Viewing Party 2 - R3: THE RE-CRY-ENING

[misanthropicprinciple]

We got castmates. We got clues. We got crap to bitch about. They get a library? And a LAUNDRY MACHINE?

Welcome, murderfam... TO THE R3 LIVEWATCH.

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[cyan_maid]

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[The moment hangs in the air. It's quiet heavy, quite thick, and Jane can feel it prickling at her senses, and - she knows there's a lot more under the surface, but this is no night to unearth that. She just nods, understanding and firm.]

Do you still want to be that person?

[misanthropicprinciple]

[She startles a laugh out of him, one that's a little choked and a little choked up.]

Yeah. God, yeah.

[He presses his hand over his eyes and smiles a pained, rueful smile.]

As long as this is the kind of world where little kids need saving, how can I be anything else?

[cyan_maid]

[The sound is just a little startling. Jane flinches, thinking she's said the wrong thing, but...she can't be sure. Hesitantly, she reaches over, placing a warm hand on Junpei's shoulder.]

...Well...it's not like you've got to do it alone, anymore. Right? Not anymore.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[He looks at her through his fingers, surprised. Then, good thing he's already hiding his face, because it crumples a little, both grateful and terribly bereft.]

I never did.

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<small>[He looks at her through his fingers, surprised. Then, good thing he's already hiding his face, because it crumples a little, both grateful and terribly bereft.]</small>

I never did.

<small.[He's not the kind of guy who can accomplish anything by himself. Always, he's had people around who could feed him the information he needs to complete a puzzle or solve a case. Always, always, he's had Akane, even if he hasn't always known it.

And for the first time in his life, he's leaving her behind. From now on, he <i>is</i> doing it alone, in some way. He breathes out and rubs at his face.]</small>

Sorry. 'M all mixed up. Just... why couldn't someone get in there and help his kids, before he had to... I <i>hate</i> this.

[cyan_maid]

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[C'mere, senpai, you. You need a hug. You're getting a hug right the hell now because there is never any shame in needing someone's help. Whether it be Akane's or the two estranged branches of a fucked up murder family tree.]

I hate it too. I hate it. I hate...so much...about what these people are going through. About what we all went through. There's no way....no other way to describe it but as bullshit.

[misanthropicprinciple]

[He makes a noise because no, he's the adult here, he shouldn't be relying on a kid like Jane to comfort him, but he's so miserable. It's so hard to be here, watching, listening to a guy only a year older than him say, 'So that's it, then.'

He puts a hand on Jane's arm and swallows past the lump in his throat.]

I didn't just become a detective to find Kanny. Everything... I gave up everything to stop this shit from happening.

[cyan_maid]

[Kid she may be, but obviously that didn't matter to InterGal7. Not after her or Thomasin or the other teens locked up in Starfield Penitentiary right now - and for however long it took to take this establishment down, it couldn't matter. Not when it came to this.]

...How could you know, Junpei? How could any of us know that this was going on before we turned up here? We...we're not omniprescent, we can't stop everything.