don't want to lose stuff in the shuffle of All This Plot

tomorrow some new inbox tags for folks

also tricia868 lmk when you get to a good spot for Jedao to help Maggie out of the maze?

no rush

Is it too late to throw my guys at Jedao at port?

definitely not, go for it!

\o/

Would [here is Gojyo, standing at the crack of dawn an looking at a boat dubiously] be enough for Jedao to go "get in loser, we're going truthing"? Because I'm struggling to come up with an IC justification why Gojyo would actually enter a boat on his own initiative.

But even the slightest hint of "what are you, scared on entering a boat?" would have him jump into it.

(The Saiyukis are very silly.)

*scared of, even

lmao yeah we could do that

I'm mostly just thinking of how Sokie really wants to meet Jedao. Just who is this mysterious lad

nammah yes!! also I'm loving Jedao and Aerith

Jedao like, to be clear I am still in a prison cell and can't make you do anything. you don't have to justify your decisions to me or gain my approval. you do have it tho

also lmao Jedao and his penguin daemon

Jeia would absolutely wield a butterfly knife somehow

Aerith just wants Jedao to understand she's not trying to be stubborn she swears

she feels bad like she's shooting all his ideas down

STAY BOSSY GIRL

just go boss around the people who can actually maybe help you

honestly she does need to get bossy with some people she's been...a little soft lately...

tomorrow, frankie tags, flood pre-writing, yuletide fic. now, sleep

Question: what do you think of "he really does love Hakkai" for Gojyo's truth? I don't imagine that would fix their relationship, but do we want to help them out even that much?

hmm!! the thing is, Jedao is arrogant enough to immediately question the judgement of this random star

"oh i guess we'll call anything love these days huhn"

and if Gojyo can see his own deal and is willing to punch him in a boat over his dubious expression it might at least prompt them starting to deal with their shit

so I'm not opposed

but it wouldn't in itself nudge Jedao's opinion at all lmao

what do you think?

Hmmm. I think he wouldn't punch him over just a dubious expression. Being exposed as loving your friend is embarrassing!
But if Gojyo went "what's with that look" and Jedao actually said "oh i guess we'll call anything love these days huhn" out loud, he'd be happy to punch him.

Yes, even in a boat. The Saiyukis are silly.

Hakkai is the only one of them with enough sense not to start a fight in a boat.

I think it would be fun to play but only if Jedao being a bitch instead of trying to be welcoming would reverse-psychology-challenge help gojyo be more determined to stick around

Rather than shattering the fragile peace with hakkai

Let's do it! Hakkai and Gojyo both are being very careful not to get into another fight right now; Jedao being a bitch won't change that.

You don't scare him, mister!

any thoughts on what it would be good for Gojyo to see?

Hmm. Gojyo doesn't doubt that Jedao loves Hakkai (which has nothing to do with him trusting Jedao, and everything to do with him knowing that Hakkai wouldn't just run into the arms of the first available person he sees), so that wouldn't do much... I'll think it over!

we could do some of Jedao's wet meow meow stuff

'was a prisoner his whole life before the barge' or 'was made in a lab to be used as a weapon' type stuff?

Yeah, that could work. Any type of "was alone and sad and scared" stuff hits hard for Gojyo.