mineo.

[enfangs]

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week 1, post-trial

[sengokus]

[well you see

as soon as trial lets out

mineo is just going to walk two steps out of the conference room, listen to the doors slide shut and locked behind him, and then he's gonna just.... slump his back against them. he moves to sit his ass right down on the floor, knocking his head against the doors.]

........... fuck.

[enfangs]

[...

when white sees him, he pauses, shoving his hands into his pocket as he leans over.]

Don't give yourself a concussion.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . he just

furrows his brow]

..... it'd be better than being conscious right now, I think?

[he's got

the worst fucking headache]

[enfangs]

Well, if you want, I can knock you out.

[sengokus]

[ . . . .

he pauses like he's thinking about it

it's that bad]

[enfangs]

Yikes. That shitty, huh?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just

places his face in his hands]

I don't even know, White-kun.

I'm just... pissed we didn't figure out anything that actually mattered.

[enfangs]

... Considering how things went last time, I kind of had a feeling this would happen when it turned out we had two corpses.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . ]

Some of it didn't go - that badly. [he wants to give credit] We found everything in enough time.

[ . . . ]

But -

... for what...?

[enfangs]

Finding shit is easy. Making sense of it is the hard part.

[sengokus]

.... and yet it still feels like we missed something. Something that somebody was hiding on their person.

[enfangs]

Seems like it. Not like we're all that strict with the checks, anyway...

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

I think -

We need to be stricter. Even if that can be pretty hard.

[enfangs]

Maybe get that Gu Yun guy to help you out, then. He's good at bossing people around.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he pauses]

....

Do you trust him, White-kun?

[enfangs]

Huh? Not particularly, no.

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

Then I don't really want to ask him for help.

[he just sighs.]

Don't tell anybody -

.... but I don't really trust that many people here.

[but it's just easier when everybody thinks that he's easy to manipulate]

[enfangs]

[...]

Are you saying you trust me? [if he's telling him this?] What the fuck is wrong with you?

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

You were gonna follow me into a hallway with a killer robot with a crazy gun....

[he

doubts

that white was just gonna sit around and popcorn while it happened]

[enfangs]

[internal screeching]

I-I told you! I was bored and wanted to get out of the room!

[sengokus]

... okay. Well, I'm choosing to believe that wasn't true.

{just easily enough, and shrugging]

But I don't think you'd stab me in the back. So... yeah, I trust you. I don't want to regret it.... but I don't think I will.

[1/2]

[enfangs]

[stop don't dismiss his lies so easily

but. he looks away, looking like a mixture between startled, touched, and also maybe a little on the verge of a breakdown. it's probably fine.]

[enfangs]

[before he coughs into his hand. very smooth.]

W-Who else is on that list, anyway?

[sengokus]

[white....

mineo just pats his shoulder in confusion? doing okay?]

Hm? Oh....

.... Takeru.

[ . . . . ]

Endorsi.

[and

after a little while, he nods.

it's a short list.]

[enfangs]

[it's fine he's still just learning how to handle people being kind to him

anyway.]

... You seriously have shitty taste in people.