omi is having a great time good for him

[sengokus]

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week 1, post-trial

[sengokus]

[well he -

. . . he honestly doesn't make it far. or maybe he comes back. it's hard to say. but just outside the conference room, against its shut and locked doors, there's enomoto mineo, slumped against the door, head knocked against it

and staring so, so intently upward at a spot on the ceiling even though there's nothing there]

[housewolf]

[Omi will... pat his back.]

Ceiling won't have answers. But I feel you.

[sengokus]

[he's

so incredibly fucking tense]

.... better or worse than last week, Omi-san?

[a beat]

Are you feeling - better or worse?

[housewolf]

... I'm feelin' closer to dead inside.

[He just keeps his hand right there.]

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

Yeah?

Maybe you should have something to eat.

[housewolf]

You're gonna join me, alright?

[He will start tugging them to the kitchen.]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

I don't know if I've got an appetite, but -

I can tag along, I guess.

[housewolf]

We were in there for nine hours.

[He's bringing Mineo to the kitchen. They are going to eat something, damnit.]

We both need it.

[sengokus]

[he'll follow after]

... maybe something to snack on.

[he'll at least make an effort given that it's omi]

[housewolf]

[Thanks, Mineo.

Please let him care about you.]

A sandwich, maybe? Some chips?

[sengokus]

Mm... chips are fine.

[he's at least not impossible to take care of - just a little stubborn]

[housewolf]

Do you have a favorite kind?

[That's fine. Stubborn is alright.]

[sengokus]

[he shakes his head...]

Nah - I'll eat anything right now.

[aka he will hold it in his hands and not be hungry but he'll give it a shot for omi]

[housewolf]

[Here are some chips. Omi is going to eat a sandwich and just... try his best to pull himself together.]

[sengokus]

[yup, mineo will just open the bag of chips and.... well. not really eat it, but he'll occasionally shake it like he's thinking about]

What're you thinking about, Omi-san? After - all of that.

[housewolf]

I don't... how did we lose a whole body? Unless... Magic's real and I dunno how it works.

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

Magic is real.

[a beat]

The trouble is... we don't know all the details of that. Of the rules of this place's magic.

[housewolf]

Does magic usually come with rules like that?

[sengokus]

Gonna be honest with you, Omi-san, it's all new to me too. You're familiar with Ashiya-san, right? Maybe he's got a better answer for you.

[housewolf]

Shit. I never know who deals with magic back home and who doesn't.

Yeah, we're roommates.

[ You could say they know each other very well. ]

[sengokus]

[nods!!]

Ashiya-san should be pretty familiar with onmyoudo and stuff - which is more magic and stuff if all the legends are true.

Though I dunno how much he likes talking about it.

[housewolf]

I don't think they mind talking about it?

[sengokus]

Oh yeah? That's good!

[easily, nodding along. he will not get more into it then]

Then you can probably talk to them about all the rules of onmyoudo. No one would know better than Ashiya-san after all.

[housewolf]

Have you talked to them about it before?

[ Now he's a little curious. ]

[sengokus]

Sorta... [in a recognition of history way]

But - hmmm. [he shakes his head] Don't worry about it, Omi-san. I think it's more important to know the Ashiya-san here, and get to know them through their own words.