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Another accidental video - re-entry with a new canon point

[Dirty fingers brush over the NV screen when it switches on, leaving bloody streaks across the screen. The whole video is vibrating; as the fingers move, a view of the Newcomer apartments from the baseball diamond is clearly visible. Whoever is holding the NV is clearly a newcomer and clearly in some kind of trouble.

After a minute, there's a shallow gasp and a moan; the voice is high pitched, obviously a girl's. The NV falls, and goes black; it's camera down in the dirt. But it lasts only a minute. The owner of the voice goes to pick up her NV, gasping in agony as her hand curls around the device. It's obvious why; there's a hole shot clean through her palm and out of the back of her hand.]

Marius? Marius, where are you?

[The voice has a heavy French accent when she speaks, and just for a minute, Eponine's face comes into view. It's dirty and tear stained. Her hair is a mess, greasy and tangled but that is the least of Eponine's concerns. She's forced herself into a sitting position, and one hand she presses to her chest, - a chest which is bleeding profusely. She gasps again, and sinks down onto the ground and out of sight of her NV.Without anything to support her weight, she can't keep herself upright any more. She knows she's dying, and tears wet her cheeks. She feels sick and dizzy and the world - wherever she is, fades in and out. She needs to see him before she dies. Her breathing is getting more and more shallow. She has to ask his forgiveness.]

Mariussss...

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No way. Choking me will hurt you too, you know.

[Besides, he's had enough of being choked. He rubs unhappily at the collar burn on his neck. Why are the security guys always three times his size? It's really unfair.]

I am NOT going to choke you! Making me yell is bad too! Come here or I will come for you and then we will both be in trouble.

[She means it too - he better KNOW she means it and get his butt back to her RIGHT NOW!]

[Sigh.

He tiptoes back over, though not without a glance at the door first. There's a guard posted outside now, and he's still giving Yosuke a dirty look. Yosuke resists the urge to make a face at him, though, and turns back to Eponine.]

It's nothing to get worked up about, alright? I just didn't want you to be so unhappy. You're not as unhappy now, right? So it worked.

[She drops her voice to a whisper; with the guard outside, she feels a bit like she's in prison. As soon as he's close enough, she makes to grab him, to force him to bend over her. Her grip, if she manages to catch him, is weak though; it's more a gesture than anything.]

You better start telling me, Yosuke, very FAST, who you have made a deal with on my behalf. Tell me or I'll scream loud enough to get you arrested for hurting me, Yosuke. I am not sad; I am FURIOUS at you. Why have you interfered in my life? Who have you told about me? You tell me so I can sort this out. I have powers now - I can fix this.

At worst they'll toss me in a holding cell for a-

[Jail isn't the same sort of threat it once was, frankly. As long as it's short term it's no big deal. Anything long term is pretty rotten with a face like his, though. That threat he would take more seriously. But what Eponine says next catches him genuinely off guard.]

He gave you powers? Wait, why? Which ones? What for?

[It takes her a minute to process, but then her mouth drops open.]

JESSE? You went to JESSE about me? You made him - you told him to ask me -

[She looks HORRIFIED.]

This is YOUR doing? Yosuke...

[She shakes her head in disbelief] Yosuke, what have you done? What have you promised Jesse? ...What did you tell him about me?

...Ask you to what?

[His mouth has suddenly gone dry. That was t the deal. Eponine wasn't supposed to have to do anything.]

Wh-what's my doing? What are you talking about?

[She twists her mouth, scowling, though really, she's more worried about what to say to him.]

I can't tell you, Yosuke, what he asks of me. It was part of our own deal; I have said too much already, and you cannot tell him what you know of this, or we will both be in trouble, and I do not want to do what I think he will make me do to you if he knows of this. What deal did you make with Jesse? Tell me or I will ask him.

[He might not fear jail... but perhaps he'll feel differently about Jesse]

That son of a bitch.

[He tugs at his hair again, furious to realize that just as he'd suspected, Jesse had screwed everything up.]

I'm not scared of him. And you shouldn't be either. He doesn't have any powers, you know. He can't even use them. All he can do is steal them. Did he tell you that?

...What am I saying? It's not like you care. You probably think that's a great idea, right? Never mind that it leaves people completely defenseless in a fucked up place like this. Never mind that people could die, or go insa-

[And there it is. The connection he never made, but he should have. Jesse steals powers. People have been turning up in the news all of this time, powerless. Some of them really did go insane. And he's known about it all along, he just didn't realize that he knew.

His eyes go wide, wider than they should be able to, and he stumbles backwards into the nearest chair.]

No...

[She stares at him whilst he figures it out. Her glare is defiant.]

Is that what you think of me? That I do not care if people are left... Well, perhaps you are right.

[She watches him too, as he sinks down] DON'T YOU DARE SAY A WORD, YOSUKE, or he'll make me wipe your mind. Do you want to forget who you are, and I and Lisbeth and Nill and your other friends? Say anything and I swear, you will not remember anything and your powers will be gone.

[She runs a hand through her hair] You told him I was a prostitute, didn't you? He had this planned when he spoke to me. Well, I hope you are happy now, Yosuke. I am a criminal and you... you can never tell.

You're supposed to be free...he said you wouldn't have to...oh my god.

[Yosuke claps a hand over his mouth, pale and shaken and dazed. It's obvious he's not used to being lied to. He really thought that someone might help him save his friend from a life of misery.

How stupid is he? And for her to say that, is she still...?

No. No, it's all wrong. It's even worse. And she has the power to erase his memory? Shit. He can't- she can't. Everything good in his life is here. He can't forget it all. He'll drown. And Nill... They both know Nill is special to him. What if-

No...]

...People lie, M'sieur. As I lied to Marius, so Jesse has lied to you. And I will have to lie to you both now.

I am free, M'sieur - Jesse pays me a lot of money. It is at your house, in fact. I will earn a lot of money. And then, when I am rich, I can stop. But you should not have made this deal. I will make it right, M'sieur, but do not interfere with my life again.

[She sounds a lot older than sixteen; she sounds exhausted.]

He gave me a power I can show you too; I can make it rain now.

I keep telling you, it's not just your life anymore once you start making friends. They're going to-

[Except that just then, the rest of what she said sinks in.]

...Wait, what?! Haven't you heard of a bank?

[Inexplicably, Yosuke is yanking his hair again.]

Banks do not look at people like me. They would throw me out as soon as I stepped in... Yosuke, what is wrong now?

[Eponine's getting tired of his dramatics now. For goodness sake, she's nearly died today, had to deal with the loss of her most dear love... and now her friend has screwed over her life and is having dramatics about her hiding money. She needs a break. Yosuke was supposed to come and feed her ice cream, not make everything more complicated than ever.]

...Nothing. Nothing, everything is fine.

[Except that it was all a lie. And now Eponine works for a crazy, dangerous freak. And she's broke. And dead, as soon as she gets home.

For a moment he almost thinks he's going to be sick right there on the floor. But it isn't nausea...it's guilt. And it's way worse than a simple stomach bug. None of this is going away in 48 hours.]

I...I have to leave.

LEAVE?

[Eponine jerks right up again, and hisses with the pain. She tries to reach out to grab Yosuke's hand, to make him stay. Why is he leaving? What is he doing? He can't leave her all alone.]

Yosuke, don't leave. Please. I'm sorry. Yosuke, I'm sorry, okay? Please don't leave me here by myself. I am sorry I was cross with you. I promise I'll make it better - but please, please don't leave me here. Let me come home with you. Please don't leave me here.

[It's too much. After being abandoned over and over in France, and being shot, this final abandonment is just too much for her to bear, and she ends up crying again.]

Hey...hey, don't-damn it. Don't cry. You know I can't-

[It works, of course. He's a sucker for a damsel in distress, after all, as Eponine must have noticed many times over. Instead of leaving, he climbs up onto the bed too, touching her face and making soothing sounds and pressing his forehead to hers. Truth be told, he's as desperate for the comfort as she is, just like always.]

You're going to hate me.

[She's surprised at the close contact; she doesn't realy understand why Yosuke's touching her - but she smiles through her tears. It's so lovely to be touched in such a gentle manner.]

I am cross with you sometimes... but I can never hate you. What's wrong?

[If she'd asked him, he wouldn't have been able to explain anyway. Sometimes people had touched his face when he was upset to soothe him, but they certainly hadn't climbed into his hospital bed looking for mutual comfort. It was pathetic, actually. But there wasn't a single thing in his life left that hadn't been broken. And here was something breaking on top of a break. Here was something shattering even while the two of them tried desperately to glue it together.]

You will...I...you...ugh!

[He sat back, and scrubbed at his face again, miserably. His voice comes out as pathetic as he feels this time. Weak and hoarse and defeated.]

I know somewhere else you can sleep, don't worry...

Somewhere else?

[Another tear trickles down her cheek]

You do not want me any more? M'sieur?

[Back to the formal title. Just in case.]

It's not that.

[He pulls his knees up under his chin, and glances away so she won't see the horrified look on his face. Dragging dead deer carcasses around isn't a pleasant memory, but it's worse than that. The bar and his apartment are trashed. Turned completely inside out, destroyed. There's no way Eponine's savings made it through all of that.]

I can't stay there, either.

...Why?

[She's not even thinking about her money; it's only a few hundred dollars. Not much in the grand scheme of things, but everything to her. But she would still rather have Yosuke.]

Has something happened, Yosuke? You must tell me, you know.

[He slumps over, burying his face in his knees. He might have to say it, but he's not ready to look her in the eyes at the same time.]

It's gone. Someone broke in while we were away. The bar is empty, the kitchen is destroyed, and the apartment is...everything is gone. And smashed. We don't have anything now.

Gone.

[It takes a minute for that to sink in, to remember what she had had there. Gone. Everything gone. His home. His living - her things; the new dresses she had bought. The champagne and chocolates. The shoes and the coats and the hat and the books. All gone. Her money. All gone.]

I have nothing?

[Her face is blank. She's shocked. She has no money. She's got no home. But... she has friends? Yes?]

But you're okay, Yosuke? They did not hurt you? That is something, is it not? We can fix your home and your shop. I can earn money. It would be worse if you were dead.

I am, though. I'm so dead. If Fai-sama comes back and sees what I've done to his place... And you and Nill have to move again, and Creed-San doesn't live at his house anymore. I don't know where he is! Who moves away and forgets to tell their so-uh, babysitter?

[He uncurls just enough to glance up, clearly furious and close to tears himself.]

How can you say it's okay? You...you're shot. And still enslaved to someone! And now you're going to have to live with Keigo. I mean, he's a good guy but he's going to perv all over you when I'm not around to kick his ass.

Nothing is okay. In fact, every time I think this place can't get worse somehow it manages! It's not fair!

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