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[foolmetwice]

[ooooooh dear]

Mars: whaaaaat happened?

[criminaljustice]

Joker: he was ganged up on and killed in the game
Joker: after the game, he wanted to fight the person who killed him but he was riddled with bullet holes
Joker: I tried to get him to calm down and wait until he was healed because he was going to get himself killed
Joker: he wouldn't listen, so I knocked him out and got Lucifel to heal him
Joker: when he came too, he was pissed because I did that without his say and got in his way
Joker: so we fought
Joker: and then he stormed out
Joker: and I guess he went to fight the guy who killed him and got more than he bargained for
Joker: again
Joker: like it doesn't even fucking matter
Joker: don't even know why i bothered
Joker: he's just another adult who pretends he knows what's what and puts the blame on me for not getting his way, anyway

[foolmetwice]

[. . . sounds like something Mars would do if he were pushed far enough. . .]

Mars: whoa
Mars: sounds like a real asshole
Mars: he could've just been angry in the moment and was looking for a random target to yell at, and you just happened to be there
Mars: but it doesn't make him any less of an asshole
Mars: will he be okay?

[criminaljustice]

["why should I care?"

...

no

maybe not

that.]

Joker: he says he's fine

[foolmetwice]

Mars: him saying he's fine and actually being fine are two different things
Mars: but i know you know that
Mars: why are you pissed at him, anyway?
Mars: because you cared, and he threw it back in your face?
Mars: or because he's blaming you for his own questionable decisions?

[criminaljustice]

[.......... i dooooon't want toooo...]

Joker: more the first one i guess
Joker: plus
Joker: sounded like he killed Yasuragi
Joker: and that hurt Phoenix a lot
Joker: so i'm pissed about that, too

[foolmetwice]

[SORRY BUDDYYYYYY]

[he also doesn't fully understand the entanglement of relationships here, but. . . he doesn't think he needs to in order to get the gist of what happened]

Mars: yasuragi being one of the guys who jumped him during the game?
Mars: it's that. . . one of fox's people?

[he does, however, remember hearing that name from Fox]

[criminaljustice]

[.......... ah fuck.

that's true, too.]

Joker: great
Joker: super
Joker: and also murder outside of a game
Joker: sure to be great
Joker: Bad End continuing to have bad ends

[foolmetwice]

Mars: personally speaking, i don't think there's much of a difference between what occurs in a game or outside of one
Mars: and i gotta admit that i'd be pretty fucking furious if i got jumped in a game too
Mars: probably to the point of where i'd want to fight the guys responsible on even ground, win or loss
Mars: so i'd recommend keeping that in mind
Mars: otherwise? don't worry about being angry.
Mars: because you're entitled to feel that way

[criminaljustice]

Joker: yeah no offence but it's not you or Heart Soldier Senshi I'm worried about
Joker: we've gone a lot of days without there being murder outside of games
Joker: so you say there isn't much difference
Joker: but there is

[foolmetwice]

Mars: do you think the yasuragi guy's people are gonna come after your unit now because of it?

[criminaljustice]

Joker: well they won't go after Phoenix, probably

[foolmetwice]

Mars: diplomacy isn't really my strong point

[CONSIDERING HE FOUGHT DOODLEMAN EARLIER WITH THE FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF THEM COULD DIE]

Mars: but if there's one person on your team that this yasuragi guy cares about
Mars: then shouldn't that be reason enough for him and his people to leave you guys alone?

[criminaljustice]

Joker: wow
Joker: congrats being the optimistic one

[foolmetwice]

[LOOK HE'S TRYING TO HELP]

[a frustrated noise, and Mars is typing. . . appears and disappears a lot]





Mars: i'm not great at giving advice
Mars: sorry it all sucks

[criminaljustice]

Joker: i wasn't really looking for advice
Joker: so you're fine

[foolmetwice]

[Mars is typing. . .]

[. . .]

[between this and the "not your Crow" comment yesterday, a memory that suddenly comes back to him rather vividly, Mars is. . . sudden unsure on how to proceed]

[. . .]

Mars: what can i do to help?

[criminaljustice]

[... that is.

actually a good question.]

Joker: ... i don't know
Joker: i don't know... what i want
Joker: or need
Joker: to deal with any of this

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

Mars: probably not just a shallow, temporary feel-good distraction
Mars: right?

[running from feelings works temporarily, but. . .]

[criminaljustice]

[... stop being a tease, Mars, pls]

Joker: you're kidding, right?
Joker: why the hell wouldn't i want something like that for once?

[please understand reality is hard. someone turn off his brain]

[foolmetwice]

[HE DIDN'T EVEN MEAN IT THAT WAY]

Mars: because it won't actually help with the root of the problem?

[which is. . . what he wants to do, here. but maybe he's just not equipped for it-- not his Joker]

[maybe all he is good for is short, temporary feel-good distractions]

[criminaljustice]

Joker: the root of all problems being we're amnesiacs in Hell?

[foolmetwice]

Mars: well
Mars: yes
Mars: that to.

[criminaljustice]

[...]

Joker: i just want everything to stop being complicated and make sense again

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

Mars: and what if that never happens?