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Hello everyone! ＼（＾∀＾） I hope you've all settled in well!

My name's Minako Arisato. I've talked to a few of you already, but for everyone else, it's nice to meet you!

Now that things have calmed down a little I was wondering - how many of us were Persona-users before coming to Hinoto-ri? I think it might be good to meet and compare notes if we haven't yet, see what's the same and what's changed. And maybe we could also make a list of people with experience who can help with answering questions or training, or things like that! Just jumping into using a Persona can be pretty daunting...

For everyone else - what do you usually do for fun? Some of the things I like are music, volleyball, cooking... If we have enough people who like the same things, maybe we could even form a club! I wouldn't mind having someone to play volleyball with again. Or to go out to karaoke! (ﾉ´▽｀)ﾉ♪

Anyway, that's all for now!

[added private text to Shinjiro]

Can I come over later?

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[He still doesn't know what color he should be feeling yet.

He takes in what she says, measuring it in the quiet silence that follows until her words bleed over into a pool of everything else he's heard within the past not-even hour. He still has to sort everything out—accept the surreality that comes with suddenly being told you're alive when you had just come to terms with being dead. To submit to the new truths that surrounded everything he and the others had fought for while Tartarus still existed, to acknowledge that it had all been a lie, and all that he had done during that timespan either had no bearing, or was one of the hands that moved the clock one step closer to the demise of the world.

He also has to accept that by the time he wakes up, he likely won't really remember much of anything at all, least of all her (but he will eventually, and when he does he'll run until his lungs catch fire), and that by the time he fulfills the promise he made (once he makes it up all those steps and onto the sun-bathed roof and finds her), he won't be there to say hello. He will be there to say goodbye, and to let her know how glad he was to have met her as he watches her mortal life draw to a close. And then from that day forward, he will have to learn to live with the fact that she won't be there anymore, and yet he still will be, against the odds. That's the part he's having trouble accepting, the one part of his extended future that he will probably never be ready for, even when that promised day comes.

It's a lot to take in at one time. He didn't get to live out the months or the final hours like the others had. He just gets to live it vicariously through the condensed words of someone else, knowing there's nothing he can do to change that reality. Because there is no other way, and he'll be too busy fighting to wake up.

But that time is not yet, and for once he hopes it doesn't come too quickly.

Right now they're still in his little apartment, in this strange alternate world that can bring people's souls back from the dead, and right now she's willing to take him in for a second time. So he guesses he can give in to her again (be weak-willed, a little scared, and (soon enough) happier than he currently feels), and make sure that by the time their existence here is finished, she won't have any lasting regrets to take with her into that other, far-away world.

So if she's sure—]

Then so am I.

[He doesn't let go of her quite yet, eyes sweeping the table, but he loosens his hold. His voice still feels raw, but it's growing stronger, like he's learning how to use talk again.]

Food's going cold, you know.

[Not that he's all that hungry anymore.]

Edited 2012-09-17 20:51 (UTC)

You have a point...

[On one hand, Yu probably avoided this subject for a reason! On the other, Jun seems to have entirely the wrong idea about what the reason is.

She'd actually be doing him a favor if she tells, wouldn't she?]

Let's just say he looked surprisingly good in women's clothing!

I'm totally telling him you told me! Fufufu!
(・｀ω´・)

Just kidding!

That's funny though! What was he wearing?

I know.

[And yet, she doesn't move.

It's definitely still delicious, and she knows he doesn't like to waste a meal. But right now...

...this tastes a lot better.]

But how could a person be a computer component in the first place? That doesn't make any sense.

It was nice, having a dog at the dorm... I'm glad we were able to take care of him.

[you made a valiant effort, Link!

But she switches to voice just for you.]

Karaoke is a place you go to sing! There's a machine that plays music and shows the words on the screen while you sing along. It's a lot of fun, especially with other people.

What's Lon Lon Ranch like? [She'll touch on the world-saving later...]

[Oh. Good. Thank you. ;w; ]

... Oh. Saria was more of a singer. I don't really sing...

And Lon Lon Ranch is really nice! Malon lives there and that's where Epona's from. Her father is kind of weird. Though later their ranch got sort of taken over but I think it'll be okay now. I don't think that guy will be able to keep their ranch much longer.

... The Cuccos are kind of mean though. I hit one accidentally and they all started chasing me.

I'm glad the ranch is all right, then... Who's Epona? And what are Cuccos?

You can count me in to help people adjust and learn to use their Personas. It know it definitely wasn't easy to get a handle on it when I first started.

Epona is the horse I ride. And Cucoos are birds... they're white and run around but they can't fly very well. They're small but their beaks are sharp.

[Hmm...]

You never did tell me that much about when you first got your Persona, Senpai...

Edited 2012-09-18 00:38 (UTC)

Then we will make it a date!! [She's really trying to use slang.] I cannot wait to hear you sing, nor to show off my hidden talents.

Edited 2012-09-18 01:06 (UTC)

Then try this: (♥3♥)

I've been a Persona-user for awhile, and have spent my share of time in the Velvet Room. If there's anything I can do to help, please, let me know!

I'm not sure if we've met yet -- I talked to a lot of people when we first arrived. Maya Amano! It's a pleasure to meet you.

Also, I love karaoke. Sign me up!

Hello, Maya-san! We haven't talked, but Theo was telling me about you. It's nice to meet other guests of the Velvet Room!

It sounds like we might have a whole group for karaoke now. (⌒▽⌒)☆

I was recruited to S.E.E.S. by Mitsuru when I was in middle school. The Kirijo Group spotted that I had the potential. I'm still not sure how.

It wasn't as traumatic an awakening as some have had. I was warned about what could happen when I was given the evoker, but it still took some getting used to.

[For now, he'll be omitting the reasons as to why he's fairly certain he had the potential in the first place. Shinji knows. Mitsuru knows. He suspects that Minato and Minako would both understand the situation far better than he once thought they might, but if that's the case, then he's sure Minako understands that some things are just too difficult to talk about.

Unless, of course, she already knows. ... he hadn't considered that. How close had their friendship been, on her side of the coin?]

Genetic engineering and nanomachine injections. It was better then not being allowed to live I guess.

He was, really? Are you the guest he spoke of oh-so-fondly, then?

That sounds like fun! >^.^< We'll have to go soon!

[....oh theo...]

I should've guessed he's been talking about me... I hope it was really only good things!

[although she knows Theo wouldn't say anything bad intentionally, he doesn't always have a good sense of what that might be...]

Depends. I'm a man of many talents.

But I've never played volleyball. So not that. (｀ε´)

(♥3♥)?

What does the '3' symbolize?

It is a mouth, obviously. It looks as if you are out to kiss someone.

~*~*~(♥3♥)(♥ε♥)~*~*~

Edited 2012-09-18 03:37 (UTC)

[ELIZABETHHHH THAT IS NOT PRO

it is cute though

and it takes a bit before his next reply because he's not sure how to respond.]

There is no purpose in doing that through this medium.

[wow pls theo .................]

If you cannot reach your beloved, then a kiss through this medium will have to do.

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