Oh how fast they grow...

[justiceinheaven]

Characters: 17-year-old Nanako, and you!
Setting: See below.
Format: Take your pick.
Summary: The Tower isn't exactly the greatest place for a kid to grow up in, but Nanako has turned out all right. Responses will come from justiceforbrother
Warnings: ...cuteness? Seventeen year old with a sword? idk

Room 03-15
[Entering the room, you'll see a certain individual half hanging into her trunk from her position on the bed, rummaging around inside while her legs dangle up in the air behind her. The... room assignment has that bed clearly marked as belonging to Nanako Dojima, but that girl? Definitely not seven years old.]

I know I left my sword in here... onii-chan'll kill me if I lost it...

[...it's definitely Nanako though. And her sword is on the floor, just half hanging out from under her bed. Might want to tell her that.]

Meadow Floor
[Once Nanako locates her sword, she's up here for practice. Why not, after all? Her brother always had some student or other up here, so she may as well make use of it to!]

[Dare you approach the cute seventeen year old with pigtails and a katana that's almost as big as she is?]

Cafeteria
[Nanako's a bit bummed; sword practice went well, but when it came to trying to summon her Persona? Uh... nothing; did Persona's take vacations, or were the admins being jerks again? She didn't know, but it had her upset enough to be listlessly pushing her meal around the plate, annoyed and on top of it? Bored to tears.]

...this place sucks.

[Well, she's not talking to anyone in particular, but at least it's a statement everyone can agree on?]

Media Floor
[...so instead of moping about her Persona not responding, she decides to take it out on the poor X-box and whatever sorry sap has the courage to challenge her in Halo. Prepare to be splattered on canyon walls: she did have the best teacher ever, after all.]

Comments

Cafeteria

[demonfly]

News to nobody.

[The fly demon agrees absently. He's been dealing with this for a lot longer than most of the humans here have, after all.]

At least we've got food this month.

[justiceforbrother]

Hn...

[Nanako absently stabbed at a carrot.]

The admins are still jerks, no matter what they do.

[demonfly]

They're worse than any demon I've ever met. And I've met a lot of them.

Meadow!

[eyebrowsareforever]

[As cold as it is in the outdoor areas, every once in a while it's good to just go out and get some fresh air. Today just so happens to be one of those days that Ishimaru is just itching to stretch his legs in some way that doesn't involve clearing out monsters, and what better place to do so than the meadow? Considering it's warm, and everything.

He wasn't exactly expecting anyone to be on this floor, but he's not surprised, given the Tower's large population. There was once a time he would have freaked out about young girls with sharp weapons, but after ten years in the tower... it actually seems like a good idea, as long as she knows how to use it.

She sure seems to. Maybe he can get some pointers for himself while he's up here.]

What you just did there... Could I see it again?

[justiceforbrother]

[Nanako looks up at the new person; it wasn't someone she recognized... either he was new to the Tower, or she just happened to never have met him before.]

Sure thing.

[And she did the last move she did again.]

Meadow Floor

[idolwarrior]

[ Oh yes, she dares.

Sayaka, who's now almost on her fourties, uses to practice with her sword in this place, too. But this time, it looks like her schedule clashed with someone else's. That's not a problem, she'll just sit somewhere and watch for a while. Maybe that sword is unbalanced for such a petite girl, hm...

After a while, she speaks up. ]

You ain't bad with that sword, little one.

[justiceforbrother]

[Nanako paused her practice for a moment, glancing over to the elder woman.]

Thanks. Onii-chan taught me.

[idolwarrior]

This onii-chan must be a capable swordsman then. I wonder if I already know him.

[justiceforbrother]

Maybe; onii-chan knows a lot of people.

[She paused, wiping the sweat from her forehead.]

Yu Narukami or Izanagi sound familiar?

Cafeteria

[egotist]

[A thirty year old man strolls by her, rolling his eyes at her comment. What a dumb comment which means he has to reply back to it.]

You haven't noticed that by now?

[justiceforbrother]

[Always meet sarcasm with sarcasm; her big brother taught her that.]

I noticed it ten years ago when they dragged me here.

Meadow Floor.

[andajarofdirt]

[Jack approaches, a touch warily. He's not familiar with Nanako, or at least he doesn't recognize it.]

You sure you know how to swing that, love?

[justiceforbrother]

[...hello there, lanky guy.]

Obviously.

[She puts herself through a set, as if to say that yes, she is very much competent with a sword, thank you.]

[andajarofdirt]

[He watches her move, somewhat amused.]

No need for you to get annoyed, darling, it's not every day one sees a pretty lady like you around.

[When in doubt: FLATTER.]

[justiceforbrother]

[Nanako turned a healthy shade of pink at the compliment.]

T-there are plenty of prettier girls around. A-and you're too old to be saying that to me anyway.

[...burn.]

3-15

[terreifying]

[Rei steps into the shared room. She's a little surprised to see the girl ransacking a corner of the room. In Rei's memory, the girl had left long ago.]

Nana...ko?

[justiceforbrother]

[Nanako lifted her head, smiling brightly.]

Hi, Rei-chan!

[terreifying]

[Her form and voice do not seem to be an illusion. Rei returns a shaky smile.]

H-hello. You seem to be looking for something?

[Indeed, something is very wrong in this Tower.]

Room 03-15 [1/3]

[idol_support]

[Eating alone is boring and lonely, so whenever she can, Rise likes to go with someone from back home, or else a new friend. Nanako is one of her favourites, and since it's just after 11, the former idol heads over to 03-15, hoping to pick up a lunch buddy. The door's already slightly open, so Rise doesn't bother knocking before pushing it all the way open and stepping inside.]

Hey Nanako-chan, do you wanna--

[2/3] lol this icon is getting so much play during this event |D

[idol_support]

[.......FULLSTOP, because WHO IS THAT going through Nanako-chan's things? She can only see your back end, not your face or hair, sorry Nana-chan~]

[3/3]

[idol_support]

Hey! What're you doing?!

[Stealing someone else's stuff, especially a little girl's stuff? That's not gonna happen, whoever you are! >B|]

[justiceforbrother]

[Nanako let out an alarmed noise, pulling her head out from her trunk. She smiled brightly after a moment, leaning back.]

Ah; hey there, onee-chan!

[summum_ius]

[Welp, Ken is out at the meadow as well. He can't twirl around on this lance like he used to - he's going to have to get one with a stronger pole for that - but he can still go through the motions. He grins when he sees Nanako, though.]

Heya!

[justiceforbrother]

[Nanako turned at that, her focused expression instantly brightening complete with flowers (and maybe with a faint touch of a blush around the edges) when she saw Ken.]

Hey, Ken-kun!

[summum_ius]

[It's funny. No matter what's going on, he always feels better when he sees her.]

How are you doing?

[Okay, maybe a spear wasn't the best weapon to bring to practice fighting, but it's hard for him to get used to fighting with anything else.]