[ that is not what he was expecting to hear. She hadn't seemed like a Regent loyalist or anything, but she'd been quite clear about her position the last time they spoke. Maybe he's reading into it too much, and she's just gone to Godsblood - or maybe, since Eustace died, she's visiting the shrine to revive him. Multiple explanations flash through his head, and his confusion and uncertainty is plain to feel. ]
What do you mean...? You're just living somewhere else, or... [ well. May as well be direct. ] Did you ditch the Regent? Is that how Eustace got taken out?
[ All fair questions. She doesn't even fully know the answers to some of them herself. ]
Mr. Eustace... He turned Pleroma recently. He came back to Achamoth for the attack, but he lost in a fight with Mr. Barnaby. Minegishi was able to get his shard, so we took it and left.
[ No secrets here... Johnny doesn't seem like the type to exploit this kind of information, if there's anything here to be exploited. ]
We're going to wait here until Mr. Eustace... comes back. If the Regent took his shard, I don't think they would leave him intact.
[ this is a lot of information at once. It would be easy for Gray to lie to him, but for whatever godforsaken reason, he feels like he can trust her. So Eustace turned and proceeded to immediately get killed by his own - Johnny's fears about the Kenoma's attitude towards defectors were well-founded. ]
Was he in contact with anyone on our side? [ a beat. ] What about you and the mina-whatsit guy?
[ He really didn't tell her anything. She hardly even knew he'd defected when she found out he'd been dissipated. ]
Minegishi... He isn't with me at the moment, but you're the only Pleroma I've spoken to. After what happened in Achamoth, I'm not sure how open anyone is to talking with the other side.
[ just him -- considering her general personality, he can't be too surprised. She probably didn't want to burden anybody by reaching out. If they're lucky, Eustace and Minegishi already had some plans in motion. Considering one is dead, though, Johnny's not holding out hope. ]
Then I guess it's a good thing I called you.
[ there's a bitterness to his words, because he feels sorry the only person that's apparently tried to help is him, and he has no idea what he can even do. That doesn't change the fact that he's going to try and do something. ]
You got food and water? I don't know what the other Pleroma think, and I can't bring you to our headquarters or anything like that, but I'm not leaving you high and dry like that.
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Date: 2022-09-02 02:53 am (UTC)[ that is not what he was expecting to hear. She hadn't seemed like a Regent loyalist or anything, but she'd been quite clear about her position the last time they spoke. Maybe he's reading into it too much, and she's just gone to Godsblood - or maybe, since Eustace died, she's visiting the shrine to revive him. Multiple explanations flash through his head, and his confusion and uncertainty is plain to feel. ]
What do you mean...? You're just living somewhere else, or... [ well. May as well be direct. ] Did you ditch the Regent? Is that how Eustace got taken out?
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Date: 2022-09-02 07:23 am (UTC)Mr. Eustace... He turned Pleroma recently. He came back to Achamoth for the attack, but he lost in a fight with Mr. Barnaby. Minegishi was able to get his shard, so we took it and left.
[ No secrets here... Johnny doesn't seem like the type to exploit this kind of information, if there's anything here to be exploited. ]
We're going to wait here until Mr. Eustace... comes back. If the Regent took his shard, I don't think they would leave him intact.
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Date: 2022-09-04 05:08 am (UTC)[ this is a lot of information at once. It would be easy for Gray to lie to him, but for whatever godforsaken reason, he feels like he can trust her. So Eustace turned and proceeded to immediately get killed by his own - Johnny's fears about the Kenoma's attitude towards defectors were well-founded. ]
Was he in contact with anyone on our side? [ a beat. ] What about you and the mina-whatsit guy?
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Date: 2022-09-05 06:26 am (UTC)[ He really didn't tell her anything. She hardly even knew he'd defected when she found out he'd been dissipated. ]
Minegishi... He isn't with me at the moment, but you're the only Pleroma I've spoken to. After what happened in Achamoth, I'm not sure how open anyone is to talking with the other side.
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Date: 2022-09-06 02:15 am (UTC)Then I guess it's a good thing I called you.
[ there's a bitterness to his words, because he feels sorry the only person that's apparently tried to help is him, and he has no idea what he can even do. That doesn't change the fact that he's going to try and do something. ]
You got food and water? I don't know what the other Pleroma think, and I can't bring you to our headquarters or anything like that, but I'm not leaving you high and dry like that.