[ sometime later in the evening after all of the assorted chaos of the day, gu yun is fulfilling his nerd promise - by which i mean, he's laid out his fancy era appropriate outfits ("costumes")(?) for mineo to get a look at because he feels bad.
[WHY DOES GU YUN FEEL BAD I'M LOSING IT - but he'll join in!!]
Pardon the intrusion.
[his manners are good okay, he's a rowdy boy but he's been taught etiquette. he tilts his head a little bit when he catches all the different clothes and just makes an admiring noise]
These are so nice - and you just get to wear these all the time?! Whoa!
[ mineo actually gets a special starter! by which i mean, it's not long after mineo throws his phone that gu yun comes to find him, wherever he is. ]
Mineo. [ his voice isn't sharp, necessarily, but there's the edge of a commander to it, very serious. it is slightly less serious because there are what look like cherry blossom petals in his hair and on his shoulders, but otherwise, he's every bit the marshal gu. ] Come help me with something. I need another ear.
[the edge of commander doesn't sit well with mineo - he's no one's to boss around, not when he's so on edge. so he bristles for a bit, but... it sounds like gu yun's actually dealing with something so.
[the thing is that - well immediately after all of that, mineo's pretty hard to find. seems like he's taking care of something else, but afterward he's.... meandering. wandering. like there's an energy he can't get rid of.
so wherever gu yun is, there will probably be a mineo, and he's pausing -
[ the end of execution was more chaotic than ie xpected when i went to take a phone call,
anyway. mineo will find gu yun in... of all places, the ?? room! it's a bit eerie in here, but he's taken to it, for reasons unknown, when needing a place to think. he's sitting cross legged on the crystal ground, head tilted upwards - when he hears someone in, gu yun glances backwards, and then waves a hand in greeting. ]
i wish that these starters were more interesting but they honestly aren't. mineo is in a daze. his feet might finally carry him somewhere, anywhere, and like he isn't paying attention, he bumps right into gu yun
and then needs to take a second to get an idea of where he is because he was just
[ ohhh... buddy. gu yun glances at mineo when he bumps into him, on his way back from fetching a drink, and just. oof. he knows a thousand yard stare when he sees one. ]
...Walk with me, for a bit. [ and he'll fall into step beside him on his wandering. ] What's going through your head?
But you stand there in the Field Operations Office, surrounded by the men who treated you like their beloved younger brother, and you receive no orders. A man who you regard like a mentor, almost like a father, stands in front of you and shakes his head. “... The higher-ups don’t want to move yet. This could still be a prank, so they don’t want to let our resources go to this.”
It’s the first time that you get a taste of rage. Your hand curls into a fist, because someone you know has gone missing, and no one cares enough to find them. “That’s bullshit,” you mutter under your breath, and the saving grace is that even if you’re heard, you aren’t punished.
For the next few weeks, you are kept so busy that you can’t think about the video - but it doesn’t leave you alone. It’s in your bones. The feeling that something’s going to go wrong. The longer that you go without seeing Yuuta Fuji, the worse you feel.
[ hey, mineo. here's gu yun! he's dressed in silks that are no longer destroyed, and though his left arm is still hanging loosely at his side, he looks much, much better than when he was profusely bleeding on the floor yesterday.
he comes into the common room, poking around between medbay stays, and spots a familiar red head of hair. ]
Mineo. [ in greeting, as he comes over. hey, how ya doin. ]
[sure that happened. mineo is just going to be in the rec room trying to get cactus needles out of his hand after he stupidly punched someone with them in
[ gu yun actually had walked in a bit before, spotting mineo. when he comes back, he's got something tucked into his belt.
it's...a bottle of elm*rs glue! he sits down across from him. ]
On a technicality, I suppose it wasn't wrong - I did catch a murderer. [ this comes out a little dryly, because. yeah.
there's a pause, as he lifts the glue bottle, careful. it seems some of the effect of the pod is starting to wear off - he can hold onto it for a little longer than he could earlier. ] ....Grace told me you can use this to get the needles out. If you let it dry, then pull it off, they come out easily.
[ he makes a little gesture with his head towards it, go on.
after a long pause: ]
...I'm getting rather tired of the technicalities of this place, and I don't like the idea of punishing people on what-ifs or past or perceived future actions, either.
I didn't feel like it was the wrong theory until I was proven otherwise. The more that happened through the trial, the more off I felt about him, and my instincts aren't typically wrong. I think it was likely he was going to hurt someone, either through his actions or through his words at a trial, or both.
So. I can't say I feel guilty about it, really. I didn't feel guilty about choosing HK-47, either.
[ it's a few hours after the execution has ended. everyone seems to drift around on sundays, and today's no different, but with yuel alright and an actual killer caught (despite everything) it's actually a fairly peaceful late afternoon.
if mineo's out for a walk, he will find maybe a bizarre sight - it's gu yun, sitting on the floor of the common room. he's got a blanket over his lap at the moment, and he's holding...a couple bunches of flowers? the tv's also on, too, though it's debatable if he's paying much attention to whatever movie is on (though it looks suspiciously like it might be one of those rom-coms from earlier in the week) considering he's just sitting here. staring at these flowers. muttering to himself occasionally. looking back and forth between them. more muttering.
Just a heads up - someone cursed White, if you haven't talked to him or seen him yet today We're all rather cursed at the moment I think but that's a particular instance of it.
[he's asleep in the rec room because this bitch is always sleeping it's the sloth - but he also wakes fairly easily so when he hears footsteps approaching he wakes up, but then when he sees GU YUN waking with PURPOSE he just startles]
[ at some point early in the morning, mineo gets a picture message! it's. a little blurry because someone took his fucking liuli glass but that's besides the point
it's a picture of... flower petals! like a lot of them. like, a stupid amount of them. you can vaguely see gu yun's hand? thumbs up.
and then a second picture! of a door? it's the inside of a door, actually - despite being blurry, it's pretty clear it's a closet? and the flower petals are perched at the very top, set to be dropped on someone's head the minute the door opens. hanging in the closet is molly's coat. ]
Not exactly straightforward Think it will suffic e in terms of a pleasant surprise
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he will hear the sound of something slamming? that's not the investigation. it's just mineo, trying to complete the investigation as he absolutely backs up a few paces before literally trying to throw his shoulder against the door. hard.]
no im kidding. the slam is loud enough to be heard even by gu yun at the moment, and he approaches quickly, though maybe a bit more measured than usual, considering he's currently looking at an extremely blurry person with red hair who he's pretty sure is mineo. ]
Illusion? [ and then goes to step over next to him and try and open the door. ]
[gu yun will be waiting a while. he'll get the notification that his text was read, but there won't be a response or even a visit for about an hour or so after.
but then eventually, there'll be a knock at his door.]
[ well. he doesn't look particularly incensed - he didn't look too incensed during the whole fiasco either, just his usual, commanding self. right now, he's holding a glass of wine at the bar, and when addressed, gu yun frowns into it. ]
Right now? That we need to decide what we're doing with Childe today, if not first thing tomorrow. No matter what that is.
Personally, I think there are too many logistical factors that this group will not be able to keep in play to keep him from harming someone else, and too many things out of our control, like Thursdays as you said. Just as a start, he'll need round the clock surveillance - including of his conversations. Who knows how the Avatars will feel about that. Who knows if the indulgence center will even allow it. He'll likely also receive some kind of reward, because he technically 'succeeded' by not dying and killing someone else, which will be a wild card he will never admit to and no one will tell us. And even if he's injured, for as long as he can run his mouth, I would never count him out of any situation.
I also think the idea of squeezing him for information is pointless, because it'd be like squeezing a rock.
[ he sighs, reaching up to rub his temples. gu yun's got a headache coming on. ] In a normal situation, I'd agree. Throw him in a prison. But this isn't a normal situation.
[ it's weird. gu yun's emotions go from whatever sort of reactive determination that came from that memory and a definite sense of protective irritation to... like...
....chill?
... that's not right??? ]
.... What? [ what the fuck?? why does everything feel so.
gu yun reaches out for mineo's shoulder and his hand just kind of lands there. pat pat. soft. ]
[IT does take a few hours actually for mineo to show up - but eventually he does, emotions still a storm but. well, at least not quite as bad as initially after trial]
... Gu-san.
[there's guilt, gratitude, resignation, worry - but it all starts to ebb away now that mineo is in someone else's company]
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weekend 0, saturday
there are two besides the one on his body - a black one and one with a nice cloak. his liuli glass monocle sits with the pile, and a tiger shaped charm roughly the size of a hand sits with it.
gu yun himself, in a different outfit from earlier, leans back against the wall, amused. ] There you go - the real thing.
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Pardon the intrusion.
[his manners are good okay, he's a rowdy boy but he's been taught etiquette. he tilts his head a little bit when he catches all the different clothes and just makes an admiring noise]
These are so nice - and you just get to wear these all the time?! Whoa!
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Mineo. [ his voice isn't sharp, necessarily, but there's the edge of a commander to it, very serious. it is slightly less serious because there are what look like cherry blossom petals in his hair and on his shoulders, but otherwise, he's every bit the marshal gu. ] Come help me with something. I need another ear.
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What am I listening for?
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week 0, post-execution
so wherever gu yun is, there will probably be a mineo, and he's pausing -
before nodding his head in acknowledgement]
Gu-san.
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anyway. mineo will find gu yun in... of all places, the ?? room! it's a bit eerie in here, but he's taken to it, for reasons unknown, when needing a place to think. he's sitting cross legged on the crystal ground, head tilted upwards - when he hears someone in, gu yun glances backwards, and then waves a hand in greeting. ]
Mineo. How are you holding up?
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week 1, post-trial
i wish that these starters were more interesting but they honestly aren't. mineo is in a daze. his feet might finally carry him somewhere, anywhere, and like he isn't paying attention, he bumps right into gu yun
and then needs to take a second to get an idea of where he is because he was just
walking]
... sorry, Gu-san.
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...Walk with me, for a bit. [ and he'll fall into step beside him on his wandering. ] What's going through your head?
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week 2, tuesday for variety [1/3]
OF COURSE MINEO IS GOING TO SEE SOMEONE and that someone right now is gu yun]
Oh - hey, Gu-san.
[he will try to pass by quietly but. nah]
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And then: a declaration (22:59 - 23:18).
But you stand there in the Field Operations Office, surrounded by the men who treated you like their beloved younger brother, and you receive no orders. A man who you regard like a mentor, almost like a father, stands in front of you and shakes his head. “... The higher-ups don’t want to move yet. This could still be a prank, so they don’t want to let our resources go to this.”
It’s the first time that you get a taste of rage. Your hand curls into a fist, because someone you know has gone missing, and no one cares enough to find them. “That’s bullshit,” you mutter under your breath, and the saving grace is that even if you’re heard, you aren’t punished.
For the next few weeks, you are kept so busy that you can’t think about the video - but it doesn’t leave you alone. It’s in your bones. The feeling that something’s going to go wrong. The longer that you go without seeing Yuuta Fuji, the worse you feel.
Until another video proves you right (16:40 - 17:35).
And with every sickening gunshot, and with the word ‘justice’ in your mouth like a poison - you feel like maybe you died that day too. ]
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ah.
and then - because it's gu yun, mineo seems to still and look him in the eye]
.... forget you saw that.
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w2 friday!
he comes into the common room, poking around between medbay stays, and spots a familiar red head of hair. ]
Mineo. [ in greeting, as he comes over. hey, how ya doin. ]
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he glances over at gu yun]
Gu-san...
You don't see anything playing on the TV, right...?
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week 2, post-trial
but he'll look up when someone walks in]
.... it wasn't the worst theory, Gu-san.
[it being fukuda]
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it's...a bottle of elm*rs glue! he sits down across from him. ]
On a technicality, I suppose it wasn't wrong - I did catch a murderer. [ this comes out a little dryly, because. yeah.
there's a pause, as he lifts the glue bottle, careful. it seems some of the effect of the pod is starting to wear off - he can hold onto it for a little longer than he could earlier. ] ....Grace told me you can use this to get the needles out. If you let it dry, then pull it off, they come out easily.
[ he makes a little gesture with his head towards it, go on.
after a long pause: ]
...I'm getting rather tired of the technicalities of this place, and I don't like the idea of punishing people on what-ifs or past or perceived future actions, either.
I didn't feel like it was the wrong theory until I was proven otherwise. The more that happened through the trial, the more off I felt about him, and my instincts aren't typically wrong. I think it was likely he was going to hurt someone, either through his actions or through his words at a trial, or both.
So. I can't say I feel guilty about it, really. I didn't feel guilty about choosing HK-47, either.
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... careful, Gu-san. Never know if you'll be the one picked tomorrow.
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[ that's sweet of you, mineo!! he lifts his glass up - it's about half full. ] Just a glass to wind down after an exciting day.
Come join me for a bit? You don't have to drink, if you don't want to.
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week 3 post execution
if mineo's out for a walk, he will find maybe a bizarre sight - it's gu yun, sitting on the floor of the common room. he's got a blanket over his lap at the moment, and he's holding...a couple bunches of flowers? the tv's also on, too, though it's debatable if he's paying much attention to whatever movie is on (though it looks suspiciously like it might be one of those rom-coms from earlier in the week) considering he's just sitting here. staring at these flowers. muttering to himself occasionally. looking back and forth between them. more muttering.
?? ]
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... making a bouquet, Gu-san? I didn't expect that from you...
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w4, monday closes my fucking eyes
We're all rather cursed at the moment I think but that's a particular instance of it.
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It's good for healing hearts
[DID HE READ THE FIRST TEXT AT ALL]
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w4 tuesday this is not how i wanted to achieve dailies again
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Gu-sa—whoa?!
[he falls off the couch]
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week 4, post-trial
anyway mineo is just going to wander around after - that? after that. and he'll just pause when he sees gu yun]
... hey, Gu-san.
Are you going to see Amane-san?
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respond at first? but, eventually, seems to actually shake it off and looks at mineo. ]
...Mm. I have some things I want to ask her, and I think she may tell me over others. Are you?
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it's a picture of... flower petals! like a lot of them. like, a stupid amount of them. you can vaguely see gu yun's hand? thumbs up.
and then a second picture! of a door? it's the inside of a door, actually - despite being blurry, it's pretty clear it's a closet? and the flower petals are perched at the very top, set to be dropped on someone's head the minute the door opens. hanging in the closet is molly's coat. ]
Not exactly straightforward
Think it will suffic e in terms of a pleasant surprise
[ share your feelings with a prank (?) ]
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Learned a bit from Misa: nothing we didnt already know.
Thought that "Light" would not love her if not for ki lling someone.
Was cursed all Friday and into Saturda y as well
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Pulling On the Pigtails Of the Person You Like
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Oh cool we're looking for someone with the What Are Those power
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he will hear the sound of something slamming? that's not the investigation. it's just mineo, trying to complete the investigation as he absolutely backs up a few paces before literally trying to throw his shoulder against the door. hard.]
Fuck.
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no im kidding. the slam is loud enough to be heard even by gu yun at the moment, and he approaches quickly, though maybe a bit more measured than usual, considering he's currently looking at an extremely blurry person with red hair who he's pretty sure is mineo. ]
Illusion? [ and then goes to step over next to him and try and open the door. ]
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w5 post trial;
After, come meet me in my room.
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but then eventually, there'll be a knock at his door.]
Gu-san. It's me.
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week 5, sunday
well. mineo is going to head over to find gu yun and just plainly:]
.... what are you thinking, Gu-san?
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Right now? That we need to decide what we're doing with Childe today, if not first thing tomorrow. No matter what that is.
Personally, I think there are too many logistical factors that this group will not be able to keep in play to keep him from harming someone else, and too many things out of our control, like Thursdays as you said. Just as a start, he'll need round the clock surveillance - including of his conversations. Who knows how the Avatars will feel about that. Who knows if the indulgence center will even allow it. He'll likely also receive some kind of reward, because he technically 'succeeded' by not dying and killing someone else, which will be a wild card he will never admit to and no one will tell us. And even if he's injured, for as long as he can run his mouth, I would never count him out of any situation.
I also think the idea of squeezing him for information is pointless, because it'd be like squeezing a rock.
[ he sighs, reaching up to rub his temples. gu yun's got a headache coming on. ] In a normal situation, I'd agree. Throw him in a prison. But this isn't a normal situation.
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week 6, monday. zzzzzoooted
they're leaving the casino
wow
it's just a high feedback loop
and it takes like a minute for mineo to say anything before he just settles on a soft:]
................... wow.
i keep looking at this and just laughing
....chill?
... that's not right??? ]
.... What? [ what the fuck?? why does everything feel so.
gu yun reaches out for mineo's shoulder and his hand just kind of lands there. pat pat. soft. ]
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week 6, friday
Find anything today Gu-san?
Where are you
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I did, yes. Seems to be the only location available to us at the moment.
It was a bit strange.
I'm in my room. The door's open.
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week 6 post trial, belatedly
Come by the observation room, whenever you're ready.
I'll be here for a few hours.
wow today happened so much
... Gu-san.
[there's guilt, gratitude, resignation, worry - but it all starts to ebb away now that mineo is in someone else's company]
Before I forget, I have something for you.
u are valid
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