Eleventh Strike [Accidental Video]

[tereteindahouse]

[The camera flicks on to show one of the abandoned apartments, the sparseness only ruined by a bag of clothes and soon, coming into view, one Junpei Iori. He looks fresh out of the shower and is clothed, though he still seems oddly nude with the lack of a hat on his head. There is only silence as he looks around, oblivious to the tablet on the

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[bluesteelbitch]

[Hmm.]

I have your hat, Junpei, whenever you would like it back.

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[tereteindahouse]

[His body tenses up and slowly he turns his head to frown at the tablet. Man. Of course he can't get a break. He walks over to pick it up.]

I'll uh... Get it some time. Uh. About what happened. You okay?

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[bluesteelbitch]

[Yellow eyes give away absolutely nothing about how she feels. Her mouth is a thin, narrow line. Just an impassive, emotionless face.]

Better than you, at least.

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[tereteindahouse]

It's fine I'll li-

[He cuts off, realizing what he almost said and there's a better laugh that turns into a sob.]

I-I'm sorry.

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[doesnotbrood]

[Fenris is very bitter, Junpei. He liked you. /Shakes head.]

If I have to hazard a guess, I'd say you were too busy wallowing in your own worthlessness.

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[tereteindahouse]

[It takes a minute since he hadn't realized the thing was on but he picks it up, just staring at Fenris. He looks sad but only says.]

Yeah. Probably.

[There's not much that can be said to make things worse.]

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[doesnotbrood]

Your strengths are your own, though I have no idea what they are. Wanting theirs...is one of the most foolish things I've ever heard.

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[tereteindahouse]

[He shrugs.]

It's not that I want theirs. I just want something. [Because he doesn't think he has any at all.]

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[savedbyradishes]

[Oh no! Something's wrong! And he shouldn't be talking about himself like that!]

Where are you? That place doesn't look very safe!

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[tereteindahouse]

[He gives a sad smile.]

Nothing's gonna get me here. Don't worry about me, panda-dude.

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[savedbyradishes]

[No sadness around the panda! DOES HE HAVE TO JUGGLE?]

It looks so...not well put-together, though!

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[tereteindahouse]

It's fine, Po. Really.

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[tobestronger]

Did you hurt anyone, Junpei?

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[tereteindahouse]

[He closes his eyes and slowly nods.]

Annabeth. A-And when Mitsuru and Fenris came.... I'm sorry, senpai.

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[tobestronger]

There's nothing to be done for it now. [He heaves a sigh.] You really think we're that much better than you?

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[tereteindahouse]

[There's a moment of silence before he sighs.]

Yeah. [He laughs, a little bitterly.] Even a kid and a dog can do the same things I can. Everybody has their thing, right? That thing they're good at that only they can do? I wanted that. That thing told me it could give me that and I just. Well, you know. I'm sorry, senpai. Man. I messed up big this time.

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[needslight]

[Alice isn't quite sure what happened to him, but she hazards a guess that it was something to do with the demons that were plaguing others earlier.]

You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. It just makes things worse.

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[tereteindahouse]

[It takes a while for him to respond and when he does he tries a small smile. It just looks sad.]

I could have killed people. I almost did. I wanted to.

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[needslight]

You didn't, though. [she flashes a sincere, warm smile] Don't get hung on up on the things that could have happened, simply be grateful and proud of what didn't.

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[tereteindahouse]

[He smiles in return.]

Yeah. I guess you're right.