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semi-closed || this game was never so involved before

WHO: Minako and friends!
WHERE: All around the city
WHEN: Anytime during July, with the exception of the 9th and the convention weekend
WHAT: Bingo catch-call log!
WARNINGS: A little bit of Persona 3 Evoker usage, but otherwise nothing of note.

I won't be trying to fill any more of my own card, but if you'd like Minako for one of yours, especially for a 'stranger' one, check out my plotting post and definitely don't hesitate to PM me or message me on Plurk at

raynestorm! I love new CR for her ♥

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• lemonade stand/rumors with RYOJI
• swingset race with TATSUMA
• ode to Janet with SOUJI
• jump rope with KURT
• mermaid in a fountain with MIKLEO
• random phone call with SENA
• sandcastle building with AKI
• firefly catching with ELIZABETH
• servant for a day with YUKIKO
• costumes at a fancy restaurant with PENELOPE
• stealing an item with JAKE
• operation game with LUCIAN
• time with a friend of a friend with ELEANOR
• roller skate race with VERA
• authority figure prank with TAKUMI
• share a difficult retrospec memory with YU
• spread a rumor with RIN
• random phone call/wear a cape with AKIRA
• painted nails with NOAH

Edited 2017-07-13 01:42 (UTC)

[What was originally supposed to be a meet up for lunch instead became a discussion about the bingo cards. Minako has hers between her fingers, listing off some of the challenges for Cleo to hear.]

Go fishing in a public fountain, have a pillow sack race...some of these are really ridiculous, even if they're harmless. But what really takes the cake is the middle square. [She scrunches up her face.] I might leave that one blank, honestly.

[If she counts the number of her friends who know about her Persona powers, it's...a surprisingly large amount, given that in the other Minako's world, it was supposed to be a secret of sorts. But she thinks it's a good thing. She doesn't have to keep secrets here, so she can tell who she likes.

And it's about time that Terra found out too. So she's invited him out to meet her on the beach, late at night when nobody else is around. Or rather, when nobody else should be around, except if last month was any indication, someone will always be around anyways.

But this time she's prepared. Terra is protective of those he sees as part of his small circle, and she knows he's going to have a bad reaction once she explains this-- possibly the worst out of all those she's told so far. So she has Koromaru with her this time, and as soon as Terra arrives, she pushes her friend down into a sitting position and plops her dog into his lap so he can't move.]

There! Stay, Korochan.

[Minako has MANY ISSUES with buying Jim a gift, the first and foremost being "he doesn't deserve anything, not even a gag gift". But getting something really cheap in order to fill the bingo square isn't so bad when compared to, say, some of the other things on the card.

(Go up to a stranger and pretend to have memories of them from another lifetime? That's so cruel.)

She heads into the Towers with a hard limit of five, maybe ten dollars if the gag gift is worth the money, and then spots her kohai wandering in as well just ahead of her. She picks up speed and playfully pokes the small of his back as she approaches.]

Hi Yosuke-kun! Here for a summer sale?

[Summers in America are much kinder to her than summers in Japan ever were, especially since it isn't even that humid here, so she feels fine just wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. Maybe a cute sunhat if she feels like she has to stand out in the sun for some reason.

Sora, however, looks like he's dying in his soccer uniform when she goes to pick him up. Minako shoots him a sympathetic look and cranks up the AC even higher up in her car.]

Hey Sora. How was the competition?

[Grocery shopping falls on her shoulders this week, and Minako is definitely taking advantage of post 4th of July sales to stock up on hot dogs and chips. She isn't sure if her roommates will be sick of it by now, but Minako can definitely eat more. There's just something so fun about drizzling condiments all over the top of the dog and mushing that first bite into your mouth.

The only problem is...]

Hmmm~ Three packs of ten, or four? I could eat five just in one sitting, I bet.

[It's a rare moment of quiet at the Confectionary, which means that Minako is behind the counter, inspecting her bingo card with her face scrunched up in mild exasperation.

The first people who comes to mind when she thinks of those who have gone into Retrospec are 1) Chloe, who is in France now, and 2) Dante, who she isn't very keen on speaking with at the moment. She knows there must've been more people, but she has no idea who they might be.]

And anyways, some of them might not want to say they've been in there just so they don't get slapped. I wonder if I'll have to leave this one blank...

[With Kiyomitsu's amazing sewing skills, Minako's Sakuya dress is finished well before the actual convention weekend. She's sent progress pictures to Shuji, of course, which apparently means that word got out about the newbie cosplayer Sakuya, which somehow means that she's ready for her big cosplay debut, and one thing became another until Minako finds herself in full costume at the Churchill Downs Riding School, posing with Shuji next to pair of chocobos for a photo shoot.

Even with all the experience she has smiling, she feels like her face is uncomfortably and permanently frozen into place. When the photographer finally calls for a break, she turns to hide her face in the chocobo's soft feathers, massaging her cheeks.]

I didn't realize photo shoots could last this long...

[The inside of the Confectionary is nice and cool for various reasons-- the part-timers would revolt inside the bakery if the AC weren't on, for one, and it draws in customers who want a respite from the heat outside, for another. There's the fact that the boss hates the heat herself, too. But the most important reason out of all of them?

It prevents the cupcake frosting from melting. Especially when the cupcake frosting isn't actually frosting, but ice cream instead.

Minako is at the tail end of her shift, prepping a batch of the vanilla ice cream frosted cookies and cream cupcakes for her coworker when she hears the happy jingle of the door opening. Wiping her hands, she smooths down the skirt of the uniform and steps up behind the counter.

Hey, this guy looks a little familiar...where has she seen him before?]

Welcome to the Confectionary! What can I get for your sweet tooth today?

[Up until now, Minako and Cedric have really only seen each other at the gym, and their work out schedules are never quite so aligned that they finish at the same time. Which means they've never hung out after they see each other at their sweatiest.

But today, that changes! At Cedric's invitation, they're at the park and ready to go searching for ladybugs.]

Hmm, so I guess we should figure out where we're most likely to see them first, huh? Do you know off the top of your head?

[They'd mentioned doing this before, and now that they've actually made arrangements to practice in the Utsuki Dojo, she realizes that she doesn't quite know to what extent Sorey knows sword fighting.

That'll be easily gauged soon enough, she supposes, as she swings Velora in some kata forms to warm up.]

Do you want to use practice weapons, or...?

[So Minako is in the market for some new bed sheets. She is also in need of filling out a bingo square. Alas, it's rather difficult to ask another Retrospeccer to compete with you in a sack race when only normal civilians are around.

She'll give it another fifteen minutes and see where that gets her. In the meantime...yup, she's just laying on the display bed, closing her eyes. Totally not napping.]

[Post kickboxing gym workout, Minako is showing David the bingo card on her phone, as well as an enlarged version of it on a sheet of paper, with names penciled in in various squares.]

It feels weird to say I'm kind of enjoying filling the squares in, but I am. What about you, are you in on this?

[Amidst all this bingo madness comes a moment of seriousness. Minako's new Persona Kartikeya is an electric type in comparison to the other two-- in other words, a completely new type of Persona that she needs to get used to. Which means a lot more training sessions. It's back to the beach for late night training sessions, this time with Ryoji attending. But first...]

Let me try summoning Thanatos really quick?

[For her own curiosity's sake she wants to see what will happen when she attempts it, since the connection is still there even though Ryoji is human right now. Minako raises her Evoker to her temple and pulls the trigger.]

I summon you!

[Like she told Ryoji earlier this month, summer time is ReVA time! All of the community events are starting to wear her down, especially when some of them are hosted over the span of a few days. Minako loves the work, but needs a break, so what to do?

What she always does when she's stressed, of course! She knits at home for a couple of hours, and then heads to the karaoke place for some good quality singing time. Alone, of course, since that's her usual MO when it comes to karaoke.

Hmm, time to try a Leona Lewis song! The room is quiet as she scrolls through the list, so it'd be pretty easy for someone to mistake it as empty and theirs...]

[Minako is used to getting freebies from ReVA. They're always buying things to use for this or that event, after all, and sometimes they just don't have space in the storage room for the handful of extras that get thrown into a bulk order. This time around, Mina's freebie is a kite.

She's never actually used one before, so as soon as her shift is done, she's off to the park to fiddle with it. It's a breezy enough day for it, hopefully!]

Flyyyyy!

[Another day, another shift at the Confectionary (before it gets wrecked this week), and Minako is prepping the machine for a new batch of coffee, humming as she goes. She turns when the bell chimes at the door opening, her customer service smile pasted on again.]

Welcome to the Confect-- oh! Hi Yoon-sung. I didn't know you had a sweet tooth. Or are you here for coffee instead?

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OTHER THREADS

CLEO; FORGE A CONTRACT

TERRA; DISPLAY OF POWER

YOSUKE; (THE SHITTIEST) REGISTRY GIFT

SORA; PEACH POPSICLES

JAMES; FOOD EATING CONTEST

ARIA; RETROSPEC SLAP

SHUJI; CHOCOBO RACING

NOCTIS; FRIEND OF A FRIEND