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

[deathboss]

No! Please don't!

[It's a very brief worry, truthfully, but Michel suddenly goes panicking that Minato will really do this to him. He's had this happen before back in Canada. He attempts to at least make a grab for his towel with one of his feet and nearly slips.]

Ahhh, shit!

[He manages to save himself, but the noise attracts someone, just as he puts the bucket to cover it. They stare for a few seconds, before walking out.]

[compendiem]

[ Whoops... At least they did the courtesy of walking out. Out of pity, Minato goes ahead and picks up the towel, wrapping it around Michel's waist like he should have done five seconds ago and spared everybody grief. ]

...We could drink ourselves to oblivion and forget that happened.

[ He's pretty sure that's what the other person's going to do. ]

[deathboss]

I'm just glad he didn't take a picture or know me, to be honest.

[The last thing he needs is a Youtube controversy for showing his naked everything.]

And yeah, let's do that. In the salt room. Screw the rules at this point.

[compendiem]

[ Yeah, screw the system!! The salt room is at least better than the sauna to pass out intoxicated. Minato heads out that way, tugging at his bangs a bit. ]

Maybe change your hair sometimes. When it's wet like this, they can't tell it's you.

LMAO god now I kinda want to request a memory because of that...

[deathboss]

[If his parents knew he'd be grounded until he'd turn 21. Probably. At least in his mind they'd be disappointed. BUT AT THIS RATE HE DON'T CARE VERY MUCH RIGHT NOW.

He runs a hand into his hair and thinks about it.]

Yeah...you mean like...cut it cut? Wear a wig? Color it up? I already do the tips so...

[compendiem]

You could shave your head bald.

[ ZERO HASSLE, JUST LIKE THE MONK SAYS. We can both get memory regains from this. ]

[deathboss]

[I'm glad our tags are leaking into the 4th wall wait never mind.]

Oh hell no! Michel will never have a bald head! That's like...my dad has a full set of hair! I've got anti-balding genetics, I'm gonna hold on to it like it's gold! Maybe I could put it up in a small braid, mind you...

[At least by now they have arrived at the salt room. Eikichi takes a peek in.]

We're alone.

[He does a come-hither motion to Minato despite the fact he's right next to him like the two are going to pass into a music concert by jumping the barrier. The inside looks really weird.]

[compendiem]

[ What a weird room... It's uncomfortably "New Age" and Minato sticks a little closer to Michel, half hiding behind him as if he isn't sure how he's supposed to act in a salt room. ]

If we lick the rocks, is it also salt...?

[ It's tempting. ]

I can't believe I found a video of this but

[deathboss]

Uhhh....I'm sure you wouldn't be the first one but I'm also not sure what sickness you'd leave with.

[Yeah this room is so New Age, no wonder no on else is coming in here...is that...there's some sandcastle building equipment on the side? He walks on over, putting his stuff on a chair.]

They want you to dig with the salt? I feel like I'm missing out some sort of profound meaning.

[compendiem]

[ Holy shit, yes, Minato makes a beeline straight for the sandcastle part of the room. ]

We can make a zen rock garden.

[ That... sort of goes along with this whole therapeutic thing, he thinks. ]

[deathboss]

...you know what, fuck it! Sure why not.

[He's gonna grab whatever they have that is alcoholic, open the bottle, tag a chug in his mouth and just plop on over as well.]

How do you even build a zen garden...

[compendiem]

[ He has no idea, other than there being patterns raked into the sand. There's probably some sort of process behind that, but Minato isn't so sure, so he starts by using the back of his hand to smooth out the sand in between them, packing it down a little as he does so.

He lifts a hand and starts drawing. Not a pattern, but a rabbit, tracing his finger through the sand to leave its mark. ]

[deathboss]

[Michel is going to take this time to draw a beautiful pattern in the salt depicting his troubles and trials as an artist and how it is for others to understand the true and terrible pain he has inside...

...by which I mean he's taking blocks of salt to make a salt dick.]

[compendiem]

[ Beautiful. I hope there are security cameras around here filming these literal children. ]

You might as well write out "Michel was here."

[deathboss]

[There has to be a law in filming in places where you can be naked so Michel is hoping not.

That being said, he can't help but laugh.]

I was thinking about giving myself a fake name and writing it out like it's being shoot out...

[compendiem]

[ So you can murder somebody in a spa and nobody can tell... ]

Yeah? You have a name in mind already?

[deathboss]

[Minato this is a bad idea...they have everyone sign their name at the front so you'd be stuck in a cluedo situation.]

...nope not a clue. I need something clever...something that would be worthy...

[compendiem]

[ Somebody should have told Minato before he literally murdered Souji in another thread. ]

Mm... Dunno if I can help you. You can have one of my nicknames?

[ He can choose any off Minato's name field. ]

[deathboss]

[Oh shit, it is time for a murder mystery??????]

Sure...but what if we combined it with another words...like Red Green was here...no that's too stupid.

[compendiem]

[ Michel can stumble upon Souji's corpse in a closet later, yes. ]

Red, green... I was Sentai Blue when I was little. You can't have that one.

shit do I want the sentai or the hair remembering from this thread now THANKS

[deathboss]

[HOLY SHIT MINATO WHAT.]

Sentai Blue...nah that's usually the nerdy guy isn't it? Maybe Sentai Red? Or Sentai Green...that's always the cool guy that's sometimes a loner but joins the team...

[ALL THIS FOR A SALT PENIS.]

YOU GET A MAX OF 3 PER THREAD you can do them all

[compendiem]

[ The salt penis is serious business, okay. They need to sign this masterpiece. ]

Believe it or now, I used to be nerdy. [ Like he isn't right now. ] I had a Red, and he called me Blue. I guess since it was just the two of us, and we didn't have a full team.

I DID NOT KNOW THIS HOLY SHIT I WILL

[deathboss]

Oh no...

[He hopes this isn't a sad backstory.]

Bro, I totally would have joined your team like...Canada didn't get much when it came to sentai but...I'd be Green or Yellow for sure!

o7

[compendiem]

[ It's a sad backstory. But Minato won't dump out his baggage here; despite everything, playing sentai was a fond memory for him. ]

I was six, so it was a long, long time ago. Yellow is... what, the mood maker? That might fit.

[deathboss]

[Well they are in the salt room, Minato. Michel seems to take it like it is a great idea, at least.]

Okay then! Besides....yellow is perfect considering....

[CAUSE IT'S A PENIS.]