▸ just a little more to the next floor

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Characters: OU!Minako Arisato; OPEN
Setting: Floor 38 (Lounge); Floor 10 (Aquarium); Floor 6 (Forest)
Format: Either or.
Summary: Minako's wandering, getting used to the Tower. Training will happen in the forest.
Warnings: None really. Will probably stay PG13.

FLOOR 38 || LOUNGE
[Minako collapses face-down into a beanbag after she enters the floor, the volleyball in her hand set down beside her. She had just finished a little bit of exploring and, well...]

Ughhh, I can't believe that out of forty-one floors in this tower, there isn't a single gym that I can practice in.

[She lets out a long-suffering sigh.]

I guess I could go to the forest and just. Jog around or train or something.

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FLOOR 10 || AQUARIUM
[Distractions are...distracting. Floor 6 is her ultimate goal, as the forest on floor 32 is apparently a no-powers zone, which would not be helpful for training. But this aquarium she comes across along the way is fascinating. Beautiful. Calming.

Minako slowly walks the winding pathways, letting her fingers lightly graze the free-standing water every once in a while. There is some sort of allure about this place that makes her think she'll be back to visit again. It's just her and the fish here, and sometimes she needs her alone time.

She starts humming.]

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FLOOR 6 || FOREST
[It was a little weird, carrying her naginata around during the day when she's so used to working behind the scenes, under the cover of the night. But the Tower gives her that 'luxury' now. And most people here didn't bat an eye at it anyways. So now she's at the forest, and she's training vigorously.

First she works through physical trials, summoning various Personae to throw targets that she can deflect, reflect, or dodge. Then comes the precision and accuracy tests-- she works on her sync up with each Persona, trying to get reacquainted with each of them as she tests how well they understand each other, and how well they respond to her commands.

After a short break, she's back in action, practicing aerial strikes. Might want to be careful that you don't catch her off guard.]

Comments

oh boy confrontation at last

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[She tenses at the sound, automatically hefting up her naginata into its ready position at any intruder. When she sees him, though, her whole body falls still. This would've happened eventually, their meeting...but no amount of time would have prepared her for it.

Wrongwrongwrong her Perosnae scream, so loud that she barely hears herself speak.]

Ken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZvESyXztE ? :D

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[Ken grips his spear - it's been put back together rather poorly, but it's at least holding on.]

You're the other one... and you're one of the Kirijo's pets too. I was hoping you weren't.

[He eyes her SEES armband suspiciously, holding his spear at the ready.]

ajfdkslafffffffff

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[She's begging him in her mind-- please Ken, don't make me do this. Don't make me fight you. But she knows his stance, and she knows that he's going to attack.

The only other option is to talk him down.]

What would you have done if I wasn't? Is there even a version of Minako or Minami you would accept?

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Then I wouldn't have a problem with you. But the Dark Hour is how we live. Electronics don't work, people don't see us, and we can do what we have to. If you take that away...

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Doing what you want for one hour a day isn't living. If I take it away, it would give you a chance at a real life.

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It's not what you want, it's what you need! I survived on food I got during the Dark Hour for two years - I would have died if it hadn't existed!

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[She takes in a sharp breath at this.]

Why did you have to-- what happened to you, Ken?

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... I was living on the streets. What do you think I did for two years?

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No, I mean-- what happened that you had to live on the streets? The Ken in my world had been taken care of until he'd met us...

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No one took care of me. My father was out of the picture before I can even remember, so when Mother died I was on my own. No one cared enough about me to take me in, until I met Strega.

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...I'm sorry.

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[Wrong thing to say. He starts shaking a little in anger.]

I don't need your pity! Especially not from one of the Kirijo's pets!

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...no, I guess you don't. Are you going to attack me now, Ken?

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[He wants to. He wants to just take out this anger on her - this pointless, frustrating anger. But...]

No. You haven't done anything to hurt my family here. Yet, at least. So I don't have any reason to.

[Shinji's another matter but -]

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You're right about that. Realistically, though, SEES and Strega will probably come to blows. And I might have to fight you. Even if I don't want to.

I guess what I'm trying to say is: whatever happens, Ken, I want you to know that I always want you to be happy, no matter what universe you're in. If you find it with Strega...

[She looks away.]

That's just how it is, and I hope they will keep being a family for you.

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Probably. Because what SEES is doing is going to kill us. It'll take away the only real way we can make enough money to live on. No one wants us. We can't get jobs.

[He can't stop being angry like this. There's just so much that's wrong about this situation. He tears up a little in frustration but tries to hold them back, not wanting her to see him cry.]

You don't even know me.

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[She glances at him briefly, shaking her head.]

I don't. But I want to. I want to know the person you can be, even if he's different from the Ken I know back home.