recolle | i'm too impatient for the event so play something small with me maybe

WHO: Minato/ota
WHERE: Wiffle-Waffle
WHEN: Friday, 8/3, all day
WHAT: a """stake-out""" aka eating waffles and talking because nothing will happen on the 3rd like it usually does. some info-sharing to get people up to date (or alternatively, non-productive wheel spinning with Minato because he knows NOTHING haha)
WARNINGS: none

i.
[ Shit goes down on the 3rd every month --> we don't know what's going to happen aside from something being wrong with Retrospec --> the waffle house used to be where the Retrospec building is and its mailbox is outside --> stake out the waffle house just in case something happens

That's basically the thought process that went into this, but word might not have gotten around that it's happening. If anything, what draws people's attention, if not by word of mouth, is that whoever's on the way to the waffle house early Friday morning may see Minato on his way there too, struggling to push a wheelbarrow up the street.

It's a covered wheelbarrow. There is definitely a blade or three poking through the cover where he'd tried to tie the fabric down so it wouldn't blow off. But don't mind that; help him push. ]

ii.
[ The Wiffle-Waffle is a respectable business which wouldn't appreciate loitering, so head on inside and let's have a waffle party. You're also paying for your own waffles, because Minato isn't made of money. He tries to keep his head down, mostly, finding a far away corner booth to sit at and waving people down with a credit card in one hand, the other hand held by the side of his face as if it does anything to obscure his identity from the workers there who shoot uneasy looks his direction from time to time. ]

Four waffles. Plain. If you can order that for me...

iii. (chronologically after prompt i.... I so clearly edited this in after the fact without reading)
[ He's just stuffing a mini-armory of axes and swords into the mailbox, don't mind him. ]

iv.
[ Time trudges on with nothing happening— a good thing, really. But Minato fiddles with his phone a lot during the time, pulling up a message he'd sent to Zee, checking and rechecking Wednesday's post from Joanne in hopes that it'd corrected himself.

With people here, it's a good a time as any for some info sharing. If anything, it'd be good for people to catch up on what happened last August that'd gotten so many "veterans" riled up, and Minato's one of those who wasn't there and is interested in learning more about it all. ]

So... Summer in Recollé sucks, huh. [ yeah ] ...I was talking to Zee a little, and he mentioned something about old maps, if you know anything about those. I guess it's of the city? Or Retrospec itself. I'm still a bit lost on it all, actually.

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[ souji can still shank him now. he just needs to grab a weapon from that wheelbarrow and do the dead. also souji still does not move even though minato rudely tries to shove the end of the barrow against him ]

Is it the execution of going to an execution?

I was thinking more like eating waffles today, but...

[ But he'll never get there if he can't get up this hill, or past the roadblock that is Souji. It's taking everything he's got just to keep it from rolling down the 1° incline. ]

An execution is what I'm preparing for. That's the reason for all of this.

[ pay the bridge troll a hefty fare and he'll let you pass ]

Is this because of the post from Retorpsec?

[ If he shifts just so, Souji will get a hefty fare of an axe blade in his stomach. ]

Yeah. Called some people together to see what's going to happen today. Woke up this morning and everything looked alright, but...

[ He shrugs, and lifting his shoulders eases the force off the wheelbarrow, and it slides backwards an inch. ]

[ thank god that he has izanagi-no-okami equipped at all times and that it's resistant to everything. the axe blade is nothing more than a dull annoyance in souji's stomach and he stands his ground ]

It's always good to be prepared.

[ souji says solemnly, looking off to the side. there's a pause before souji looks back at minato. ]

... hey, let's grab some waffles. It'll be my treat.

[ How is anybody supposed to kill Souji now? He still has his utility, though, offering for pay for the waffles— it's an offer that makes Minato perk up, letting the wheelbarrow slide back even more. ]

That's the plan. I've got to turn these in to the mailbox first, though. I have no idea how my alternate universe self managed to carry several dozen weapons with him at all times, but that's not possible for me.

[ The closest thing he has to it is storage in the mailbox, but he still has to stay close by to turn tickets back into weapons. ]

[ ah, so that's where minato was heading with this wheelbarrow of murder weapons. souji now actually finally moves from minato's path but he then moves next to minato and invades his personal space. he moves to put his hands over the handles, quite possibly over minato's, as a silent gesture that he'll take over now. ]

Have you considered strapping them all onto a belt? Like a superhero utility belt?

[ Minato ducks his head, mumbling something about Souji being hot, before he tugs his hands out from beneath Souji's. He's more than willing for Souji to show off his guns, and he does one better, extracting one of the swords from the wheelbarrow: the two-handed sword Deathbringer, which glows warmly in his hands as he balances the hilt against his thigh, blade point to the ground, and undoes the belt around his waist.

He didn't need to go through with all of that to know that there's no way to strap the sword onto his belt. But he can use the belt as a rope to tie a knot around the hilt, though that leaves him with too little length of belt to wrap around his waist again. Hm. ]

Hand me another. I think I can fit two more, and tie the other end to my wrist.

[ thank you for allowing souji to show off his GUNS. he lifts up the cover of the wheelbarrow just a bit to peek through and to see what he can grab. he looks around for a bit before he pulls out the two heaviest weapons he could find: the execution axe (it's making its second appearance for More Blood) and i'll let you choose whatever the second one is. please make it ridiculous ]

Here, how about these two?

[ The sword he's got tethered to him is already taller than he is by several inches, but he'll go ahead and take the next two weapons from Souji: the execution axe, and his iconic bloody nail bat, which he has to be very careful not to stab his thigh full of holes while walking since it's the closest one to him.

Now he's armed to the teeth and can never walk again. ]

...I think I understand why heroes wear capes.

[ To hide all their murder weapons. He'll never be allowed in the waffle house now. ]

[ i hope minato gets fucked up after he cut off naegi's toe and is trying to bite off souji's finger. jouhei needs to be careful so he doesn't start losing body parts as well. ]

[ souji stares at minato and then without hesitation, he just begins to unbutton dress shirt (who cares if it's hot out, he likes having the sleeves). once he has it off, he takes the sleeves and wraps them around minato's waist before tying them together. he would wrap it around minato's neck but it probably wouldn't reach ]

Hm... close enough, I think.

[ He'll have to take Souji's judgement for that since he can't see it for himself. The disguise is properly done, but there's still the problem of moving in all this gear... ]

Right. Next step is transportation. Help me into the wheelbarrow?

Do you have null physical?

[ there's still weapons in there, minato. ur gonna get shanked ]

[ He closes his eyes to think, trying to recall each of his Personas' strengths and weaknesses one by one. ]

...Shiva can block pierce. That should be good enough, I think. [ Lots of these things are stabby, so they should count as pierce, right? Regardless, he doesn't look too concerned when he opens his eyes. ]

Shiva also gives me a free pass out of death once, sacrificing his soul for mine to grant me full health. So I wouldn't worry.

[ He gets to fake!die once a day or whatever; there's no more reason to care about his life, after he'd found that out. ]

[ well... he supposes that's good enough so he will definitely help minato into the wheelbarrow now (though he rearranges some of the weapons so their fun stabby parts aren't out that much ]

Does that mean when he sacrifices himself, you lose him as a Persona?

[ He lounges as best he can without getting cut, getting comfortable quickly enough that he doesn't have to move for the rest of the way and trusting Souji to be careful going any cracks in the sidewalk. ]

I don't lose him. I can summon him again if I want, but he's not happy when I do. He chides me like I'm a child, trying to wield a power I cannot handle.

[ They're finicky Persona! Even if they're a part of his own soul, they're the part that cares more than he cares, that doesn't want to see him fight so recklessly just because he believes he has a lifeline to waste. ]

i'm too impatient for the event so play something small with me maybe

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