recolle | SPOOKY HAUNTS AND TRAILS

WHO: the infamous nasty crimeboy, Akira Kurusu, and you!
WHERE: Places in Recolle
WHEN: Spooky Month of October
WHAT: EVENT STUFF and mundane stuff if it comes up. if you would like to plan anything, hit me up via

halloway or hei#2323 on discord.
WARNINGS: Persona 5 spoilers for last boss battle and late-game conspiracy unveiling. Will update when necessary!

NOTE!! You can leave an empty comment with the subject header of your choice or even RANDOM for something unlisted/miscellaneous (lighthearted) and I'll write the prompt. For nightmares, it may skip around and make no sense very much like how actual dreams are.

nightmares

[ When you enter the dream, you're engulfed by darkness until you hear a deep and unfamiliar voice. It speaks in a language you are most comfortable with. ]

The contract has been sealed...

You have agreed to provide the Trickster support
in his journey to oppose fate and seek change.

CASINO
It's filled with a variety of gamblers from talking fish to actual people. Shadows are also gambling? But they're aggressive due to their mass losses. There are several elevators and it seems like the treasure is on the VIP level.

If you choose to enter the CASINO, you may appear outside of the structure or on the first floor in costume and mask. Akira will accompany you in his Joker outfit.

VELVET ROOM
Are you a prisoner? Or a keeper? You can stand behind the bars with Akira, withstand the abuse and rebel alongside him, or on the opposite side—ushered by two wardens and a man with an elongated nose to carry out discipline. Rehabilitation is important.

If you choose to enter the VELVET ROOM, you may appear inside or outside the cell. Your attire will change into prisoner wear or officer uniform respectively.

MEMENTOS (SPOILER)
In the city of Recolle, you notice there's something strange. People walk past the blood red rain and the towering skeleton pieces. The irrelevant become forgotten. The forgotten vanish. Is it your hand that's disappearing? Or is it Akira's?

If you choose MEMENTOS, you'll be in your normal attire or in your underwear. Whichever your character feels less attractive in if you want. Once again, Akira is beside you.

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fog

[ Akira has been having a hard time with his nightmares. Some of them he remembers bits and pieces (all useless), but he's thinking a jog in the ungodly time where the thick fog rolls in is a good idea? Unfortunately not... He ends up running away from one of these three tormentors in his pajamas. What's with his luck?

As he looks behind him, he crashes into someone. Sorry. ]

TWIN WARDENS (SPOILER)
Their names are unknown to you, but they're two girls with silver hair with a single golden eye (an eyepatch covers the other). As attendants of the Velvet Room, they have this ethereal aura to them, even menacing as they shoot various skills into the fog.

"Come back here, inmate! You can't hide forever!"

"You're only delaying the inevitable."

IMPERIOUS ANGEL (SPOILER)
An angel appears with an abstract body shape. Wings scaling wide and halo spinning over its head, it spreads its several hands that hold instruments. With the rise of the triangle, the angel rings it with a clear ding. In a matter of seconds, a flash of light magic strikes near.

"I am what humanity desires. Why oppose me?"

You can hear the sneer in its voice.

GOLD PIGGER
This silver piggy bank may seem cute, but it's also massively large and rolls without end. What does stop it from rolling are valuable items. Throw something expensive and it'll take a break to appraise it with a series of oinks. The one in control is a half-fly guy throwing out some mad rhymes.

"Yo yo yo! You think you can just walk into my neighborhood and disrespect me like that, dawg?"

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wildcard

[ THROW ME WHATEVER! Baby haunts from the new ghosts or even the Retrospec Maze! Even anything normal. ]

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[It's so troublesome, his clothes get a grimace as he sheathes the sword and... oh.

Goro watches quietly, chest tightening. You know, I never actually got to play with other kids on the playground, Akira'd confessed on the roundabout. He'd said he'd moved around a lot and he was excluded as the new kid sometimes too. Always thought himself weird or not as interesting as Goro felt he was, seemed so pleased at the knowledge they were friends, was more than upset at Goro's words about separating if he'd like--

He catches the heart, holding it carefully. Where Akira seemed to be over the feelings that plagued him (was he really over it, if it had such a hold on him in these dreams?) Goro's aware he's quite trapped by them himself, often afraid to take a step forward in case the feeling's unreturned; he understands quite well these memories, the lasting impact of it, because it's something Elizabeth deals with as well. And they have an unspoken understanding.

It takes a moment for him to speak, studying the room they've ended up in (almost like he's prepared to move again, which... he kind of was, given university, but also an indicator of a lack of lasting connections due to that moving about) and moving closer to Akira with a shake of his head.]

I'm kind of glad I get to see this, even if I doubt I'll remember any of it... and even if this is probably something you didn't want me to see in the first place.

[He doesn't like his own past on display, he doubts anyone else wants theirs either. Otherwise, he's not really sure what to say? Goro has never been good with Comfort Words or... anything like that, he's perfectly eloquent until it comes to. This.

So don't mind if he just tucks the heart into his vest (right over his own steadily beating one, though he doesn't realize it) and pulls Akira into a tight hug, squeezing.]

You... don't think like this now, right?

I don't mind. It's actually relieving? I'm not sure how to describe it.

[ These little secrets he has never told anyone in great detail have been locked up for so long. It's scary to know someone has seen them, but freeing. Despite that, he still feels vulnerable and his natural reaction is to push Goro away and find time to himself. He needs time to prepare, to simulate word chioces, and to steel himself. It all happened so abruptly and unplanned, leaving him adrift, but the last thing he wants people to think is that he's not fine. He's working on it, all of it... A step to all of this is also relying on someone.

He promised he would rely on Goro, even if his heart hasn't given in completely. Change is needed. If he wants to be a better person, he needs to do this.

With a heavy sigh, he pensively runs his fingers through his hair. His mind is swamped with ways to turn thing around so it isn't so grim—but he gets bombarded by a hug instead. He's taken aback (also jerked backwards) and falls right onto his old bed, hacking as air escapes him. Could you at least give him some warning? ]

I don't. [ He hugs Goro back, giving him a light squeeze of reassurance. ] It's all in the past. I have amazing friends now, so it's hard to fall back on all of that.

[ Hmmm. ]

Also the best boyfriend.

I'm not the best. [Just so he knows.] I'm just the only one you've ever had.

[There's a difference. But Goro's relieved, if... a little guilty at not totally believing Akira. He'll nuzzle his boyfriend, looking vaguely embarrassed for a moment before smothering him with affection in the same way Akira did to him once before, kissing his cheeks and across the rest of his face.]

... But I suppose I'll take it, as long as you accept that it makes you second best.

[he's a shit]

I don't think I need to have personal experience to gauge your prowess, Mister Akechi.

[ He's ready to lay down some more sass so that their dynamic can return... Like normal, but he's being assaulted. He lightly groans and grumbles as Goro has his way, gently prying him off by the collar.

Please... You're embarrassing him. Any more and he might start blushing because he hasn't completely recovered. ]

No, it's too late. You gave up that title, so I'll be taking it.

[ THAT'S FUCKING RIGHT. HE'S THE #1 BOYFRIEND. ]

[Blush, damn you. Get embarrassed. Don't let Goro be the only one that gets red in this relationship!! He's visibly pleased despite being pried away, chuckling lightly with a small smile.]

I think you are the best anyway, so there's no complaints here. If not the best in general... then the best for me, I think. You make me happier than I could ever imagine every day.

[... It's true, but he's also sincerely saying this since Yu mentioned it was a weak point.]

[ Akira is close to recovering completely till Goro goes for the kill. At first he pretends to preen himself with these compliments... Until it goes on. If he were in better shape, he would deal out a response without fail, but now he’s thinking over those words. They’re ringing in his ears; the more he hears it in his mind, the most lost and embarrassed he feels. His chest feels tight as he feels a swell of uncertainty and kindle of warmth.

He opens his mouth only to close it on a soft filler (uhm is the word). His eyes dart elsewhere, avoiding eye contact as best as he can. ]

You’re such a sap.

[ It’s in a quiet voice that would usually be glazed over if it weren’t for the dead silent room. He isn’t blushing just yet. ]

[Well, it's a victory. He'll lay on his back, abuzz with nerves and butterflies, sighing softly.]

It's only the truth, Akira. I'm glad to have fallen for you.

[................... that's a lot even for him he's slowly putting his hands over his face.]

[ Why do you do this to him? His outward facade? To the atmosphere? He can't find himself to put on his normal act as Goro rambles two more lines. He can practically hear his heart beat so loudly and hopes that it's just him, that no one else can hear that.

The room does turn pink in color. Quietly, he huddles closer to Goro, pressing his flustered face into his shoulder. ]

I'm the one who's grateful.

[ Because Goro lights up the whole room. Just like that, everything goes from pink to white and the dream ends because he's having a heart attack. ]

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