open | there are no festive november songs

[elevelvetor]

WHO: Elizabeth & you
WHERE: Everywhere
WHEN: All November
WHAT: A catch-all log of sorts!
WARNINGS: None, will add if necessary

all month, starting from the 5th. jack frost

[ There's very little fanfare for whenever she gets a new Persona. In fact, it's almost something she doesn't notice until she's skimming her Compendium again for anything she can actually read and sort of stumbles upon it, and sort of spends a hot second staring blankly at the page.

This one's familiar though, because Minako has it, and she's quick to summon the jolly fellow to her side. It's a grave miscalculation, because he's a snow fairy, and fairies are mischief-loving creatures. Jack Frost is no exception. Throughout the month, Elizabeth's going to be practicing summoning both him and Thanatos. Thanatos is thankfully quiet and serious and not prone to acting out after he's summoned, but...

Well. Early mornings are for covering parks in ice and snow, afternoons are for freezing flowers and leaves in the woods, and evenings are for making snowcastles on the beach. Elizabeth is around every time with her grimoire, as is a friendly looking fellow. Be careful though—once you've been sighted, Jack's not going to let you leave until you're properly snowed up, so there might be more than a few snowballs thrown your way...

Or even just a bunch of snow dumped on your head, with his hee ho laughter ringing along with it. Sorry. Hope you weren't doing anything important, or carrying anything, or were properly dressed for the cold. ]

10th. sweet stems

[ She's really not sure what to make of the new flower shop.

Rather, it was her uncle's, and a competitor's? And now it's... just one shop. Elizabeth stares at the sign, decides she probably still works at it, and shyly ducks in. Any other workers will get a small smile—hello, new co-workers..?—before she heads to the back.

For staff, they can find her attempting to refamiliarize herself with everything. She knew where everything was in Ophelia's Lament, but at Ophelia's Blossoms? No, wait, at Sweet Stems? Not really. She'll greet them when she notices them, but turn back to her memorization work soon enough. Head tilted towards them to make it obvious she's here for conversation, she just... needs to do this. Because it's really important to her.

For customers, she'll either be manning the counter or making sure the flowers look nice. She's in the shop's pink work apron, so it's obvious she's a worker. Come get some help if you need it!! Please don't mind how tired she might look when the shop isn't busy. ...Fellow staff, please do not point this out to her either, just quietly get her some tea or something like that. ]

17th. persona protags only ig

[ The Velvet Room isn't a place she's fond of, but she finds herself drawn to it anyway, particularly at night; she spends a significant amount of time idling outside of the door, pretending like she isn't stalling, but eventually enters.

The elevator ascends, as it always does.

Any guests entering will find her at Igor's usual table with some cards—normal playing cards, set up like solitaire sometimes and other times in a cross spread, with her staring at them pensively. Jack Frost is always hanging off to the side, amusing himself by juggling snowballs, and he'll absolutely throw one if anyone comes in? But mostly, Elizabeth's here to unwind and figure out a few things about the Velvet Room and herself. Or her other self. Or both.

So she's not particularly waiting for anyone, or expecting anyone else. ]

wildcard.

[ legit throw me whatever threads you wanna do my dudes. she goes to university and has classes all throughout the week (all her gen eds, theater 101, music theory, and private piano lessons, which she usually practices on Friday too); she's also a fixture at the library, working on a lot of... work. when she's not busy with all of that, or with working on working with her personas, she can actually be found at the arcade, on one of the dance machines.

...and yes, she's also participating in various activities from the event log as well, such as the turkeys (though she's more inclined to watch or helpfully point them/eggs out to people who look like they're looking for those) and the shopping discounts in Tisse (please dissuade her from actually buying denim clothes, she honestly seems to be considering them).

basically, go wild(card) ]

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jack frost!

[sketchythief]

[ Daisuke was jogging around the city as part of his routine exercise in the morning when he feels like things are getting colder all of a sudden...? He arrives at the park and nearly slips on the unexpected ice. He manages to catch himself, but falls down when he narrowly avoids a snowball.

Luck doesn't save him, especially when he gets a lot of snow dumped onto his head. He lets out a startled yelp because why!! At least most of his skin is covered with clothes because he expected it to be a little chilly in the morning, but he definitely didn't get expected to get snowed on. ]

Hey! What was that for??

[ Said after poking his head out of the snow pile. ]

[elevelvetor]

[ Jack bounces around him, laughing instead of actually... replying. Elizabeth's sitting not too far away, dressed like she's ready for winter, and she waits for her Persona to chill out (haha) as she sighs. ]

My apologies, he's very... energetic. This is how he makes friends, hee-ho.

[ She's adopted his verbal tic quite easily... Jack stops bouncing around and holds out a mitten-shaped hand to Daisuke. He's sorry, hee-ho. It's true, hee-ho. He was just hee-hoping to having some fun.

...Will he trust the snow fairy and let him help him up? ]

[sketchythief]

It's like a mascot character...

[ He looks at Jack Frost a little warily, but he decides to trust it to help him up by reaching out a hand to him. ]

[elevelvetor]

He does resemble one, doesn't he?

[ Jack sticks his tongue (???) out at her, then grabs Daisuke's hand... and pulls him the rest of the way out, crisis avoided. He'll fly back over to Elizabeth and settle on the back of the bench, kicking his feet. ]

Thank you for behaving yourself, hee-ho. [ She pats her Persona's head, setting her compendium aside. As long as she has it open, he can stay out, and she's just... gonna go over to Daisuke to doublecheck on him. ] I really am sorry—are you alright?

Jack Frost

[burningblossoms]

[Yep. Just walking along, minding her own business after working up a sweat training on the beach. Nothing to see here, really, at least until she realizes that there is...in fact...a snow castle. On the beach. In November.

Her eyes go wide and she walks right on up.]

How on Earth did this happen?

[elevelvetor]

[ Oh, it's Yukiko!! ...Elizabeth's grabbing Jack before he can dart over to cause some high-quality mischief, she'll be peeking out from behind the snow castle with him in one arm and her open grimoire in the other.

Getting muuuch better at holding this with one hand... arm... sort of deal, here. ]

I thought the beach would be a little more deserted so I'd be able to let Jack have more fun. [ That... explains everything, sure. ] Ah, right... I came into a new Persona, Yukiko. Isn't that exciting? I was hoping he'd be my next, after seeing Minako's... He was very cute. He is very cute, hee-ho.

[ Thanks, hee-ho! You're not too bad yourself, hee-ho! ]

[burningblossoms]

Oh! Elizabeth!

[Oh that's probably wise. When Yukiko realizes who it is (and what had caused it) she's actually kind of glad that Jack's under wraps. She...doesn't do so well with cold, hee-ho.

Putting on a warm smile, she steps out so they aren't talking around the castle.]

So you can summon Jack Frost too huh? He's definitely cute. And a bit of a troublemaker, it looks like but that seems to be his idea of a good time.

[elevelvetor]

Well, he is a fairy... and from what I understand, they're quite mischievous. [ ...and Jack Frost has absolutely proven this.

He's also been a lot chattier than Thanatos, which is interesting. Maybe he's just that type. It isn't like he specifically bothers her about anything though, come to think of it... Well, anyway. ] He's caused quite a lot of trouble for other people everywhere else I decided to practice summoning him, however, so I thought we'd be safer here...

[ ...They have been, for the most part. Yukiko aside. And, never mind that she was the one who walked up on them— ]

I hope we didn't interrupt anything?

wildcard

[compendiem]

[ The university music building is quickly becoming his fourth home, some place he can go to stake out a room, play some music, get some school work done, and nap all while being gently serenaded by muffled trombone noises and screeching violins. Friday nights are his favorite for this, because he has a full 24 hours to himself before he's needed elsewhere, and he gets to set up camp there, twisting together the pieces of his clarinet and sits there for a good five minutes trying to think of a song.

It's the hardest part, when he never got into the habit of having music blaring in his ears 24/7, but he finally settles on this little tune that Minako had hummed to him before. ]

[elevelvetor]

[ Friday nights are very special for her; she doesn't have work and she doesn't have any classes, at least none that aren't self-imposed, and she delights in sitting in front of a piano to get better. It's been hard to get back to playing though, given October was what it was and she'd gotten hurt beside, and there's still pain if she pushes too hard...

but being able to play is relaxing. Listening to others play is, too, and that's what she's doing as she looks through her bag for the sheet music she's supposed to be practicing. She finds it just as the muffled sound of a clarinet catches her attention, and she slowly sits up, setting them on the piano as she listens. It isn't a tune she's familiar with, and opening the room's door doesn't particularly help with identifying it, but it's easy enough to follow.

Easier than reading sheet music and trying to get both her hands to work for her, at least.

She hopes who's ever playing doesn't mind her joining it, adding a little flair to an otherwise sleepy song; it's to make it sound more fairy-like, higher notes twinkling between his. A good workout for her right hand, really. ]

[compendiem]

[ He doesn't immediately notice the accompaniment, focused mostly on circular breathing and letting his fingers find the right positions through muscle memory alone, but eventually he has to stop and breathe properly, cutting off abruptly right in the middle of the song so he can lean forward on his knees and wait for the dizziness to pass. That's when he hears the piano, almost like ringing in his ears and another cause for concern, but nicer, calmer, something he wouldn't mind listening to if he'd lost all the lectures he has saved on his phone and was forced to listen to something else to fill the silence.

It's not the full song, though, as he recognizes where the main melody is missing after he'd stopped playing. So he picks up his clarinet again, and puts the mouthpiece to his lips.

A similar song, even simpler than the simple tune he was playing before, but one he slowly, carefully weaves in between the piano notes until the piano becomes the main melody, clarinet as support instead. ]

[elevelvetor]

[ Someone's far more experienced with their instrument of choice than she is. She doesn't mind; she's only been playing for a few months now, and she isn't the type to give up just because she's not good at something the first time she tries it. Talent is simply hours of hard work hidden out of sight—it was the same for acting, for dancing, for singing.

...But that's neither here nor there; her mind just wanders when she isn't focusing, and she switches to paying attention to the keys when she brings her other hand up to join the fray. The melody slows a little, her concentration getting the better of her, but stays relatively steady.

She doesn't mind taking the main melody, given she likes to take starring roles, but... given actual control of the song, she's going to guide it in a more video game direction. ...Sue her, this is a good game. ]

17th;

[complementing]

[The door opens, and Minako steps in, backpack on and arms weighted down with school things. Upon seeing Elizabeth she halfway straightens out of a slump, blinking in surprise.]

Oh-- I'm sorry. I didn't know you were in here. I'll just--

[She starts backing out of the Velvet Room.]

[elevelvetor]

[ Elizabeth looks up, startled, then shakes her head and stands— ]

Minako, please, you're a guest—you're allowed to be here as much as anyone else. Really, you belong here more than I do.

[ The Velvet Room is for guests, after all!! She'll... sit back down, she's going to go back to shuffling cards while Jack amuses himself with juggling snowballs.

He notices Minako after a moment and raises one as if to ask wanna play? Despite the fact she's definitely carrying stuff and... probably does not want to play, no. ]

[complementing]

[Minako nods gratefully and makes her way back into the room, blinking in surprise at the sight of Jack Frost.]

Oh hey, you got a Jack Frost too? [A little smile to him.] Sorry, little guy, I have work to do. But you can play with my Jack Frost if you want. Or maybe Pyro Jack? He's still your brother, right?

[elevelvetor]

Yes. I found I could summon him earlier this month... It was quite exciting.

[ He's sort of weak and useless but she adores him? And at the mention of Pyro Jack, Jack Frost does a little spin and flies over.

Send him out, hee-ho! I haven't seen him in forever! ]

I wasn't aware he had a brother, actually. [ Ahh... Even her Personas have siblings... ] Is Pyro Jack nice?

jack frost

[wordcarvings]

[ There is a surprised yelp when Koutarou gets hit in the back of the neck by a snowball, so neatly placed that it lands in the folds of his scarf and some pieces falls down inside his clothes. Cold..! Thankfully only a few pieces lands on the sketchpad he had been completely focused on, but some lines does blur on the paper.

Koutarou spins around, to find who hit him. ]

What?!

[elevelvetor]

[ There's a friendly mascot character-looking thing laughing his little cold butt off over there, and... behind him, there's Elizabeth, dressed for snow, holding an open book.

Jack summon up another couple of snowballs and juggles them, tilting his head, then speaks in a veeeeeeery cheerful voice.

Let's play, hee-ho! ]

You don't have to if you don't want to. [ ...It would probably be good to get more of Jack's energy out and all, but this is just training how long she can keep him out, so. ] My apologies, sir. Were you busy?

[ No one's too busy to play! Come on, hee-ho. ]

[wordcarvings]

[ Koutarou is not dressed for the weather. He was just going a short way to the closest open grocery store. He brushes away what he can of the snow, but it’s impossible to get everything. There is utter confusion on his face. ]

..play? [ And from the little thing to the woman. ] No, um, not really I was just going to get something for lunch...

[ He has absolutely no idea about the time but he had realized that he had forgotten about food so. ]

wildcard

[twostringsonebow]

[They'd received a case.

A very important case, dealing with adorable missing bunnies.

... Honestly, Goro feels like he's done this sort of thing before, so he has his suspicions about it, but the rest of those they've interviewed seem genuine in their concern as well. All that's left is to investigate the pen itself.

(It's not like he'd want to ruin Elizabeth's fun, either. She seems excited in her own way to take on things dealing with strange cards... and he does love this sort of thing too.)]

Madame Velveteen, the area is clear of all potential suspects and concerned individuals. We may proceed with the investigation, if you are well, and, er... hopefully the rabbits themselves will not be a detriment. I thought it'd be useful to let them stay in, given that they'll be missing their fellows already.

[he's soft on small animals.]

[elevelvetor]

We're both rabbits as well, aren't we? I'm certain we'll get along perfectly fine with them.

[ Not... that rabbits are hard to get along with, in general, but anyway... ]

Regardless of if we get along with them, though, let's try not to disturb them too much...

[twostringsonebow]

Ah, are we... I suppose so.

[There's the vague memory of being a bunny, pressing against Elizabeth in an effort for something or other, but it's not something he'll dwell on long, nodding and leading the way inside.

Look at all of them, oh my god. Goro may be quiet, but his eyes are wide and fists clenched tight in excitement. This is heaven. It is. He loves Potato, he loves Gold and Belle, he loves Morrigan -- but his heart has been taken by rabbits.]

We-- We should, um, figure what it is what we're keeping an eye out for. Predatory marks. Anything out of place. New parts of the pen, if someone has indeed been stealing them out. Things like that.

jack frost

[chessking]

[ morning classes are torture and he would very much like to skip this particular class and sleep in but. noooo. that's not happening because attendance credit is a thing.

that said, he's absolutely going to get snowed on by jack frost mostly when he crosses the university square to get to the lecture theatres.

the good thing? because he's not dressed for the cold, being snowed on absolutely is going to end up waking him up with a completely undignified sputter because it's not supposed to be snowing yet???

so when he catches sight of jack, who's just laughing at his snowy predicament, lelouch is absolutely going to try and climb out of the snow pile before he turns into a popsicle.

help him, liz!! why is your persona like this ]

[elevelvetor]

[ because he loves pranking people.

which is why you definitely should not trust him when he bounces over and holds out a hand. Sorry about that, bub! You look like you needed waking up, hee-ho! So I thought I'd help out! Let me heeave-ho you up now!

elizabeth... is watching carefully. she'll intervene if jack starts making more trouble, but he's actually helped someone out of a snowpile before!! she has good faith he'll help lelouch out as well. ]

[chessking]

[ well, the snow has definitely done its job of functioning as some kind of wake up call, actually, considering that lelouch definitely looks about a million times more awake than he actually did about oh, thirty seconds before jack frost decided to do his thing.

... there has to be some sort of catch here, right? it's why lelouch still looks mildly suspicious when he ends up taking jack's hand and to his surprise, and a rathr pleasant one at that, jack will actually end up helping lelouch out of the snowpile. ]

... Thanks. [ that's at least kind of genuine, as he dusts off the remaining snow on his person, noting mournfully that some of his clothes are now wet.

a sidelong glance at elizabeth. yours? he mouths. ]