towerofanimus | "Let's 'meat' for beef bowls" and Other Flirts That Just Don't Work

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"Let's 'meat' for beef bowls" and Other Flirts That Just Don't Work

Characters: Akihiko, Mitsuru, and Shura + Shinjiro and Minato (It's a 2-in-1 log!). Other people are welcome to attempt to stop the madness or receive terrible flirting attempts.
Setting: Various floors
Format: Either is fine
Summary: Tape player madness and terrible attempts at flirting + Akihiko reunites with Mitsuru in possibly the worst way. BONUS: Minato and Shinjiro attempt to become more than just friends. /popcorn.gif
Warnings: gore, loss of eyes, more will be added if needed

If transporting people en masse from this Hinoto-Ri place was the experiment, then Akihiko had seen the worst of it already. And it was actually pleasant; Shinjiro arrived, along with the person he never thought he'd see again; his little sister Miki, all grown up. But friends or no friends, life goes on.

Akihiko has already showered, and is in the process of dressing for the day.

That's when he hears the music start to play. The tune sounds bouncy and playful. "Lovely ladies waiting for a bite, waiting for the customers that only come at night." The song plays quietly, and Akihiko goes to look for the source after his pants are on. He discovers the tape player in a different shower stall, but decides to leave it be. It must belong to someone on the floor. Maybe they like to sing in the shower.

"They'll come back for it. Too bad the network's down." He could've let the owner know.

He returns to the rest of his clothes...and decides not to put them on. He carries his shirt and sweater vest under his arm and leaves the bathroom with his toiletries. Girls will be impressed by his lean physique and all those cool-looking battle scars. If not, then he'll just have to win them with words. It's Valentine's Day today anyway, right? And Tohko left him chocolate. That means the ladies do like him! He can't possibly lose.

Except that he totally can.

And that is just the start of what these god-awful machines are about to do the lives of the members of SEES within the Tower.

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"How else would you have me?" He blushes hard. Mitsuru's never been really 'physical' when it comes to communication. She doesn't even hug people, let alone tap them on the shoulder. There's always a distance between her and others. Unaware of what's going on in her head, he leans into her touch.

"I could make a list..."

Her voice is soft; her expression is eerily calm. It might have been possible for Akihiko to catch a glint of something sinister in her eyes before she closed them. When he leaned into her touch, her hand shifted just enough to bring her thumb to the corner of his eye.

"Or perhaps it would be better to... show you?"

A beat. Akihiko would have perhaps a second, maybe two, to ponder that before Mitsuru shifted again. Her other arm came up to his back to hold him in place as she dug her thumb, nail-first, into his eye.

All the while, though, her expression was exquisitely serene. When this was done, where would she keep his eyes? Hmm... they'd stay with her, of course; there was no question about that. She supposed she could cross that bridge when she came to it.

Akihiko can only respond with more poorly thought-out come-ons, but before he can utter the first word, he feels the pressure of her fingers in his socket, and before he knows it, a burning pain spreads over his face as he pushes her off and cups his eyeless socket with his hand, the blood starting to run down his face. He screams, but stops himself, falling to his knees.

"D-didn't know you were into that," his mind forces him to say. Not call for help, not complain about the pain. All he can think to spurt out are stupid pickup lines. "You're a real animal."

She crouches down in front of him, watching the blood work its way down his cheek with a sort of idle fascination. His eyeball is cupped carefully - almost lovingly - in the palm of her hand.

"It's not as if I want to hurt you." Her expression is still eerily calm, considering what she just did. "But it's better this way. Don't worry, Akihiko. I'll be here to be your eyes."

Slowly, she raises her other hand to his face. Akihiko might want to get away from her - otherwise he really could end up blind.

"If I lose both my eyes, I won't be able to see how beautiful you are..." He comments, when he really wants to ask what's wrong with her. It's already a little tough to see, trying to keep his remaining eye open while they both want to close in reaction to the searing pain.

He pulls himself away and backs up to his shower caddy. He's probably the only one who carries a weapon with his shampoo and soap, but it's moments like this where it's important. He grabs the device and aims it at his head. He doesn't need to call out the spell; Caesar knows. The persona raises its globe, and casts Tarunda on her.

"If you lose both your eyes, you won't be able to cast your gaze on others!" Mitsuru's voice comes out in a snarl, and her calm expression vanishes into a scowl as he backs up. She doesn't move quickly enough to stop him, though, and a moment later he's summoned Caesar.

A sensation of utter weariness washes over her. She grits her teeth and pulls her own Evoker from its holster, raises it to her head. Not even an instant passes before she pulls the trigger.

Luckily for Akihiko, she doesn't attack him right away; unluckily, the Mind Charge she just cast will make her next move hurt if it doesn't miss.

That's not normal. Definitely not normal, despite him unitentionally egging her on with "You're an animal, I'd let you hunt me down anytime."

Mind Charge. That means...shit.

"Hey, don't look so mad! I wouldn't want you to cover your beautiful face with wrinkles..." He casts Diarama on himself; the better shape he's in for that attack, the less likely he'll faint. He really doesn't want to go completely blind, especially when she's like this.

Unfortunately, his first pickup line only gets a, "You think I need your permission to hunt you down?!" And the second... well, she just rolls her eyes. Wrinkles or no wrinkles, they'll be of no concern to him because in a few minutes - or so she hopes - he wouldn't be able to see them, anyway.

She pulls her Evoker's trigger again, summons Artemisia...

"Bufudyne!"

...welp. Run, Akihiko. Run.

Akihiko attempts to put distance between himself and Mitsuru once he hears the name of the spell that instills fear in him, but Mitsuru has three months of combat experience on him, so he's not quite fast enough. His leg gets covered in heavy ice, and the weight of the frozen water slows him down. he stumbles onto his knees, and struggles to stand back up.

"What an ice queen...why don't you let me warm your heart?" He pulls the trigger of his Evoker once more after pointing it at his chest, attempting to cast Ziodyne on her.

Mitsuru takes one step towards Akihiko, and then another. It's when she starts to take a third that the trigger of his Evoker is pulled; the next thing she knows she's been struck by lightning. She lets out a sharp cry and takes three quick steps back, eyeing him with something akin to annoyance.

"How dare you," She says through gritted teeth, bringing her Evoker back up to her head and pulling the trigger for another Mind Charge. For the moment, she's less focused on claiming his eyes and more focused on making him pay for that shock.

He'd like to take another shot, but a second Diarama spell is all that will keep him alive for another Bufudyne. His spell isn't strong enough to do the same damage her ice is capable of.

"You look amazing when you're angry too..." No, no. He should be figuring out how to knock her out. Something. If she takes his eyes, who knows if she'll want to hurt him in other ways as well.

"Tch." Mitsuru doesn't say much; she just keeps her eyes on Akihiko and takes a step towards him.

He'd tried running... now that, that just pissed her off. Couldn't he see that they were supposed to be together? She was going to take his eyes because he'd been looking at others; should she take his legs, too, so he could never leave her...?

She'd cross that bridge when she came to it, she supposes. For now, she just pulls the trigger to fire off another Bufudyne.

~~Someone help, Akihiko needs an adult~~

And in another few seconds Mitsuru gets what she probably doesn't want: an interruption. There's a flash of pale blue originating from just down the hallway as the trigger of an Evoker is used. The summoning's short, as it always is, and in another second Castor tears into existence, not making a sound as it becomes an almost instantaneous blur of smoke-like motion as the Persona spirits himself between Akihiko, Mitsuru, and her own Persona, taking the Bufudyne as solidly as anything else. And the horseman continues to hover there in the hallway, immovable, because Shinjiro has seen enough, and he sure as hell isn't taking any chances.

Castor?

Akihiko picked up his head and stared at the persona on horseback. Though all he would be able to say were more stupid flirts, inwardly he was relieved. Shinjiro was there, even though he couldn't quite see him at the moment. The two of them could incapacitate Mitsuru somehow, he was certain. That is, if his mouth wouldn't get him in trouble first.

"My knight in shining armor..."

What?!

[Castor had taken the hit. Mitsuru knows she ought to be surprised to see that particular Persona, and on some level she is, but there's something in her that causes her to be more angry than shocked. She turns to narrow her eyes at Shinjiro.]

Why have you chosen to interfere?

[Oh gee Mitsuru, I wonder...]

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