( mental link ) day :041

[iuno]

[ some number of hours after the announcement about the decision they have to make — return to the Station or stay on Hyrypia — there's a restless feeling that hums along the Nest connection for a good few minutes before Juno actually speaks. a sensation like drumming your fingers along a surface; starting to speak and changing your mind. starting— ]

( So. ) [ a pause. nearly vibrating with that strange, jittery impatience. ] ( Who's going where? )

[ he plainly doesn't care, and it's not a social question. but he thinks it would be good to know who to expect to be around on one side or the other. ]

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[iuno]

( Yeah, I could have guessed that for myself. )

[ so determined to be the hero — not that Juno can talk, he knows that. the urge to stay behind is simmering under his own skin, eating him alive. it's just that the thing pulling him back to the Station is a stronger guilt. ]

( Didn't think politics was up your alley, though. )

[incinerates]

Do I look like a politician to you.

[ Don't answer that. ]

I promised Bellamy w'd get justice for Keya. If I leave now, it makes me all cheap talk.

[iuno]

[ there's a bright little flash of amusement -- Juno was clearly going to be a smart-ass until Bakugo pushed past the opportunity. ]

( Not so sure anyone on this rock is interested in justice, Katsuki. )

[incinerates]

I am. [ Said simply, as if no other truth had ever found way into his heart. ]

Besides, if I can get a shot at that astral-bodied fuck who dared attack me n' my world, I've gotta' be here for it.

[ And then, all the gears in his brain grind to a halt -- catching the way Juno's addressed him. He sputters: ]

What're you addressing me so casually for!!

[iuno]

( What? It's just a name. )

[ he genuinely doesn't see the big deal, because politeness never made it into the culture on Mars, even among the richer socialites. but he is a little smug to have riled Bakugo so easily. ]

( You know this Enemy thing isn't going to just show up here, right? We've been after its foot soldiers. )

why did march murder us ps i still want this

[incinerates]

It's MY name. It's like -- it's just WEIRD.

[ his parents are the only ones who call him that. someone else, someone with a blinding smile ( he thinks it's mocking him -- ), calls him kacchan. the sound of midoriya's voice is a flowing thing between them: kacchan? are you all right? and he slaps it aside, trying to keep it from reaching juno. juno, who he doesn't want to be anything less than steady around, for some reason or another. ]

Its agent is here. Why couldn't we track them back to where they come from?