mind_blown | IMEEJI INBOX

[Well, whenever Jay shows up, Griffin will be waiting - leaning against his sweet ride. (It's cooler on the inside than it is on the outside, trust him.)]

Really embracing your inner dad vibe, huh,

[well. He probably should get a vehicle— like a motorcycle or something. Now that he knows he knows how to drive one.

But he heads closer to the center, waiting for that moment the phone clicks off.]

Alright, let’s talk.

Yeah, no fuckin' kidding let's talk--

[Okay deep breaths. Stay calm. No one needs you to turn into a dog again.]

So you made a deal with the Game Tower. S'there a plan here, or...?

Well, plan one was not fucking dying.

Nice job there, thanks Jay, for saving both of our asses.

No problem, Griffin.

Seems like plan one was 'play along with whatever the idiot bird dog's freaking out over instead of doin' literally anything else,' but.

You did manage t'not get us killed, so - kudos.

You fucking hate me when you’re in dog mode— and I thought, what the hell. Why not try it...?

[awkward one arm shrug— he’s clearly feeling that fall this morning.]

If you were feeling anything positive at all, I would have done something different. Sorry.

[Griffin sighs - it's not like he can begrudge Jay for not trying.]

I only turn when I'm so pissed that I can't think straight anymore. That was me even before all this Hell bullshit. When I saw Nemesis...

[His jaw tightens - the rest should be pretty self evident.]

Yeah.

[he exhales.]

I figured. I don’t know what we were gonna do if you were right— I didn’t think that far ahead either.

But if I’m right about my hunch, it’d be pretty useful to have that demon willing to complain about things to us. Like, say, other places she can connect to. Or things that are happening that annoy her— not just the stuff we’re directly involved in.

You really think she'd be grateful, though? Like - enough to throw you a bone?

Seemed t'me like she'd be the type to bitch about anything goin' wrong, no matter how much easier things have gotten for her.

Getting her to bitch about the right stuff would be more useful.

Besides, it’s not like she asked for anything I can’t do, or anything that would actively give us a hard time.

There’s plenty in this city for my team to destroy, if they’re hard up for cash.

...So how're they feelin' about this? I mean, assuming you've told'em.

[he gives him a look, one that clearly communicates “are you insane”]

Yeah and put out a tempting target.

That’ll go over real well.

Wait, so you're you gonna keep BAD END from trashing the hotel and tower if you don't tell'em what's up?

Redirect ‘em.

Fight if I have to— but I figured I could spare myself the trouble and just not tell Bad End, the unit famous for making shitty decisions, and being rebellious against literally anyone we can be, that someone would like us to stop trashing two places in particular.

Buyin' into your own reputation a bit, aren't you?

Fighting your own unit's not gonna make you very popular with the people you gotta-- y'know, live with every day.

[a shrug]

Guess that’s my perspective after living with them for a bit. If they don’t know, they’re not gonna go out of their way to target something.

Even yesterday— I doubt Malik cares about stopping people from seeing to help, but he does like pissing people off.

Just trust me, we’ll fight less and I’ll have less to do if they don’t know.

I mean... I guess you know'em better than I do.

You really think it'll be worth it? It didn't seem like she had a lotta say over what actually happens t'us.

I don’t care about that. She’s got the ability to connect to other parts of hell— and that’s what I’m interested in.

Besides that, she’s not exactly an enemy if what I think is right.

[Not an enemy? This is news to him???]

Wait, really?

I said not exactly-- not that she wasn't. Get that dumb look off your face.

But she was dropping enough hints. Pretty sure she's the Hotel too-- why else would she care about those two spots in particular?

And she dumped us back there, not outside of the Game Tower.

What's the one thing people've been saying the whole fucking time we've been here?

That the Hotel's the only blind spot in this whole city.

[he's not smart ok he's just a dumb puppy :(]

So the dorm's blocked from the viewers... but not from her?

No, she is the dorm. Just like she's the game tower.

I always wondered why they left that blind spot. Maybe they didn't have a choice.

But we can still do shit like call Lives in the lobby, right? It's not all blind.

Yeah.

I dunno-- I'm wary enough about what she can and can't see, I don't want to discuss that part there.

And I'd rather you keep your mouth shut too.

Right. Well-- I haven't said anything t'anyone, in case you're worried about that.

I get that I'm not the sharpest about these kinda things, but - I still wanna do something.

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