Um, [ says charles, which is a promising start, almost equally promising as the somewhat bashful expression that appears on his face right then, ] Might have got a tad carried away?

[ read: he definitely got like five different types of beer and then some canned cocktails for good measure, because crystal was telling him about them and apparently they're pretty aces. he wouldn't know, but he figures he can trust her on that.

also, his answer is to, in fact, pull his head back out and then say, as the door opens, ] Yeah, partially phasing through stuff's actually pretty uncomfortable. You could've opened the door through me, but, rather not.

[ with that cheerful opening (which he does say with a bright grin entirely at odds with the content of the words), charles steps in and deposits his bag full of drinks at junpei's feet, mostly so he has a hand free to reach out and squeeze his shoulder. ] Hey. Good to see you. [ the "in person" goes unsaid but is heavily implied, considering they did see each other just an hour ago over video. ]