Heel

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Characters: open to characters who signed up for the Heel event
Setting: a familiar labyrinth
Format: any; party style
Summary: A game of hunters and prey.
Warnings: potential for violence, gore, angst, etc.

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[miseris_socios]

I'm... I'm fine.

[His voice is shaking, they both know that's a lie.]

This maze is stupid. I've been in it before.

[notsogrimreaper]

You have? I don’t recognize it…

...Whatever happened in it must have been horrible though. It seems there are a few people who are shaken up about it.

[miseris_socios]

[He keeps his voice as flat as possible when he speaks next.]

Shinjiro's Persona grabbed me and taunted me about my mother.

[notsogrimreaper]

That’s… that’s awful. Was Shinjiro-sempai here, or was that some sort of illusion?

[He only knows a bit of the past between Shinjiro and Ken, but he can guess it was terrible, regardless of the context.]

[miseris_socios]

He was here, yeah.

[notsogrimreaper]

He didn’t mean to do it, though, did he? He was a good person.

[miseris_socios]

[He huffs a little, in a little bit of amusement.]

No. Things got... out of control. He... he was a good person.

[notsogrimreaper]

I thought so. I never got to meet him myself, but from what the others said to me, Shinjiro was someone I would have liked to meet.

[miseris_socios]

... I hated him for a long time. But... we made peace with each other while he was here.

[notsogrimreaper]

Really? Why did you hate him?

[miseris_socios]

[He raises his eyebrows. He doesn't know?]

... He killed my mother with his Persona. By accident... but still.

[notsogrimreaper]

...I-I see. I didn’t know. I’m sorry.

[Minato had only told him that they had a rough past, and that Ken had needed revenge for something. This wasn’t what he had expected.]

[miseris_socios]

... I tracked him down for two years before Minato and the rest of Strega found me.

[notsogrimreaper]

And they convinced you to stop? What happened?

[miseris_socios]

No. I waited for the right time. And two years to the day I cornered him and was going to kill him, and then myself. ... But Sakaki shot him first.

[notsogrimreaper]

...He died in your world too, then. I’m sorry… I’m glad they prevented you from killing yourself, though. He wouldn’t have wanted that for you.

[miseris_socios]

I didn't want anyone to have to take revenge for him, though.

[notsogrimreaper]

Of course you didn’t, and I wish it hadn’t happened.