Audience: Wei Wuxian

[gatonina]

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[gatonina]

[cinnabun will lead wei wuxian down the hall toward junpei's office! as the door opens for him, he'll find junpei sitting at his desk with his head in his arms and just kind of resting. but he'll lift his head in greeting upon hearing someone approach.]

Hey.

[givethemhell]

[He's going to pick Cinnabun up once they get through the door if he's able, so he can cuddle her!! He's also in a significantly improved mood after the pizza party planning committee came together, but it's probably kind of hard to tell since he never wears his emotions on his sleeves ANYWAY THE LITTLE SHIT.

But he'll mosey over and take a seat nearby, giving Junpei a look-over.]

Hello, yourself. That was quite a weekend, mm?

[gatonina]

[she absolutely allows this, cheerful little rabbit squeaks as she settles in for cuddles. but he's giving wei wuxian a look-over himself as he grins slightly.]

I think that's kind of putting it lightly, man. Definitely one of the busiest we've had in a while though. Doing okay? [after your third week of murder???]

[givethemhell]

[HE LOVES CINNABUN!!!!! She gets the most affectionate little cuddles and scritches before he finally turns his attention back to poor Junpei. He grins in turn, and though there's an edge of weariness to it, it's a little less one-step-off than he's been in the last few weeks.]

Mm, holding up. [THREE FUCKIN WEEKS STRAIGHT OF MURDER PLEASE GOD.] I have hopes moving forward that things will be - a little cleaner, I hope? [GOD THIS

YAKKETY SAX ASS FUCKIN WEEK.]

--How many times did you do that thing where you roll your eyes way up and look like you're about to punch someone?

[gatonina]

[that's something, at least. junpei seems relaxed enough and while cinnabun settles for her cuddles junpei props his head up with his hand to watch them.]

Yeah, no, trust me. I'd really appreciate that. [AHHHH.] What makes you think I was doing that at all? [he says with a small smirk. it's fine, wei wuxian's pretty well aware of junpei's personality by now.]

[givethemhell]

[He will perch on the edge of Junpei's desk like a rude little shit, still grinning down at him. SOMETIMES YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH A GREMLIN.]

Ah? You're going to tell me that not even once you sighed and said to yourself "those idiots"?

[gatonina]

[oh my god. that's fine, he doesn't seem to care and uses it as a chance to pet cinnabun's ears himself.]

Not at all. Except hey, quick question, what the fuck did you use for your tracks? I swear you're getting more and more obscure.

[givethemhell]

[Everyone else out there using normal shoes with neat shoe tricks MEANWHILE WEI WUXIAN IS JUST HERE LIKE "LET'S MAKE SNOO." He seems vaguely amused by that, at least. The entire kill was brutal and terrible and traumatizing, but he did still find their gelephant and freets hilarious. He is... a shitpost.]

Oh! We glued frisbees to our socks and then flung them into the forest when we were done.

[gatonina]

I...of course you did. [HE DOESN'T KNOW IF IT'S OKAY TO LAUGH BUT HE SORT OF WANTS TO? jesus.] I didn't even know you knew what a frisbee was.

[givethemhell]

[LAUGH ANYWAY SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LAUGH IN THE FACE OF MADNESS. Or maybe that's just the end result of madness. Either way.]

Hah, I didn't know what they were called until someone else went to play with them, but I knew how to use them. More importantly, they're a good shape for covering tracks! Better than baseball mitts or tennis rackets, at least. Though perhaps not as good as those hunting shoe covers...

[When will he get his Snoo....2!!]

[gatonina]

[that's all they have left, it's terrible.]

You'd think by now people would've realized it, but...maybe it's a good thing they haven't. I'd rather you stay alive just a little longer, sorry to say.

[woof. no dead gremlins, thanks.]

[givethemhell]

[A GREMLIN WANTS TO BE DEAD SOMETIMES but a little less now, at least. Sometimes when you are a government assigned murderer, finding out you aren't alone and forming an extremely bizarre support network helps enough.

He laughs again anyway, kicking his heel against the side of Junpei's desk.]

No rest for the wicked, is that it? Hah... Well - I wouldn't want anyone new having to come up to speed at this point anyway, and I've never wanted to risk anyone else having to do this in my stead.

[And now it's all but confirmed that that's exactly what will happen, so unfortunately, he'll cling like a crusty little barnacle to life for as long as he's able.]

[gatonina]

No good deed goes unpunished. May as well throw that in there, too. [but there's a half-hearted grin.] I don't blame you. If it were me you know I'd do the same if it meant one of the others didn't have to.

[givethemhell]

I know. A lot of us are like that, unfortunately.

[Horrifically self-sacrificial to a detriment, honestly... But it's part of why he loves his stupid demon friends so much.]

Or maybe fortunately? We've all done the best we could do and none of us have snapped yet!

[HE SAYS, SO CHEERILY, like Beau didn't ask like a week ago if he could kill her for their weekly pick.]

[gatonina]

See, it's the "yet" part that kind of concerns me but I guess you've got a point. Think we can make it to the finish line like this?

[givethemhell]

[He just laughs at that because FAIR HONESTLY.]

We seem to be heading in that general direction, at least? Which is already miles better than how we were faring at this time in the last world.

[gatonina]

You mean back when we had no idea which way we were even supposed to go? Yeah, no, I'd say we're way better off. I can feel it.

...I just hope it stays that way. That's all.

[givethemhell]

Haha, certainly it'd be much more devastating to fail after achieving this kind of hope!

[He says it cheerfully but only because he knows he'd just fucking snap if that happened! And possibly reenter a state of catatonia so maybe it'll be fine either way. You can't be miserable if you're just not mentally present!]

But we've been doing well enough just putting one foot in front of the other this whole time.

[gatonina]

[me, reading that as a state of california and just nodding like a dumbass. but also, like, mood.]

It's how I survived all of the other games. Why should this be any different? [shrug!]

...how are the others? Do you know?

[givethemhell]

[yeah he's also just gonna leave for the state of cali if we badend]

Hah... What a thing to be an expert in. [He gives Junpei a very sympathetic look. As for that:]

Mm? I think just about everyone on this side is in a state of "well enough, or at least not dead" by this point.

[gatonina]

That's...well, I guess I'm not sure what else I expected, but at least we aren't any worse off than we started. That's what counts.

[givethemhell]

A bit telling that that's our method of determining how well off we are...

[IT'S SO SAD but he just raises his shoulders. THEM'S THE BREAKS.]

One foot in front of the next, ah?

[gatonina]

At least we know it's a good basis for judgment don't we? [NOT REALLY.] One foot in front of the next until we can all just collapse on the ground and not move for a while. That's my end goal.

[givethemhell]

[NOT REALLY, AT ALL, but he just laughs.]

Ah! Mine, too. I'd like to take a nice coma at the end of this all.

[Just

not even a nap. A wholeass coma.]

[gatonina]

Uh...you don't think that's a little too extreme?