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compnetwork2012-09-30 11:48 pm
helenchanted) wrote in compnetwork2012-09-30 11:48 pm
[Public post, but addressed to one(1) Minato Arisato] | VIDEO (Backdated)
[Miki has only been here for day, and yesterday night's events have left her happier than she could have imagined. But...she suppose she owes someone and apology for her behavior the night before.
Maybe it's the lack of a good night's sleep and she'd not using the camera and post function on the watch clearly, or maybe simply because she's not that great with computers in the first place, but what was supposed to be a private post is unfortunately sent publicly. Regardless, it is a small video of Miki looking like she didn't get that much sleep and she's looking at the watch's camera like it's a small cursed object.]
Hey uh. Arisato. I mean Minato. M-Minato Arisato yeah that sounds better..
Look when you watch this? Just wanted to say I'm sorry 'bout yesterday. I didn't know about the different world things and I just thought you were the Minato from my world.
He was the leader of Strega. That's why I did the...I'm watching you sign. [She says, tihnking 'I still don't trust you that much anyway.']
So uh. I'll stop that. I'm sure you're a nice guy and not an idiot.
[She pouts, trying to think of what else to say and just shrugs.]
Have a good day.
[End video feed.]
Maybe it's the lack of a good night's sleep and she'd not using the camera and post function on the watch clearly, or maybe simply because she's not that great with computers in the first place, but what was supposed to be a private post is unfortunately sent publicly. Regardless, it is a small video of Miki looking like she didn't get that much sleep and she's looking at the watch's camera like it's a small cursed object.]
Hey uh. Arisato. I mean Minato. M-Minato Arisato yeah that sounds better..
Look when you watch this? Just wanted to say I'm sorry 'bout yesterday. I didn't know about the different world things and I just thought you were the Minato from my world.
He was the leader of Strega. That's why I did the...I'm watching you sign. [She says, tihnking 'I still don't trust you that much anyway.']
So uh. I'll stop that. I'm sure you're a nice guy and not an idiot.
[She pouts, trying to think of what else to say and just shrugs.]
Have a good day.
[End video feed.]
[Locked video - put them in my room as a wallpaper]
Minami's a year younger than you. I guess different worlds have different circumstances. A bit like why I'm here...
[At least her frustration seems to have shifted from him to this world.]
Tch. This is so confusing...
[Locked video - You will have the shiniest room!]
Minami Arisato...
[ He mouths her name more than says it as he thinks about the prospect of another sister in another world. A sister whose brother led Strega...
How does that even work? ]
What happened...?
[ He means, of course, how did it wind up that a sister he doesn't even know existed (but even now is wondering about - did their parents want two children and only two children? Did they plan on spacing them out a little, but having twins in his and Minako's worlds prevent that? and so on...) led SEES and he led Strega? ]
[Locked video - You have no idea how much I love shiny things. And Phoenix Ranger Featherman R]]
[She averts her eyes from him again, both from the fact that no matter who he says he is, there's still a part of Miki's brain haywired to think of him as the Strega leader. It's like this weird bizzaro world that she can't shake off and it will take a good amount of time for her to adjust.
On the other hand, even her Minato did something good, in the end. She owes him for that.]
You might want to sit down, and I'll tell you everything.
[Locked video - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R is pretty boss. ]]
I am sitting down...
[ He really is! He's at the table in his apartment's kitcheny area. But actually sitting is a different matter altogether than bracing himself for it. ... when someone tells you to sit down, that generally means the story is pretty weighty in addition to just being long. ]
[Locked video - It is! It's the best and---NOT THAT I'D TELL ANYONE.]
...she should really get a coffee after this. This is going to be a long day.]
I didn't realize. Alright, maybe I should start at the accident...
[ > You tell the other Minato the story of your world, starting from the accident, to how both the Minato you know and Minami had the aspect of Death put into them...
>...While you have barely slept, you sometimes take odd poses, trying to remember the series of events correctly. All the while, the camera moves along with you as you first sit down, then slowly slide down from your chair to the floor and finally, the camera points to the floor with only part of your face visible. You continue to tell him everything...
> How the Minato was put into the testing facility and survived with the three other children...
> How the four of them escaped and formed Strega, only for Takaya's methods to cause him to be kicked out...
> How both Minami and Minato had no idea they were each other's siblings until much later...
> How Ikutsuki puts a hit on Mitsuru to lure Strega back into the city...
> In fact Minato might realize that Strega seems to have shown up much earlier than the ones in his own time...and this is why they recruited both Ken and Koromaru before SEES did...
> How some events stayed the same, such as Shinjiro's death, Ikutsuki's ultimate betrayal, Mitsuru's father's death, Ryoji's appearance...
> Minato might also notice how you quickly passed over the Ryoji bits and had an odd look in your face.
> How the Fall was still going to happen...
> How Chidori's 'death' caused Strega and SEES to come to a truce and talk, finding clues in the files about Minami and Minato's sibling connection.
> How both teams joined to fight Tatarus together, and Takaya tried to stop them one last time...
> How, in the end, when all hope seemed lost, Minato ended up sacrificing himself to become the seal, allowing his sister to live.
> You actually feel much better talking about it. And maybe feel a bit like a jerk about your Minato but...he still had killed a lot of people. Even if he had saved so many! But still...
> ...you should really stop having these internal battles regarding members of Strega. It's bad for your health.]
[Locked video - My lips are *sealed* ;) 1 of 2 ]
Especially the end. But also -- just hearing how his other self became a part of Strega. It's sobering to think about. He wonders how many people his other self had killed... He didn't think he had it in him to murder someone whether they deserved it or not - especially not now with the added perspective the Universe and the seal have brought. But if in another world he was a part of an organization that used the Dark Hour to kill people... he supposes he must reassess what he is capable of.
And besides that, to think of how easy it would have been for the Kirijo group to 'take in' either himself or Minako and put them through the experiments that Strega went through... Aside from their grandparents, there hadn't been too many relatives of theirs who cared much. Maybe they would have found it awfully convenient if he or in another world his sister had just ... disappeared with the wreckage.
Dark thoughts aside, however, he finds it interesting to hear about Minami and to hear about his other self. It's so -- strange, and he struggles to try and put himself in his Strega self's mindset. To understand. -- and to understand Minami, too. Some of how Miki talks about her reminds him of what he's gotten to know again about Minako. But some of it is altogether different, and it really helps him separate her in his brain from being another world's version of Minako. Similarities make sense - they come from the same parents, after all - but the differences are important.
And yet, they're not important at all, when it comes to the end. Neither the differences between his sisters (it's nearly impossible for him to not on some level think of Minami as a sister) nor between himself and his Strega self really matter, because how it ends makes complete sense to him, and of all things, he smiles just a little when Miki talks about the other Minato sacrificing himself and Minami living on.
Whatever else is wrong in that other world, he's glad that there's at least one place where he was able to protect one of his family members. He very much wishes that somehow his sacrifice could have protected Minako, too. But they're from different worlds, and it seems as if each world needs its own seal. Even so, that Minami lives on makes him happy. And that despite everything his Strega self had been through, he was still able to bond with others and realize his answer and make that choice... That, too, is cause for a smile. ]
[Locked video - 2 of 2]
He's not really looking at Miki for a long while after she finishes - rather, he's got a far away, lost-in-thought sort of look, until at last he shakes himself out of his thoughts and forces himself to look up at her again. ]
Thank you for telling me everything. And... I'm sorry. For the trouble and the pain I've caused you in the telling and -- in your own world.
I know -- it was a different me, but... all the same.
[ With the history they have, he can't imagine it's easy for her to sit down and talk with and be friendly with the doppelganger of someone she'd known quite differently... and mostly negatively. ]
[So locked it's got locks on locks. Lockception]
That serious look at the other Minato she knew had. There was an odd allure to it really, and even if she had hated his guts for a while, Miki had quietly admitted to Minami once that he had 'nice eyes'. Of course this had changed nothing about them, at least until the uneasy truce between both groups. Even then, her speaking with him had been a mixture of awkward and attempting to look dignified around him.]
[somehow I'm picturing this thread as someone in ace attorney with 5 locks]
Though, shut up voice! Of course he's sure!... but be that as it may, prior to the voice, he does smile a little at her 'we cool' and that hand gesture. That was hardly what he'd expected her to say or do, though in retrospect, he's not sure it's surprising.
He shakes his head just once at her 'thanks', however - she doesn't need to thank him for that. He felt like it was due to her after all...
But he can't resist a very mild tease, as what she said before made him think of a cross between Akihiko's awkwardness and Junpei's.... Junpeiness. ]
Then... I guess... we cool, now.
[Better bust out your Magatama then Minato]
Yeah. We defiantly cool.
[She's taking this a little too seriously...]
[ Oh boy! ... wait, who is my assistant? ]
I'm glad for that. [ And he smiles a bit. He really would like to get to know her - perhaps become friends, as the Star Social Link suggests is possible. ]
... maybe it might be a good idea to start over a little.
Hello. My name is
Insufferable McLinefaceMinato Arisato. It is nice to meet you.[There are plenty of young girls to be found in this game...wow that sounds wrong] 1/2
[Also I swear I just keep making these silly faces icons because of Minato] 2/2
Hello. My name is
Miki Sanada. You killed my brother. Prepare to die.Miki Sanada. It's also nice to meet you.[Probably. OKay, it is nice to meet you.]
[watching the animations is really distracting]
I hope we can look forward to getting to know each other.
[ it is his subtle hint ]
[JUST AS PLANNED]
[Insert Title Here]
[ (╯>□<）╯︵ ┻━┻ ]
[ Did she really just tableflip at him? ]
[ No, he's not asking her out. He just is thinking up neutral locations to have a conversation or two. ]
[In her mind, she did]
And one Ryoji.]...sure. Something sometime.
[What game are you even playing Arisato]
no subject
Or I could cook something, though I'm no where near as good as Shinjiro-senpai.
... either way, Minako has your apples, by the way.