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[ aw somebody looks nervous -- ]

[ well. of all not even remotely sexual possibilities and reasons she could have wanted to talk to him in secret, this was not one he expected. ]

[ or even considered a possibility. ]

...

[ it's probably visible on his face, his expression shifting away from amusement and toward calculating. he's not really frowning, though. there's no confusion or scandalization there, just vague distaste, as if she'd splorged a bottle of ketchup on her pasta at dinner time. ]

[ ...yeah basically Junpei is a topic equal to vomit and/or cockroaches. ]

Where'd that come from?

[ That's just a bit less confession-y than "How did you find out", but also nowhere near as defiant as "What?! Who said that?" and the like. ]

From me poking my way into things that aren't strictly my business, of course. It wasn't a case of anyone deciding to tattle to, Iunno. Get you in trouble.

[ She sticks her tongue out briefly, just to acknolwedge how ridiculous that idea is. Even buffgel couldn't kick Squalo's ass lbr. ]

And I'm not going to tattle to anyone, either. I just want to establish that before we, um, go any further.

[ STILL NOT TALKING ABOUT SHARKFUCKING, ]

[ BUT SHARKFUCKING IS A MUCH BETTER TOPIC THAN THIS. ]

[ also listen buffgel could kick anyone's ass any time ]

[ his expression grows more neutral as he shrugs. ]

Points in your favor.

[ Somehow it sounds like he honestly doesn't give a shit whether or not she does tattle to anyone. He's not going to stop her. But of course, that doesn't mean he won't extra respect her deciding not to. ]

[ come on, go further. ]

That all you wanted?

[ Aaaaand she's already breaking out the smiles. Good. It's always nice when you can have civilised conversations about things some people might consider not so civilised. See, she told Junpei this would be okay!

Uh, for her, at least. She better get on making it okay-er for him too. ]

Um, no, that's not quite all. Can I ask for a huge favour? I was kinda hoping you maybe wouldn't, uh. Head off and murder him again. If that's possible.

[ Isn't it? Stop being adorable and murder-friendly, Angel. He's got too many friends as it is. ]

[ He gives her a Look that can't be interpreted as much else other than "Seriously?" which then turns into a deadpan. ]

Depends entirely on him.

[ Yeah he's pretty much admitting it now, not that it wasn't obvious before. But since Angel is treating this normally, he doesn't see a point in dancing around the subject; it's not like him at all. ]

[ He's the kind of guy that minces people, not words. ]

Entirely? So you have no plans to go after him unless he starts being a douchebag to you? None?

[ She has to check, okay. She doesn't want to come out of this looking stupid, geez. ]

If so, I... think that'll work out. I knew you'd be reasonable about this!

[ Unlike SOME PEOPLE who thought she'd be forced to give up Junpei's location. God. So little faith. ]

I have no plans to go after him unless he continues being a douchebag to me or things I care about.

[ Just a hint of growl in his voice. Look, he loved that fucking goldfish. Junpei brought the murder on himself! ]

He crossed a line. [ u know what that means, Ange. His expression goes cold, serious, definitely meaning business. ] If the lesson sticks, it sticks. If it doesn't, I'll break him as many times as it takes for him to fuckin' stay dead.

[ there we go he's opening up to you!! isn't that what friends do ]

[ he's totally not asking for his whereabouts though. SOME PEOPLE should check their double standards honestly. for shame. ]

[ he even offers her another smirk and a small shrug, more lighthearted now. the steely disposition has worn off for the moment. ]

What can I say, I'm a reasonable guy.

[ Okay but Scary Growly Badass Squalo is actually really fucking cool and if it wasn't super inappropriate Angel would probably applaud or something.

But she's supposed to be preventing continued murdernanigans so uh. Yeah. No clapping. Outside her head, anyway. ]

Very reasonable, I think. I'll make sure he knows the terms! I don't see why this shouldn't work out. And hopefully, it means nobody else will get to know about any of this! Since that could get kinda. Messy.

[ Angel... are you sure you're not like all the other girls that are secretly looking for their dad in a mate according to freud ]

[ Squalo clearly doesn't think she's in any position to lay out terms for him, but he hears it out anyway, mostly pleased with her reaction. ]

I can handle it. [ by MURDERING EVERYONE INVOLVED ] It's just easier if I don't have to.

[ aka he's not going to ask you not to tell so stop trying to vaguely blackmail him, but if you decide not to he will be actively okay with it ]

[ ~~look as long as squalo doesn't start insisting that he's a hero for murdering his way across town it's fine and unjacklike ok!!!~~ ]

Dude, I know you could handle it. Kinda worried about everyone else, especially with the strain the revival system puts on the town.

[ Meaning there's no vague threats here. If anyone tells, it'll be Jumpy. Manhunts are dumb and only make more trouble and Angel would rather not have to follow through on any secret promises to be a power source for admin-chan just yet. ]

[ ~~HE'S A HERO OF HIS OWN STORY ALRIGHT~~ ]

That's not my problem.

[ It's not angry or irritated, just a blank statement of fact. Keep the smartass detective on a leash and nobody gets hurt! Isn't that nice. ]

[ DON'T GO AND BECOME DURACELL-CHAN JUST YET!!! ]

I... suppose it isn't, no.

[ Not directly, anyway. As long as the duracell-chan thing DOES pan out. Then it'll just be Angel's problem! Awesome. And by "awesome" I mean "holy shit that sure is some overwhelming sadness sloshing around in Angel's thinkmeats."

It only lasts for a second, though. Because smiles! SMILES ARE AWESOME. ]

I don't suppose it matters, anyway. Since I'm certain Junpei will keep quiet. Especially if I remind him that doing otherwise could compromise the system and kill us all that much sooner! And nobody wants that, right? I know I still have a billion or so things I want to do before dying again.

[ Angel no :( ]

I don't care whether he keeps quiet, so long as he's not talking to me.

[ HE'S A SIMPLE GUY WITH SIMPLE NEEDS. You know you support his decision to murderate the ass that was being mean to his dead best friend the fish! Don't even try to play it up otherwise. ]

[ More importantly, though. ]

About that "system"... We're running out of time, aren't we.

Okay, dude. Firmly established that he'll be keeping quiet for his own sake, possibly mine, and definitely not yours.

[ She'd laugh, but. That last question kind of puts a stop to that. ]

And, um. Yeah. Pretty rapidly, I think. I spoke to the administrator, and she confirmed that resources are still critically low. Winter just gave us enough power for a last shot at things, I guess. I doubt it'll last for any significant amount of time. Sorry.

[ SHRUGSHRUG that sounds fair to him. Junpei would still better not try to piss him off further, though. He's not exactly know for his patience. ]

[ SORRY TO BE A BUZZKILL, BABE. ]

Well, shit. [ sophisticated and to the point. ] Any places that still need to be checked? [ Because, you know, he's still leaving. Sorry. Not actually saying sorry but it probably sort of hangs in the air when he offers an actual explantion without being prompted; ] Too many people for me here.

Oh, you're going...? Oh. Okay. Um.

[ LOOK HOW DISAPPOINTED SHE IS. WEH. ]

Let's see... I think everywhere is already covered. You know about the funeral door, Peter's got that one. And witchy Rhys is heading to the bunker to open that up, but he's gonna wait until we get there a day after to actually explore it. Just in case. New areas tend to be dangerous.

[ Super dangerous. Bleh. ]

You could kinda head that way too, but separately? In case something else opens up, or if more people are needed inside? Not that I'd blame you if you didn't want to. I'll probably end up waiting outside unless I'm needed, because. Y'know. Bunker.

[ EVEN MORE BLEH. ]

Peter's got that one if we fuckin' pay him for it. Can't say I trust a guy like that.

[ SAID THE MURDERING MURDERER WHO MURDERS ]

[ But anyway; he does want to be in on the action. He just doesn't want to rub asses with five more people to that end. It's already making his paranoia spike up, and he's perfectly aware it's worse than how it used to be before he's spent too much time here. "MN poisononing", was it? ]

[ He gives her a skew smile that he hopes is somewhat comforting (or at least vicious toward bunkers and not her. ]

Wouldn't miss the grand reveal. I'll be around. Just text me if you need company. [ And, just because this conversation isn't making him look like enough of an asshole for his taste all of the sudden; ] We've still gotta make out in front of your dad for great justice, don't we?

[ TEASING. probably. but isn't there a grain of truth in all the pokes ]

[ look how sweet and human and not-murdery-at-all he is! clearly anyone he's killed was in the wrong, right? ]

Oh, he'll do it if he ever wants his freaking music player charged again. I'd like to see him find someone else who can --

[ oH GEEZ. Predictably, even the jokiest mention of makeouts turns her scarlet and has her immediately looking towards the closed door just in case Rhysish screams start coming from the other side of it.

When they still don't start after ten seconds or so, she relaxes. Just a bit. Tiny teeny lil babby weenie bit. ]

Dude. You can't want to watch Rhys' skull explode that much. You've seen one fountain of blood spurting from a guy's head and you've seen them all, you know.

[ There. At least she can sound normal, despite being a glowy red beacon of blushes?? ]

I might take you up on that, though. WAIT WAIT THE COMPANY THING not the making out in front of Jack thing.

[ nvm strike that ]

So you do have something to hold over him. Nice.

[ That's kind of adorable. Also dumb, but hey. He grins; he probably just forgot about noodle boy's well being there but there's no reason to announce that. ]

Right. Might be best to take him outta your friend's head first.

[ but the makeouts can totally happen then, right ]

[ excuse that little bit of hyena laughter. ]

Well, if you'd rather have both...

[ teasing ]

Yuh-huh. And I'm ruthless enough to use it, too. Grr.

[ LOOK SHE'S BADASS AS FUCK. Her face drops a little at the mention of removing Jack, though. How to even explain that tangle of bullshit?? ]

And, uh, don't count on Jack ever getting uninstalled. Seriously not likely to happen. It requires the removal of all Rhys' cybernetics, and it - you know, it's kinda like killing the guy? And Rhys is kinda a big softie like that. Killing someone is different when you know them, right? Harder. So. It's pretty safe to say he's always gonna be --

[ hey guess who's suddenly hyper fucking aware that Jack isn't watching right now ]

-- uh. Watching.

[ oh hey does that mean its time for A KISS ]

[ just kidding ]

[ He does listen to all of that tangle of bullshit, and honestly it's pathetic but it's also not something he can't comprehend. He has some soft friends of his own. He doesn't quite understand that adversity to killing, but he knows about it. ]

[ This just sounds so shitty, though. Didn't Angel mention she wanted that guy dead before? Was this all on Rhys then? ]

That's ass. You're just gonna put up with [ vague gestures at everything ] that forever? Best decisions aren't always the easy ones. If you need someone else pulling the plug --

[ he would kill your holographic father for you babe so your best friend doesn't have to HOWEVER THAT WOULD EVEN WORK he probably sucks with cybernetics but its the thought that counts ]

[ or they could just pour coffee on the shiny hole in Rhys' head that would work too right ]

[ DON'T TEMPT HER, TOOFS MCGEE. Except ok no there are more important things than that right now -- ]

No! No no no. Don't do that! It has to be his decision. Rhys'. I - I mean, don't get me wrong, that's. Weirdly touching, actually, but. Don't.

[ tmw you're getting gooey eyed over someone offering to murder your shitty AI dad

~*~just angel things~*~ ]

Living with it isn't even that bad. You get, uh. Used to the limitations?

[ ~*~ THIS COULD BE THE ONLY CHANCE THEY GET ~*~ ]

You shouldn't have to get used to it.

[ master of sweet talking right there isn't he. ]

Fine. Legally, though, it's your decision.

[ if they were in a hospital the opinion of a relative would matter over the opinion of a friend (???) and all that. ]

[ also it sounds like noodle boy is choosing his embarrassing crush over his alleged best friend's mental well being just saying :/ have you considered getting new friends ]

[ ~~C E A S E,~~ ]

Well. Life isn't fair, is it? None of us should have to scuttle our way through a post-apocalyptic snowy ass-scape, but. Here we are. We deal with it, right?

[ Grateful smiles all up in here. LOOK AT HER DECISIONS GETTING RESPECTED

D-DOKI! ]

Plus still getting to piss Jack off in safe ways now and then is pretty fun.

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