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[Video ♓ Intro]

[Welp, since everyone else has been introducing themselves, why the hell not?]

My name is Narukami Yu. I was residing in Inaba, Japan before being brought here. I've been assigned to the Libra district, apartment 5-10.

[There's a pause...]

Some of you have met me already.

[...hey, just because everyone else was doing introductions, didn't mean Yu's would be very long.]

[[Video ♓ Private to Kanji and Yosuke]]

[Yu's a lot less awkward when addressing his friends, of course.]

Yosuke, Kanji; where have you guys been assigned? Do you know if any of the rest of the team has arrived here?

[[Text ♓ Private to the Gas Station Attendant]]

[Yu's been putting this off for awhile, but considering that both Kanji and Yosuke have responded the same way to a certain grey-haired woman, he has to address this. Now.]

Can we talk? Privately?

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Alright.

[Don't mind her, just trying out all the settings on this. Somehow it does not manage to leave the filtered range...]

I'll be waiting, then.

[...maybe he should show her how it works when he gets there... assuming this conversation doesn't end up going the way he feels it will.]

[Yu headed over to the location texted to him, looking around for either the familiar red and yellow uniform, or that cute grey skirt she had on when they arrived.]

[You never know, because it could just be a cover... She is excellent at acting when she wants to be, after all.

It isn't long before he can see her in the same uniform she almost always used to wear, looking in the opposite direction. She thought it would be less of a distraction, not to mention fit in well since the location? A service station. She always was good at utilizing the irony of situations, even as she took a few steps away...

Had she given up on waiting? Or, was she merely drawing him away from the bustle of man and demon alike? He had requested to speak privately, if one recalled correctly.]

[Indeed he had, and he almost called out to her before he realized this. He paused a moment, glancing up at the service station to appreciate the coming back full circle, even if it was in another city. He gave it a moment, before starting after her at a comfortable distance, trying not to look suspicious to anyone that might be watching.]

[...but a hand did unconsciously slip into his pocket, wrapping around the Midnight Channel glasses he kept there...]

[She smirks faintly as she turns down a more empty road, waiting for the child to make his way there as well. There would be no need to worry about anyone eavesdropping in this more secluded area... After all, even in this form she could easily outclass most.

The attendant waited for a moment before turning around to face him, casually waving to him.]

So you had a question for me...?

[Yu nodded in acknowledgement of her greeting. He had been rolling over how to go about this conversation in his head, but none of it seemed to want to work at the moment. Looks like the blunt option was just going to have to work.]

...who are you?

Well, that's an odd question to ask.

[Especially since that could have been answered on the network should he have chosen to ask there. Seriously, representative. Is that really what you wished to discuss with her about? Though... the hint of red in her eyes is coming back under the hat...

She takes a step closer, the visibility in the area diminishing only barely noticeably.]

I am one who learned the fickleness of the soul long ago.

[Yu felt something like fear close around his heart, and while his expression never changed, he did tighten his grip around his glasses. He felt uneasy, and it wasn't just "him" that felt that way...]

...so you're not what you appear to be.

[Now, now... she hadn't even called forth her "Persona" just yet. She merely smiles at first, before a laugh escapes her. When she calms down, however? The amused glint in her crimson eyes shows even more brilliantly.]

You say that as though any one you have met has been what they first appeared to be, Narukami.

[The "attendant's" friendly facade is still present, though it seems more pained than before.]

But I suppose you could say that my own facade runs deeper than theirs.

[Yu took a calming breath, flinching slightly as he felt his head start to throb, like his Persona wanted to jump out then and there. Not that he could blame him; he was putting the pieces together in his head, and the conclusion was a little terrifying.]

So... what Kanji and Yosuke said is true.

[He didn't doubt his friends; if they said something was up with someone, it probably was, especially when they were so adamant about it. Now that he was seeing the truth with his own eyes, he could understand why they wanted him to stay away.]

You are a death goddess.

[...because, really. Who wouldn't want to keep their best friend away from a death goddess? Not just any death goddess, of course. His persona, the way it was acting... after everything he had been through already, he doubted it was a coincidence.]

...Izanami.

[That was all it took.

The thinly veiled fog seemed to be absorbed by her without a second thought before it dissipates completely, revealing her feminine figure in a white kimono and shawl. Yet it isn't as... pristine as he would one day see it should he ever return home. The shawl itself is tattered and frayed around the edges, both it and the rest of her clothing stained in blood that coincided the holes. Yet her face remained free of injury, save a few healing scars, as she floating just a foot off the ground.]

Indeed. Though there is no need to fear me, child... [Same goes for you, brother.] Though did they tell you of my final words? Or did they simply leave it at a vague warning?

[Children, please. She knows when to show some decorum. ಠ_ಠ]

[Yu couldn't help but stare, a weird feeling settling in his stomach. So they had fought her... her, Kanji, Yosuke were all from after this fight they would go through in the future.]

[...and he did that. To a goddess.]

[W H A T]

[He shook his head to clear it, trying to focus on her face and not her injuries.]

They weren't very specific.

[Well, someone had a little help from just about everyone they knew, but that was beside the point. Because yes, yes he did do that. To a goddess. Yu become that insanely powerful when you become a man in the future.

And while he's staring, she can't help but chuckle. If he was staring at this, then how would he react to her true form? It amused her to no end.]

Then I suppose we have much more to discuss than you likely realized, Yu Narukami...

[She seems to sit in the air... why? Because she can, of course.]

After all, it is you that will finally come all the way back to me.

[...after last night, he'll take just about anything, but still, he wondered if he should be hearing this. This was something that was supposed to happen in his future; was it right of him to learn it now? What if something important happened between then and now, something that he needed in order to accept whatever she had to say...?]

[...and then, at the same time, he was staring the truth right in the face. Why would he turn away now?]

...I'm listening.

[Are you absolutely positive about that, chosen? Because she got some pictures from undisclosed sources and she has to say... you did not do too bad of a job. :> She is proud of you boys, even if most of your team flipped tables mentally upon realizing she was indeed present as well.

Also, she has no idea why Yu would turn away now. After all, his other self had done so. She wonders if he'll take her word at face value, or if he would discard it just like her brother had... like he had when they will speak back home.]

It was the day before you were to return to Tokyo, if I overheard correctly... [Which she had.] I saw you saying farewell to your many friends earlier in the day before it began to rain. Odd, considering that earlier on the sun was high in the sky...

[It had been enough to reveal her without otherwise consenting to appearing and welcoming them.]

Though you are not as interested in the circumstance as to the why, correct?

[Begin asking your questions, child...]

[Really, he had no reason not to believe her; if she was truly malevolent, he didn't doubt she would have attacked already while they were distracted at the night club. Besides, even though the day had not come yet -- they had just beaten Adachi after all; the thought that someone else could have been responsible hadn't even entered his head -- it sounded about right.]

[He nodded in agreement to her question, though really "why" was exactly the only question on his mind at the moment.]

Why did you do all of that? The Midnight Channel, the fog... what did you want to see that something that elaborate was necessary?

[Yet. No reason not to believe her yet. After all, while she did not outright attack? Neither had she assisted in any way aside from encouraging others to continue on in the face of the threat that came soon after their arrival.

Her smile seems to be a little more truthful this time around.]

It was all for humanity's sake... [There's the short answer. Though she knew them; it would not be enough to satisfy him beyond 'how could that be?' after all.]

Humans ache to expose their suppressed sides, while the curious eyes around them are curious to see them laid bare... thus, I merely granted a window that catered to both. It was always your individual wills that would determine who would appear on it.

As for the fog, it is quite simple... [She floats a little closer to the ground.] Humans see only what they want to see, and believe only what they wish. This "Midnight Channel" you speak of is merely a reflection of the human heart, a device that draws them to the hollow forest on the other side... and they had already obscured their hearts and minds from the truth. Hmhm... Did you not wonder why when it cleared, the Shadows would attack those who wandered in?

[Though at the last part, she pauses. What had she wanted?]

It is the same as my aspect, Ameno-sagiri said... humanity's desires are my desires. It was all for yours and humanity's sake, to grant them the world they so wished.

Would your friends have faced themselves were it not for the push your fellow representatives provided?

Edited 2012-09-16 04:49 (UTC)

[Yu let out a faint sound at that, not... sure what he wanted to say. He wanted to say it was ridiculous; everything she had done was for humanity's sake? That she just wanted people to see themselves laid out in the open? He remembered everyone's shadows clearly, from Yosuke's relatively tame one, to Naoto's horrible one, and how close they had come to dying on way more than one occasion. How was that a good thing?!]

[...but then, would they had ever grown if this had not happened?]

[...dammit.]

...probably not.

[That was the more unbelievable part, but she was indeed being sincere. Patient as ever, she awaits his answer. When it's given, the blood stains slowly begin to vanish as her appearance begins to change once more - back to how it had been the other night, save her eyes.]

I had seen your potential when we first met, Narukami-kun... There was no doubt that you would be able to brave the hollow forest. You even exceed what I thought humanity to be capable of... Hmhm... perhaps that is why he chose you?

[She knows. And was that faith from a goddess?]

[...was that a round about way of saying she was proud of him for the work they did? He wasn't exactly sure how to take that, although he could feel the faith she had in him...]

[...wait, what the hell? No, no no; he barely knew her, no matter how his persona was quietly standing sentinel in his mind, as if giving her a wary gaze, but he could feel the pain of longing there too. There was no way he was establishing a Social Link with her that quickly. N O.]

I haven't... exceeded anything yet. There will still be a time where I have to face you in my future.

[Husband-brother, down. She has already learned her lesson okay she is not going to attack him either physically or mentally. Also yes, that was her roundabout way of saying that she was indeed proud.]

You overcame the temptation to throw Namatame in. You faced Adachi, and then Ameno-sagiri, thus removing the veil of fog from your world...

[She spares him a skeptical look.]

Do you truly believe that is not exceeding when there were many times up until then where you and yours could have certainly failed?

[It was a bit hard to concentrate; Izanagi seemed to be almost annoyed that Yu was taking all this in stride, when Izanami had just admitted she was the one responsible for everything. It was like Yu had to remind him that even though they hadn't done it yet, they had obviously won against her, before his Persona was sent into a grumbling silence.]

[...seriously, these two needed a marriage counselor...]

[With Izanagi quieter, Yu took a breath, thinking for himself. She was right, he would give her that; they did succeed in what they wanted -- no, needed to do -- but...]

We kept going because we knew what we needed to do. We wouldn't allow ourselves to fail, no matter how tempting it was. And until now, I thought that would have been the end; that there was nothing else.

I don't think that's 'exceeding'.

Edited 2012-09-16 13:18 (UTC)

[Izanagi, until he can summon you without aide in this realm then no. No, you cannot face her in the manner of which you wish to so badly she can sense the tension from within his soul. For the time being, why not at least attempt to be civil? She is indeed answering all of the questions posed to her.]

Your humility does not match your feats. Most would have stopped with Namatame... if not fallen long before then.

[She, like Adachi, had expected Yu and his friends to stop there or that Kubo child. Yet they hadn't.He led them to greedily search further for the truth.]

Do not sell yourself so short simply because you are from another period of time and have not yet faced me like your friends have.

[Yu let out a faint noise, looking away. It was hard to accept, really; knowing that his friends had already been through something he hadn't... knowing he had already left them...]

All right.

[It was said more to placate her than anything; it was obvious he still wasn't entirely convinced.]

[... Her feet touch the ground once more, eyebrow raised as she takes a few steps closer.]

You remain unconvinced and troubled?

[Feel free to ask further. She may not be in as giving a mood later.]

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