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minako arisato ([personal profile] complementing) wrote in [community profile] recolle2017-09-15 02:08 am

closed || fear's awake, anger beats loud, face reality

WHO: Persona users + Mohammed
WHERE: Recollé Community Center
WHEN: September 16th at 7pm
WHAT: The second gathering of Persona users!
WARNINGS: None for now. The second prompt will have its own top level and headers to keep everyone's Persona discussions in one place, but otherwise feel free to make your own top levels for everything else!

I. TIME TO FEED THE MASSES

[Walking into the Tribunal Terrace community center on Saturday, you'll notice a large notice board with a listing of the day's events and classes on display just a few steps in past the door. "Private Tutoring with Minako Arisato!" is written in the 7pm slot, and directs you to the third floor, room 310.

Wow, this room sure is all the way in the back of the building, isn't it. By the time you get there, it's very obvious that Minako chose it for how far removed it is from the heavily trafficked areas of the community center. And even then, room 310 isn't the room this meeting will be in-- it's the staff room she mentioned in the letter she'd sent out last week, right next door. Nobody goes into a place marked "Staff Only" except for staff, and Minako made sure none of her coworkers would bother them tonight. Gotta keep the discussions in this meeting a secret, after all.

Anyways, come on in and help yourself to dinner! Minako made everything because of course she did, and, you know, if you want to help pay for it, there's a little mason jar at the corner of the table labeled "donations ♥" you can put money into. Otherwise, feel free to eat as much seafood paella, lemon chicken, caprese salad, and pumpkin muffins for dessert as you'd like. There's some jazzy music playing from speakers, and the hostess is pouring soft drinks.]


II. KIMI NO NA WA?

[Once everyone's had their fill, it's time to start off this discussion! Minako will be acting as moderator, and the plan is to go sort of in order of the following:

• Persona user/Persona introductions
• Hallucinomemories
• Items and abilities from Retrospec
• Privacy issues
• Free discussion/advice corner

There's a couple big whiteboards in this staff room, so feel free to walk up and doodle something if it will help you explain better. Yukiko's relationship board has come back as well, with the Retrospec user pictures of all attendees taped to the whiteboard, and lines already drawn in between various people, indicating some kind of connection in their other lives. Add your own if you've had a hallucinomemory about someone else.]


III. TAKE A DEEP BREATH

[Once it seems like conversations are starting to die down, Minako does a headcount for people interested in going to the beach and doing some late night training. There's still a good hour before the late night beach goers will start clearing out, so relax a little! Make a grab for the last pumpkin muffin, look for a vending machine in the dark hallways of the community center, watch whatever anime Minako is playing on her laptop, play with Koromaru, or just decompress with your phone. Heck, you can even leave early so you can grab some ice cream or coffee on your way over to the beach! As long as you don't make too much noise, it doesn't matter how you use the time.]

IV. SHOW ME YOUR MOVES

[Once everyone gets to Peach Beach, it's pretty much a free for all! If you want to practice summoning or using your Personas here, you can do so without too much fear of injury since there are a number of healers present. Please be careful anyways, especially if you don't know what your Persona is capable of! If you're thinking you want to practice fighting with weapons instead, that can also be arranged.

Once it starts getting to be around 1:30am, Minako will start herding people towards her car so she can drop people off at their homes. Thanks for coming to the second Persona gathering, and don't hesitate to keep in contact!]

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-15 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi! I'm Ryoji and I'm a Persona.

[ ...user? Nah, that's it. He knows more than half the people here already, but not all in the context of Personas, so ideally, this isn't how he wanted his initial impression to be.

There isn't the space in the room to have people summon, or in his case, transform, but he does come prepared with two pieces of paper that he puts up on the whiteboard under the magnets. One is a print of the digitally colored sketch Chiyo drew for him of Thanatos, and the other is an original pencil sketch of Nyx Avatar. ]

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-15 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Summer nights are still warm, so his scarf remains folded up somewhere in his bedroom, up on a shelf where his kitten's made it her new bed. But the other two items he's brought: a ring of gold and one pitch black. Both of these he's taken off the chain he usually wears around his neck, and he idly spins them on the desk in front of him.

They're unobtrusive little things, nothing that scream Retrospec like guns and spears, but they're still quietly powerful to him. At the very, very least, he can take comfort in the fact that he's never been sent a weapon, and ignore the fact that he's become a weapon instead. ]

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-15 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
iii.
[ Following a rather somber brunch, Ryoji carries that mood through much of the evening, nursing a cup of sprite all through dinner and not touching any of the food. He promises to be at the beach later, but excuses himself early from the meeting, forcing a smile and saying something about ice cream if asked, but not offering a reason if not.

No, but he actually does want ice cream. The stands at the pier are going to close soon. ]


iv.a
[ The other reason is so he can be at the beach early, as Pharos, walking along the shore where his feet sink into the wet sand and the waves lap over his ankles, as if he would be pardoned from fighting if he appears a child. Even after all that happened in August, when things could have gone much differently if he were able to properly fight, he isn't sure. It'd be nice to just be, invisible to much of the world as he idly overturns sand onto the seaweed that's washed up on shore. ]

iv.b
[ Someone had to ask very very nicely to persuade him to becoming Thanatos again, but here he is if anybody wants to... not really fight, he's just shooting megidolas across the ocean or something, don't make him fight. ]
twostringsonebow: (11 an empty glass)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-09-16 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[.......... Excuse him. Like, yes, you were a small child that could disappear into the fucking ether and called yourself a monster and all that but

excuse him. That is a thought coming loud and clear, down to very many ?????]


Um... simply a Persona?

[can... can someone wield you???]
elevelvetor: (46. ten of pentacles)

[personal profile] elevelvetor 2017-09-16 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...He's a Persona...

Elizabeth looks at the picture of Thanatos, then Ryoji, then Thanatos again... and holds up the heavy, leather-bound book she'd thought to bring to the meeting. ]


This might be a bit awkward to say, but I have [ beat ] you? In here as well. [ ...um... ] Rather, I can summon Thanatos from this grimoire...

[ ...ohhhh god nothing prepared her for this, she can't even do her usual unflappability. ]
elevelvetor: (27. five of wands)

[personal profile] elevelvetor 2017-09-16 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...This is a bit more than she was expecting, um. Elizabeth's not particularly shy, but there are... several... people here she did not exactly expect to see? Regardless, she manages to drum up her level 5 Courage and smiles, her grimoire held against her chest. ]

Hello. My name is Elizabeth Velveteen, and I've recently joined your cabal of summoners.[ ... ] A friend's mother referred to the idea of multiple people being able to summon creatures like these as one, so I thought I'd say so as well. It's a pleasure.

[ With a small curtsy! Ahahaha... oh... was she also supposed to say who her Persona is? Uh. Go see Ryoji's thread— ]
twostringsonebow: (54 exposing all the lies)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-09-16 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[... It's a lot more people than he thought there'd be, and... some of them he knew were Persona users, or had the idea of it (Elizabeth's other self sounded like she had something similar to it) but

wow. He's a little nervous. It doesn't show in his expression, but his thought bubble has the picture of a deer in headlights as its star. He kind of wishes he hadn't come. Or that Silver was here, Silver is always a good grounding presence.]


Akechi. My Persona is Robin Hood. [he's sure akira is dying to see his favorite buff hero but goro isn't showing him off.] It's a pleasure to meet you all.

[... That was so unfriendly. Oh god, please don't think he's unfriendly.]
elevelvetor: (37. ace of pentacles)

[personal profile] elevelvetor 2017-09-16 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
i.
[ Elizabeth is on time—she's been thinking about this ever since Minako invited her, it's been a bit nervewracking? Regardless, she's studying the donations jar over here and trying to decide what would be good to put in... She can afford to donate a sizable amount, but would that be okay?

...Catch her sliding in five whole 20s, that should do it.

Otherwise, she can be found with a heroic amount of caprese salad, alongside a couple of muffins. She skipped dinner at her caretaker's for this, she is going to enjoy it. She'll also definitely invite you to sit and eat with her!! Come on, come on, don't be shy. There's plenty of room after all, bring up a seat and let's... talk... or something. ]


iv-a.
[ It's always exciting, summoning Thanatos. She hasn't gotten to do it properly since August—he's so offensively-based, it feels like she needs a reason to summon him. Thankfully, training does offer a good excuse, and she kicks off her boots and tucks her socks into them before she bounces onto the sand, her book held tight against her side.

Once she's out, she opens the book to a certain page and a tarot card with the Death comes out when she touches it—it shatters as soon as she takes it, and Thanatos appears in a flash behind her. She looks quite serious for a moment before she's waving over the closest Persona user, hey— ]


Would you mind sparring with Thanatos and I? We're both rather new to this, and we'd appreciate the practice.

[ ...Well, she would. Her Persona offers no commentary, but he probably wouldn't be against it? ]

iv-b.
[ She is still new to this, though, so after some time of having Thanatos out and practicing with him, she's going to be resting by the ocean, digging her toes in the sand. She has her book in her lap, but her knees are drawn to her chest and she's crossed her arms on top of them to pillow her head. She'll probably be like this up until Minako starts catherding for the ride home, honestly—it's very comforting to listen to the waves.

If anyone approaches though, she'll at least lift her head to offer them a smile and a greeting. ]


It's very lovely at night, isn't it? I've never been here this late before. [ No, she's more of the stay-indoors-and-stay-up type of girl. ]

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-16 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Well, no. Not simply...

[ Seeing as he's also a small child who could disappear into the fucking ether. There's also the matter of Nyx, which he's seen and is hesitant on mentioning, but all of that aside, being a Persona when all your 19 years of life you thought yourself human? Not "simply" anything at all. ]

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-16 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...What?

It never occurred to him that the same Persona could be summoned by more than one person. With Minako, there's a palpable connection he could feel that connects the two of them together, but he feels nothing of the sort with Elizabeth. All he knows of her is as the woman who broke into his apartment for his sake.

Moreover... why a book... Does she summon by slamming the book onto her head like Minako shoots herself with a gun, how does this work. ]


"In here" as in... a picture?

[ Is it a picture book. Why this. ]
twostringsonebow: (09 moments of calm)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-09-16 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
No, I mean... It's just...

[... Well, the Thanatos drawing looks like a Persona, yes, and the other one looks Fucking Cool too but.]

Nevermind. I wasn't just wasn't expecting that. For some reason.

[It's rude to ask. He won't ask. He'll resist asking-- Okay, Elizabeth can... wield him, or something.]

You look very cool though! Um, terrifying, but very cool. Like a dinosaur, but only in the face.

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-16 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ All the P5s keep calling Thanatos cool and it's embarrassing, especially being described as a dinosaur? Old? Dead? But only in the face. What does that even mean. ]

Um. Thanks. It's not a design I would have chosen, but it's fitting for the role, with the mask and robes.

[ And sword. And coffins. Things he's blatantly ignoring. ]
twostringsonebow: (19 i'm a shape shifter)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-09-16 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[THEY'RE EDGY TEENS, RYOJI. THAT'S WHY. LOOK AT THEIR GAME.]

Right. Well, I don't think I would have... made Robin Hood quite so buff myself. I always imagined that sort of character to be... you know. Slim and dashing.

[Like Men in Tights. Or Disney's Robin Hood.]

And green, actually. He's blindingly white. He looks more like a superhero than a rogue.

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-16 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ There was a time back in May when people got shrunk, fell through cracks in the city, and had the chance to relive past memories. Ryoji remembers stumbling through that void twice, overwhelmed to the point of being unable to move, and had to be dragged out both times. They were bad times.

The same sort of thing happened when was brought back to life, having to relive those memories for the third time, but this time, he realized what was happening and he'd paid attention instead of trying to turn away from it all. He got to hear conversations and explanations all over again, with more context and attention than his original surprise and confusion allowed, and it's troubling.

He leans back on the chair, balanced precariously on the back to legs, waiting for a lull in the conversation before he pitches a question. ]


Do you guys know of "The Fall"? Of Nyx?

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-16 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Recollé Woods are more grey than green. The camouflage would have been better...

[ But yes, his mental image of Robin Hood is a young man with maybe a feather in his hat, swinging from the trees or however Disney has corrupted his impressions. ]

What is Robin Hood like? How does he feel?
twostringsonebow: (70 and if i go out tonight)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-09-16 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[You understand him though.]

What's he like... A heroic spirit of justice. Very kind and brave, though he seems a little shy at times..? On the other hand, he enjoys showing off quite a bit, and is eager to help where he can. He's very powerful and I'll take any chance I get to use him, if that's what you mean by your other question.

[He likes that feeling. Being powerful... Having a strength beyond his own... It's exhilarating.]

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-16 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Ryoji laughs a little, small quiet huffs of laughter. ]

You sound so fond of him. And for good reason, as he stands for justice, for helping those in need. Thanatos wasn't like that for me, so it was a bit of a struggle until I came to understand him a little better.
twostringsonebow: (75 if i smile with my teeth)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-09-16 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[... You have kind of a cute laugh no.]

He's a part of me, isn't he? You should love all sides of yourself, however impossibly buff they are.

[He's joking about the latter half of the sentiment, the buff part, but... Thanatos also seems kind of toned compared to Twigyoji here.]

I can understand why it'd be difficult for you, though. He's from... um... Greek mythology, correct? Death and whatnot. An inevitable end to life, but that doesn't mean it's final. It simply means something new begins. A caterpillar melts itself in order to become a butterfly, for instance.

[personal profile] appraiser 2017-09-16 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's easy to love heroes and justice and kindness and bravery and even impossible buffness!! Thanatos is just... Thanatos. Death. Something much larger than Ryoji ever dreamed he'd be a part of, and that in itself is overwhelming. ]

You're talking about tarot Death, death as a new beginning... To be honest, I never believed in that before. I believed that after death, there's nothing. It's simply oblivion.

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