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...Well, I didn't grab breakfast.

[She should get out of here. How long has it been, anyway? She startles, putting her hands to the floor and looking around her.]

My phone, where did I...

[Oh great, Junpei didn't get his bagel and now he can!! He pauses, then twists around to reach a little bit under one of these pods and fish around for her phone.]

I think it's somewhere under here. I saw something blinking when I got here...

[She unfolds completely and scoots across the floor besides him to peer beneath, reaching around.]

I wonder if they charge you a fee if you lose one and need it replaced.

[She wonders if anyone has tried to crack it open and see how it works.]

Ah! [She gets a hold of it and pulls it out, squinting up at one of the pods.] Sorry about that. [Because the person in the pod probably REALLY CARES. She pockets the phone and forces a wobbly smile.] O-Okay. Breakfast? [And not talking about her kinda-sorta meltdown.]

Maybe...? [He doesn't intend to do anything to lose it, so who needs to know! Maybe someone else will find out. Junpei braces himself on the pod behind him to push himself to his feet, offering his hand to Anemone once he's up.]

Breakfast. C'mon, I'm starving.

[It could be good to know for other people, sheesh. She takes his hand and nearly yanks him over with the strength of it, but she gets to her feet and brushes herself off. She looks back at the faces of Dominic and Eureka and smiles sadly, but she's worlds better than she was when she came in.

She turns.]

Okay. Let's go see if that creepy guy Roman has anything waiting for us already.

[She leads the path to the Mess; this is something she can do with ease.]

[He's not expecting that much, uh, pull from her, so pardon him while he sort of tilts just for a moment before recovering. He's fine, he's good, it's breakfast time. She can lead the way, he's fine with it.]

If he doesn't, I know where the vending machine is. In case you're excited for powdered donuts.

[He says it like it's impressive, but with a healthy twinge of sarcasm thrown in.]

...Does the vending machine have more than powdered donuts? Are there other vending machines of different... types of sugary snacks? [Oh my god, Junpei, this is important information.

She folds her hands together behind her back and buzzes through the halls with a slowly increasing contentment. The pods may be behind her physically, but they're tucked safely in her mind, with thoughts of maybe finding out where Renton is located and if he can be kept safe under Anemone as well.

It's okay. She can do this. She just... has to accept that for once... she has to live.]

I think I want waffles. With strawberries and whipped cream! [Because why come to the station for something as simple as a bagel!! Especially when it's free food. He can ogle her glorious meal.

...which is waiting for her when they get there.]

That's never not gonna be weird.

They've got... alien snacks? I kinda stopped looking once I saw the powdered donuts. It was easier.

[He was hungry and so doomed himself and company to eating vending machine donuts for several days before he could be convinced to actually try the mess hall food. The gloopy zero-gravity food fight put him off—and for something that was barely a month ago, it feels like so much longer. Living on the planet, making a life and a routine, it's still sort of surreal.

And it certainly contrasts being up here, a stone's throw away from the stasis room. Goddamn it, give him a bagel, alien chef. He just wants a bagel and some cream cheese.

But he does ogle that waffle a bit. Next to that, his bagel looks...] I'm not jealous, but holy shit.

[Gotta eat!! Ah-] Hey, do they do takeout up here? I should grab something for Snake...

[Like another bagel.]

[Alien snacks. Alright then.]

Behold, my glorious breakfast! [She holds her hands over it, and then plops down, grabs a fork, and digs in.]

I donno, maybe? You can always try. [om nom nom] Who's Snake? [She's definitely asking with a full mouth.]

I see it, I see it. Show off... [Just kidding, he loves this bagel and he's going to sit down and cover it in a solid inch of cream cheese. A genuine inch. There's enough cream cheese for that.]

Snake's my lazy roommate. He's probably still in bed, and it's not like we have a ton of food at home... [because they are poor and Snake doesn't even pretend to want a job, but,] I'll never hear the end of it if I don't bring him something.

Does anyone have a ton of food at home, really? [She stabs a strawberry and considers flinging it him. She wiggles it as she talks, but ultimately decides that Junpei really helped her out and maybe she won't completely pick on him...

today.]

I don't think laziness is going to win anyone any points in this city. I'd love to just laze around in bed, but I can't.

[Ah, he's free and he doesn't even realize it...]

Tell that to Snake. It took me twenty minutes just to get him to let me leave earlier. Decent chance he'll still be asleep when I get home again.

[Don't get him wrong, being a lazy asshole for a living would be a great time, but at least Junpei can recognize that they have to actually live in the world, and sleeping all the time won't make that happen.]

[Explains the "thing" from earlier than.]

Is he depressed?

[She says it so nonchalant.]

[Wow that's a good question, is he... No, that's Junpei. He's surprised enough by the bluntness of her question to laugh, though.]

As much as anybody would be after the end of the world? He, uh... likes to sleep. [lazy...] It'll be fine either way—he's got me, so...

[He shrugs, like this isn't a really dorky thing to say. Junpei's bagel delivery and moral support is all a person needs, for sure.]

He should get out though.

[She stares at him for just a moment, considering. He's... far too kind. She's already called him too trusting.

She hopes that doesn't get shattered one day.]

But if you say so. [She pushes aside her plate, lighting up.] We should save up some money and take him out to party! Akechi can come out too I guess.

[Well, spoilers......]

To—okay, what kind of party are we talking about here? With two wet blankets? [No offense, dudes who aren't here to defend themselves. It's not you, it's them. Junpei doesn't really party, either...]

[Spoilers Anemone is gonna give Junpei such a hard time over milk in like a day.]

...Wet...blankets?

[???

it's like King Richard all over again]

[Let him live!!]

Uh, you know... they both complain a lot? I'm pretty sure "wet blanket" is the right thing to say about that kind of guy...

[But he can't be sure, such is life.]

Which guy? Snake or Akechi? I honestly don't know how Akechi would be at a party. I didn't see him at the party at the outpost. [She was trying not to see him, sure.] Besides, it's not really to have fun... just... get out. Be around people. Good for all of us.

Guys who complain and make pointed comments with attitude, so both of them, definitely. [And yet they're alright? Snake is great, Akechi is okay.]

I mean, we can all hang out... Just psyching myself up in advance.

Oh. Well. I've probably been around worse before. We'll make it work. [SHE SEEMS REALLY DETERMINED ABOUT THIS. She probably shouldn't even be making plans for someone she's never even met but whatever. It's fine.] I mean, I match attitude with attitude. [Or she brings her own brand of awfulness to the table. She's a delight, right?]

But anyway, I should probably be responsible and get down to the market and see if anyone has any deliveries that need tending to. [Ugh, work.]

[Maybe Junpei shouldn't be signing up his lazy roommate to hang out with sassy teenagers, but inevitably they will all three sass him personally into a corner and he'll see the error of his ways. Then do it again the next week?

So. It's a great plan.] You sure do...

[He means that in the nicest way. But ugh, work, indeed. He'll have to get that extra bagel!!]

I should go wake Snake up for the day, I guess.

[She does take it as a compliment though, so lucky him.

She slides out of her seat, deciding to go grab a glass of juice "for the road" to see if it'll teleport with her or just end up in limbo, and then finds Junpei again.]

You think we can aim to teleport like... on the edges of the city, out of view? Maybe I can just teleport straight home. [Which would be a hilarious way to scare Akechi, but he might already be out.] Last thing I need is popping in front of some old lady by mistake.

[Junpei takes this time to actually acquire another bagel, which he has in a convenient to-go baggie. He feels good about the probability of this bagel making it planetside in one piece and not, like, fused into his chest or something gross. How does teleporting even work...?]

Do you remember the spot we left from...? That was pretty out of the way. [And there is something to be said for consistency, he thinks. It was a Good Spot.]

[That would be the most embarrassing thing, really. And she'd make fun of him about it forever. And also be extremely horrified.]

Um... [She squints at the ceiling as she maps it out in her head.] I think so? [They really needed a teleporting 101, thanks Sael.]

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