No? We were fighting... This ugly monster that was an amalgamation of souls, I think. It was hiding—in... The fabric of the reality it weaved. I think it was some kind of otherworldly spider.
[ As he says this, he keeps looking at the walls of the mortuary, frowning. An ear flickers once. ]
This how you pick up girls? [ Passes him a bottle. ] Hold onto this for today until I stop losing my mind.
[ It is... A small wooden box, with runes engraved into its cover. Inside is a writhing stick bug. It never stops moving, never resting, as if constantly in pain. ]
Weird item from a room at the end of the trip. [ Rolls his eyes. ] Vin has the other one.
[ I really said bottle but it's a box. It's better for Lavi to temporarily hold onto it so Satoru can have mental breakdowns without an important item on hand. ]
Yeah, though there were other people there, too, which is normal for these things, right?
Weird... I was thinking that whoever we see on those trips are people we've got some kind of connection to. I can see Nona for Vin -- maybe she still feels guilty about her, but Erin?
[lavi liked erin but he does not think of erin first when he thinks of who gojo and vin are close to]
... I don't know. I'm already having trouble figuring out what parts happened and what didn't. It gets weird when you're there for a while and every time you die you revive.
Twice! And no. There were all sorts of monsters... The first one was an ugly four-legged monster that had black fur, but its face was flat? I'm not sure how to explain it because it looked like a black void. The second, there was a second Nona that appeared in the church while we were fighting Suguru... But she disappeared? Some time after I buried him and Kuroi, I came back. Then there was this large wolf monster there and I think it killed the other three.
[ he talks about this like it is an everyday occurrence... but it seems empty and hollow. ]
The blood was inviting. Every time some splattered or dripped on me, I gained power—and I started seeing things clearly. [ This is the only part that elicits emotion, though it's a little crazed before it deflates. ] Unlike here... Where it feels like I don't see anything at all. What is wrong with my eyes?
Nothing's wrong with 'em. It's a side-effect from your trip. I had one too -- my heart felt like there was a machine in it, and I couldn't breathe sometimes.
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Don't ask me about my injuries I still need a response, but he has been too lazy to change out of his dress.
And he's still part furry. His tail wags a bit at seeing Lavi, though. ]
Yeah. It felt like we were there forever.
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Lavi has a more normal reaction... he hands Gojo the roasted sweet potatoes]
Were you an animal the whole time...?
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Or maybe it's the food. Sweet potatoes.... These are treasures. ]
Thanks. [ Monch. ] Nope. I only turned during the last battle.
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Lavi settles down, though he's distracted by the tail wagging...]
Who did you fight? Vin?
[why did u become a misogynist....]
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[ As he says this, he keeps looking at the walls of the mortuary, frowning. An ear flickers once. ]
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And I thought fighting a demon guy from hell was a lot.
...You okay?
[what are u looking at]
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[ there's fucking nothing on the walls. ]
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lavi puts a hand to gently wave in front of Gojo's face]
Well, I'm not a wall, so you should just look at me.
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This how you pick up girls? [ Passes him a bottle. ] Hold onto this for today until I stop losing my mind.
[ It is... A small wooden box, with runes engraved into its cover. Inside is a writhing stick bug. It never stops moving, never resting, as if constantly in pain. ]
Weird item from a room at the end of the trip. [ Rolls his eyes. ] Vin has the other one.
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[SHUT UP ABOUT PICKING UP GIRLS!!!! also NOT THE WRITHING STICK BUG!!! THIS IS SO FREAKY!!!!
Lavi will take it though because he's intrigued,]
At least it's not a tooth faerie... [...] So it was just you and Vin the entire time?
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Yeah, though there were other people there, too, which is normal for these things, right?
[ ... ]
They felt pretty real.
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I saw a bunch of people from the town. And someone from back home.
It felt real, but I couldn’t trust it.
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You were there, too! Nona was pretty excited to see you. I kicked you after seeing Shoko—she's mine and Suguru's classmate.
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So you saw a friend from home and someone from town who died?
...Were you close to Nona?
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[ Which is relative, but based on his tone not super much. ]
Erin was there, too, if we're going to talk about some dead people there. I don't think they were real, but they seemed pretty real.
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Weird... I was thinking that whoever we see on those trips are people we've got some kind of connection to. I can see Nona for Vin -- maybe she still feels guilty about her, but Erin?
[lavi liked erin but he does not think of erin first when he thinks of who gojo and vin are close to]
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[ this is just bitchy and really unreasonable. ]
... I don't know. I'm already having trouble figuring out what parts happened and what didn't. It gets weird when you're there for a while and every time you die you revive.
[ this is so funny ]
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anyway that immediately distracts him,]
You died too?! [GOJO..... HE'S WORRIED] What -- were you fighting spiders the whole time?
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[ he talks about this like it is an everyday occurrence... but it seems empty and hollow. ]
The blood was inviting. Every time some splattered or dripped on me, I gained power—and I started seeing things clearly. [ This is the only part that elicits emotion, though it's a little crazed before it deflates. ] Unlike here... Where it feels like I don't see anything at all. What is wrong with my eyes?
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Nothing's wrong with 'em. It's a side-effect from your trip. I had one too -- my heart felt like there was a machine in it, and I couldn't breathe sometimes.
[though Gojo's sounds far more intense than his,]
What happened after?
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[ Just becomes lost. ]
Do you mean the giant dog? I'm pretty sure it ate me, like it ate the other three.
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but he nods slowly, and thinks about how he wished he brought another sweet potato...]
You want some painkillers?
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Right. They force fed me pills and it turned me into a monster instantly.
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I take it back......
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But I'm good on painkillers. It doesn't hurt too bad after a swamp dip.
[ Because he is a sorcerer and he has went through awful things. ]
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