ITP: Yet another arrival

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Characters: Minami and anyone who replies
Setting: Room 1-01 and moving into exploration
Format: First post is in prose. Tag with whatever you like.
Summary: Minami awakens and joins in on the Tower shenanigans
Warnings: None for right now.

The first thing upon waking was that Minami could not move. That was the part that scared her most, reminding her of when she was little and stuck in the hospital, and her limbs felt so heavy she couldn't move them either. Fortunately no one was standing around her saying they weren't sure how she even made it through the night nor the echo of a voice--Aigis's voice though she didn't know it at the time--telling her it'd be all right.

Once she was able to move she practically leapt from the bed and, in her haste, nicked her foot on the trunk at the foot of her bed and went tumbling to the ground. Ugh. Her limbs were still asleep. Otherwise that wouldn't have happened. Minami righted herself, checked her person, and was horrified to find a collar around her neck. What was going on?

That was when she found the letters, read them, and promptly had to sit heavily on her bed. How is this possible? She thought Nyx wasn't supposed to come until January! January! They still had time to train, time to figure out a way around her, put up a fight! Not--not this!

Minami sat on the bed a moment and took a deep breath. This had to be a trick, right? She wasn't--her world wasn't--the people she knew wasn't....

Determined, she stood from the bed, pulled on her uniform skirt and jacket over the jumpsuit, holstered her evoker, and headed out, intent on finding answers before she broke down into tears.

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[ Sure, he could stay; he could be nicer to her. After all, did he have a reason not to be at the moment? ... No. But right now... maybe it's just the knowledge that she's alone that has him say what he does. That makes him pause, look back at her, stop walking.

Then there is a rare smile is on his face, though it is small. ]

I don't think you need to worry about my safety so much as your own. I doubt your Naginata would fit in that trunk.

[ He was not about to die here. If he was going to die, it would be on his terms, at the time he was meant to.

Not in this tower, away from his team. Something absently keeps him glued to the floor for the moment, silent. It felt like she was being unnecessarily nice to him. The least he could do is show a little kindness back in his own way. ]

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[Even if it could, Minami knows that the physical isn't her best point of fighting. Her skill with the naginata relies solely on defense and putting as much distance between the enemy and her. Offensively? She's no good and doesn't have the experience most of SEES does and just barely edges out Fuuka in actual fighting skill. Yes, she's improved since she joined SEES, even gotten formally trained thanks to a few of her S. Links and SEES, but still--

--if it was a purely physical fight between them? Minato would win and they both know it.]

No, but I know how to take care of myself. I've been doing it for as long as I can remember. [On Kirijo's dollar, but still.

And he's smiling at her. Something about that makes her heart squeeze and she almost wants to blurt out the truth, but.... no. Not like this. Not right now. Maybe once she can bring herself to stop being afraid of him, steeling herself whenever she thinks he's going to approach her or maybe when she thinks he can handle the truth.

Some small part of her wants to prove herself to him first. Maybe the old people pleaser she grew into thanks to always being told she wasn't wanted by anyone. She's scared of him, he's a killer, hates SEES, despises her, and yet....

When she finally tells him, she doesn't want him to be horrified by the prospect. She wants him to see her as being worthy of being his sister.

Ugh. Despite finding out her life has basically been Ikutsuki's plaything, some habits really are hard to break.]

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[ It was practically laughable. They both knew he could easily take her, and if just HE alone could, he didn't really think she stood a chance in this tower.

Truth be told, he was just hard on her. Maybe it was because of her age or her looks. Maybe he needed someone to be angry AT for what had happened to him.

Either way, he didn't think it felt fair for him to be armed and her not to be. ]

... A word of advice. You're alone here, and you're not going to be covered for by your team if you screw up by overdoing it.

[ His expression turns icy. ]

Your Persona is all you have. It works here, but try not to do something idiotic like give people the impression we're part of the same group or something just because we both can summon.

[ Cruel? Perhaps. But... it evened the playing field. He'd not lied to her; she knew she could use her Persona. That was all she needed to know. He would never fight dirty. Slanted morals, perhaps, but morals nonetheless. ]

And try not to get yourself killed; this isn't your cozy little routine mission anymore. Brats who use their head live longer than ones who don't.

[ That's about all he has to say to her. It's cruel and toneless and he obviously dislikes her on principal, but in his own way, he was looking out for her. His hands in his pockets, he turns to leave. He has no intention of staying around here.

If she replied, it would be to his back. ]