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An independent RP sideblog for Aigis from the Persona series. OC/Mutliverse friendly. Please read the rules.

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The Thought that Counts

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afortiicri‌:

Another normal day at Gekkoukan High where Akane spent time with one of her favorite friends, Rio from the volleyball team. After classes ended, she decided to enter the volleyball court with her earlier than usual. Seeing as she was getting better and better the more she practiced, she was more psyched up than ever today.

While she was busy practicing, however, one of the members pointed out that an outsider had entered the court. Turning around, the Fool went pale upon realizing who it was and she called for a time-out. She made a beeline for her, speechless for a moment as she pointed at the gallon of water.

“What in the world is that?! You’re not supposed to be here, Aigis! Besides, that much water could kill a man! Did… you come to support me?”

Once Akane had come to her, Aigis raised a hand as if to tell her that there’s nothing to be worried about, that she can handle this. She places the container of water on the ground, and opens the lid on the top, with the help of a nearby chair. She smiles at Akane with, perhaps, an innocent smile that shows that she doesn’t know what she’s doing wrong.

“Is there something wrong with this?” She tilts her head, looking for a glass or something to give water to Akane. “I brought some water to you... I’ve heard it’s good for people who do sports... That applies to your friends as well, if you’d like.”

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Stalker

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peacefuldeath‌:

She doesn’t know why, huh. She’d said essentially the same thing when he’d asked her why she was following him… But Ryoji just doesn’t understand it at all. He wishes that she could give him some reason that she disliked him so much. if there was something concrete he could look to, to understand why she thought he was such a bad person, then maybe he could convince her that he was alright. …At least he’d understand the reason.

But maybe they aren’t so different after all. After all, Ryoji himself has plenty of feelings… that he doesn’t understand, either.

With that final thought, he watches her walk away until she’s disappeared from sight.

( … )

The next day seems to pass by quickly - which doesn’t surprise him. Lately, it feels like every day goes by a flash. But after school, as he catches a glimpse of Aigis heading off by herself, he finds himself suddenly heading over to her. Before she can escape him, he cuts in front of her path, wearing a smile that’s almost but not-quite apologetic.

For some reason… it’s bugging him more than normal, today. He’s always, until now, been able to laugh off Aigis’ accusations, without paying too much mind to them. He was certainly curious about what he did to anger him, and it was a little disappointing, too, but… he didn’t really spend too much time thinking about it. He’d tried to remember where he knew her from, as well, but he’d given up on that as he realized it wasn’t coming back to him.

But now, their conversation keeps coming back into his mind. Dangerous. For some reason… today, he really wants to show her that he isn’t.

So he asks.

“Is there anything I can do to prove to you that I’m not dangerous?” he starts without preamble. “I want you to understand that I’m not, but… I don’t know how to do that.”

The following day, Aigis did as she always did, and kept an eye on Minato. It didn’t seem like he wanted to spend time with Ryoji, and maybe had other things to do in mind... As of late, all she can think about is Ryoji, but not in the sense that one would think, if they knew this, but some distance between Ryoji and Minato was necessary.

The way that he cuts in front of her, however, brings a frown to her face. She didn’t expect to see him at all, today, considering he wasn’t talking to Minato. However, she doesn’t push him aside. Instead, she crosses her arms.

“You can stay away from Minato-san... I do not care about other people...” It must’ve sounded really posessive, but if she was going to lose meaningless reputation over his safety... It didn’t matter. “I just believe you’re dangerous to him... There’s no other way I would accept that you aren’t.”

And yet, she couldn’t hurt him, she couldn’t do anything but talk this way to him. He was human, as far as she knew, and she couldn’t even think about pushing him away, in fear that she would hurt him.

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Stalker

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peacefuldeath‌:

Aigis genuinely doesn’t sound judgemental, but Ryoji can’t help but feel a little defensive nonetheless. More than that, though… he knows that she’s been watching him after school, but ever since they met? That’s… more than a little frightening. From the way she phrases it, he’d almost think it was out of concern for him - if it was anyone but Aigis, that is.

But while he grows more and more unnerved as Aigis keeps talking - her question about Minato takes him completely off-guard. He blinks in surprise, distracted, as he tries to think of an answer.

Why him? He supposes… that there isn’t any particular reason for it. Yes, he does seem strangely familiar. And despite the boy’s aloofness, there’s something about him that seems to draw Ryoji to him, but… he doesn’t know what that is. He’s kind, too… though Ryoji hasn’t really known him long enough to explain why he’s so sure of that. So…

“…I don’t need a reason, do I?” he asks, after a moment of thinking - and his question is sincere. “Maybe I just want to be friends with him.” Though the friendship he’s seeking with Minato isn’t quite the same as what he’s looking for with Junpei and everyone else. He only just realized it recently, but… he thinks, maybe, he…

Suddenly shaking his head, Ryoji snaps himself out of his funk - brightening the smile on his face and hoping that he appears confident.

“Just because I spend a lot of time with girls doesn’t mean that I don’t want to spend any with boys, too!”

She watches his expression change as she speaks, looking to see if there was any sort of sign that he wasn’t telling the truth, that he was hiding an ulterior motive and he was dangerous to Minato... But all she senses is genuine confusion, sincerity.

Aigis didn’t expect him to be truthful, but she also didn’t expect him to lie outright. If she could pin him to a lie detector, she would’ve, but she didn’t have the means nor a good reason to do so.

She doesn’t look convinced, even if she feels she is. “That is correct, you don’t need a reason, but I was expecting you to tell me one.” She blinks, her expression, unmoving. She recalled the different times she’s seen him with other people, unable to see if he did like spending time with Minato, or not. Still, it seems like she is letting it go for now, right?

“You have to know by now that I am unable to keep you away from Minato-san, but that I still think you are... bad for him.” Another blink, unmoving, not a slight sign of doubt. “He is precious to me... and I don’t know why, but I know you’re dangerous... And if I can’t prove it, I can at least keep him safe, if it’s true.” She turned around, finally, and walked away.

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shxxtteredfantasy‌:

“But Aigis…!” She pouted. “Tomorrow’s Sunday! I can stay up late if I want to, there’s no school tomorrow!” She responded sounding like a whiny child to a parent. “I’m fine! You don’t have to worry about me! I won’t get sick.” 

Being yelled at wasn’t something Aigis was used to, and she blinked at Yukari as the other pouted, a little confused herself. Inside of her, she went to the calendar inside her system, and confirmed that, indeed, it was a Sunday.

“My apologies, Yukari-san.” She bowed, asking for forgiveness from the brunette. “I had forgotten that tomorrow there was no school.” She blinked, as she tilted her head.

“Does it bother you that I worry for your healthy growth, Yukari-san? I can stop if you want to.” It seemed the answer was obvious, however.

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shxxtteredfantasy‌:

She wasn’t sure what Aigis was doing, she hesitated to speak only because her thoughts lead to something that would be unbecoming of Aigis. “U-Um… I’m not tired though…” She finally said, her lips muffled a bit due to the fact that Aigis’ finger still rested on her lips. 

Aigis realized what she was doing, and retrieved the finger from Yukari’s lips by, exactly, two inches, to allow her to speak freely, while still stating her worry over the girl’s sleeping schedule.

“But... you will not be sleeping a healthy amount of hours, Yukari-san.” She tilted her head. She couldn’t really understand all about sleep, since she could stay focused in battle all the time, but Yukari was human. She grew tired sometimes. “It could lead to you getting sick, and then everyone will be worried.”

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peacefuldeath‌:

“B-but that’s… not true…”

For some reason, he hesistates as he says it, as if he’s uncertain in himself. …But there’s no reason for him to be uncertain, is there? He has an apartment - ( he knows that, ) because goes back there every night! Aigis is just… well, she must be even stranger than he thought, to make up lies like this. Or maybe she’s somehow mistaken…

( so… why is it that he’s so anxious, all of a sudden? )

It must be because Aigis’ fierce questioning is making him nervous. The fact that she’s followed him before, to the point of watching him when he goes to sleep… that’s kind of creepy, isn’t it? Actually, he should definietly be concerned about that.

“You’ve got it all wrong!” he continues - still sounding more like he’s trying to justify himself than he does angry, in spite of his musings about being stalked. But though he tries to speak in a casual tone, he’s clearly at least a little upset. “Yeah, I spend a lot of time outside… and sometimes I end up falling asleep outside, too. I just…” he pauses. “Don’t really like going home alone, that’s all…”

She wouldn’t understand the fact that he was upset, or the reasoning behind it. Aigis just nodded at what he said. “I was just stating what I believed. Ever since I met you, you’ve been sleeping outside, by yourself.” There had to be a difference between heading home by himself, and staying outside, by himself. Regardless, the way she sees it, it’s better to be at home, right?

“My objective is not to judge your sleeping choices, but rather, to keep watch over you.” She would still continue talking about the fact that she saw him as dangerous. Even if she didn’t have a really good reason for it. “However, if my cover is revealed, I should retreat.” With a bow, she intended to leave, but she stood silent.

There was a question on her mind. “You’re free to answer this, Ryoji-san... But why are you interested in Minato-san?” She blinks at him, looking completely oblivious to any ulterior motives. “You spend a lot of time around him, even if you have stated that you like girls.”

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@shxxtteredfantasy said

It seemed that Yukari had said too much, speaking to Aigis until she suddenly felt her finger touching her lips as if she wanted her to stop, she raised a brow in confusion.

“Yukari-san, you’ve said enough...” She leaned closer to the girl, as if to look at her eyes, rather than her own face, focusing.

“It’s night already, Yukari-san.” She said all of this ith a smile, completely calm, not realizing the connotations of these words. “You should sleep.”

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peacefuldeath‌:

“You don’t have that information…?”

What a strange way to phrase it. To be honest, Ryoji doesn’t have a clue what she means. If she was following him, then surely it must’ve been for some reason or another, right…? In that case, wouldn’t she know the reason?

“You really are a weird one, aren’t you?” he jokes, with an awkward kind of smile. He’s trying to take the situation casually, and if he can, show her that he means no harm - but to be honest, as they talk, he finds he’s only becoming more nervous. Maybe he should’ve kept on walking and pretended he didn’t see her…

This isn’t the first time that Aigis has mentioned Minato-san when talking to him, either. She seems to be extremely protective of him, for some reason. Minato doesn’t seem like the kind of person who needed protecting to Ryoji - least of all from him - but he supposes he doesn’t know either of them particularly well. Maybe she’s just a very protective person…?

But then she says something that takes him by surprise.

“…Huh? What do you mean?” he asks; almost as if he didn’t quite hear her.

But she was speaking the truth. She lacked the information necessary to attack him, and what she did have, was feeling. She could feel something hurting in her chest when she saw him, when he approached Minato, her fight or flight senses skyrocketed, but her mechanisms refused to work. One could almost say it’s a natural, muscular reaction.

“You do not have a home, Ryoji-san.” She didn’t hesitate to repeat this phrase. “This isn’t the first time I’ve followed you, on the same unknown principle, and it is not until you are safely asleep, that I leave for myself.” She could probably pinpoint where he had been sleeping the past days, but preferred to save this information for herself. Should she need to find him, she would already know possible places.

However, she hesitated to keep talking, because she knew she had hurt him somehow. Beneath all her worry and feelings, she could feel and address him as a human. “Are you looking for shelter?”

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peacefuldeath‌:

“Eh? …Aigis-san?”

When Ryoji got the sense that someone was following him… he had thought at first that it had to be his imagination. And yet, low and behold - here she is.

Aigis was… well, to call her a strange girl would be an understatement. But Ryoji had no problem at all with strange, and so Aigis’ eccenricies shouldn’t have been a problem at all… if it weren’t for the fact that she seems to hate him for a reason that he doesn’t quite understand.

So he isn’t sure how to feel when he realizes that it’s her who’s been following him all this time. One the one hand, he’s a little relieved. Aigis is odd, and she certainly dislikes him, but she probably doesn’t mean any harm… at least, she hasn’t up until now, anyway. And in some ways, it’s quite flattering to have been followed around by a girl all day.

But on the other hand… Well, it is a little unsettling. He just wishes he knew what it is he did to anger her so much.

( To be honest, sometimes, Aigis does seem a little familiar to him. But he can’t place where exactly it is he knows her from. …Is it possible that he’s wronged her before, some time in the past? )

He shoud probably ask her sometime, but instead, the question he asks is-

“Were you following me? …Why?”

There’s a brief stop as he asks this, and Aigis has to run another quick analysis through her body. The question of “Why” remained inside her head for a long time, and having asked her of this, she had to obey and look for a reason... but nothing came up.

“I do not have that information yet.” Her way of speech was still the same, and there was definitely a feeling that he was dangerous, that she should take care of him, for the sake of everyone’s safety... But he was human, and she couldn’t hurt him. There wasn’t enough proof to show that he was dangerous.

“But I was, in fact, following you, Ryoji-san.” Her face remains unchanged, showing that she wasn’t embarassed, or trying to hide this. “I’m... unsure as to why, though... I want you to be as far away from Minato-san as possible... and I’m making sure of that.” She blinked.

“You do not have a home, do you?”

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orphemiss‌:

Kotone has gently put a finger on Aigis’ lips. “I appreciate the comment and you are right. However the needs of the cuter outweigh the needs of the me!”

She can’t help but giggle at that, in her own way. “If you think I am cute, then... I cannot change your mind about it, can I?”

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“… I feel a disturbance in the force.”

“Somewhere a cute girl needs to be kissed!”

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Aigis just passes by and blushes. She can’t be that cute girl, right? Still, she can’t resist.

“Kotone-san, I think... you’re the cute girl who needs a kiss.”

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Hey Aigis, hypothetically, how would you get your cute team leader to kiss you if you had to. You know, without upsetting her.

“I do not think I’m the most capable person of answering this question... but according to my knowledge, it is better to be direct and clear about it.” Now, she didn’t know much about romance, but it was easy, right? One had to state what they wanted, so they can get it.

“Then again, my lips aren’t actual lips... I would probably ask for a cheek kiss, but thinking about our leader...” A red color stains her cheeks, as she looks away. “I... don’t think I have the courage.”

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“Aigis, I’ve been meaning to ask. How exactly do you wear shoes when you don’t have feet?” Yukari asked, musing as she stared at Aigis’s ankles.

“Ah, Yukari-san... I wear special parts for that. Of course, I cannot wear sandals or heels with them, but as long as I can keep the shoes on me most of the time, there’s not a lot of difference.”

Of course, to fit a shoe she had to have feet-looking parts, but they were like mannequin’s, just for the sake of wearing shoes. Aigis was unable to move them, of course, given that they were a simple part.

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stulteholoserica‌:

“My existence is indeed different, it is a deterrence from the natural order because of the benevolence of Master Philemon, not only my own but that of my siblings as well.” She smiled just a bit, “The same with how Crimson and Azure are interlinked, so is that of my life and my siblings, thanks to Master Philemon we were spared from death a millenia and a half ago, and our fates were tied to those whom hold the power of the Fool.” She was, in every sense of the word, completely immortal because of her links and ties to fate, something that she never stopped working on even as she continued her own personal journey.

“I would be surprised if the others whom had moved through interwoven with any, Josei-san or Minato-san were not bound by the same fate of falling in love and losing that love. It is not something that is easy to approach.”

At the latter question she smiled ever so slightly, “Why would you believe that I had not?” In fact she had, and worked with her to find a way to fix things, but she had her own goals as well, working together did not always mean being together.

Aigis ran every proper name Elizabeth said through her database, but other than a couple results, she couldn’t come up with anything particularly good or logical. There was something interesting about Elizabeth being unique to a certain timeline, but approaching an Aigis from a different one.

“Love...” It was a complex feeling, but one she had experienced briefly with Minato. Apparently, Elizabeth had fallen in love with the one she called Josei, and Aigis couldn’t help but nod. If they had the same essence, perhaps she would’ve done the same, in another possibility.

“I’d think that, maybe, one Aigis is enough help.” She didn’t know what fate or destiny she was approaching, but at the very least, she could know her own strength. If Elizabeth needed her power, why would she need her again? “It’s a confusing concept.”

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stulteholoserica‌:

In truth she didn’t hear any questions about herself, and the thought of talking about herself was not one that ever really occurred to her. She was not a person whom spoke of herself without that after all. Though it appeared the one whom would be waiting would be herself.

“I am fine with any topic of conversation. Did you desire a specific topic to discuss?” Shifting, her legs crossing in front of her, the keeper was not trying to be aloof, or rude, she simply was not a master of social interaction. “If there is anything you wish to know you may ask.”

“There are many things about your existence that make me question what I already know.” She tilted her head, finally putting down the teacup in front of her, unfinished yet. She stared at Elizabeth for a moment.

“I wish to know about yourself, Elizabeth-san. You are another Elizabeth, similar, yet different, driven by a feeling of... attachment.” That much, she could understand. The smile she wore when she spoke about this Josei, her gestures, the choice not to order Aigis, to make her choose...

“Why didn’t you approach the Aigis in your timeline?”

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stulteholoserica‌:

She could slip through time like a door, only not quite as freely as the other believed, to be able to reach into her own past was a simple task, to step into the future was not the same, and yet did that change anything to her answer? “It makes no difference to me Aigisu-san.” 

She could wait, and meet the woman then, it would matter little to her, in the meantime she would continue her research, her efforts to reach and free the one she loved. “We can continue then if you so desire.”

Aigis didn’t understand why Elizabeth didn’t answer her questions, but she supposed she had always been like that... Mysterious, yet she still tried to grasp her personality, now that she could grasp her drive...

“I will wait, then.” She took another sip of the tea. She couldn’t feel the drink going down her throat, but she could feel her body accepting the liquid. “And you, I suppose, will do, too... For now, I wish to spend time with you.”

For a moment, she was about to comment on why they had been talking about Minato or Josei, the two people whose destinities were entwined... Why their conversation only surrounded them, and why Elizabeth didn’t want to talk about herself... But Aigis wasn’t one to judge, because she had been like that before.

“Do you wish to speak about something else, or just enjoy our company in silence?”

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stulteholoserica‌:

The information about her processes was quite interesting, it definitely made for possible social enounters that weren’t quite as awkward as they could be. She had wondered if Aigisu ever went on the dates that Josei took her on. This was a good question really. After all the woman was incredibly beautiful, and interesting, as well as intelligent. Really she was a wonderful partner to consider in a quest to get her crimson fool back, but she needed to make sure it was her choice and not just one thrust on her.

“Crimson and Azure, both are interlinked, when one is released the other will be as well, it is the balance that ties the twin universes together.” She always believed that, as they were the exact same only slightly not. To release one would cause the one tied with them to be released as well, the shattering needing balance on it’s other side. 

“That, I do not understand.” She said it simply, as she looked up, holding the teacup between her hand. “You’re not the Elizabeth I met, yet you look and act the same, but your drive is different.” The one she had met, what she considered the original one, was driven by orders, curiosity and action... This one was driven by a desire to help out this person, Josei, the Crimson Fool.

“It is not that I don’t believe you, Elizabeth-san.” She had to make that clear. Her points did make sense, and her desire to help was altruistic enough not to lie to Aigis. She wouldn’t lie to her. “I want to help him... And if helping you ends up helping him, without undoing his sacrifice... I want to do it, but I have to... get ready.”

She had a goal, after all, to finish school and pursue normalcy. While in school, she couldn’t train, she couldn’t receive updates... Elizabeth, this one, said she could travel between time like a door. So then...

“If we meet in one semester... I should be ready. Can this ordeal wait?”