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[pitiedthefool]

Characters: The Persona casts and invited guests (just ask if you want to hop in!)
Setting: Media Level, September 15th
Format: Whatever suits your fancy!
Summary: So the Shadow Event was Hell (haha), a few of them grabbed some booze from various sources(?!), so iiiiiiit's PARTY TIME~
Warnings: Somehow srs discussions in one thread and underage drinking in others? I don't even know, man.

So the last seven days had been a misty hell in the tower surrounded by fog... literally.

Muzicons.com

Sure, this was likely the normal aside from the fog... but that didn't mean that the residents didn't need some time to blow off some steam every now and then, and for the Persona users? It had been extremely rough on them with all the Shadows manifesting. That also included their own. Especially included their own in some cases (ow, Naoya...).

It didn't take much, just a small filtered and handwaved message to the other Persona users that Yu knew from either running into them in the battle for everyone's sanity in the past week or before then. "Bring what you can get your hands on," he said, but to the leaders there was also "we need to talk." Because there had been a long period of time where they hadn't spoken as a group... and after bribing Strega with a few rounds of Halo and possible drinking games if they could get their hands on some booze, he'd headed back up to the media floor...

There were no fancy decorations, but he had picked up what was disrupted from the fighting and cleaned like whoa. Everything was set up with whatever few snacks he'd saved in his trunk from the previous month.

Come on in whenever...


[ooc: feel free to mingle and do what you want. This IS a party, after all... so let loose and have fun with it! Start your own threads if there's something that doesn't fit what you were going to do. :3]
[EDIT: Due to earlier confusion, if anyone who knows/is close to any of the Persona people, they are welcome. Really, this is a party for friends.]

Directory
Mingling! || Persona Team Leaders' Meeting || Movie Night! || Video Games! || Karaoke! || Kiiiiiing's Game!

Comments

[fractus_animus]

[ ... He knows THAT feeling really well, Luke. ]

Yeah, well, unfortunately that was basically another Sunday for me. I'm used to it. Fortunately we're all a little closer for it, so maybe I can help somehow? Feeling useless is never... really all that great.

[sacred_flamer]

Man, I couldn't imagine being used to that...

[He shook his head.]

Well... I guess I can start with the only thing I know. I'm pretty good with a sword, but my weapon's broken right now. When I find another one, I could help with sparring practice?

[fractus_animus]

[ He considers this, thoughtful for a moment before speaking again. ]

... One of the others might be able to mend it for you. If I remember right, Suou had Vulcanus as his Persona at some point? If my mythology's decent, and I think it is, it's the god of fire and smithing in... Roman mythology, I think. Narukami could probably help you too, he has fire skills. What you'd need would be some fire and maybe someone strong enough to put it back together, but that'll be easy for the right Persona user.

I'm a sword user, myself, though. I could probably help a little with the training thing. My Persona's immune to any sort of sword damage.

[sacred_flamer]

...really?

[See the most amazed face ever, Minato.]

Wow... you guys are so lucky. Those Persona things sound like they could do anything...

[He paused a moment, before letting out a sigh.]

Actually, I'm not sure if I should even fix it.

[deatharcana]

[ ... Hmm, odd. But Minato himself pulls an almost... mysterious sort of unreadable face, here. He's almost smiling, and there's an odd sort of tint to his voice. ]

... People can do anything, Luke-san. A Persona is just another "you". But they're essentially windows into your own self, whether you want to look at it or not... how fortunate that makes us depends on whether or not you like what you see and if you're brave enough to look. And for some of us, those windows are a little cracked, too.

[ And with that cryptic statement, he just as casually changes topics as though he'd never said it. ]

What makes you think it shouldn't be fixed?

[sacred_flamer]

[A sad look crossed Luke's face at Minato's words, but he didn't comment. He could tell he was trying to change the subject, unfortunately the topic change wasn't much better.]

I've... my shadow told me something about myself that I didn't want to see before. And I think... I think my sword master knows something about it, but he lied to keep it from me. He gave me that sword, so...

[deatharcana]

[ ... Ahhh, there's more here than first meets the eye. Time to talk, he supposes. ]

... All ours did that. I thought I was immune to it, but... well, none of us are. I don't really think anyone wanted to face that part of themselves. ... Does it bother you knowing that something isn't right?

[sacred_flamer]

I... I'm actually glad? A lot of things make sense now, but... it just leads to more questions.

[He looked down at his empty glass. Man, he needs a refill.]

Like... what am I, really? Why was I made, and for what reason? And... why didn't the real 'Luke' ever try to say anything?

[He let out a sigh.]

I-I know I said I would accept this, and I'm trying to, but it's so hard when I can't find any answers.

[deatharcana]

[ ... Hmmm. He is quiet for a moment. ]

I know it's probably not much, but... you aren't the only one who wonders if you should exist or not, or why people made you they way they were...

[ A slight pause. He's not the best at this FEELINGS and friendship thing, but he'll try. ]

Thing is, even if we're alerted to what's there, that... doesn't mean we're expected to instantly just forget it and be fine with it. We still have to work through that. ... You still have to work past it.

[sacred_flamer]

I-I know that, I just...

[It's hard, and he's not used to using his own brain to get what he wants in his life. Recovering spoiled brat, right here.]

...part of me is afraid that I will forget, and I'll just go back to the way I was before.

[fractus_animus]

[ ... He thinks he knows how to reply to this one. ]

You're not the only person who's afraid of that. It's okay. ... That's why your friends are here. We'll just have to make sure that doesn't happen, right? And we'll help you through getting past how you were before, so you can be better. It might be hard, but maybe we can help a little bit to ease the burden.

[ And he offers a smile. Yes, "we". People do care about you, Luke. ]

1/3

[sacred_flamer]

[sacred_flamer]

T-that... I u-uh...

[sacred_flamer]

[...okay, self, stop with the tsundere.]

...t-thanks...

[...nope, not much easier to say that.]

[fractus_animus]

[ Aww, Luke. It's okay. Just have a small handwave. ]

Don't thank me. We should all try to remember we're not alone. Sometimes it's hard to open up to someone--but sometimes it can really help.

Especially in this place, right?

[sacred_flamer]

Yeah, we... really need to work together in this place. Especially with those people running it.

[Luke paused, a bit of a reflective look coming to his face. He... needed to be better, needed to work at becoming a better person. It was the only way he was going to be able to really accept the shadow inside of him.]

...I want to do the best I can to help with that.