7Rings PSLs

[housewolf]

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[housewolf]

Meet you there.

[It doesn't take him long to get back.

He's standing right in front of the door and waiting.]

[mukagen]

[ GOJOU IS HERe and he's a bit concerned. Douman has been acting weird lately, especially weird, and now he came up dead. ]

Hey. Are you all right?

[housewolf]

Physically there's nothing to worry about.

[There's a moment of discomfort. He's seen what happens at trials. There's nobody to vote for but the culprit if they find them.

But...]

They tried to poison me.

[mukagen]

[ What the fuck is Omi talking about? It takes him a moment to connect— ]

Gramps?!

[ ????? ]

[housewolf]

[ ... A shakey breath in.

He nods. ]

[mukagen]

[ ............................ ]

You... Did you kill him, too?

[ WHAT IS GOING ON? He knows Omi has done things, but WHAT? ]

[housewolf]

He made us ramen during curfew, but he wouldn't eat it first.

[Ugh.]

I used that power to force him to eat his own cooking.

[mukagen]

So it was poison.

[ Closing his eyes, he doesn't know what to say. ]

I should have known. He said some pretty weird things to me yesterday.

[housewolf]

[ It's hard to know what to say now.

Is he supposed to be sorry? He isn't.

His arms are crossed. He doesn't move closer. ]

What did he say?

[mukagen]

Stuff like... You don't know what I can do to him and something like. [ Squints. ] Why would I want to be reminded of my failures? He seemed really out of it and I wonder if it's because of the weekly effect.

[ Gojou is like. Somewhat sympathetic because they went on such a wild ride.

However, clown is super shady. ]

[housewolf]

The weekly effect. It could've been.

[A tired sigh.]

We're both envy.

[It really could've been something like "If I can't have him, then you definitely can't".]

[mukagen]

That's true... Did you notice him acting weird around you yesterday? At all? Even before curfew.

[ Gojou frowns since despite the weird conversation he had with them, he does like Douman to some degree. More that there's a part of him that latches onto things he sees in them.

Also, don't mind if he checks Omi for injuries. Just cause clown at the food, doesn't mean they didn't maybe struggle after. ]

[housewolf]

Uh... He was pulling away, after you came back. Like he didn't want to talk to me at all.

[ His arms have some nail marks after Douman struggled and Omi couldn't get far enough away. ]

I don't know if you remember any of that.

[ There's also a bruise on his throat, but that was from Gojou. ]

[mukagen]

... It would be too suspicious to heal up. Nail marks shouldn't be too bad—if anything, we can say I made them.

[ Mmf. But wouldn't it be better to be honest? Gojou closes his eyes. ]

Medb's really attached to him, too, so that's another issue if they figure it all out.

[housewolf]

I'm usually covered in scratches and bites. It would be weird if I wasn't.

[ The marks are usually on his back, not his forearms.

Are they really doing this? They're going to lie about it?

Who's going to be hurt if they are? Is the group going to throw somebody else under the bus? ]

I don't know her well.

[mukagen]

Good. No medpod.

[ He doesn't like the idea of scapegoating someone, either. It just doesn't sit well. ]

We can probably talk to the justice hounds here and see if they're willing to figure something out. Douman was not... So friendly on the trip we went on, so I think they'll be keen on the fact he's gone.

[ Gojou doesn't think it's bad since he also thought gramps was going off the deep end. ]

[housewolf]

[ They are at week three: can they successfully organize a no vote? ]

The... The justice hounds.

[ Is that what Gojou's been calling the officers? Somehow he's not surprised, even if he does repeat it back. ]

This is... I don't want anybody else to die because I defended myself.

[mukagen]

[ The real answer is no. He took it from Mahito kind of, but yes. Gojou thinks of them as that, but he doesn't mean it as a derogatory term. He pats Omi's shoulder. ]

We'll figure something out, let's go talk to Mineo and Sasazuka.

[ Cause Gojou knows they're Real cops. ]

[housewolf]

[ He's going to take Gojou's hand in his, if he lets him. He's stressed and he doesn't want to die. Even if he thinks it's impeding, at least he can hold Gojou's hand through this. A tiny bit of stability he desperately needs right now. ]

... Okay. I trust you.

[mukagen]

Yeah, it'll be all right!

[ He takes his hands and interlaces their fingers, giving it a firm squeeze. Tugging him along, he gives the necessary people a text. ]

They're normies, too, so they should be sympathetic.

[housewolf]

[ He squeezes Gojou's hand, trying to reassure himself. Easy to follow where he's lead, at least.

Will it actually be alright? He'd definitely like to believe it. ]

They'll understand self defense.

[mukagen]

They will, but I don't know if everyone will. For now, you can stay quiet about it for now.

[ at least until they talk to the normies and their friends. They have good heads on their shoulders, he hopes?

And they can fast-forward where for some reason Law takes the fall for it??? Like, purposely takes credit. Gojou isn't happy about it, but... Rip. ]

[housewolf]

[Omi was not that close to Law. He doesn't like the idea of him taking the blame for something he didn't do.

Now he's standing in front of Gojou's door. Just waiting for him to come back.]

[mukagen]

[ Gojou was also not close to Law, but he respected him... So of course, he also visited the guy in his jail, asking him questions because he didn't need to do that. In the end, the answer is the same. It's for Steven.

After the talk, he comes back. ]

You could have waited in your room, y'know.

[ He pats Omi's arm. ]

[housewolf]

I could have.

[But he didn't... Douman might have tried to kill him, but the room still feels emptier than he's used to. It's been something like three years since he's had to be alone.

And tonight he really doesn't want to be.]

I don't really mind waiting.