closed | a day of relaxation for everyone's souls

[elevelvetor]

WHO: Persona peeps + Elliot
WHERE: An exceptionally nice bathhouse-spa-restaurant, reserved for a day
WHEN: March 17th, 12PM to 8PM
WHAT: Persona meeting #4 as hosted by Elizabeth, due to a conversation with Akira
WARNINGS: Make your own top levels, though everything in the third prompt will have its own section to keep things nice and neat. (did i smash rayne and hei's text together? a little)

I. TAKE A LOAD OFF
[ The spa is all paid for, as are the treatments, so why not take advantage of it? There's plenty to do, from all kinds of massages, to mud and ash baths, to a sauna, nail and hair salon, etc... Essentially if there's something for comfort, it's here, so don't think too hard about it. ]

II. GET SOME PRACTICE IN
[ Want to train? Well, today's host has a relaxed "no overworking" policy for today, but the spa does have a gym in reserve if you really, really want to do something. Whatever's in a gym is in this one, including a room that seems to usually be used for things like yoga classes or kickboxing or something? It's big, so there's plenty of room, but, like

please don't break anything. ]

III. I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE SOME ACTUAL DISCUSSION THOUGH
[ For those that get hungry, you're in luck: the meeting proper is being held in the restaurant attached to this particularly fancy spa, at around 6pm. Eat some healthy, refreshing food (though you can technically do this whenever during your stay, this is the Official Dinner Meeting Time) and talk about the following things:

• Newbie introductions
• Team building (share/discuss/get to know each other + trust exercises)
• Memories/Retrospec shenanigans
• Items and abilities from Retrospec
• Privacy issues (Personas are free to be talked about, but other issues may have come up)
• Free discussion/advice corner

Elizabeth's also procured some whiteboards and markers, if illustrating things is easier for you, or if you want add to Yukiko's relationship board (which has made its reappearance once again). Don't worry about being overheard—connections being what they are, this room is fairly private and the waiters only come when called. Elizabeth's made arrangements with her fancy connections. ]

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MEMORIES/RETROSPEC SHENANIGANS

[elevelvetor]

[ Got a fun (or not so fun) memory to share? That goes here, along with any other hullabaloo that Retrospec might've triggered. ]

[twostringsonebow]

[Goro has a ton of Not Fun memories lately, but he did get a better one before. One he can share. Because Makoto's actually here, so she can at least appreciate it if no one else.]

It may come as a surprise to very little of you depending on your view of me, [YOSUKE,] but I learned that my other self was... Ah, there's really no other way to say it -- more of a backhanded bitch than I initially thought.

[THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT... DON'T MAKE FUN OF HIM FOR HIS TERMINOLOGY...]

I really don't know what he had against you, Makoto-chan, but he was rather rude when initially meeting her.

[elevelvetor]

[ wow. such surprise. much shock. Elizabeth's chewing on some cucumber. ]

Please put change in the swear jar, Goro.

[maskreant]

[ Akira is the type to always have a journal on him, so he scribbles something before making Goro hold it for everyone to see.

It says:

PUNK✨ASS✨BITCH

Let Personas swear, Elizabeth. ]

[youraffection]

Oh really? Wow.

[ S H O C K I N G. ]

That's cool of you to own up to it, though.

[ Speaking of being a bitch. ]

[burningblossoms]

[Well. Yukiko lifts an eyebrow. Bitch, huh? She can't say she didn't expect it. A detective and thieves.]

So you were an antagonist, then?

[fiddlestick]

[ He doesn't speak up right away, instead watching other people's reactions to it. There's a lot of joking around, which is good! He even laughs along to some. But there can be a tendency to joke to dance around feelings.

So with a sympathetic and friendly smile, he'll say cheerfully and warmly]

O-Ouch, that doesn't sound great to remember...good thing it's you and not him that defines your life now, huh.

[ladytakamaki]

So what does any of that have to do with Pancakes?

[ SHE'S STILL STUCK ON THAT ]

[justfists]

He was?

[oh no, but she likes Akechi]

What happened?

[fabrefactions]

Out-rightly rude?

[ Because, and bless you Goro, he can totally see subtle rudeness being a thing. But outright rudeness would be surprising. ]

[complementing]

It's a surprise to me. You're so polite and pleasant.

[From what she's seen of him, at least?? Senpai believes in the goodness of all her kohais.]

[deathboss]

[An evil persona user...huh....]

Well, as they say, who you were before isn't who you are now, right? It's just memories of a life past. What you make of your life now is what's important!

[maskreant]

... Have you guys met Rise? I actually had this memory a while ago where her name was Rise Kujikawa and she was older, twenty to be exact when I was sixteen in my memories. Also, an idol.

[ Let him show you guys THE POSTER. Pretty sure Rise in Recolle isn't even in college. ]

This time stuff is weird. Don't ask me why I have this poster because I don't know why, either.

[truedetective]

Rise Kujikawa? Yes, actually, I get the impression that I knew her very well in that past life.

[Naoto peers more closely at the picture.] She does seem... older than I remember her being, though. At least, from what I can tell from a promotional image. It's likely been heavily touched up.

[youraffection]

Rise? Yeah, she's in my homeroom. We kinda accidentally spent Valentine's Day together.

[ Poster.





Hold up. ]

Wait, what?

[ He's had her in memory once, but-- ]

No way! She's totally hot in this!

[burningblossoms]

...

[Well...]

I have met Rise. And I remember her in an advertisement for some sort of sports drink. That lines up with my memories.

[compendiem]

You were an idol?

[ "I was sixteen in my memories. Also, an idol."

You have to specify when you say these things, Akira. ]

[fabrefactions]

Oh, so that's who the poster is of?

[ ...

...

... ]

You still have that poster...?

[complementing]

[Minako tilts her head at the poster one way, then the other.

And then loosens her own hair to start making twin pig tails. Just to see how it looks on her.]

[tarotcards]

[ everyone knows why akira has that poster. it's an unspoken thing ]

I'm guessing that when we find her, contacting her and saying that you have a giant poster of her is probably a bad idea.

[deathboss]

You and Rise were idols? Congrats bro!

[Yeah he didn't quite Get It.]

[aintjustaweapon]

[Lillian mostly listens to other people talking for a while before she eventually raises her hand.]

So I was wonderin' if any of you have heard of somethin' called the 'P1 Grand Prix?' It was...some kinda fightin' tournament at a high school, I think?

[elevelvetor]

[ Oh, finally, someone who remembers this— ]

"The desperate fighting program amongst high school students"... isn't that right? I recall watching a video promotion of it in my memories and deciding to take part. [ The other Elizabeth was. interesting. ] Is that all you remember about it?

[complementing]

[Minako doesn't get as many memories as she has in the past, but this latest one...has shaken her up a bit. And seems important to mention in comparison to the rest. She shifts uncomfortably in her seat.]

All this time, I've been sort of hoping for some memories of my past self meeting up with Souji and Yu's group, after that memory of seeing Yukiko...but it turns out she never made it to 2011. She died on March 5th, 2010.

[burningblossoms]

I remember something somewhat relevant to recent events. It's a little strange, and a little more lighthearted than most.

[She heads up to a whiteboard and writes a single word.

JUNES.]

I remember this place. It...seemed important to the people in my group. I specifically remember going with Yu, Yosuke, Chie Satonaka, and the little girl. Nanako?