Audience: Gojou Satoru

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[cute...]

Why is that your first thought? [though...hm.] I have had people make odd requests, so the clothing helps.

[mukagen]

[ OH YIKES is what Gojou's emotions are, but also thinks... IT'S KIND OF FUNNY. OF COURSE IT IS. ]

Just this place being what it is.

[ ANYWAY. ]

So.

[ ... ]

People were talking in the meeting.

[ that is still ongoing with childe drama but i can talk about the other stuff. ]

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[ah. the wariness is back.]

So they were. [greed leans against a wall of the closet, folding his arms over his chest and seemingly watching gojou from under the hood.] Something in particular in mind?

[mukagen]

I was trying to be vague about a thing and... It just exploded and everyone started talking about it.

[ HE TRIED HIS BEST! There's like maybe one second of distraught before he's feeling shrug emoji. Not really his fault. ]

Sorry.

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[there's a pause.]

The thing you saw on the camera. Yes, Leclerc accosted me already.

[it doesn't need to be emotion-sharing week to read greed's agitation.]

[mukagen]

[ HELLO? HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE MEETING, NOT YURI, but he sure does freeze when Greed focuses on that, instead. ]

I didn't expect him to needle you about it.

[ Genuinely... Inwardly shrinks. That is an emotion to share, yes. ]

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[...well.]

It's irrelevant. [it's not, unfortunately, given he's still a little uncomfortable and bristled about it.]

You were saying? The meeting. It seems as though a lot of you were trying to be vague about things and they blew up exponentially.

[mukagen]

[ Bless you, emotion reader. Gojou can see it, but... ]

I should have probably told him what not to do. [ HE KIND OF JUST MENTIONED WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT, then didn't detail what they should do and fucked off. ] Anything I could do for you?

[ to soothe out those bristles. He will answer about the meeting after ATTEMPTS at CONSOLING. ]

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Starting a conversation with "I need to ask a favor of you" and following up with "I need to see your neck" while doubling down isn't exactly what I would call well-planned.

[he doesn't answer the second question because greed's kind of an asshole and aware he may be angry for reasons nobody understands, so he'll just be seething quietly for a few seconds.]

[mukagen]

Wow, kinky?

[ Gojou is losing his mind cause he... Did not know that’s how it went down?! It’s surprising, kind of funny? But he doesn’t laugh! Cause he knows Greed can feel the emotions. ]

You can say more if you want?

[ throwback to their first thread LET IT OUT VENT LET IT ALL OUT ]

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That's what I said. [...literally, he did in fact tell yuri off about this being a new kink and if so to go explore with someone else.]

What's there to say? I suppose being who we are, boundaries don't apply under the guise of being concerned. I'm sure he had his reasons, but why he didn't go to speak to his own Avatar and instead tried to insist this was my own doing I'll never know.

[he doesn't want to vent???? he would rather just. exist.]

Not to mention that would require removing my hood.

[mukagen]

[ oh my god greed is doing it he is venting a little or at least that’s what Gojou is seeing? Interpreting? Sorry, Yuri, but your failure has amounted to something worthwhile.

Gojou stays quiet! Just a chill vibe as Greed lowkey goes off. Let it all out. ]

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[it's venting, he does not like it? if only because there's a lot to vent about so i hope gojou enjoy a lot of irritation and also ice rolling off of him. like literal ice, the chill is back though perhaps not as strong as the other day.]

The key to being vague is to still be straightforward enough that the subject of discussion isn't completely lost. And now I suppose it doesn't matter.

[hm.]

The meeting? [prompting again.]

[mukagen]

[ ... Gojou's eyes kind of shift back and forth as he thinks about this. Is Greed... Kind of mad that he didn't catch what Yuri meant from the get-go? On top of it all? He's contemplative and amused.

Not gonna touch that cause LOOK AT THE ICE. ]

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I tried and then it spiraled.

[ That's it. He isn't planning to make Greed talk more about that weird voyeur monster. ]

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[greed is mad about a lot of things.

but there's a momentary pause before greed continues.]

...now that it's out in the open, perhaps being as vague doesn't matter as much. As I'm sure you've suspected by now, what you saw wasn't the first time we've encountered that creature.

[also i just realized i never got a notif on the week 4 thread and left that hanging i'm so sorry.]

[mukagen]

Oh, so I can say that I want to fight it aloud now?

[ And like instantly, there's a flood of bloodlust, but it isn't wrathful! It isn't gleeful for the thrill of battle, either. Instead, it's tinted in curiosity. How strong is it? What can it do? Is he stronger than it—yes, that's it. It's about proving your existence when all your work is in the shadows, the true Jujutsu Sorcerer bullshit.

IT IS OK YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS GOJOU BOTHERS GREED SO MUCH ]

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[:pensive:

also. wow. no? there's a slight spike of both alarm and also annoyance wHY DO YOU PEOPLE WANT TO FIGHT EVERYTHING SO MUCH.]

You can, but I would prefer that you didn't actually attempt to fight it.

[mukagen]

[ Well, the bloodlust levels out! But it's definitely still there, but this time it's easier to read there's underlying irritation. It's finely tuned to be at the same level constantly.

Gojou, himself, actually isn't irritated and genuinely laughs. A layer of amusement sits on top of all of that mess. An emotion lasagna. ]

No worries. I wouldn't fight it unless I'm prepared.

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[hm. this is so much. but also unsurprising, even if greed is left trying to navigate all that with his own feelings on the matter which range from annoyance to a vague sense of fear.]

You will never be prepared for it. [which sounds blunt and unhelpful, but.] We thought we were, and that wasn't the case at all.

[mukagen]

[ Gojou is actually pretty good at reading emotions despite being stunted (also purposely indifferent) in terms of normal social interactions. Fear, is it? A familiar emotion. ]

Was it in that place? [ The CYOA. ] Or did you guys try to fight it altogether once.

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[at this rate, they all have a vague idea that it exists, so there's a nod.]

Similarly enough, yes. It's as I told you. It does not enjoy being knowingly perceived. If you look at it directly too much or too long, it may be the last thing you see.

[haha.]

[mukagen]

What is it, anyway? I was going to investigate around, but...

[ You know, everyone just yelling and staring at the monster, even thinking of using it as a security measure for Childe. ]

I had some earlier guesses that it may have been an artificial lifeform with slime as its base. Kind of got confirmed when everyone started screaming about slime.

[ oh oh ]

Or maybe it's an alien lifeform that people who used to be in this station were trying to study and recreate? But it just ended up killing the whole crew and making this station their own?

[ Gojou Satoru, watching how many sci-fi movies... There is a playfulness to all of it and the weird, controlled and leveled bloodlust is gone. ]

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Gojou. [gojou...]

Now we're entering the space where I can't discuss much else about it. But you could ask around, perhaps, and find an answer.

[he tilts his head to look at gojou.]

If you know what to ask.

[mukagen]

[ Knowing what to ask really is important... He sure had fun with his theories, especially going wilder with them as ideas dropped in.

He thinks as he looks through shirts. ]

Maybe I'll ask about its birthday.

[ Snickering! ]

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[...hm. no. greed is just back to being mildly uncertain.]

I'm glad this is a joke to you. [it's a conflict because he says that and there is, actually, a flicker of relief among the other mess of annoyance and curiosity and being on-edge. ]