This has SO MANY A+ Junaisms. S tier Junaisms. You got me laughing out loud on multiple occasions, specifically: 1) her first move being to write apologies to literally everyone; 2) immediately transitioning into Hero Worship Mode but for the concept of queerness itself (of course she would - they're the plucky underdogs fighting against some top-down bullshit - that's right up her alley) and 3) "Lots of hiding and lying and running. I hate doing those things!" while literally slamming her head on the desk.
Ash is the absolute worst person to have to deal with this. But also the best, somehow. Despite needing to play the straight man (heh) opposite her insanity you packed in a ton of great characterization in those rueful asides. And what he chooses not to say, especially when it comes to Musse, who is ostensibly some sort of rival player - but really, it's not much of a game at the moment and they're all on the same side. Helping Juna figure herself out is more important. I love that.
As far as I'm concerned this is exactly what happened the next day. Still will be even if I continue it or write something else. Thank you so much for adding it to my little Trails sorta-kinda-AU. :)
THANK YOU! And yeah you totally got all of it, though that’s not surprising since I was trying to somewhat twist myself a bit more into the style you used while also forcing myself to use more imagery and physical description. Juna doing her “Hero Worship” thing but in a way that’s not really toxic for once in the series but is still Not The Best Idea was a balance I wanted to try my best to strike, but really I’m just elated that it passes muster and feels at home with what you wrote.
I was a little split on Ash, who is incredibly perceptive, not catching that Juna called him cool during her existential crisis, because even when she’s spinning in circles her feelings are on her sleeve in ALL of the ways, but I think this is one context where he’d be so focused, like you caught on already, on helping Juna sort herself out that it’d fly over his head. Maybe he’ll realize it later.
Also skipped over Altina’s “story” which was really just going to be a very self-serving joke in that she spent a lot of time between CS2 and CS3 with both Rean (who keeps staring at 50 mira coins) and Claire (...) and I don’t think it would’ve fit here.
Thank you again so much for being okay with me doing this, impromptu though it was!
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