but okay, okay, he lowers himself into the water... takes a deep breath, and exhales.
whew. it's nice — and way the hell better than being cold — but damn. it does indeed take him a minute to adjust, but then he relaxes and leans back against the edge of the spring, turning his head slightly as he looks over. ]
It's been a pretty rough couple of weeks, huh... I don't blame you.
Yukichi would want you all to do your best too. He believed in you all when the going was tough. It's why I agreed to work with him after we lost Yakumo. Even if it was just tossing ideas around, he had a good head for asking questions.
He'd want me to keep going, too, even when it looks bleak. So I can't give up yet. Neither can you or Amelia or Livio. I know you won't either.
[ he smiles a little at eiden calling fukuzawa by his first name. cute. gay. ]
Yeah... I don't wanna let him down either.
[ ... ]
Working together with him... You mean to find out what really happened that week, right? To Miss Lambda... H-He told us how much he trusted you, and how you were going to try to find the truth together, though he didn't tell us how you'd do it.
Was that... did you ever learn anything? I wasn't sure if it didn't work out or if he just didn't get a chance to tell us...
Well, we caught froggystyle, didn't we? That's all I could do... and I hope it meant something.
They were the ones who tried to frame both of us the week before last, and succeeded. As far as this week goes, though, I don't know what I'm going to do. Shen Qingqiu dying still feels like a lot to parse out and just... hah. [ he sinks himself under the water briefly and surfaces again, scrubbing his face. ]
Sorry, I'm done with the depressing talk. We sleuthed hard and we did it together in a way, putting our heads together, but Yukichi is... dead so i can only hope he's giving Gerard hell wherever he is.
[ he doesn't think that's quite right — that even though froggystyle had been behind shenhe's death and subsequently yakumo's, there's someone else who was trying to frame him for lambda's, and he still hates that he isn't sure who it was. he wants to know everyone who's betrayed him.
...but it's not going to do him any good in this conversation to harp on that point, so he'll just lie and pretend the actual confirmation of shenhe's killers is news to him. ]
[ it's... a lot. he knows it's not the perfect answer, but it's the answer he can allow himself to give simon. there are details and things that he could maybe add, but the cases are... "old" so to speak. he blinks a little in the meantime, raking a hand through his hair and kind of nudging something through his fingers. ]
Mmm, well it's not like a traditional hot springs, so I don't know actually. But I threw a bunch of conditioner in it, so I'm kind of hoping that works.
Either way, it's not forever, I can live with it... Just a little tribute for the week for the erased, heh.
Thanks. I mostly had it like this when I was doing a lot of clubbing and going out. It felt a little weird to do again, but I forgot how much I like it.
Your hair's really nice though. Red hair's really handsome on guys, if I'm being honest.
Thanks, haha... it's naturally black, actually, but I've had it like this for years.
[ which is usually something of a secret, but a couple of people have already seen his roots up close during trials, and it's not like his past means anything to anyone here anyway. ]
You'd think once you were dead you'd at least stop having to touch up your hair, right?
[ but nope!!! ]
Definitely pretty great having a free salon here, at least. I just do the crappy drugstore box dyes back home. Even if the stuff here's like, from the fifties, it's still nicer than that.
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but okay, okay, he lowers himself into the water... takes a deep breath, and exhales.
whew. it's nice — and way the hell better than being cold — but damn. it does indeed take him a minute to adjust, but then he relaxes and leans back against the edge of the spring, turning his head slightly as he looks over. ]
It's been a pretty rough couple of weeks, huh... I don't blame you.
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[ just holding his head in his hands for a minute before turning fully to smile again. ]
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...Yeah. I think so.
[ with a sympathetic smile that is definitely 100% genuine ]
For what it's worth, seeing how hard you've been trying even though everything keeps being... like this... i-it kinda makes me want to try harder too.
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He'd want me to keep going, too, even when it looks bleak. So I can't give up yet. Neither can you or Amelia or Livio. I know you won't either.
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Yeah... I don't wanna let him down either.
[ ... ]
Working together with him... You mean to find out what really happened that week, right? To Miss Lambda... H-He told us how much he trusted you, and how you were going to try to find the truth together, though he didn't tell us how you'd do it.
Was that... did you ever learn anything? I wasn't sure if it didn't work out or if he just didn't get a chance to tell us...
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They were the ones who tried to frame both of us the week before last, and succeeded. As far as this week goes, though, I don't know what I'm going to do. Shen Qingqiu dying still feels like a lot to parse out and just... hah. [ he sinks himself under the water briefly and surfaces again, scrubbing his face. ]
Sorry, I'm done with the depressing talk. We sleuthed hard and we did it together in a way, putting our heads together, but Yukichi is... dead so i can only hope he's giving Gerard hell wherever he is.
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...but it's not going to do him any good in this conversation to harp on that point, so he'll just lie and pretend the actual confirmation of shenhe's killers is news to him. ]
O-oh... then they really...
[ trailing off... ]
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Mm. Sorry, I didn't mean to bring the mood down either.
...Is that good for your hair color?
[ the super hot spring water. ]
oh wow dw notifs help
Mmm, well it's not like a traditional hot springs, so I don't know actually. But I threw a bunch of conditioner in it, so I'm kind of hoping that works.
Either way, it's not forever, I can live with it... Just a little tribute for the week for the erased, heh.
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Eh, really? You do pull it off really well, though.
[ ...meanwhile he's carefully making sure to keep his own hair dry. ]
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Thanks. I mostly had it like this when I was doing a lot of clubbing and going out. It felt a little weird to do again, but I forgot how much I like it.
Your hair's really nice though. Red hair's really handsome on guys, if I'm being honest.
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[ which is usually something of a secret, but a couple of people have already seen his roots up close during trials, and it's not like his past means anything to anyone here anyway. ]
Bright colors just feel better, I think.
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I know I quit having this kind of hair pretty fast because it got super expensive.
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[ but nope!!! ]
Definitely pretty great having a free salon here, at least. I just do the crappy drugstore box dyes back home. Even if the stuff here's like, from the fifties, it's still nicer than that.