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. ]

Comments

[compendiem]

[ Minato looks down at his chest, even though that's not really where he feels his Personas. There are so many, it feels less like a blanket and more like an ocean— drowning, overwhelming, bursting forward with the slightest pull of the trigger as if his mind could barely contain them. They've always come easily when he needed them to, but now, his mind is a wall and there's no outlet.

... ]

Horus, get out here.

[ ...

Nothing happens and he feels stupid for trying, but now he can say he tried. ]

[aintjustaweapon]

[Lillian shook her head, trying not to laugh.]

Not...not like that. I mean, inside. Like...I don't know. I'm not even sure the word is necessary but I ain't tried without it.

But the call is inside. Or it is for me.

[compendiem]

[ Minato shifts his weight from foot to foot. ]

...That's probably it, then. I don't want them to come out. So they wont.

[aintjustaweapon]

You don't want them to?

[Lillian just looked so confused.]

[compendiem]

I don't need them to. All they're good for is fighting, and healing when there's fighting.

[aintjustaweapon]

Yeah but...they're a part of you, right? So you'd think you'd...want to reach out to 'em.

[compendiem]

Not really... There are lots of parts of me I don't really want anything to do with.

[aintjustaweapon]

I guess...

We all have parts of ourselves like that, but ya don't just pretend they aren't there.

[compendiem]

It's not pretending they aren't there. It's acknowledging and never poking at it ever again.

[ It's not the same thing! Sort of. He knows there a lot of him that really sucks and he doesn't do anything about them, but it's not like he's rejecting those parts of him either. They're just there. ]

[aintjustaweapon]

Not...really sure that's all that healthy, though?

[She looked just a tad concerned.]

[compendiem]

No, it probably isn't.

[ Does that ever stop him? (no) ]

[aintjustaweapon]

Well. If you tried to look at it from a healthier perspective, maybe it would be easier to call them out.

[compendiem]

That's easier said than done. How am I supposed to do that?

[aintjustaweapon]

Mm. That's more of a psychology question than anything I can help with. [Lillian smiled faintly.]

But I imagine talking to people would help, either way.

[compendiem]

[ mentally fingerguns at her!! that's not happening. not yet. ]

Yeah, I'll... think about it.

[ The universal excuse for "I'm not actually going to and we both know this." ]

[aintjustaweapon]

[Lillian was so not convinced.]

No ya won't. [She sounded more amused than upset though.] But if you ever change your mind, lemmie know? Maybe I can help!