[He's going to 100% avoid talking about Akane for as long as he can because a.) it's awkward and b.) it's kind of painful with that memory still fresh in his head. So...he shakes his head.]
You know Carlos and I are from the same place, right? He's one of them. I only met him a few days before we were thrown into the Decision Game. And before that, all of the people you saw in that memory are people I had never met before in my life. I don't really keep in touch.
The big guy, Seven? I worked with him on a job blowing up a terrorist organization's headquarters a few months ago. But his methods aren't always things I agree with either.
[It's always odd, getting together with the other Victors. There's a sense of kinship, sure, but on the other hand, it's not like he'd ever willingly spend time with, say, Enobaria. It's a bizarre connection-- so no, honestly, he's not shocked that Junpei doesn't keep in touch with those in his Games.]
No, nothing like that. Everybody who was thrown into the game had signed up for a Mars mission test experiment. Everyone who was thrown into the Nonary Game were normal people. And the year in between I worked at a detective agency.
...well. [And here he looks a little tired because it's still not a happy answer.] Whenever Carlos and I get out of here, we have someone to find. If we don't, a nuclear war's gonna break out and wipe out eight billion people. It's the timeline we ended up with, so we're going to have to fight to stop it.
[...hah.] Guess that could be considered a rebel group in a way. ...there...are things I want after that. So we'll take care of that first and I'll get what I want when it's over.
[He knows the threat of nuclear war, and he knows there's not a goddamn thing he can say that'll comfort Junpei or help him on his journey. So might as well focus on things that might be good in the future, right?]
A future? [A wry sort of grin, because he knows that's probably not what Haymitch meant.] I don't know. I was kind of always promised that maybe I'd get to grow up and have a normal life with a wife and maybe kids or something. At the end of the day I think all I want is something permanent. Whatever that means.
[Fluid timelines make that a little harder some days.]
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Date: 2019-11-02 03:52 am (UTC)You know Carlos and I are from the same place, right? He's one of them. I only met him a few days before we were thrown into the Decision Game. And before that, all of the people you saw in that memory are people I had never met before in my life. I don't really keep in touch.
The big guy, Seven? I worked with him on a job blowing up a terrorist organization's headquarters a few months ago. But his methods aren't always things I agree with either.
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Date: 2019-11-04 03:57 am (UTC)Well, well. You part of some rebel group or what?
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Date: 2019-11-04 04:27 am (UTC)No, nothing like that. Everybody who was thrown into the game had signed up for a Mars mission test experiment. Everyone who was thrown into the Nonary Game were normal people. And the year in between I worked at a detective agency.
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Date: 2019-11-05 04:00 am (UTC)[He's quiet, and then his voice goes slightly more quiet. Gentle, almost, or as gentle as he can make it.]
You think about what you're gonna do afterwards?
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Date: 2019-11-05 04:14 am (UTC)[...hah.] Guess that could be considered a rebel group in a way. ...there...are things I want after that. So we'll take care of that first and I'll get what I want when it's over.
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Date: 2019-11-06 03:39 am (UTC)[He knows the threat of nuclear war, and he knows there's not a goddamn thing he can say that'll comfort Junpei or help him on his journey. So might as well focus on things that might be good in the future, right?]
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Date: 2019-11-06 03:56 am (UTC)[Fluid timelines make that a little harder some days.]