
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"Go To Sleep", Shu?
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w0 thursday this can also be wednesday night if you want becks you tell me
how'd the rest of your decorating go?
i am a-ok with thursday, the day the bells tolleth
i didn’t do a lot of decorating
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w0, saturday
except there's shu down below, so he sort of sticks a hand out from the top of said-slide and flickers his lighter to catch his attention. ]
Coming or going? [ hello, how are you, are you also dead inside? ]
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Staying, might be the better way to put it.
[ he's not climbing up the slide, so he'll just sit at the bottom of it. ]
That went well. [ he sounds so insincere. ]
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w1, monday
the barrier went down! sort of. god knows where they actually are, but. y'know. the barrier went down! amazing. rng says they're at the colosseumn which is a mistake because i always spell that wrong.
shu is perched up in the viewing seats, watching the lions pace around the arena thoughtfully. ]
Not quite what I expected. Think they'll hold the trial here next week?
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You see the lions, right? If anything it'll probably be where they host next week's erasure.
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w1, sunday post execution
honestly? mood. ]
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So. This continues to suck.
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w2 monday
See, this is, like, already a vast improvement over McDonald's.
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[ wagyu? ]
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w2, saturday post trial
Need a light?
[ he's not even going to assume jonas isn't going to be huffing like a chimney. that's a mood and a half. ]
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I'm not gonna say no. [ he'd been halfway to grabbing a cigarette from his pocket, so you know. ] After that I think we could both use it.
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w3 monday
Well. Since they're obviously listening somehow, maybe we should ask for a bar again. Wanna check out what's playing?
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[ why not. ]
... Sure. I'm not sure I've been to an indoor theatre before.
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w3 thursday
shu tell me the trap door didn't send you straight to wherever the hell you went
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I am telling you the trap door didn't send me straight to wherever the hell I was.
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w3 saturday
Knew it was too good to be true. [ their winning streak!! ]
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Somehow I'm still surprised it took this long. [ ... ] I assume people bottled their votes at the last minute.
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w4, monday
shu is somewhere near the bubble machines, watching the bubbles form and float away with people inside them. just, y'know. casually. he's squinting at the bubbles like he's trying to figure out how the fuck this is happening, which means he doesn't see the pig racing into his legs. haha ]
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anyway this is fair. jonas himself was also trying to figure out how the bubbles are happening (how the whole fucking cloud city is happening, truthfully) but he doesn't get very far at all when the pig barrels into shu's legs, encasing both of them in a barrier. he barely has a chance to say anything when he sees something he's, like, pretty sure he's not supposed to be privy to.
but he pays attention. he pays attention to the way shu presents himself, to the way teuta responds and her fluctuating emotions, to the slow-dawning realization of something that had been there for a time that the two of them hadn't put a name to. and he pays closer attention still to the heart of what it all means.
"It broke me. I don't want you to go through the same thing."
it's something that he actually seems to understand probably more than he wants to. so when the memory stops, jonas is left quiet and sort of blinking uncertainly, like he's debating if he's even allowed to commentate on it. so, first, he breaks the moment with a little bit of a joke. ]
...you ever think about how often girls say they aren't mad when they really just want you to guess why they're mad in the first place?
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w4, saturday
...we never did figure out what the fuck was up with your pin, did we?
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[ uggggh ]
Although we now know pins don't matter as much as we might've thought they did?
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w5, monday
shu's absolutely using his lighter to squint at some of the skulls lining the walls here. he's heard of catacombs, sure, but this is the first time he's ever been in one directly. ]
I think I prefer the graveyard. But this is definitely one way to remember people.
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It's creepy, right? Like...can you imagine getting lost in here? Eventually you hit a point where the light stops touching.
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w5, thursday
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he's like. sitting on a bench pretty out in the open but away from everybody. he's also on-guard, so when he appears he turns his head to look at him.
he. still doesn't quite look normal? it's like halfway between his normal teen appearance and a man in his mid-20s, maybe someone 21-22 age range. some of the scars on his face have reopened, but appear to have been attended to and are slightly more fresh than they were. he's in the green seeds coat so it's hard to see anything else that might have occurred, but there's fresh blood on the back at least. so something happened there.
he doesn't say anything though? just. staring at him for a bit like he's trying to place who this is. ]
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w5 saturday
i'm sure you want to spend time with your team right now
but i wanted to check and see how you were holding up
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You guys? Sorry that we didn't figure what happened to Setsu.
[ ("what about simon") what about him. ilu eric. ]
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w6 monday
Okay. So. Paris. Italy. Mythological clouds. And now the literal North Pole. Can you believe this?
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I don't think we're going to survive another trial at this rate. [ so this better almost be over. ]
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Two months, wasn’t it? I don’t think we’ll have time for another one.
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