INBOX ⦿ EDGE OF REVERIE

[gunmettle]

INBOX

"This is Juzo Inui. Leave a message."

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[bratsunemiku]

[ holds up a GIANT BLUE HAND to cover her sTUPID RED FACE ]

HELL NO

[gunmettle]

[ Juzo's maw parts just a little. Is he... smiling? ]

You are. Kiddo, don't tell me you got a crush.

[bratsunemiku]

[ UNINTELLIGIBLE GROANING AND MUFFLED SCREAMING ]

[gunmettle]

I'm gonna take that as a yes. Have you told him?

[bratsunemiku]

Fuck, Juzo, I've known the guy for a WEEK.

[ and what a week... it has been. ]

[gunmettle]

Been one hell of a week. Sometimes that's all it takes.

[ He slides into one of the barstools next to her. ]

Tell me what you like about him.

[bratsunemiku]

...

[ she seems, at once, like she doesn't want to talk about it and also like she's been wanting someone to talk with about it. ]

You remember when my double showed up? [ as if it wasn't like 4 days ago ] Mentioned my best friend, David... I was crazy about that gonk. Ain't no one I cared about like I cared about him. Even though he never looked my way like that.

I guess... Ryunosuke reminded me of him, a little. Always tryin' to do right by others, even when it sucks for him.

[gunmettle]

He's a good guy, isn't he? Maybe seems like he's too good.

[ Too good for someone who lives the life she does. Or lived it, rather. ]

[bratsunemiku]

Tch.

[ She hasn't been able to quite look Juzo in the... uh, barrel? But she looks away all the more at what he says.

Because he's right. ]

... Yeah.

[gunmettle]

Let me tell you somethin', as someone who's lived a not-so-good life and found a way-too-good guy, you'd be surprised at how quickly those kinds of people accept you at your worst and find a way to love you in spite of it.

[ He angles his barrel in her direction, sees her looking away and puts a hand on her shoulder. ]

Ask him out, Rebecca. This place can go to hell in a handbasket at a moment's notice. Any shot you can take at findin' something good is worth taking.

1/2

[bratsunemiku]

[bratsunemiku]

Did you seriously just tell me to take a shot?

[gunmettle]

I did.

[ Amused. He knows how that sounds coming from him. ]

I could tell you to bite the bullet, too, if you wanted.

[bratsunemiku]

STOP.

[gunmettle]

Okay, okay. I'll stop. Can't blame a guy for a few puns every now and then.

[ He is such a dad. ]

In any case, give what I said some thought. You should know better than anyone that it's not worth it to leave regrets behind.

[bratsunemiku]

God, what are you, my dad!?

[ yeah. ]

[gunmettle]

[ You see this icon? This is happening now. ]

Welcome to the family, kiddo.

[bratsunemiku]

Welcome my ass!

[ BITES HIS HAND ]

[gunmettle]

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

[ moment over ]

[bratsunemiku]

[ there are no 'moments' when you adopt a gremlin, Juzo!! ]

I ain't part of some stupid FAMILY

[ except that she already is. ]

[gunmettle]

Little late for that, Short Stack. You got a nickname and everything.

[ A pause. ]

And a place to go, whenever we get outa here.

[bratsunemiku]

[ she bends a leg back, as if she's about to kick him for the nickname when— ]

—Huh?!

[gunmettle]

Can't go back to your world without it bein' lights out all over again, right?

You'd fit right into mine.

[bratsunemiku]

Well, yeah, but you can't just say shit like that, can you?! Like I can just fucking walk into your world at the end of all this. That's insane!

[gunmettle]

More insane then us bein' here?