PC: Haruka

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weekend 0, friday

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[ continued from here ]

[ raising his eyebrows. tell him how you really feel about sharks, sir. but then there's a question and jonas frowns lightly. ]

I'm still trying to figure that out. You'd...you'd think we're remember actually dying, right? But I don't know how else we got here either.

[squirt]

[ it's just the truth. dolphins are cuter. (no they're not, dolphins are hell creatures.) ]

Yeah. I don't remember either.

There's no reason to believe everything right away. [ no it's probably all true, he's just contrary ]

w0 monday

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[ jonas is in the park, commandeering one of the swings and scrolling through his phone. he seems to be hyperfocused on that for the time being, but he hears footsteps and snaps his head up immediately.

at least he relaxes when he sees who it is though. ]

Haru, right? How's it going?

[squirt]

[ he should be more intimidated by haru, clearly the fiercest competition here. ]

Jonas. [ hi ] ...It's fine.

[ after a second, taking over the other swing. ]

You seem tense.

w0 ; sunday

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[ hi jonas. he doesn't want to be at the selfie emporium or mcdonalds after these past two days, so he's just chilling at the park again, this time sprawled out under the One Tree.

the first thing he says has nothing to do with trial or execution. ]

Do you know how to swim?

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[ i hate to say this but it is entirely possible that jonas is IN the tree above haru, so here they are. the question is a little odd, but he hums in thought. ]

I learned when I was a kid, but it's not something I do a lot. [ so, enough to probably stay alive. ] Which is probably kind of stupid since the ocean's not really that far, but...[ he shrugs. ] Definitely not the same level I'm guessing you can.

[ the dude has swimming on his profile twice. ]

w1 friday

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...hey
i get if you're not in a place to like
deal with people or literally anything
i don't know if you're the kind of person that like
wants to talk after stuff like this happens
but i wanted to check in anyway
just in case?
text is like no pressure but...idk if you need a distraction we can figure something out
you get it


[ and if haru ignores the text then this is the shortest pc in the history of ever and that is okay nu i will not be offended. ]

[squirt]

[ yeah pc over bye forever

no but when he does respond, it's very early the next morning. witching hours style. ]

thanks
youre both nice. you and alex

w1 ; sun

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[ i'm sorry this is so late ty sometimes you get movie brain and die. anyway, post-execution, he's hanging around the warehouses; outside of froggystle's base, he's sitting and looking over their wall, which is heavily spraypainted with their logo, a swole portrait of gerard, a cherry blossom tree... that kind of thing.

he's looking over it idly, head empty, and blinks when he spots jonas. ] Ah. Hi.

[ sorry he's still mostly an incommunicative lump. ]

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[ spiderverse is way more important it's fair. anyway they're outside! jonas is wandering because he really is tired of being inside and sitting. and so...he's just approaching. ]

...hey. Up for company at all, or do you want to be alone for a while? [ like. they caught rin's murderer, but also today was just kind of tiring. ]

w2 tuesday

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[ how did haru get to the skatepark. that's for nu to figure out because it's my starter. that is to say today jonas is back at the skatepark and he has a skateboard that he's rolling around on, idly going over flat surfaces and making little jumps over curbs, bumps and obstacles. he has his phone in his hand and he seems to be scrolling through, but when he looks up he at least comes to a stop in front of him. ]

Did you see the update?

[squirt]

[ he's here because he's thinking about how much cooler the skatepark would be if it were underwater. no, he's just chilling and like, rollerblading.

other sports are fine. jonas looks more used to this though, considering he can text and drive at the same time. ]

About the bites? Sure. Why, did you want one?

w2 sunday

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[ assigns us canals because i refuse to put haru next to the lake where rin died, thank you. anyway the canals are running, there are gondolas, and jonas is on maybe his third cigarette of the day while his blood pressure's going through the roof.

but. he does try to beat back the distraught waves of whatever he's feeling to level out to something more calm when he approaches. ]

...hey, Haru. [ but it's hard, considering there are still little tendrils of sadness woven into that. ]

[squirt]

[ you don't want to pc by rin's bathwater? unbelievable.

haru would usually comment on the cigarette because it's bad for your lungs and you need lungs to swim. but today, unfortunately, is not usual. jonas seems like someone who's so good at keeping his emotions on lock, and even he's clearly affected by the violence of today. the senseless loss.

haru, as he approaches, is not very good at controlling anything: his emotions are alternating waves of grief and shock, as crushing in their force as the sea. to contrast, his voice is soft and level. ]

Jonas. [ h. hey. ] You were there too, right?

[ he wasn't really taking stock of who was staying and who left. ]

w3 ; tues

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[ honestly he's probably stuck in one of the open grave holes. but instead of trying to claw his way he's just vibing down there on his phone. hello. ]

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[ well. yeah. as you do.

unfortunately jonas is just going to sit at the edge of this hole and look down at him, legs dangling a little. he's really at some point just decided to take the approach of letting haru do whatever he wants and only stepping in if it seems like he's going to hurt himself or somebody else. ]

Comfortable?

w4, monday

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[ sometimes you just wander around and find yourself in places you have no business being. this is how jonas finds himself following to the end of the rainbow and the pool at the base. and it's about then he realizes this is a waterfall, and he's staring at it blankly before he sort of just laughs to himself.

he's also, like, not surprised to see haru has also made his way here. where there's water, after all... ]

So...this district's a little too bright for my tastes, I think.

[squirt]

[ jonas is correct :) water... he loves him a water. but he's also not incredibly surprised that it isn't to jonas's tastes. he just doesn't seem like the rainbow and sunshine kinda guy. ]

Yeah. But this place specifically is nice.

[ the little pig that splashes down the waterfall gleefully also seems to agree!! holds you at gunpoint for a mem ]

w4 thurday

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i heard you were part of that first group who disappeared
i'm not a healer so i didn't...
not that that's an excuse not to show up but
too many cooks etc
im rambling sorry that's stupid
the point is consider this me checking in
are you okay?

[squirt]

[ not immediately, but before curfew: ]

dont worry
no reason to watch people show up and panic

im okay
hows hoshino

w4 saturday

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[ he seriously does not come here on his own. but he kind of has a suspicion that if haru's going to be found anywhere, it's where he's most comfortable and familiar and safe.

so. eventually jonas enters the gym and enters the pool, and he keeps his approach slow before he just sits down at the side of said-pool near wherever haru is. ]

...we don't have to talk, like, at all if you don't want to.

[squirt]

[ haru has actually properly healed himself enough that he can sit around and stick his leggies in the pool. his body language is insanely tense, but his expression is pretty calm. ]

...It's okay. I wanted to thank you, anyway.

w5 ; thurs

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hey
do you need anything

[ ARE YOU OKAY is the standard question but he will simply assume the answer is no ]

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a reality check?

[ that was sent more on instinct, so he pauses and sends another message. ]

sorry. um. i think i'm ok?
kazuki and vash helped bandage some of the stuff that came open
i think my body's almost back to normal so...should just be a matter of all of that finishing

w5 saturday

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[ around the warehouses, whether haru is coming or going, he may notice jonas is outside leaning against the tbd warehouse and lighting a cigarette. he doesn't feel like going that far, weirdly. but he looks up at him and nods slowly. ]

What a day, right? [ two murderers missed, and now their nahida. ]

[squirt]

Yeah. [ what a day. if he weren't a career jock, maybe he'd want a cigarette right now too. ] ...Sorry, Jonas.

[ said softly. ]

w6 saturday

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[ assigns us a hole in the ground tbh--no it's fine they are either at the pool or they're at the park, i'm making you pick where jonas is because it's likely he'd go and find haru anyway. regardless, he has an unlit cigarette in his mouth and he seems to be staring into middle distance. ]

...you know, we never did really figure out what the hell happened with Netzach and Yuzuriha. [ WE TRULY JUST. DIDN'T GO BACK. AHHHHH. and that's depressing to think about. ] It sucks, and you probably don't want to hear this, but...you did good today.

[ haru did find the gundam feet...you returned to your foot roots... ]

[squirt]

[ they can be at the park so jonas can smoke eventually and not get cucked by haru's pool etiquette. he's still got his legs in the lake though. ]

We all worked hard. None of the answers are good.

[ FEETVIDENCE........ today was hellish. he stares out at nothing too before closing his eyes, and in the hollowed out voice of someone who truly no longer cares about anything in this fucking game: ]

I killed Yuzuriha and Netzach. [ so now he knows ]