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medea10 · 3 years

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My Review of Flowers of Evil

How did I get into this anime? Because Flowers of Evil is something no one says, “Oh I want to see that, this looks like a masterpiece”! Oh, I was well familiar with the rotoscope nightmare stories from this and hoped to God my randomizer wouldn’t curse me with watching Flowers of Evil. I was however intrigued to learn that there was a yandere in this anime that’s on Yuno Gasai AND Shion Sonozaki levels. But intrigue can only get me so far when you spend 13 episodes watching…

THIS!

No this is not an exaggeration. Everyone has this kind of cringe face throughout the entire anime series. Be afraid children.

So the story is about this guy named Takao Kasuga. He loves to read and he loves the class smarty-pants Nanako Saeki. He doesn’t just love her, he sees her as his muse and his Venus and all that bullshit. But this is an admiration from afar. Pretty sure Saeki doesn’t even know he exists! One day, Kasuga forgets his book in his classroom. And on the ground, he notices a gym bag that belongs to Saeki. Oh come on, he’s not gonna go down the perverted route and steal a girl’s gym…

So he steals Saeki’s gym uniform. And surprise, one person knew what happened. The class loner, Nakamura! She forces Kasuga to form a contract with her. It wasn’t written or anything, just verbal. However, that doesn’t stop Nakamura from forcing Kasuga to do whatever she wants. But does Nakamura really like Kasuga or is she just into torturing this shit-faced pervert?

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: You know, I’m too thrown off by the animation here that it has temporarily paralyzed me from catching voices or even giving a damn. I’m familiar with only two of the cast mates and the rest is literally my first time hearing it. Okay, I have one comment here. I often forget Mariya Ise could do some damn-ass scary characters like Nakamura. And when she does those murderous screams, forget about it! Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

*Kasuga is played by Shinichirou Ueda

*Saeki is played by Yoko Hikasa (known for Bea on Pokemon Journeys, Rias on High School DxD, Mio on K-ON!, Hina on Domestic Girlfriend, Kirigiri on Danganronpa, Frieda on Attack on Titan, and Diana on Little Witch Academia)

*Nakamura is played by Mariya Ise (known for Bonnie on Pokemon XY, Levy on Fairy Tail, Ray on The Promised Neverland, Stocking on Panty & Stocking, Mika on Durarara, Dorothy on Black Clover, and Yuuko on Yuri on Ice)

SHIPPING: Oh please, anime Gods, do not turn this into another School Days fiasco. I find myself praying for this a lot these days. But in this anime’s case, please do not go down that route!

So, it was clear from episode one that Kasuga had a crush on Saeki. But this got very perverted very fast when he stole her gym clothes and that lead to the contract with Nakamura. Now is Nakamura romantically invested in Kasuga or is she just a crazy bitch. Let’s chalk this up to a 50-50 split here.

It wasn’t until the fourth episode where Kasuga and Saeki actually spoke to each other. And one episode later, they go on a date and end up in a relationship. One has to wonder if Kasuga would have one day acted on his own and ask Saeki out. All of this happened because he was being forced by that psychopath Nakamura. She tortured this kid and forced him to do so many unethical things. Stripping him naked and putting Saeki’s uniform on him for one! Who does that? So would Kasuga have done these sporadic actions if Nakamura wasn’t in the picture? After he stole that uniform, anything is possible. Now here’s the crazy shit here, Saeki loves Kasuga and she doesn’t care that he stole her gym uniform and did fuck-knows-what with it. She’s mad that Kasuga hid it, but still loves him.

Girl, the fuck is wrong with you?! You must be some special kind of crazy!

By the end of this series, you do see a shift in Kasuga and who he wants to chase after. Saeki or Nakamura?! Let’s just say that during a running away scene, Kasuga was going to go home with Saeki until he saw Nakamura and he chases after her. That’s a pretty good sign that Kasuga has switched gears on who he likes. I won’t delve any further than that as the anime only gives us so much and the rest of this love turmoil between these three characters is covered only in the manga. Probably a sign I should read the manga!

LOOOOOONG NO DIALOGUE MOMENTS: Dude, I know you’re trying to set the mood for certain moments, but I think you can dial it back a bit. This complaint isn’t just what happened at the beginning of episode 9; it took forever to get the main gist of this story in the very first episode. I had no idea what the main premise of the story was until the last five minutes of the first episode when Kasuga stole Saeki’s gym uniform.

Now I’m not knocking serious moments where there is no dialogue between characters for a long period of time and we just watch the animation of them walking or doing something. Hell, Neon Genesis Evangelion had famous scenes like that. But the elevator scene didn’t last six fucking minutes. Neither did the scene where Shinji kills Kaowru. In episode 9, we watch Nakamura and Kasuga walking from the school to home and watch the whole walk after destroying the classroom. I guarantee you, you could leave this episode running, fix yourself a bowl of cereal and toast, eat it up, go to the bathroom to have a good yank, then finish it off with watching a Che Guevara documentary…and Nakamura and Kasuga would still be walking home! I’m exaggerating and I don’t care. I feel like being an asshole here.

OH DEAR GOD, WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!: Very rarely will I ever look at an opening or ending theme song in literal fear. In fact, the last one to be so morbid was with Attack on Titan’s second season ending. I mean, the imagery alone should tell you that this is full of spoilers and possessed by the devil itself. Now that I think about it, that’s still undefeated. But Flowers of Evil’s ending theme is a close fucking second. Have you heard this thing? It sounds like Bjork singing in Japanese, synthesized, while a cat walks on a keyboard and having a seizure at the same time. Thank God there are no actual visuals for this other than the flower featured on Kasuga’s book. I don’t think we can handle anymore animation from this nightmare fuel.

ENDING: The writing is on the wall!

And the floor, the ceiling…that classroom is just a fucking mess!

Kasuga’s one bad deed led to another and another in a domino effect. And instead of a little devil on his shoulder, he has a classmate that’s a sociopath. Kasuga has guilt about hiding so much from Saeki in this relationship and he wants to tell her everything he did. Nakamura says, “Nah, you’re going to write it all over the classroom and let the whole world know what a piece of shit you are”. Let’s just say Nakamura and Kasuga went overboard and completely destroyed their classroom. Kasuga gets a bit of a lucky break as the other vandalism covered up his name on the chalkboard confession. But two people have caught onto Kasuga’s crime, Saeki and Kasuga’s mother.

Saeki put two and two together when she noticed the ink smearing on the ground resembled the flower art work on Kasuga’s book “Flowers of Evil” and her stolen gym uniform was placed right there. As for Kasuga’s mother, she put two and two together when she heard what happened to his classroom and noticed Kasuga’s behavior and dirty clothes from the night of the crime. Won’t be long before everyone knows what Kasuga did.

What now, shit-face?

Run away with Nakamura to the next town. Yeah, why the fuck not?! Saeki ends up tracking them down and tried to convince them to come back and for Kasuga to be truthful. Saeki wants Kasuga and I almost want to say the same, except hanging around this psycho-bitch for a while has caused him to try to stop Nakamura from leaving. Having Saeki see Kasuga go after Nakamura isn’t really a good look! At this point, it really feels like his love for Saeki was nothing more than lust.

Dude, isn’t there a rule about not messing with crazy…like, don’t stick your dick in crazy?! This dude has got one crazy bitch on psycho-yandere levels and the other that’s about to turn into Kotonoha from School Days in about five seconds. Well, no one left town today as the police were called to look for Saeki because her parents are overprotective types and they take the other kids in.

We get a small time-leap of one month after the night in the police station. Nakamura’s been ignoring Kasuga and Kasuga ends his relationship with Saeki. Dude, stop trying to stick your dick in crazy! Kasuga tries to speak to Nakamura again and it fails. So he visits her at home and meets Nakamura’s father and grandmother. Then, he sneaks into her room and reads her private journal that talks about Kasuga a lot. Dude, you are stepping in uncharted territory! Drop the journal and get the fuck out before Nakamura comes home. So Nakamura comes in her room and finds shit-face reading her journal.

*sighs*

First, I would like to acknowledge that Mariya Ise has one hell of a throat to scream as much as this crazy bitch does. Second, the fuck did I just say, ya dumbass?! Here we get another chase scene between Kasuga and Nakamura. What follows is…I can’t place my thoughts on this. Weird imagery, out of place dialogue, and possible scenes of future stuff to happen! A rape scene involving Saeki, a festival, a hideout, a knife, and fire! Thanks for the cryptic message guys, really appreciate it! Either the anime ran out of money or they’re fucking with the audience. Kasuga says he wants to form a contract with Nakamura and that’s the end!

Hmm, this anime came out in 2013 and it is now 2021. All the buildup and no word on a sequel! We all know that sequel ain’t ever coming. You have a better chance of a continuation to Haruhi Suzumiya than you do with this hunk of shit.

Okay, maybe ‘hunk of shit’ is too mean. This wasn’t a terrible anime. It was weird as fuck, the animation leaves a bad impression, but overall it wasn’t that bad. Now the manga to Flowers of Evil is a favorite to many. Probably because the characters don’t look like a cringey meme and there aren’t so many awkward pauses with no dialogue. Unless there’s a whole volume of Flowers of Evil out there where we just look at pictures of Nakamura and Kasuga walking home where they don’t say a fucking thing! I am not letting that go! Charlie Brown movies didn’t go to that level you guys did!

I was interested with each passing episode to see what Nakamura was going to do next and what she was capable of. I couldn’t make out if she was going to be homicidal or suicidal or just impact psychological warfare on her prey. It was the latter for this series, but I heard of some attempted seppuku going down in the manga. I’d like to think maybe one day a different studio would pick up this series, but I seriously doubt it with the rotten reception this adaptation received. It was said that the director to the anime saw this more as a live-action series than an anime and that’s why we have the rotoscope animation. It wasn’t until 2019 that we got a live-action adaptation to Flowers of Evil. Not sure how people felt about that adaptation, but even I have a feeling that it was much better than the anime. Hell, a Netflix adaptation probably would have turned out a better product. It would be nice for this to get a reboot, different studio, different director, and smash everything that has the word ‘rotoscope’ on it

Yeah, if you can get over watching the animation, give it a watch. Episode one drags, but it picks up the second Nakamura confronts Kasuga.

If you would like to watch Flowers of Evil, Crunchyroll and Hidive have all 13 episodes available for streaming.

Okay, now that I’m finished with that sociopathic nightmare let’s pick another Sentai Filmworks anime.

HELL NO! I am not reviewing, “My Teacher Accidentally Made Me Horny”. That’s what I’m calling it and you should all do the same. NEXT!

Okay…I have no idea what the hell this anime is, but it looks harmless enough.

#anime review #flowers of evil #aku no hana #takao kasuga #nanako saeki #sawa nakamura

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odetoeccentricity · 4 years

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Chapters: 11/? Fandom: Persona 4 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hanamura Yosuke/Seta Souji, Amagi Yukiko/Satonaka Chie, Hanamura Yosuke/Narukami Yu, Hanamura Yosuke/Persona 4 Protagonist Characters: Hanamura Yosuke, Seta Souji, Satonaka Chie, Amagi Yukiko, Dojima Nanako, Dojima Ryotaro, Tatsumi Kanji, Shirogane Naoto, Kujikawa Rise, Kuma | Teddie (Persona Series) Additional Tags: Angst, Idols, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - No Personas (Persona Series), Mild Language, How Do I Tag, Slow Burn, Jealousy, Dancing, Texting, Drunk Texting, Souji is a little shit, Male-Female Friendship, Platonic Female/Male Relationships, Anxious Yosuke, self love, wrong numbers, Yosuke is sad a lot, Yosuke is convinced nobody likes him., Please help him., Cats???, Cats, Idol Souji, strained family relations, Lost ambitions, sad boy hours, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Yall can take my platonic i love yous from my cold dead hands, Suicidal Thoughts, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Warnings will be tagged as necessary, Not songfic but they do sing!, Serenading Summary:

After a self deprecating venting session gone wrong, Yosuke "Junes Prince" Hanamura finds himself accidentally messaging a complete stranger who seems to be the only one who understands his chronic loneliness. In a stranger he finds solace from his everyday pain.

Meanwhile an up and coming idol pair, Risette and Narukami, seem to be appearing everywhere he looks in his tiny town of Inaba. Yosuke can't help but despise them both, especially the silver haired idol who radiates confidence and joy; things that are not Yosukes to own.

A/N: Since Persona 4 was released on steam and the fandom seems to be reigniting, I thought I'd post my fic again! It's my first ever fic and really important to me, the next chapter is in the works and should be posted soon, it's been a while due to personal circumstances but this fic is close to my heart and it WILL be continued so I hope some of you may like it! <3 comments and kudos always loved and appreciated!!

#persona 4 #souji seta #seta souji #souyo #yu narukami #rise kujikawa #naoto shirogane #kanji tatsumi #teddie persona 4 #chie satonaka #yukiko amagi #fic #nanako dojima #first fic #persona 4 golden #au #idol au

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shadowtarot · 5 years

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The Persona aren't the only ones to have a group. Deathbringer and Nyarlathotep have more deadly accomplices than originally thought... one has set her sights on a certain chopper...

Thieves in Inaba Part 68

The town of Inaba, now shrouded in a grey fog lay almost completely bairn of human life. The police have ordered a complete lock down for all businesses, hospitals and homes. No one was to leave the building they currently occupy.

The police themselves are on every stretch of road. Including Detective Dojima, who was guarding his own home.

“These beasts are getting more and more active as the day goes on…” He sighs, looking up at the sky as he hears a sound. “Is that a chopper? Did that Nijima lady call for Tokyo Reinforcements? I wasn’t given the heads up though…”

But a shadowy person can be seen ruining and jumping from building to building on the roofs. Dojima seeing this, immediately pulls out his gun.

“Freeze! Just who do you think you are kid?!” He shouts. “A lock down was called, did you not hear?”

The figure just smirks, revealing it’s sharp teeth as it draws twin knives and jumps to ground level. Now more visible, it’s clearly another shadow. One that’s mimicking the appearance of Yosuke Hanamura but with attire much different then normal as it dons an all most cult like robing. The detective is confused.

“W-What the hell?!”

The Shadow goes to attack him, but someone jumps in the way of the strike and blocks it as the weapons start to scrape against one another.

“Yu?!” The detective looks up to see his nephew, sword drawn.

“They’ve gone as far as making copies of all of us…creative. Uncle get inside, none of the police have the right tools to fight these guys off!”

“You should listen to him, Dojima-san.” Adachi states, walking up casually.

“Adachi? But how are you out?”

“Does that really matter right now? Even if I was still locked up, I’d still somehow help.” He sighs.

Ryotaro shakes his head. “I appreciate you both wanting me to get to safety, but I have to do this.”

“If you’re going to be stubborn, then at least let me back you up.” Adachi states, smirking a bit. “You won’t get far without a Persona after all. Plus we need to make sure Nanako is safe, right?”

Dojima nods. “If that’s what it’ll take then I’ll go for it. Go on Yu, I’m sure more people need your help, we’ve got it from here.”

Yu nods “Right!” He heads out.

But in the skies, Sae, Sho and Labrys are having a hard time finding a safe spot to land.

“Dammit, there’s too much fog…” Labrys sighs. “We could always just jump but I don’t know if Sae-san will make the landing like us..”

“Well, maybe we could-” But then something lands on top of the chopper. Sho stands up.

“What the hell? Are we being attacked by shadow crows again?” But looking out the window, he sees what looks like Yu in a cult robing trying to break in.

“Worse! It’s a Yu lookalike!” Labrys gets her axe ready. “Sae-san get to safety!”

“There’s no where for me to run, so I’m going to help.” She takes out a gun. “All we have to do is kill it right?”

Down in the shopping center, Ren is having to fend off wolves and lookalikes of his close friends.

“Yu, Minato status update!” Ren states from the com link set up from Futaba’s Persona as he keeps fighting.

“The high school’s no longer a normal place, it’s shaped like how Tartarus was! And tons of copies of what look like other Persona users are coming out! But these users aren’t anyone we know!” Minato states.

“Residential areas are teeming with shadow beasts. And there’s a chopper under attack by a copy of myself.” Yu reports.

“Tch, go try to assist that chopper if you can. Oracle provide backup!” Joker orders.

“You got it, Leader!”

Rise runs up. “You need backup yourself, Joker?” She smiles.

“Navigator help would be nice, but combat is what I really need right now.”

The Idol giggles. “Funny you should say that, I can actually fight with my Persona too!”

“Seriously? Well in that case I’d love the help.” He smirks.

The whole group is scattered, searching for the entrance to save the next captive. But with these Shadow Copies lurking, this was going to prove more tricky then first thought.

#thieves in inaba #Persona 3 #Persona 4 #persona 5 #ryotaro dojima #tohru adachi #sae niijima #sho minazuki #labrys #ren amamiya #rise kujikawa #yu narukami #minato artisto #compendium #this is the closest you all will get to me writing the p1 p2 cast

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snowpeawritings · 7 years

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1. Start Of A New Fool: P4G X Reader

From my old deviantart account that I’ve abandoned some years ago, I had a series going on about my take on what it would be if there was a female protagonist in P4G. With @mikami03 saying that they’re excited to read it so I decided to continue this series!

TAKE NOTE that this is very old and i was very young and i didnt know how to write fanfics that good, so fair warning

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A subtle piano and an amazing soprano was the only thing (Name) heard.

She was in a limousine. That she knew of. It was comfy-looking with a cabinet of expensive champagne and brandy together with wine glasses. Blue light illuminated the room as the same color accented the furniture. Everything seemed like a mass of blue to (Name) except for one particular person...

"Welcome to the Velvet Room." He said. He wore a black tux with white gloves and a little napkin folded in his breast pocket. The only weird thing about him is his face.

His nose was long. Freakishly long almost the length of a ruler. His eyes were bulging out of his skull with red veins showing. He was bald on the dome with silver hair cascading down his shoulders. His smile was the one that stood out to (Name).

His smile was ghastly wide with miraculously white chompers. (Name) wondered if he smiled so hard that it made his cheeks so numb, he won't feel a thing when it was punched.

"This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter." His voice was mysterious, full of uncharted zones that made (Name) shiver. "It could be, that such a fate awaits in the near future." He chuckled.

"Now then, tell me what is your name?" Her voice suddenly worked.

"(Last name)(First name)."

Then suddenly the whole room blackened.

(Name) awoke inside a train. It rattled noisily through the rails as she looked through the window. She saw the blue sky and many trees overlooking a rural town.

That must be where I'm staying. She thought. The intercom suddenly spoke,

"We will be arriving in Yasoinaba in three minutes. Those will be dropping off, please exit to the left." The intercom ended as (Name) grabbed her duffel bag on the shelf. The train soon came to a screeching halt as she scanned her ticket and went outside the station. It looked like it stopped raining just a few minutes ago due to the puddles. She looked around for her relatives who were supposed to pick her up. 'I'll meet you at Yasoinaba station' is what was written in the text message.

"Hey! Over here." A voice called. She turned to the direction where a man in his mid-forties waved together with presumably his daughter clutching his leg. (Name) walked over to them.

"Wow, you look more beautiful than in the photos." (Name) flushed slightly. "Thank you."

"I'm Ryotaro Dojima and I'll be taking care of you. You probably don't remember but I changed your diapers when you were little." He chuckled slightly. "And this is my daughter, Nanako." He gestured to his daughter who clung on his leg tighter and blushed when (Name) looked at her.

She muttered a small, "'lo."

Dojima laughed. "What are you so shy for?" Nanako blushed more and slapped his butt. "Ow! What was that for?" (Name) chuckled as she walked behind them towards her uncle's car.

"Hey." She turned towards the voice and saw a girl with black hair and green eyes. She held out a piece of paper. "You dropped this." (Name) took it and realized it was the address for the Dojima Residence.

"Thank you." The girl shook her head.

“Whatever. All I did was pick it up. Well, see ya." She turned and walked away, making (Name) go to the car when Dojima was hollering.

"The bathroom is on the left. You do know what your left is right? The one you don't hold the chopsticks?" The gas attendant said as he talked to Nanako.

"I know. Geez." She ran to the bathroom as Dojima went by the car to gas up.

"Are you in high school?" The attendant asked (Name).

"Um, yeah."

"Well there's not much to do around here. I'd say take a part-time job or make some new friends."

'Yeah, friends.' (Name) thought. So far through all of the schools she had to transfer, only one of them actually implanted a few memories in her mind. It was tough to transfer schools so fast due to a parents' business trip.

"Well if you're looking for a part-time job," He held out his hand. "we'll always be open for new applicants." (Name) smiled a little for politeness as she shook his hand. When the car was fueled up, (Name) was about to enter the car until pain shot through her head. She hung onto the car until the pain ebbed away.

"Are you okay? Are you car sick?" Nanako asked, concerned.

"I'm just a bit lightheaded." (Name) muttered.

Dojima noticed his niece's behavior. "You must be tired. After all, it was a long trip." He quickly ushered her into the car as they drove to their home. (Name)'s new home.

After the long drive, the three sat on the table with sushi neatly laid out. (Name) and Nanako had orange juice while Dojima stuck to beer. Dojima had told (Name)'s parents had an overseas trip so that's why she will be staying with them until spring.

"As long as you're hear, you're part of the family, so make yourself at home." He concluded.

"Thank you for your kindness." (Name) replied with a small smile.

"No need to be so formal." He chuckled. "Now lets dig in." Just when they were about to use their chopsticks, Dojima's phone rang through his shirt pocket. Muttering to himself, he answered the call. Nanako grew uneasy which didn't went unnoticed by (Name).

"Looks like I made the right choice to skip the booze." He muttered. "Sorry. I have to go... I don't know when I'll be back... Nanako, help her out, okay?"

"Okay." Nanako said softly. After he left the house he hollered outside.

"I put them inside." She loudly replied. Soon the car engine sounded as it drove off, leaving (Name) and Nanako alone.

“Lets eat." Nanako said. They both picked their food as the pitter-patter of the raindrops tapped the window. It was beginning to be awkward for (Name) so she decided to start a conversation.

"What does your dad do?" She asked.

“He's a detective. He solves crimes and stuff." (Name) nodded as she payed her attention to the news.

“This is boring." Nanako puffed her cheeks as she switched to another channel. A catchy tune was on and Nanako seemed to perk up instantly.

"At Junes everyday is Customer Appreciation Day. Everyday's great at your Junes!" Nanako happily sang to the commercial.

"Everyday's great at your Junes!" (Name) smiled at her singing. Nanako looked at her suddenly. "Aren't you gonna eat?" (Name) quickly stuffed her mouth with food. After dinner Nanako said she'll be taking a shower, leaving (Name) to unpack her things. After a while almost a quarter of the boxes were unpacked and (Name) was already tired. She laid down her futon and fell asleep instantly.

You find yourself in a dense fog. Only red squares seem to be the flooring. You got up and walked towards the seemingly endless void.

"Do you wish to seek the truth?" A voice rang. You brushed that off as you continued your journey ahead. Ignoring the voice's words based on some 'truth'.

A red square door with black squares blocked your view. You knew that there's a presence behind it when you open it and somehow, the voice that had been calling out throughout the whole thing is resonating through there. So without hesitation, you gently placed a hand on the door, making the red and black squares move in patterns and finally permitting entrance.

Suddenly you felt like you were holding something. It scraped the ground so you guessed it was long. The hilt was leather and the whole thing wasn't too heavy. You had taken sword-fighting before and you were quite the gifted dueler.

"If its the truth you desire, then come and face me." You could hardly make out who's talking. Nonetheless, you slashed at the silhouette, hoping it did some damage.

“So you can see little despite the fog. Interesting..." Suddenly more fog engulfed the area as you fought your way to the mysterious person. You could feel it from the tip of your sword that you're not making any damage.

"If what you seek is the 'truth', then your search will be even harder..." It said before the fog started to cloud your vision...

#persona 4 x reader #p4g #start of a new fool #snowpea writes #persona

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this-potato-is-cancelled · 7 years

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Under the Sea of Stars

⁕ A short fic about Kanji and Naoto in Samegawa Flood Plain.

⁕ For @kannao1draw ｢ Stars ｣ theme

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Today Yu senpai invited us to hangout at their place. I was getting pumped up because I made some cute stuff for the whole gang including Nanako. Been working on them for days and weeks now and today’s the perfect time to give it to ‘em. Ma’s been bugging me so much to stop and help around the house, tch, she WAS annoying. Anyway, I’m getting a bit nervous because I don’t know how I’m gonna hand Naoto the thing I made… kinda hard to approach her y’know.

Everything went smoothly at senpai’s house. I brought 2 watermelons for all of us to share, I’ve been dying to have some. Summer can’t be summer if there’s no watermelon, dammit! Nanako was so excited and was very happy to see us. Yosuke-senpai and Teddie were the last one to come due to their work at the Junes. They promised to bring snacks but they forgot so we’re empty handed until Yu senpai decides to go out and buy while some of us wait at their house. I was the only guy around and it was really awkward around the girls especially Rise starts her usual teasing shenanigans around Naoto.

Long story short, everyone was happy and stuff. I got up and start handing out the small but damn cute knitted straps I made for everyone. One exception is Nanako, I made a bigger rabbit plushie for her and she was so happy. Made me feel ...warm? She really loves it, her dad can’t believe I made them but I proudly explain how I’m able to make such cute stuff, leaving him confused.

“H-hey…”

I approached Naoto last, ‘twas hard! Rise keeps making faces behind her and even Yosuke senpai starts joining her. I saw Chie and Yukiko senpai cheering silently too. It made me so flustered, I was breathing hard and lost my words.

“Yes Tatsumi-kun?”

I showed her a tiny knitted Naoto strap I made on my hand, she looks surprised.

“Oh… Tatsumi-kun, this is adorable. It...it’s me, isn’t it? Ah...it is very detailed, this is very fascinating. Thank you, Tatsumi-kun.”

“MMmm...yeah…”

I nod. Just nod. Word barely came out of my mouth. I’m too shy around her and everybody else aren’t helping in any way. So, we start heading home when Rise slowly nudge me from my side.

“Good job, Moronji! She likes it.”

“Sh-shut up! Mind your own business!”

“Awww! You’re so cute when embarrassed. Thanks for the cute strap, you did well Moronji ♥”

Can’t help but look at her as she went off. *sigh*

I bought some fireworks too...I want...I want to light some together but I can’t put myself to invite her in the flood plain. Get yourself together, Kanji Tatsumi!

*sigh*

Who am I kidding, maybe I’ll just head home.

“Kanji, get up there and help me clean the shop. You’ve been lying there for a while now. Honestly, sometimes you can be a lazy child.”

“Dammit, Ma. I’m busy ok? Tch. Fine lemme bring the garbages outside.”

Ma’s so persistent and I eventually gave up and help her clean the shop. I’m beat but I don’t want to do anything else beside sleeping later. I’m getting bored so I grab the fireworks I have and head off to the flood plain inside of rotting myself inside the house.

The night sky’s really pretty tonight. There’s a good breeze throughout the town, not too hot, not too cold either. On my way to the flood plain, I felt happy all of a sudden. It felt like my heart skipped a beat, it was awful walking alone feeling like this. Maybe I was thinking about her too much.

It’s a bit dark now and as I reach the flood plains, it seems that there’s somebody….wait, somebody in the water? I can see their silhouette and it’s awfully familiar.

“Hey there ya need help…?”

“....ah?”

WHOA!

It’s her, Naoto.

What is she doing here? She looks like she’s looking for something.

“...h-hey whatcha doing here? Did you drop something on the water?”

She sheepishly turned around and went a bit quiet.

“Um…..I lost it.”

“H-huh? What is it? I’ll h-help y-you!”

“Something important…”

“Huh?”

I stood there confused. She looks troubled, as if all hope is gone.

“I apologize Tatsumi-kun….I had dropped the strap you gave me by accident.”

“Oh….don’t worry then, I’ll look for it!:

“Thank you Tatsumi-kun. I believe it’s still around this area.”

I search as much as I can. I’m worried that it’s already gone, thinking how small it is. An hour passed and she got worried.

“Tatsumi-kun….I think it’s better to stop looking for it. It’s been an hour and a half. If it’s nearby, we should’ve seen it already.”

“Uh yeah...we’ve been here long and uh, I don’t want you to g-get sick, y’know? Forget about it…”

We walked towards the grassy area, she looks tired from searching.

“I...I cannot just forget about it. It is something….important to me.”

Speechless. I was speechless. I don’t know what to say.

“Tatsumi-kun, you are…”

She stood up and under the sea of stars, shining brightly. This person I adore so much, her warm smile made me feel so happy inside.

“You are very important to me.”

There was total silence between us, I wasn’t able to say or do anything. DAMMIT! I opened my mouth but nothing came out of it. I inhale deeply and out, trying to find the courage to say ...anything.

“M-M-M-M-ME TOO! IMPORTANT...YOU ARE….SO IMPORTANT ….TO ME….”

She smiled, a really cute smile.

“D-D-D-DO YOU WANT TO LIGHT SOME F-F-FIREWORKS WITH ME?!”

- END -

Hanu’s note: This idea was one of those shower thoughts and I’m glad I stick with the main idea of Naoto’s image under the clear sea of stars where Kanji’s so dazzled by it. This was written on the spot and I barely did spellcheck and proof reading so I apologize if I’m too redundant or unable to describe actions properly.

Hope you enjoy reading my first written entry for Kannao 1draw! ★☆

Leave a comment, highly appreciated! :)

#Kannao #Kanji Tatsumi #Naoto Shirogane #Kannao1draw #hanu kannao #HOLY SHIT A FANFIC #ACTUALLY PUBLISHED #IT'S EMBARRASSING BUT W/E #*SCREAMS*

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gooselullaby · 7 years

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Out of bedtime stories: Okay wow. So it’s been three years since I started this account back in 2014. And I am just an emotional wreck right now. Especially with all the friends I’ve gained over time.

2014. 2015. 2016. 2017.

Three years of this pure sweet bean that has graciously made my life improve by her positivity and her outlook on life. I just love coming on Nanako because I know I can either kill the dash with cute or with angst (there is no in between). I love coming here because I’m always so warmly received by everyone in the whole Persona fandom.

Okay.

So like, this is the first time I’ve ever done something like this. And instead of a follow forever, I just wanna give a shoutout to some people who have made my time here a true experience that I will never forget.

@foggiest-idea - Dacho. You were my first Adachi, and you were the first one to get me started in the fandom. In fact, if it weren’t for you, I would have never made Nanako. Remember how we met in that group chat? As annoying as it got to be at times, I’m glad I was invited in because I got to meet and write with such a wonderful person. And I’m so grateful that you think highly enough of me to have kept contact with me through out all this time and deal with me and all my shenanigans and antics. You’re a homie for life, understand that! You’ve helped me through a lot of rough patches, and I’m so grateful to you for it. I really hope we continue to be friends.

@sabazio -XOE. I love you so much fam it’s unreal. I think...you and me are the oldest people in the fandom now with our original accounts. I think that’s saying something! Ever since we met two years ago, we’ve been pretty much joined at the hip when you’ve been online! And every time you’ve been here, it’s been a wonderful experience that always leaves me laughing; whether you’re spoiling Nanako over here, or tormenting Nicole on my other blog, or being utterly confused with Asahina. I’m always having a great time with you and I think that just proves how great and how adaptive you are of a writer that you can throw Akihiko into any situation and have him work out with just about anyone. Keep being rad, and know that I adore and appreciate you and everything that you do!

@truthorslap - Whoopi, you are the definition of a good friend. Did you know that? You’re there for every post I make, every meme I reblog. No matter what the mood or tone is, I feel like you’ve always got my back in someway or another, and that I could count on you for literally anything. That’s not something I can just say for anyone tbh. Like, you’re always there. And it’s amazing. You’re amazing. Stay frosty my friend.

@ptohpr - Mekky! Okay, so you’ve known me since my Xion days, and I’ve known you since your Logan days (don’t think I forgot one of my favorite OCs!) And no matter what account I’ve moved to, you’ve followed me. And that just means so much to me that you like my writing, and or me as a person enough to keep following me. From Xion, to my first OC blog, then to my remake when I had to. You’ve been just an awesome friend. And lemme just say this for the record, your art is top notch and anyone who hasn’t seen Mekky’s art needs to take a looksie and just check it out. Go commission her!

@steelbanchou - What can I say? Our meeting was short lived, as you have quickly gone from stranger I just met this year, to one of my most consistent partners that I adore writing with. We share headcanons, ideas, the thrill of throwing the dash into despair together, man. Where have you been all my life? You’ve just made your way up my friend ladder and into my heart completely. And I don’t know if I ever thanked you properly? But thanks so much for the manga icons! They’re so cute! And thank you so much for sharing all your crops and gifs with me too. I’ve just had a ball these past two months getting to know and write with you. Can you believe it’s only been two months? It feels like we’ve known each other for at least a minimum of a year. That’s how familiar you’ve become to me.

@devilslcg - Ariel!!! My sweet mermaid. Or human. Which ever you wanna be tbh. Just know you’re as sweet as a princess to me. We’ve been friends for a good while now. And I just gotta say, I really enjoy how open you are to like, everything. You’re so well receptive of new and strange situations, I know now that I can come to you with literally any idea, and you’d be down for it. All the sibling stuff!!!! But in reality you’re a chill person who I love to talk to and I hope we continue to be friends.

@leblancbarista / @hippestbarista - Willow, Dad. Coffee dad, the slickest, hippest cat barista in town. How are you? I hope you’re well today. I just want you to know that I enjoy our little talks. They’re always so wonderful, so thought filled, and you know how to turn anything into a good time. I love your art, your headcanons, just everything you produce (Producer status?). It’s all taken care of with so much time and thought, from even the littlest details in the headcanons about their movements. Who does that? Not many people, I’ll tell you. But you go the extra mile in literally everything you do and it shows. Your work ethic shows and shines in everything I see. And it’s so wonderful. Thank you for including me and my thoughts/opinions in your work!

@doppiavitas - Bri, mom. You’re like the mom of tumblr lbr. You’re always on the move, watching the dash and checking in on people like it’s your day job. From your art to your opinions, you’re fabulous. Just as fabulous as Memory tbh. We should really talk more! Because you’re a wonderful person and we get along swimmingly. I love seeing you on my dash and when you’re writing or drawing. It’s always such a treat because you put so much work into it!

@godsithe / @ginjobs - Did you really think I’d make a list of my friends and not put you on it? Dude, you’re by far my best friend. Ever since you started Blitz, we’ve just been joined at the hip. Literally. Wherever I go, you go. Wherever you go, I go. It’s just that simple. And man, lemme tell you. You’ve heard me cry and whine more than anyone else on this site. And not once have you ever faulted me for my feelings, and instead you tried to help me solve my problems. And I am just eternally grateful to you for it. Because you’re literally just a text away for me to contact you. Be it dank memes or anything else, you’re always there for me. And I just --you’re the Junpei to my Hamuko. I think that’s the best way to sum it up.

@narxkami / @dietted / @jxxvas Okay!!! So like did you know that I still consider us really good friends? (I don’t know how you consider us tbh, I feel as though there’s a huge gap now)You’re a constant on my dash and I love seeing you. You always manage to brighten up my day, no matter what kind of day were having and I just wanted you to know I think about you constantly. Not in that weird way, but in the way of, ‘I wonder how R is doing, and I hope they’re having a great day.’ I’m just happy with all the progress you’ve made since we first met, and you really coming out of your shell.

@alibcba / @fortunatantei / @mystxryious - Jazzy Jazz! *plays epic sax music in the bg*. Did you know that you’re like, one of my all time best friends? I love the fact that no matter what time of day it is, no matter what kind of problem I’m having, I can come to you for it. And you’re always ready to comfort me and offer me some of the greatest advice, even if it’s as simple as talking my problems out. And it’s not just me coming to you, I check on you occasionally when I see you’re down or something. And we exchange opinions in a matter of fact and adult like setting. We both have a mature relationship in which we can help each other come to conclusions in clear thought. I have to thank you for being that friend for me. That solid foundation on which I can lean on.

@transiens -CHRIS. Everybody Hates Chris Did you ever think I’d make a list without putting you on it? Dude, you’ve been my friend for ages now. I can’t even remember how we met, but it was great. Because I got one of the best friends out of this random encounter possible. From dank memes to serious talks, you’re always there for me. Plus??? You know nearly every single fandom I do and we have wonderful AU’s built off of that shared knowledge. Dude, you’re like half my childhood in one person. All of the amazing parts, that is. I just want you to know you’re like one of the coolest people I’ve ever met and I love having you as a friend.

@venmago -Sachi! I know you’re busy and probably won’t see this until later, but I want you to know I adore you! I know you’ve been worried about your activity lately and trying to keep me and everyone else happy. But like I’ve told you before, it’s okay! Take your time with everything that you’re doing because I know you have a lot on your plate and that you work more than Yousuke right now. But lemme just say I love your writing, and you as a person for all the effort and passion you put into everything you do. I know Yousuke isn’t one of the more popular Persona characters, and everyone treats him as a joke, but you take him seriously and it’s wonderful. I love it. Please keep rocking at your own pace so you don’t tire out!

And now!!! For some blogs who I don’t know very well, but would like to! You’re all wonderful human beings who have made my experience here a pleasant one!

@whtct, @blkcts, @ilcomplice, @greendreambro, @inxquisitor, @sweetpvnk, @crossedscar, @goofyfacade, @sensortype, @hxpeiing, @homosinger, @akuromic / @pxgtails, @starpcff, @dojiikko, @deathfortune, @banchokun, @truthchaser, @tukibowaba / @shrineguardian, @picarexque, @worldofthefool, @phantomled, @diamondkaito, @pillcger0ftwilight, @desbearer, @lamentis, @rationalclover, @herluck / @deathgave, @smokefumed, @rcbelskull, @souseta, @telekinetiq, @maidlove, @purseona, @tearsdivine, @shotimc, @ophantasma, @dolgelo, @aragakisan, @foolspartner, @chxntpleure, @chosemercy, @childrenswar, @crookedtie, @kyuubcy, @crossxskulled, @amagiggled, @amxgii, @pvssywhipped, @frcidyne, @backstagebaae, @skcll, @kingressentiment, @solisnumen

#ooc #out of bedtime stories #follower count tw #I tagged a lot of people in this #and if you don't see your name up here #it doesn't mean I don't love you and think you're rad #but I had a lot of followers to sort through #!!!#these people are just some constants I see on my dash and talk to #and I love you all okay #I'm a big mushy mess

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devilmaycry3dantesawakening · 7 years

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@the-shy-gamer asked me to elaborate on some of the problems I have with P4 Golden and i think this needs its own post rather than me awkwardly trying to stumble through replies!!!! how does tumblr work.

disclaimer: i absolutely adore P4, and i haven’t actually played Golden myself, but i’ve extensively read up on the changes and watched a lot of the new things added.

Major Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden spoilers after the break/below.

probably the biggest one, to echo everyone else’s sentiments, is Marie. she’s not a very enjoyable character, coming off as a somewhat generic, tsundere girl someone really wanted to push as a marketable waifu. she’s very awkwardly shoved into a story that was already told. also, having to complete her social link before december to access the epilogue is really, really frustrating. said social link isn’t particularly great either, and the rest of the Team showing up to blatantly shill and talk about how cool Marie is isreally not great. also in the true ending she steals nanako’s spot as the last s. link to encourage the MC to get back up!!! like what the heck.

from what i understand, the game is somewhat easier than vanilla P4. P4 already wasn’t a terribly difficult game - it majorly suffers from a reverse difficulty curve, as Shadow Yukiko is the hardest boss in the game, and practically everything after Shadow Kanji is a cakewalk. the last thing the game needed was to become even easier. the new difficulty modifiers where you can change XP and money gain, party defense, etc. is really cool!!!! but since you can only access it in NG+, what’s the point?

the adachi social link is a mixed bag. i appreciate the further development adachi gets in it compared to vanilla, his new ending is cool in a super spooky way, and it adds a radical, more personal element to discovering he’s the killer - the “confront him alone” scene, with the neat camera angles, general anxiousness of the scene, and the protagonist’s heartbreaking dialogue options (“I trusted you”) is one of my absolute favorite sequences in all of P4, both vanilla and Golden. but while it’s great for returning players who already beat P4 vanilla, it’s kind of spoilery for newcomers. in the vanilla game, Adachi always presents himself as hopelessly bumbling and friendly, but in the very first stages of his link, he’s chastising a woman behind her back and generally shows a somewhat more meanspirited side than he did in the original game. i guess that in itself isn’t going to spoil his identity to the player, but it still gives more hints than vanilla did.

i hate the epilogue! i really really don’t like it. the True Ending was already very happy, which is perfectly fine for the upbeat kind of game P4 is. the epilogue, though, takes away pretty much every minor sad detail and makes the resolution utterly saccharine. junes is able to collaborate with local merchants despite having run them out of business almost a year ago by now. the protagonist is able to come back to town almost whenever he wants, rendering the bittersweetness of the original ending moot. adachi is apparently a model prisoner who may get a shortened sentence for supposedly “repenting” or something. the most frustrating one is Dojima inexplicably finding a lead on chisato’s killer from years ago, despite the entire point of his social link encouraging him to move on from something he’ll logically never be able to accomplish. i love happy endings, i really do. but sometimes life just has sad things you can’t stop, and the epilogue retroactively making everything happy rubs me the wrong way.

purely personal preference, but i prefer chie’s original dub actress. Chie as a character is a a great combination of “quirky anime character” and “a regular, realistic, boring-ass teenager”, and Rooney’s utterly mundane voice added a lot to that. her newer voice is more faithful to the original Japanese, but i feel like it lost some of the soul Rooney provided in the process. i also prefer teddie’s original English voice, but it’s not quite as noticeable, so i don’t care quite as much.

just a handful of other minor hiccups. the new scenes exaggerate character aspects a bit more than I’d like - chie really likes meat, kanji’s really dumb, etc. a second trip to the hot springs, just for an excuse to have an anime cutscene of the girls naked. the marie subplot foreshadowing the izanami twist, even though it really didnt need to be foreshadowed. probably some other things i can’t think of right now.

there’s some new stuff in there that’s still cool. costumes are fun, new music is great, minor diversions like teddie’s trivia game are a cute addition.

overall though i think Golden is structurally weaker than the PS2 original, and i would highly recommend new players play it rather than Golden.

#intelligent thoughts from cite #persona

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ladytrollfishes · 5 years

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Cress and Shupaa: Al Coda

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

You get the call early in the evening. "Hey, so remember how I said your friend was bad news?"

Passer Luteus doesn't call you often. When he does, he sounds as if someone had hit the fast-forward button on his mouth. "Guess what! She's bad news! She totally ditched you!" This isn't news to you. You're somewhat glad he's figured out the truth. You tighten a loose screw on the back of your arm, and latch the panel shut.

"Continue."

"I guess you weren't good enough for her, because she picked up someone new-"

"Someone new?" Your heart stops. "Yeah, it's a local, friend of a friend! Do you know a Lanius?"

You tuck your phone into the divot of your shoulder, rolling down your sleeve gain and grabbing your coat and belt. You don't need anything else. You scribble a quick note in case Nana comes looking for you - "Errand, back soon" and you're out the door in a second.

"Shrike."

"Yeah, that's the one!" You have to switch shoulders.

"When?"

"A day or so ago? News isn't instant, you know. They seem pretty hot on the tail of their new deal, they left town in a hurry in the morning."

The morning. That means they've had the whole daytime to track. You have a few hours left until your meeting with Cress, but that's too much time. You could already be too late.

"Do not go looking for trouble," you warn, as you finally clasp your coat and start with your belt. You can make the next train if you run for it.

"Oh, don't worry, I won't! I just thought you might be interested to know, since, you know, I don't want you getting fucked over. Besides, between you and Shrike-"

"Do not finish that thought."

"Right." He clears his throat. "Anyway, I don't know much more than that."

"That is more than enough."

"You owe me double, though!" "Noted," you promise. Without giving him a chance to reply, you hang up, pocket your phone, and make a break for it. As soon as you're on the train, blessedly over land, you make another call. You hope Cress will pick up. You hope she can pick up.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

Torrent interrogation rooms, like most interrogation rooms, are radio blocked. No service gets in or out because the risk of being tracked is too great. Ghoulisar's not as secure as Arkady, but IPC still shells out for security for their prisoners. It's something you appreciate usually.

Ghoulisar is crawling with scimitars, which makes a rowdy prisoner easier to deal with. That being said, it was hell on your social media life. No calls, no texts, no instacrab, everything's sealed off so that it's only when you leave you can check your messages.

You're to meet Maera later that day, so you think you've got a spot of time before hand to get a snack and visit the park first. You pull out your phone and- of course. It's battery is dead. You must have forgotten to switch it to power save mode and left it open to crush candy heads again. You can go to a coffee shop and borrow a charger probably.(edited)

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

No answer. You try a second time before giving up, and spending the rest of your train ride pacing. This is the fastest way you can get to the meeting spot, and then... Then what? You don't have a plan. You have no idea where she is. She meant to work today. You remember that she mentioned it while you were scheduling a time.

You could go to the nearest Torrent building, and start there, but otherwise, you're missing any kind of lead. You just don't know enough, and you don't have enough time to learn. You examine the map on the wall of the train, inch by inch, triangulating the best places to stop for the quickest routes. How many likely spots can you reach from this station? Can you reach more?

How long will it take you to check each one? Amidst your scrutiny, however, one stop stands out - the station just down the block from the Ghoulisar Grindhouse. Cress said it was her favorite. You can't bank on that, you have no reason to think she would be there, rather than anywhere else... but your instinct tells you to check. You get off at the next stop, and it doesn't come soon enough. After that, you're running.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

You hear Maera long before you see her. You're walking down to the coffee station, but there's no mistaking the sound of alarm, much much higher than what you'd expect to see running down the street. "What-" you start, holding your hands up in bewilderment.

"Maera, what's going on? Is everything alright?"

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

"No," you say, bluntly, and grab her hand. Hey, if she can do it, so can you. "You must go." You somehow manage to speak in monotone while being on-edge and winded. Wherever she was going, she can't go there. She can't go anywhere ordinary, because Shrike would know everything you know about her. You need to disrupt her usual patterns. You need... The gym. There's one two blocks away that you've visited a few times. "Follow."(edited)

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

You're thrown as she grabs your hand and starts pulling you in a direction. "What? What's happening?"

You've all been drilled in case of an attack or an emergency. It's the Scimitars that take charge in that case- they're the ones specially trained for life or death situations. But nothing was ever real- you've used a drill to flirt with a soldier or too, but this was very different. You cast a glance around at the crowd. What was going on? The crowd makes it hard to sort through everyone's emotions, and Maera's so loud. You stumble as you follow her.

"Where are we going?" you ask, hushed.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

"Gym," you say, shortly, only looking back to make sure she's still there. You know she can run! You saw her do it!

"No time, explain later, run now."

You could blame Nanako for your short words, but really, you always had it in you. You can't drag Cress. You have to depend on her coming with you, trusting you, and that's the biggest wildcard of all. "Please."(edited)

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

You swallow as you look at her. She's panicked, you believe that. Is it some sort of a trap? You're not sure, but from what you know of her, who she is and what she thinks of you, you think probably not. You start running. Was someone after you? Again? You haven't noticed anyone following you like you heard Maera- you just came off an IPC campus.

Who's that brash? Have you noticed any repeat melodies lately? There were a few tense moments, but people had tense moments. Repeated? Maera pulls you on the narrow side walk and as you bump past other pedestrians and the next thing you know, as someone shoulders you, something hard and sharp jams into your stomach and suddenly you can't quite breathe.

The moment passes too slow to be real- you make eye contact when you realize your mistake. You should have been listening for boredom. You let go of Maera's hand to grab your assailant when they take hold of the thing in your stomach and pull. It feels like your insides are coming with it, and you shriek, pushing fear, despair, whatever it was you were feeling right now, hard.(edited)

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

You don't have psychic resistance, and you don't have time to cover your ears. The time between Cress letting go of your hand and her shriek is less than a second, even though it feels so much longer. This means, when all her despair and pain washes over you, it instantly trips your override, and your artificial psi is gone.

But you learned from last time. You were left without a weapon last time, and you won't make the same mistake again. Your head clears first, when your emotions rapidly switch off, and you draw the laser pistol at your hip. Through the crowd, everyone under indigo is doubled over with pain, and you see one person still trying to move. You push through.

With your free arm, you shove people out of the way, keeping a hand on your gun and your finger outside the trigger. Shrike sees you coming. Through pain and anguish, they stumble and slip out of your way, racing down the street. You only get a clear enough shot to burn the back of their leg.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

Your assailant slips through your fingers, ringing with the same note you’re screaming and you hit the ground hard. Maera takes a shot- you triggered her emotional override, you can hear the static- but it’s the wet indigo on your stomach that takes up all the space in your head as you gulp for air. T

ears well up and you sob and wail again, pressing your hands to your stomach. It hurts to breathe- it hurts to do anything. Was this fatal? You’ve never been stabbed before.

Air comes in short gasps as you reach for Maera. You don’t want her to give pursuit. She better not leave you alone.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

You very nearly consider it, but logic wins out. Shrike can't hide forever. If you want to kill him, you can try later, when you have the advantage. Instead, you return to Cress, who is reaching for you like a pitiful wriggler, while she assails the ears of every troll in range.

This is the more pertinent concern. You can't feel her emotions anymore - they're much too strong - but you can feel the weight of them in the air around you, like the blowback of a confined fire, buffeting you over and over again.

"Apply pressure." You kneel with her, and scoop your arms under her shoulders. "You are not safe yet. You are not safe here."

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

It's an immense relief when she turns back to you, hoisting you up to your unsteady feet. The wound gushes when you're hoisted upright and you whimper as you try and press it back in. It's a lot of indigo. You have a lot of indigo in your wardrobe and your make up, and while technically you know there'd be a lot inside you it's very different to actually see it outside of you.

You kick off your heels with little regret as you stifle your sobs. This probably can't kill you right? You've heard about your castemates sustaining multiple stab wounds and surviving.

You just never imagined it'd hurt this bad. You're going to have to toss the outfit. You lean heavily on Maera, slinging your arm around her neck as you press the wound with your other hand.

You stifle the voodoos- it's just another thing to hold in, and the sound of everyone's sustained despair is a lot to deal with on top of everything else. You tuck your face into the crook of Maera's neck and cry a little quieter.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

If your jacket wasn't blood-resistant, and if you could feel anything, you might be more upset about this. As the crowd around you starts to scatter, trying to get as far from your location as possible, you wrap your arms around Cress to steady her. She... cries into your shoulder. This is very familiar.

"There, there," you say, stiff, and pat her on the back with a rigid hand. She needs medical attention. There's a good chance she'll survive, but she needs attention, because Shrike wasn't aiming to injure. If they pierced anything critical, she could be in real danger, even with her blood as cold as it is.

"Would the Scimitars' medic take you?" You don't know if Torrent has one, but judging by how distraught she seemed (rather than frustrated or annoyed, which would be your feelings) you can only assume this doesn't happen often.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

She's wrapped her arms around you and patted you down the most awkward way possible, which considering you're still bleeding, you don't really care about. Her emotional override is still on- it's a good attempt and you're almost amused enough to laugh. If you weren't in pain.

"Yeah," you mumble, pained, into her shoulder. "Yeah they'll take me. Ugh."

You're leaving a literal blood trail through the city. The passerby watch as you stagger on by, curious, concerned. Some amused even, and who you snarl at.

"Not a zoo," you try to snap, but your voice isn't very strong. You push voodoo behind it anyway, and the crowd scatters.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

You're strong - conditionally. It means that, in the moment, you have the strength to support and move heavy things, but you don't have the strength to hold them up. Given that you're already a good percentage metal, the extra weight of Cress - dense highblood, minus some blood - leaning on you is pushing the limit of what you can take.

Still, you push on, because as long as you keep moving, it isn't quite so bad. The good news is that you had already started in the direction of the Scimitar campus, when you got her to run with you. The bad news is that it's still a long walk away. Cress, to her credit, keeps going, even though she's very clearly in pain. (You think. Most people would be, upon getting stabbed, but you know she's a good actor, so who knows?)

When you get to the gates, you unlatch them carefully, one-handed, because the other one is holding Cress up. You then pull her inside, closing it behind you, and start the shorter journey up to the medic's building.

"There will be less staring here," you murmur. "Many are away or busy, at the moment. You can relax. We are almost there." You don't tell her about the walking you have yet to do. You just keep going.

"Do you wish to wipe your eyes before going in?" Her makeup ran. You catch glimpses of it when she lifts her head. She cares about her appearance, and you don't know if being stabbed changed that. You're... trying to care.(edited)

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

The trip is longer than you remembered it. You've never looked down at the pavement for so long, but you watch every inch that you trawl. Maera brings up your eyes and you start.

"Oh no," you whisper. "I must look like a mess."

Oh this will garner rumor mongering if anything did- you, staggering into a scimitar base after getting stabbed, assisted by a near stranger- you thank your lucky stars you had the good sense to at least list maera as a contact of yours. You distangle yourself from Maera to lean on the gate, wiping your face with your sleeve- your shirt's ruined anyway!! Your eyeliner's waterproof but your mascara is not, and the white sleeve of your uniform comes back with black smears.

"Oh," you fret. "Oh." There's no coming back from this one.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

You cover her mouth, and motion for quiet. Drawing more attention at this time would distress her. You take her to the bench, just outside the medic's office, and help her sit. With your fingers, carefully, you wipe away the stray mascara that you can - since you can see it. She can't.

Now that you're calm, your override clicks off. Emotion floods back to you: Concern, frustration, and a little bit of fear. With these, just as usual, your artificial psi begins "leaking," turning your fingers and your breath cold. You take off your gloves. When you touch your thumbs to the bottom of her eyelids, the swelling there dies down. This way, you're able to make her eyes look less purple around the edges, where they aren't supposed to.

And just to finish it off, you blow a puff of cold air onto both of her cheeks, to cool them too. It's not a kiss, not quite, but it's close and gentle. You can't be too harsh. You don't want to freeze her.

"You must live through this." You look her in the eyes. "Otherwise, Lyrian wins. Yes?" She seems pretty motivated to not let that happen.(edited)

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

Maera's gentle as she sits you down. Her override turns off, so you can hear a cautious melody, full of concern and fear and frustration as she presses her hands to your face. Her touch is cool.

It feels nice against your slightly swollen face, and she's steady as she looks you in the face and tells you to live. You blink twice and swallow, then remember that- yeah you might be dying. Perhaps it's not the right time to worry about your make up.

"Yeah," you say a little breathily. "Let's go before I pass out."

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/11/2019

"Let us," you agree, and you help her to her feet. Gut wounds are serious. The one fatal flaw of flesh bodies is that they are made to die. Blood doesn't matter, at that point.

They're fragile, if you know where to hit, and Shrike certainly does. They're in the same business you are. But, as the medic tells you, it's not as bad as it could have been. There are worse weapons out there, and you brought her directly here. If you had waited longer, if Shrike had picked something more vicious, her wound might have been much worse. Which does leave you wondering: why didn't they?

You hang back while the medic works, up to the point where they shoo you out for the surgery. They need to fix the wound, so it doesn't become infected, and so it can heal properly. You understand, and it isn't your concern, really. You wish you believed in luck, so you could wish good luck to her. But you don't, so you don't. You only take her hands, like she held yours on the train.

"Do not die," you say, helpfully. It's supposed to be a joke.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/11/2019

You do, actually laugh when she says that. Not very loudly, or strong, but it's there. You give her hand a squeeze, and a groan when the laugh hurts. You turn to the mediculler.

"She's registered as my informant," you mumble at them. "And also she saved my life so she can stay right?" You glance at Maera. She's still holding your hand, you realize distantly. "If-if she wants, I mean."

The mediculler looks up at her, then back down at you before they place a mask on your face. "Certainly. Now count backwards from ten." You're out, almost before you start counting.(edited)

March 12, 2019

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

You don't let go of her hand until she's out. When she is, you step back, and you let the mediculler work. When Cress is patched up, the mediculler lets you sit by her, and wait for her to wake. They're not busy today - fewer Scimitars on campus to get hurt - so the office is relatively quiet. You take the time to start a new file in your memory on Shrike's attack, gathering the info you know and putting it all in one place.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

Anesthesia is one hell of a drug. Quite literally really. It’s quite lucky you know what this feeling is or you’d be quite a bit more freaked out about it when you come to, a dull ache radiating from your stomach.

“Ugh,” you mutter quietly. “What happened?” You’re in a medbay, not Arkady’s medbay, you got stabbed- you glance around the room. Oh Maera’s still here. You can’t quite explain what a relief that is.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

Oh, good. "Welcome back to the world of the living."

On second thought, that probably sounds much more ominous in your monotone. Oh well. Too late now. You close down your files and look over at her.

"You were stabbed. There is good news and bad news. Do you wish to select which news to hear first?"

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You laugh, weakly. She sounds like a robot. Not a surprise but somehow, funny. “Good news,” you say. “Thanks.”

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

You emote, just slightly, by raising one eyebrow. She has no idea what she's thanking you for. You'll fix that, and then she can reconsider her gratitude.

"The good news is that you were attacked by an assassin who goes by the name 'Shrike.' They are known for being particularly vicious, and they favor stab wounds. They escaped while you were incapacitated." You're a ray of fucking sunshine.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

Laughter escapes you again. You don’t bother trying to keep it in. It’s like trying to catch a bag full of marbles that just burst in mid air.

“Is that what you think good news is?” you ask, still laughing as you put a hand to your face. “What’s the bad news then?”

They’ve escaped, the Shrike. What a name. You’re missing something but your head is too fuzzy to grasp it quite yet.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

Nothing you said is funny. Why is she laughing? This is stupid. "The bad news is that Lyrian Aubade hired them."

You have your suspicions. You don't voice them yet. You can launch an investigation later, with more time and more resources, because you have every intention of hunting Shrike anyway. You want to see how she takes this, first. "Comparatively, the first news was better."

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

The bad news drops and you laugh anyway. Of course it was her! Why wouldn’t it be her? Your life was just fine before she showed up and now she was apparently going to haunt every corner of it until- until- you don’t even know. You put your hands to your face as tears slide down your face through your laughter. You don’t know what you’re going to do about any of this.

“Oh, geez,” you manage to say. “I’m very sorry I think I’m just a little hysterical. Ow.” Your stomach twinges from the place where you got stabbed. You burst into laughter again.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

The answer to "how will she take this news" is "bad," as it turns out. You, being unstabbed, are a hell of a lot more calm. Is she... crying? "This is an option," you concede.

"The only remaining option is that your sense of humor is terrible. Therefore, it behoves you to be hysterical."

Your bedside manner is shit. Your manner, in general, is shit. You get up from the chair you were sitting on, and move it back to its original position in the small waiting area.

"The mediculler says you will recover. However, you cannot recover if you continue to aggravate your wound. You must stop laughing. Think of things that are not funny."

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

Think of things that are not funny. Think of things that are not funny. Robot Joanes here was not helping.

“Ow,” you say between breaths. “Ow. Ow. Don’t say anything. Ow.” It does, turn out, that pain isn’t very funny when it’s your own, and finally you calm down. “I know you don’t mean it like you say it,” you tell Maera, tapping your ear. “But the contrast is very funny.”

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

"The earlier statement, referring to your sense of humor as functional, is now retracted."

That one isn't intended to be a joke. You're only kind of offended. Your gloves are tucked into your belt. They have blood on them. Actually, most of your side has been bloodied, with some of the crisp green lines hidden by dark patches of indigo. You'll clean up later. For now, though, you rest your hands on the bed. Your first inclination is to touch her cheek, but that seems overfamiliar. You have no reason to. Instead, your fingers hold each other, as you try not to do anything stupid. You might call this feeling "hesitance."

"Your abilities are quite potent." Nice. Great going. "Displays such as this have not been seen in psychics often."

By you, you mean. You don't have the data. Do you clarify that? Absolutely not. How else would you sound stiff as a board?

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You rub your face. Okay you don't actually know what she's trying to get at with that. "Oh yeah," you say. "Sorry about that. But have you never heard about what happens in a carnival? That was small potatoes really."

You grope around the bed to see if there's something you can do to push the bed up so you can see Maera without craning your neck or staring at her out of the corner of your eye. You shift, painfully, as the bed creaks up, moving slowly. You'd hit that morphine button with no problem right now but you want to keep a clear head, what with attempts on your life.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

"Carnivals are avoided as much as possible, as are the trolls who attend them."

You were assigned to track and capture a clown once. Never again. The smell of hairspray flamethrowers burning rubber animals is a distinct and lasting memory.

"They tend to be... 'more trouble than they are worth.'" You tip your head just slightly to one side. "Do you attend a carnival? You do not seem the type."

As in, she doesn't wear face paint. You can't speak to her attitude. Her earlier laughter makes you think she might fit.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You sigh as you shake your head. You've heard that question before. "No," you say.

"I don't see the appeal. As you said, more trouble than they're worth." Something's still bothering you though. You blink as you try and put it together.

"Hey," you say. "How did you know someone was after me?"

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

You take a moment's silence to think of how to word your answer, before replying.

"Very few things happen in a way that does not affect or alert others. Previously, interest was shown in Lyrian's dealings. There was a phone call today which communicated, in code, that she had made a deal with Shrike."

You pause. "There were several attempts made to reach you, before arrival on the scene. You did not answer your phone. Sensitive information is not usually transferred over phones. However, at times it will be used for short-notice or emergency contacts, with minimal information given.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

“Oh,” you say, considering this information for a moment. “Empress. Well, thank you. I don’t know what would have happened if you weren’t there.” You fall silent. It doesn’t take a lot of imagination. The Shrike had pulled out the knife- would they have stabbed it again? If you had collapsed, voodooing everyone in range, would anyone else have helped you get to safety?

On the other hand, Lyrian explicitly informed Maera not to kill you. You didn’t think your last encounter was enough for her to change tactics. Putting Maera by your side would be an excellent way to ensure your survival and perhaps the phone call was from Lyrian, and Maera was just playing you.

Or Lyrian knows Maera would help and is just using her as a tool again. Ugh. You’ll keep the thought in mind but you’re not dealing with a potential double agent situation while you’re incapacitated and alone with said possible double agent.

“Empress,” you say softly instead. “I almost died.”

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

"That tends to happen when trolls are stabbed." You know from experience. You feel concerned. You almost stopped Shrike, but now Cress is injured, and Shrike is still out there. This makes Cress an easy target. She still has her voodoos, but she wouldn't be able to run. Today was a realization of your worst fear of the situation: that Lyrian doesn't intend to stop.

"The Shrike is not subtle. It is likely that their next move will also draw attention. Watch will be kept."

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

“I-“ you blink, stop and take a couple of deep breaths, trying to stay calm. “I need to report this, probably?” You pause. Word of this is going to get out. You’re going to need to explain what’s going on to Professor Symphy. You can’t deny it, you got stabbed and treated on an IPC medic. You glance at Maera. You’re out of familiar waters here.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

You have few answers. You don't know why she's looking at you, the only thing you know how to do is dodge the law. But... "Most likely. This concerns you, though. Why? Do you fear what Torrent might think of your activities?"

You know better than to believe an Imperial organization would truly be fair, but Cress is... not a troublemaker. You don't know if she's ever crossed a serious rule in her life. Maybe she's just acting, though. It's possible. "How many psychics must you speak with?"

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You blink for a moment.

“It’s Torrent,” you say, like it answers everything. Then you realize that Arkady is a closed campus and that information about you doesn’t really circulate.

“It’s the Imperial Psion Corp,” you explain. “And basically everyone is a highblood. Does that answer that? Even the receptionists have some sort of psychic punch.”

They’d have to, if they didn’t want to be driven crazy by all the mind shit that happened around campus.

“It wouldn’t be so easy to pick my brain though,” you say. Her other question though isn’t so easy to explain. “I mean I just don’t want anyone to know I have a signmate,” you say. A signmate that’s older, scarier, stronger.

“It’s Torrent,” you say again like it explains anything.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

"Yes," you say, intending it to be sarcastic, even though that... doesn't translate at all. "Torrent. Torrent, that is very well-known and welcoming to outsiders, known for being transparent. That Torrent." Really, you should feel bad for giving her a hard time, right after she was stabbed. You do, a little bit.(edited)

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

“Ugh,” you say and scowl at her. You know what she means. How do you explain something you’ve always loved with? And to someone who might be a double agent? “I mean people in Torrent are always looking to see what you can use against each other. Lyrian is definitely something you can use against me.” You stare up at the ceiling. Signmates are weird.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

You think about this for a good minute of silence. Then, suddenly, you speak up again: "Are you able to change the story?" You live for being abrupt and blunt. It's just how you roll. You watch her face as she scrutinizes the ceiling tiles. They're not that exciting. "Others did not see the incident as it occurred. Perhaps you could... adjust the circumstances. Must you speak of Lyrian at all? She did not carry the knife."

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You almost roll your eyes. “Well of course,” you say. “But lying to your unit leader, even in omission, should be taken very seriously. More so, since I’m pretty thorough with my paperwork. An unknown element assaulting an imperial interrogator? I don't want to give them reason to investigate further.”

“Who called you to tell me about the Shrike?” you ask.(edited)

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

"A birdie." You don't rat people out. "Confidentiality is the only thing that has preserved the network. If you intend to report this, if you intend to include names, you understand it compromises the safety of the relevant contacts. Confirm?"

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

"Right," you say, after a moment. Well. She didn't say it wasn't Lyrian. "We're trained to always ask. I'll see what I can do." You put your hands to your face again and run your hands through your hair, before you wince.

"As long as it doesn't go to a full investigation, we'll be fine," you say, uncertain. How are you supposed to explain any of this if you're avoiding talking about Lyrian? If the lack of a suspect proves to be a pushing point, the pressure is going to bear down on Maera and her contact.

Maera's the one who Torrent already knows about, and you don't want her to bear the brunt of the investigation. Plus, you're pretty sure it's probably Luteus, if Maera hasn't been running her mouth off at her other jobs, which seems unlikely. And if you turn him over, Maera will be pissed.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

She's right, you would definitely be pissed.

"If you must give a name, give the one you have." Yours. You contemplate giving her your hatchname, but... no. Even as close as she is to it, you aren't ready for that. It hardly even feels like you, most of the time.

"The news received was only that Lyrian had hired Shrike. The news did not mention you. Therefore, speculation and estimation were used to determine you as the target. Any questions Torrent has can be answered, save for the identities of contacts. Those are out of the question." You would do - and do - the same for her.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

"Alright," you say then, relenting slightly. "If there's an official investigation then-" you close your eyes take a deep breath before opening them again.

"They'll be questioning you. I can't be the one to do it, and I can only protect you so much." And some off your coworkers get a little rough. It's not a position you like being in. What the hell was your life becoming?

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

You don't know. You're starting to ask that question of yourself, too. You exhale a cloud of cold air. It's your nerves. Imperial questioning is... daunting, to say the least. The only reason you've evaded it is that you have yet to be caught. You've been seen once or twice, but never caught.

"There are... certain pre-cau-tion-ar-y steps which might be taken, to limit the spread of sensitive information." Your fingers grip the largest mass of tech in your hand, the collection of wires on the back of your palm. You need to find a tech. You knew you would, but you didn't think it would be necessary so soon.

"You will not be informed of them. To do so would put you in a difficult position. However, what can be done, will be done."

The only way to stop anyone with fingers from accessing your memory forcibly is to remove it from your systems entirely, and you don't want to forget anything else. You're terrified of it. There's only one thing that scares you more, but you aren't thinking of that, not now. Your cybernetics are already bright yellow with your fear and anticipation.(edited)

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You can hear her fear grow as she realizes the consequences of her decision. She says there's measures she can take but she's broadcasting fear. The lights on her head turn bright yellow. How confident in her measures can she really be?

"Okay," you say weakly. "Ugh. I'm sorry, this is a real pain. We'll figure it out." You hope. You push it into your words.

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

You don't notice her influence, but her hope eats away at your fear until you strike some sort of a balance. You move away from the edge of your "danger zone," and back towards a safe calm.

"It is business, and it is life." You feel resignation towards this statement. "Nothing is ea-sy." You inhale, and check the temperature of your hands with the sensors in your mouth. It's too cold for a normal troll. It might be more tolerable for Cress, but you don't want to cause complications for her, so, you do the logical thing: You wrap your hand in the loose part of a sheet, in the absence of clean gloves. With this makeshift covering, you lay your hand over hers.

"The best will be hoped for, and the worst will be prepared for. All of this will happen once you are prepared to face it. You are not prepared at the moment, and stress will only make that worse."

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

Her concern for you could really make a troll's heart melt. You didn't expect her to lay her hand on yours but you take it and smile ruefully.

"I did just get out of surgery," you say. "After losing a lot of blood. It's probably because I'm a highblood that I can make much sense at all. Thank you, again. For saving my life."

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

"Mm." You've been doing a lot of that lately, haven't you? First Prince, now Cress. Both times have ended with your jacket thoroughly bloodied, in different shades of purple. Go figure.

"It would be more beneficial to not require saving in the first place." You can't take a "thank you" because it requires acknowleding your self, which you avoid at all costs. It's uncomfortable. You feel slightly more uncomfortable as a result, so you brush it off. "Be more care-ful. Do not travel alone, where possible. Ghoulisar is not safe for you an-y-more."

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You file that little piece of information away. She's not comfortable being thanked, and you guess that's why she halfway insults you for your thanks.

"Of course it'd be better," you say. "But that's what I've got you for right?" You smile, to show that it's a joke, then sighs as she brings up your safety again.

"Yeah," you say. "I think I'll stay in Arkady if I can manage it. Or just on campus. I was in the middle of a big case here too."

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/12/2019

"You will be missed," you admit, with no more affection than your normal speech. You care about her, and you're finding that, as long as she's not being nosy as fuck, you almost enjoy her company.

"Perhaps... arrangements can be made to escort you, when you do leave the campus." Your suggestion is slow and carefully-worded. You wait to see what she thinks of it.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/12/2019

You smile at her, almost shyly, then raise your hand to your mouth to cough. "I'd like that," you say. It's the first time she's asked to make contact with you, simply because she likes your company. You can't help but feel a little bit elated at that. Of course she could also be reporting to Lyrian at the same time.(edited)

March 13, 2019

Kitty | mpembasVauntlay03/13/2019

You could. You aren't, but you certainly could be. You don't smile back. You slip your hand out of hers, out of the sheet your wrapped it in, and retreat. "There are..." you look at your coat, messy, dirty and gross. "... certain things which must be attended to. Leave must be taken."

You need to return before Nana starts asking where you were. You don't want to explain the stabbing, and you don't want to lie to her, even on Cress's behalf. And since you don't know how to say goodbye, don't know how to socialize, and also don't care to know, your farewell is an awkward, horribly-worded well-wishing, imparted with good faith and hope:

"Heal." Unpack THAT, empath.

Tang | MD (indigo) IT (maroon)03/13/2019

Your hand feels empty when Maera pulls hers from your grasp and stands, glancing at her bloody coat and broadcasting some sort of frustration. She’s going to leave, and you feel a pang. “

Oh, I’m sorry,” you say, hushed. You don’t want her to leave, but of course that’s silly. She’s spent all morning with you already. “I’ll replace your coat.”

That won’t make her stay. You can tell she has things she has to do but you barely care. You get clear bells of hope and faith as she tells you to heal, and she leaves you alone. Your eyes water and you dab at your face carefully. No. You’re not 4 sweeps and wishing for your lusus. You hit the call button for the mediculler. You want some magazines.

>End Rp

#cresce rps #cresce and shupaa: thorn in my side #also known as #let's stab cress

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