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[Aaah... Tsukasa leans in to that head bonk, huffing out a breath.]

No, no, I... I admire that you jumped in there to help!

[It isn't as though I could do anything, after all...]

But still... I'm really glad you're okay.

[ he doesn't quite ruffle his hair, but it's a near thing the way he puts his hand on tsukasa's head.

"you were helping with the games and i would rather you stay safe. we're all fine, everybody's back and healed... everything else we can figure out." ]

[... Tsukasa tilts his head into that hand like an affectionate cat anyway.]

... Yes, of course. I just--

[A beat.]

Hang on.

As much as the thought thing is convenient right now, Yosuke, you haven't said a word--?

[ tsukitty...

anyway yeah he sort of smiles and shrugs. YEAH. YEAH......

... yeah, he's not thrilled. ]

[...

...!!!

Wait, it can't really--]

From the river?

[ he nods because he can't do much else, but he does pull a (slightly wet) notebook out of his pocket to scribble on it. ]

It's temporary, but this is already gonna be a pain in the ass.

[ being calm about it is mostly just a cope. ]

[No kidding...

A sigh. Tsukasa rubs the back of his neck.]

I understand now.

[...]

If there is anything I can do to assist for as long as this lasts, please let me know! I would be happy to act as your voice in any possible way!

[ he finds this a little funny because he's so used to being yu's voice half the time. ]

I appreciate it. The last time I lost something it was for a week, so... it could be a while. Hopefully not though.
Plus we have a lot of other people who probably need an extra hand.

Yes, and we'll make sure that they all get the help they need as well.

[Firmly.]

Them, and you. I'm confident that we'll be able to help everyone, so there's no need to worry.

[ he'll just tug on his arm so they can start walking back toward the house. this is now going to be a thread of him writing and waving a notebook in tsukasa's face. ]

Man... I don't even really know where to start, you know? There's so many of them, plus what happened with like Won and Edamura-san.

[Honestly, hilarious.

Tsukasa is definitely squinting at said notebook every time he does so.]

You should start by taking it slow.

And I will start by helping out whoever needs it. I'll check in with everyone and ask them what they need.

[ the look on his face says he absolutely loathes the idea of taking it slow. he's fine!!! he just can't yap. ]

It sounds like they were still two different groups.
So my next question is how the hell did THAT happen?
It can't hurt to have multiple people checking on all of them.

[Just giving Yosuke a skeptical look.

He can just not yap now, but--he did get a chunk taken out of him earlier.]

I really don't know... I wonder if it is because we're getting closer to the heart of the maze.

[ he did and he'll cope with that later. ]

It's possible. We only have one sin left and we should hit that part of the maze tomorrow.
After that though... we still have to find everyone else. If this happens next week... I don't know how we're gonna fix it.

[...

Right. He needs to get it together.

It is moments like these when he's supposed to do everything he can to be the most reassuring, isn't it?]

If it happens next week, we'll figure out how to resolve it then! Just as we will in the aftermath of all of this.

I... refuse to believe that we would stumble so close to the finish line. No, I'm positive that we simply won't!

No, you and me both. We've come this far, the path has to be a lot clearer than it was at the start.
The only thing left to tackle is greed.
I can't even figure out what that looks like though.

[ which is also annoying. ]

Greed... Hm...

[He tilts his head from side to side as he thinks that over.]

Well, I don't believe being greedy is necessarily a bad thing in some circumstances. So! Perhaps that will be promising.

Wait how do you figure?
And what's the opposite of greed anyway? Giving?

[ the word is charity you idiot. ]

Well... I don't personally find greediness in one's life to be a bad thing unless it harms others.

What is the harm in being greedy for what you want and are striving for?

[So... so, there is that!]

I suppose the opposite would be charity, yes. Which is also a wonderful virtue!

I guess, but I wonder if that's considered greed or ambition. Or maybe they're the same?
Charity's not a bad virtue. Knowing how these mazes work we're going to end up in situations where we either give parts of ourselves we aren't anticipating, or taking things we didn't know we wanted.

[Giving parts of themselves they weren't anticipating...

Hm...

He doesn't like thinking about that, actually.]

... Hm, well. We should focus on the recovery everyone needs from this first. And then... we'll handle the maze too.

[A deep breath in.]

We shouldn't overthink things either, or we'll just wear ourselves out before it actually happens.

[ well. yosuke has a tendency to overthink, so there's a bit of a wry smile before he turns and bonks his head into tsukasa's again. he can't verbally say all of the reassurances he wants, so that will have to work while he writes out another note. ]

Yeah, I know you're right. We'll know by tomorrow probably, so we should focus on recovery. Not just everybody who was hurt, but everybody who had to witness all of that today.
The whole thing was a mess from start to finish, I'm exhausted.

[He knows this about Yosuke and expects it and loves him anyway. Oh Yosuke.

Besides which, it helps to worry about Yosuke's overthinking, rather than risk overthinking himself. He isn't yet equipped to think about what happened back there.]

Of course you are! Come on then--were you headed to your room before I interrupted you? I'll accompany you there.

[To make sure Yosuke makes it safely and gets Rest.]

[ thank you for accepting him as he is...

he kind of has a feeling this is just as much for tsukasa's benefit as it is his given how normal the guy is, so he will accept it and sort of drape over him. tsukasa can walk and yosuke will drag himself behind him. ]

You didn't interrupt me, but yeah. I figure that's probably the best place to go right now until my energy comes back. We can hang out for a while if you want though, you don't have to leave right away.

[ get both of their minds off of this shit. also he's still needy as shit with or without a clinginess curse. ]

[Tsukasa 100% will accept any opportunity to a) spend some time with someone who really freaked him out there and b) get his mind off of--(there really was so much blood and)

ANYWAY.]

Hm! Then I'll stay for a little while. Of course, I want to check on everyone else, but I imagine they're quite busy right now.

[Juggling trauma and everyone else.

So for now, Tsukasa will make his way to the kitty manor with Yosuke draped over his shoulder. He just wraps an arm around his waist to keep him close instead of dragging himself behind.]

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