45th Sphere

[child_abuser]

[Jecht wakes up on Thursday to the first morning in what seems like far too long without hazmats wandering the streets and people panicking in their homes. After peering out the window to see Mayfield back to what passes for normal, he slumps back into bed, lying there and staring up at the ceiling as he reflects on the events of the past week.

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[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe's house is back in one piece, but its residents are still putting themselves back together. When Jecht approaches, Crowe is just heading out for school. It's the last place he wants to go, but he really doesn't want to get droned, either.

He's somewhat expressionless when you approach.]

Hey Jecht. What's up?

[child_abuser]

Just makin' the rounds. Practice is cancelled today.

[perfektsymmetry]

[He nods after a moment. He would never be able to concentrate on it anyway.]

How have you been? They... didn't come to your house, did they?

[child_abuser]

"My place? Nah. But I managed to get killed anyway."

[Laughs out loud.]

[perfektsymmetry]

[He smirks a bit.]

Don't tell me you went outside after them or something...

[child_abuser]

"Had to make sure Garnet was safe."

[And yes, that is Jecht frowning.]

[perfektsymmetry]

No one was really safe... there wasn't much any of us could do about all this.

[child_abuser]

Yeah... the whole damn thing was completely pointless. We didn't get anything out of this at all.

[perfektsymmetry]

[He shakes his head slowly.]

They tell us that this is our home, that we have to put up with this stuff. But I can't. I can't be their pawn anymore. I've had enough.

[child_abuser]

So what're you gonna do about it?

[perfektsymmetry]

[Looks away.]

...I wish I knew. This whole ordeal showed how helpless we all are against them.

[child_abuser]

Sure did. In a big way.

[perfektsymmetry]

[And today he's beating himself up for hiding in his room like a coward, but being murdered twice in 3 days was a bit much for him.]

There has to be something. The fact that Sergei got out of their hands and caused this much turmoil shows they're not infallible.

[child_abuser]

Guess so, yeah. Wonder how he managed to avoid Grady for so long...

[perfektsymmetry]

I've wondered about that myself. Anytime anyone else screws up, and Grady is on them immediately. But it took this long for them to find this one man...

[child_abuser]

Too bad we couldn't figure it out. That'd sure be useful to know.