How long after the mission do the ghouls keep MC under watch?
I can’t imagine the ghouls (especially Jin) would want to leave her alone for a while
She stays with Jin for three days after they return. Literally does not leave his room. The only person allowed to enter the room is Tohma and it’s only to deliver meals and any urgent updates. The Inspector sleeps a lot during those few days. Jin was right to gently demand she stay with him because if she’d been alone she was so out of it she wouldn’t have been eating frequently enough. They share his bed. She’s far too traumatized to care about what that means for “them.” All she knows is her body doesnt feel like hers still and sometimes it doesn’t even feel like she’s in her body, and that physically being able to feel Jin makes her feel better.
It’s quite possibly the softest Jin has ever been. Don’t get me wrong there’s pure unadulterated fury simmering just below the surface, and there are mountains being moved behind the scenes to ensure there’s justice done for his Inspector. But he mostly leaves those tasks to Tohma’s capable hands. His focus is on The Inspector. Revenge will come for those responsible eventually, but she needs him now. So that’s where he is. With her.
After The Inspector posts her unofficial mission report and learns exactly what Darkwick did to her, she goes to Obscuary. Jin very VERY reluctantly parts with her. He orders Luca to walk The Inspector to the Obs dorm. Jin channels his separation anxiety into carefully crafting the RUIN of the powers that be.
The Inspector disappears into Ed’s room for 2 days. Ed keeps Rui updated and is the one that goes to get her food and clears it after. Rui jokes half heartedly that it’s the most activity Ed’s done in decades. Romi and Haru are nightly visitors to the bar just to get whatever updates Rui has. They leave gifts for her too. Haru has a surprise talent for handicrafts and made her a stuffed Peekaboo plush (she cherishes it forever).
On day 5 since her return from the mission The Inspector returns to classes. All of the ghouls are keeping an eye on her waiting the other shoe to drop. Shes not back to normal, and she’s not pretending to be. She’s angry. She feels violated in ways she can’t fully wrap her head around. She’s angry. She’s angry. She’s angry.
The ghouls are worried she’s a time bomb just waiting to explode, but they should know her better than that. She may be vibrating with rage, but she’s not gonna blow up and waste that energy. No no no, she’s going to channel it into a chaotic force for destruction….. and well you saw how the campus retaliated…
…did you think that was coincidental? That it was by chance? That there weren’t seeds intentionally sown and strings carefully pulled? Embers don’t spontaneously burst into flame without someone stoking them…