Lost in my own mind

Dying is easy, it's living what scares me to DEATH (Independent RP OC account. Interacts with any character.))

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Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

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Suzume looked down, uncomfortable and squirming in her seat. She knew it was real. But it all sounded so strange, so riduculous… Daken doubted her. She felt hurt at first, but she realized it was only normal. She tried to not let it get to her, but failed at it. When she looked back up, she seemed hurt. “I know it sounds unreal, I really do… I thought it couldn’t be true either and I really, really wish it was the case.” She said in a low voice, her eyes unable to focus on the other girl’s for too long. “But the card is still with me. I didn’t have it before. That’s why I know it’s real…”

She lit up a little when Daken agreed going to Junes with her. That should prove it! She remembered exactly which TV she came out from, so she could use it again, no problem. Well– she hadn’t actually tried going back in. Maybe they’d go there, she’d touch the TV and nothing would happen but… it was better to give it a shot than leave things as they were. The card alone was proof that she wasn’t imagining it. “Thank you.” she said, smiling a little at her friend. “Thank you for giving me a chance at least. I swear I’m not lying.” She got up, considering it was best to go right away… besides, she wasn’t hungry anymore. “I’ll take you there.”

It took them a while in the bus, but they soon arrived to the gigantic chain store that had recently opened in Inaba. The shop owners in the old district especially disliked it, but it still sold things they needed… such as TVs. Suzume guided Daken with her to the multimedia section. Luckily enough ,there wasn’t anyone there, and there was the TV she came out from. It was turned off. “This is the one…” she said, realizing she had been holding her breath. She took a deep one, extending her hands towards it, almost expecting to just feel the cold touch of the glass.

Instead, her hand went right through it as if the glass was made out of water. It didn’t feel wet. It was just… something you could simply cross. She froze for a moment, not actually expecting it to work, and pulled out her hand immediately afterwards. “…see?” She tried to sound sure of herself, but she was startled.

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As expected, her words had hurt Suzume. Daken knew it would happen, but what else could she say? She preferred to be sincere with her friend, and the truth was that she didn’t believe that weird story. It was too strange and it made no sense. It was simply impossible. But if Suzume believed it was real, the best thing to do was to do as asked - they would go to Junes, nothing would happen and Suzume would realize she had dreamed all that. It would make her feel even worse, but there was no other way. Daken did smile a little when the other girl thanked her, but she felt guilty. “It’s okay, just… let’s get this over as soon as possible, mh? So that we can go home and… and you can rest. You need it”. She kept silent as they walked out and waited for the bus, lost in her thoughts. Were they really going to check on such a stupid thing? Passing through a television screen… she just hoped the shop assistants wouldn’t kick them out for touching stuff. 

Daken had never really liked that enormous store. It was too big and always too crowded, the lights were too bright and everything was too colourful for her. She preferred spending time in her parents’ convenience store, small and quiet, but there were times in which she had no choice but to go there to buy some things. In this moment she was even more uncomfortable than usual, although she wouldn’t know how to explain it. Maybe Suzume’s story had influenced her mood. “This? It… it looks like a normal TV. A big one”, she mumbled once they stopped in front of the screen. The only thing she could think in this moment was that the television looked very expensive, so she hoped they wouldn’t damage it. Suzume would simply touch it, nothing would happen. She couldn’t wait to go home. 

But the girl’s hand went through the screen, and Daken nearly gasped out loud. For a moment it almost looked like Suzume’s hand had disappeared - but she quickly pulled it out and it was there. Good. “S-Suzume, this… this isn’t…”. She took a shaky step back, pale and scared. “…p-p-possible”, she finished. But she had seen it with her own eyes, hadn’t she? “This must be… some kind of prank. Or… a hologram or something. I mean, you can’t just… put your hand through a TV screen”. Whatever it was, she didn’t want to touch it. She hurried to look around, somehow hoping to find a shop assistant. That place was too empty. 

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As seconds passed, Suzume became increasingly more agitated. She had hoped for a moment that... for some reason... none of what she experienced had been real. It would have been better if she had made a fool of herself in front of Daken-- because now she was confirming that odd, terrifying experience had all been true. Her hand went towards the screen again and as soon as her fingers touched it, they crossed it again. It didn’t feel like anything at all in her hand. She could feel some sort of breeze on the other side, but that was all. She was almost tempted to stick her head in-- wow, no, terrible idea.

Daken’s words made no sense... but of course, she was trying to deny what she saw. It was only normal! There’s no way you could cross a TV as if it was a door. Wait. A door? Maybe it was a little like a door. It reminded her of that children’s book in which a girl went to another world through a looking glass. “But... I just did it...” she replied. She grew a little braver and pushed her arm further in. There really was nothing she could grab on to if she tried to feel for something solid. Maybe, if she went through it... she would go back to the last place she was inside the TV.

“If I came from here... maybe I can go back...” she said. After saying those words, she pulled her arm out and walked to Daken. “See? I’m not lying... If you need more proof, we can cross it right now. I remember there was a TV at the other side! We just have to cross it again to go back and forth.”

Feeling braver, probably because of her Persona, she walked towards the TV again and pulled her arm inside, then looked at Daken, waiting for a response.

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Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

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Suzume was sure at that point their lives wouldn’t return to normal until the killer was caught and, after her experiences, she knew there was something completely wrong and unnatural. She still wasn’t sure of what to do with what she had learned… and that’s why she was going to resort to Daken. She walked in the cafeteria with nervousness, but Daken’s reaction put a smile on her face. She was so… happy? She had worried everyone when she disappeared. It almost felt… nice that so many people had missed her. She had a similar greeting with most of her classmates that day. It also saddened her. She didn’t mean to worry anyone, although it wasn’t her fault. “Oh– thank you!” she said as she noticed the cookies. “You didn’t have to… thank you, really.” She’d probably take them for everyone else at home. Koichi could probably use them.

When the conversation went to the card she pulled out, she took a deep breath. She had rehearsed an explanation in her head, but now it was a bit hard to say. “This one is a little different… I lied to the agents yesterday. I do remember where I’ve been while I was… away.” she began. “I don’t remember who took me, but I hope up in some kind of… office building. It was filled with fog although I was indoors… So I kept walking and I found… myself there.” She made a pause. She knew this was the freakiest part. “It really was me. A girl who looked the same as me… We talked and, after a while, she disappeared and left this behind.” She pointed at the card, but felt the need to take it in her hands again. It looked frail outside of the TV, as if it were made of glass and could shatter at any moment.

“So I kept on walking to try and get out… and it was incredibly weird. By the time I managed to get out of the building, I saw some kind of platform for a stage with a huge TV in the middle of it… When I touched it, I fell through it and I found myself at Junes.” She just realized all of that sounded pretty loopy. “I know it sound… out of some book, but you have to believe me, I thought I had dreamed it at first too. If… you don’t believe me, we can go to Junes and I’ll show you where I came from.”

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“You… lied? But Suzume…”. Daken moved uncomfortably on the chair, looking down at the surface of the table. Lying to the police was always wrong, especially for such an important thing… but if Suzume did it there had to be a good reason, right? Suzume was the most loyal and sincere person Daken had ever known, so there had to be a proper explanation behind it. Biting her lower lip out of nervousness, she let her friend continue with her story - a story that sounded more and more unbelievable to her. Fog, a doppelganger, a portal through a television screen, and that mysterious card? “Suzume…”, she began, hesitating to find the right words. But she really didn’t know how to phrase what she was about to say. “Uhm… I don’t think you’d ever lie to me, and you’d have no reason to invent such a… strange story, right? But… uh… it’s… are you sure it happened for real?”.

There, she said it. Too harshly, maybe, but what else was she supposed to do? She couldn’t believe such a story. Maybe Suzume had dreamed it somehow and now she believed it had happened for real… but still, the card was there and it wasn’t a dream… Now Daken was nibbling on the tips of her fingers, the second stage of her nervous actions. “I… I’m sorry, but this is too impossible for me to believe it. I’m sure you had a rough time while you were… away, and maybe some weird things actually happened, but… this? I mean, you met a girl who looked exactly like you? That’s not possible, Suzume”. She looked down at the tarot card again. It was the only thing that could give a sense of reality to that weird story, in a way. “If it can make you feel better, though, I will come with you to Junes and you can show me this… this place. But if there’s actually something important there, we will have to tell the police. Okay?”. 

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Suzume looked down, uncomfortable and squirming in her seat. She knew it was real. But it all sounded so strange, so riduculous... Daken doubted her. She felt hurt at first, but she realized it was only normal. She tried to not let it get to her, but failed at it. When she looked back up, she seemed hurt. “I know it sounds unreal, I really do... I thought it couldn’t be true either and I really, really wish it was the case.” She said in a low voice, her eyes unable to focus on the other girl’s for too long. “But the card is still with me. I didn’t have it before. That’s why I know it’s real...”

She lit up a little when Daken agreed going to Junes with her. That should prove it! She remembered exactly which TV she came out from, so she could use it again, no problem. Well-- she hadn’t actually tried going back in. Maybe they’d go there, she’d touch the TV and nothing would happen but... it was better to give it a shot than leave things as they were. The card alone was proof that she wasn’t imagining it. “Thank you.” she said, smiling a little at her friend. “Thank you for giving me a chance at least. I swear I’m not lying.” She got up, considering it was best to go right away... besides, she wasn’t hungry anymore. “I’ll take you there.”

It took them a while in the bus, but they soon arrived to the gigantic chain store that had recently opened in Inaba. The shop owners in the old district especially disliked it, but it still sold things they needed... such as TVs. Suzume guided Daken with her to the multimedia section. Luckily enough ,there wasn’t anyone there, and there was the TV she came out from. It was turned off. “This is the one...” she said, realizing she had been holding her breath. She took a deep one, extending her hands towards it, almost expecting to just feel the cold touch of the glass.

Instead, her hand went right through it as if the glass was made out of water. It didn’t feel wet. It was just... something you could simply cross. She froze for a moment, not actually expecting it to work, and pulled out her hand immediately afterwards. “...see?” She tried to sound sure of herself, but she was startled.

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Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

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Carlos never replied to Daken’s text. Either he was busy, or he didn’t have the heart to actually reply. He never replied to Suzume’s text, either. He only replied to Koichi, saying “Sorry man. I’m not feeling so great today. But thanks.” He decided not not worry his sister needlessly.

Suzume had been worried ever since she woke up in the hospital. Of course, seeing her family again took away most of it, but as soon as she caught a moment alone, the worry came back. She… just couldn’t stop thinking about what happened. She still had the card in her possession. The card looked somewhat dull… as if it had lost its power outside of the TV world. Not that she was going to try and use it now. On closer inspection, it looked like a tarot card on one side, where it said “Empress”, so she looked it up online. “The Empress is mother, a creator and nurturer. She can represent the germination of an idea before it is ready to be fully born, and the need to be receptive to change.” a website said. That… didn’t help too much. She tried looking up Penthesilea next, finding out the name was from Greek mythology. That didn’t clarify anything either. Her phone buzzed as Daken replied to her text. At least she seemed cheerful despite her strange request. That was probably good.

She met her in the cafeteria a little later after she arrived, running to her table as she spotted her. “Oh, am I late? Sorry!” she excused herself. “I’m sorry if I worried you with yesterday’s text, but I really need someone to trust with this… someone I can tell this to, you know?” she said. She had kind of been rehearsing what to say for most of the day. After sitting down, she pullet out the tarot card and placed it on the table. “This is… kind of part of what I wanted to tell you about.”

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The time in the cafeteria seemed to have slowed down all of a sudden. It was partly because Daken had arrived there way too early, partly because Suzume was slightly late, and partly because of nervousness, worry, impatience, curiosity. Daken kept wondering what her friend needed to talk to her about; she said she didn’t remember anything at first, but did that other message mean she actually remembered something? Was it linked to Lucy’s murder too? Would this fact threaten the normality of their lives again, that they had just managed to rebuild? In a way she didn’t even want to know, but she couldn’t deny Suzume’s request. If her friend needed to talk, she would be more than glad to listen to her and, if possible, to help her. But she had never been very good at giving advice… 

As soon as Suzume was in sight, Daken’s heart started beating faster. She got up and, without saying a word, she hugged her friend tightly. It was almost like a way to make sure she was actually there, back with her, safe. “I was so worried…”, she muttered, waiting for a moment before finally breaking the hug and stepping back, but still holding Suzume’s hands. “I’m so glad you’re alright, I thought… no, it doesn’t matter. I’m glad you’re back”. She was smiling now, a relieved and sincere smile. She sat back down when Suzume did too, and handed her the box of cookies. “I made these yesterday, for you and Koi too if you want to share. I also baked a cake but Icarus found it and this morning it was gone…”. She laughed, a sincere laugh after all that time. She really was relieved to see her friend. 

Her face grew serious as the other girl spoke again. “You can tell me everything you need, you know it. And I won’t tell anyone, if you need me to keep it secret”. She really meant it. Suzume seemed very serious about this matter, so it had to be extremely important. She frowned and looked down at the tarot card when it was put on the table, but for some reason she didn’t touch it. It seemed the right thing to do, even if she didn’t know why. “Is this a card? Like… the ones used for games? I didn’t know you had anything similar”.

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Suzume was sure at that point their lives wouldn’t return to normal until the killer was caught and, after her experiences, she knew there was something completely wrong and unnatural. She still wasn’t sure of what to do with what she had learned... and that’s why she was going to resort to Daken. She walked in the cafeteria with nervousness, but Daken’s reaction put a smile on her face. She was so... happy? She had worried everyone when she disappeared. It almost felt... nice that so many people had missed her. She had a similar greeting with most of her classmates that day. It also saddened her. She didn’t mean to worry anyone, although it wasn’t her fault. “Oh-- thank you!” she said as she noticed the cookies. “You didn’t have to... thank you, really.” She’d probably take them for everyone else at home. Koichi could probably use them. 

When the conversation went to the card she pulled out, she took a deep breath. She had rehearsed an explanation in her head, but now it was a bit hard to say. “This one is a little different... I lied to the agents yesterday. I do remember where I’ve been while I was... away.” she began. “I don’t remember who took me, but I hope up in some kind of... office building. It was filled with fog although I was indoors... So I kept walking and I found... myself there.” She made a pause. She knew this was the freakiest part. “It really was me. A girl who looked the same as me... We talked and, after a while, she disappeared and left this behind.” She pointed at the card, but felt the need to take it in her hands again. It looked frail outside of the TV, as if it were made of glass and could shatter at any moment. 

“So I kept on walking to try and get out... and it was incredibly weird. By the time I managed to get out of the building, I saw some kind of platform for a stage with a huge TV in the middle of it... When I touched it, I fell through it and I found myself at Junes.” She just realized all of that sounded pretty loopy. “I know it sound... out of some book, but you have to believe me, I thought I had dreamed it at first too. If... you don’t believe me, we can go to Junes and I’ll show you where I came from.”

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AU Open RP | Irresponsible

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The photos still gave Gnash a general idea of what the files were about. They were about Daken’s memories, probably. He supposed it wouldn’t do any wrong to give them to her, but he needed to have a serious talk with her. Maybe she didn’t trust him, or even know him all that well, but he knew what Luna was attempting, and he wouldn’t let her get away with it. He finally arrived back to the alley to find Daken asleep on Kichi’s arms, who was fidgety and attempting not to panic. “I– It’s not a joke, isn’t it?” he asked the infernal. “I am afraid it is not the case.” Gnash replied. “Let us wait until she wakes up and then take her home, hm? We can’t just carry her like a sack of potatoes through the street.”

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It was around one hour later when Daken started moving in her sleep, frowning and shaking her head. Probably a bad dream, or long lost memories haunting her even when she was supposed to be relaxing; in the end she opened her eyes and sat up all of a sudden, way too quickly, because her head started spinning and she had to lay back against Koichi. It was only then that she realized she wasn’t alone. “…K-Koichi?”. She squinted as she tried to look at him, rubbing her temples. It was like a bad migraine. “What…”. A soft gasp escaped her lips as she seemed to remember what had happened earlier. She struggled to try and sit up again, shaking, scared. “The General… Luna… w-where is she? She said… that I… I’m…”. She was on the verge of panic. She crawled closer to Koichi, subconsciously looking for comfort and contact, a look of fear and confusion on her pale face. 

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Koichi had barely moved, afraid of scaring her if he did, so Gnash had brought him a water bottle in the meantime and sat on the other side of the street, waiting. When Daken woke up, Koichi gave out a surprised squeak. “Ah-- you’re awake...” he looked at her with concern painted on his expression and, the second she seemed to realize what she had remembered again and crawled close to him, he embraced her tightly. He was there. Nobody would hurt her. “She’s left a while ago...” he said, trying to calm her down. “I know... I know you’re scared and confused... I know...” he tried to comfort her softly, but although he experienced something similar, he had no idea of how to help her. Gnash called attention to himself by clearing his throat. “Maybe this will help to put everything together.” he said, handing over to Koichi the files Luna had given him. “What is this?” Koichi asked, but still taking the folder.

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Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

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Akiro stood silent at her explanations, still patient despite the fact he looked very tired. “She’s fine. Please go home. You’ll be able to meet with her later, as I said…” he repeated himself. He put on a tired smile when Icarus intervened. “Thank you, you’ve already done what you could. Stay alert outside.” he told them. He was basically warning everyone in town who was concerned to be alert at all times, given the situation. Once they were gone, he sighed and asked the receptionist again for the data he was looking for.

Suzume passed the time by sleeping, waking up whenever a nurse came to check on her or Akiro wanted to ask her something else. Her family arrived at some point, her mother almost crying when she saw she was fine and Koichi hurrying to hug her. “I know this isn’t your fault but… you worried me so much…” he said. “I learned of it in the car. I– I didn’t even know who I was, I was so worried…” he sobbed. After some more time and questions from the detective, who had joined up with Shimar, they walked home together. Suzume decided to text Daken to let her know she was fine… and also ask her something important.

“Hi! Sorry for worrying you so much!! I’m fine! (*＾▽＾)／ I honestly don’t remember what happened, but they checked me up and I’m not hurt anywhere. I’m so sorry to have worried you! (シ_ _)シ” Another text sent afterwards read: “Daken, I’m sorry! Could we meet tomorrow after class? Something really weird happened while I was away and I need to tell someone who isn’t the detective. He’d never believe me! Pleaseeee, I need someone I can trust here and Koi would just worry to death((((；゜Д゜)))”

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In order to keep herself busy and stop thinking about things that would make her worry, Daken decided to occupy the kitchen and cook and bake random stuff. It was something that always managed to calm her down and even cheer her up, but this time a hint of nervousness was bound to keep clawing at her. When a tray of chocolate cookies was cooling down on the counter and the smell of fruit pie was starting to come out of the oven, she decided to take a short break to text Carlos a quick recap of everything that had happened. She didn’t even know if he had been informed about Suzume’s disappearance, so she added everything she knew and also underlined more than once that Suzume was alright and safe with her family. Lost in her thoughts, she nearly sent the same message to Lucy’s number too before realizing that it would have been completely useless. But she still had her number, she didn’t have the heart to delete it… 

Suzume’s first message made Daken smile: if her friend was still using her dumb emojis, it meant everything was actually fine and there was nothing to worry about. As she was slowly typing a reply, making sure not to dirty her phone screen in flour, a second message arrived - and this time it did make her frown. Something really weird? What did Suzume mean? Understanding that talking about it over the phone wouldn’t be a good idea, she replied: “ I’m so glad you’re okay Suzume, I’m really really REALLY glad… I was so worried, everyone was worried. Of course we can meet! “. She thought about it for a second. They couldn’t go to Koichi’s bookshop if Suzume didn’t want her brother to hear what she had to say, and maybe it would be a good idea to do the same with Carlos - that boy had become a nervous mess since Lucy’s death - so she added: “ I will wait for you after classes in the cafeteria. It’s my turn to pay, so make sure to order the biggest slice of pie! See you tomorrow <3 “.

The following day, Daken had decided to sneak out of class five minutes before the end, just to make sure she would make it in time to the college’s cafeteria. It was still deserted since it was early, so she chose a table far from all the others and sat down, waiting for Suzume. She had brought a small box of chocolate cookies for her friends, the ones she had baked the previous day, and she couldn’t wait to see her. 

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Carlos never replied to Daken’s text. Either he was busy, or he didn’t have the heart to actually reply. He never replied to Suzume’s text, either. He only replied to Koichi, saying “Sorry man. I’m not feeling so great today. But thanks.” He decided not not worry his sister needlessly.

Suzume had been worried ever since she woke up in the hospital. Of course, seeing her family again took away most of it, but as soon as she caught a moment alone, the worry came back. She... just couldn’t stop thinking about what happened. She still had the card in her possession. The card looked somewhat dull... as if it had lost its power outside of the TV world. Not that she was going to try and use it now. On closer inspection, it looked like a tarot card on one side, where it said “Empress”, so she looked it up online. “The Empress is mother, a creator and nurturer. She can represent the germination of an idea before it is ready to be fully born, and the need to be receptive to change.” a website said. That... didn’t help too much. She tried looking up Penthesilea next, finding out the name was from Greek mythology. That didn’t clarify anything either. Her phone buzzed as Daken replied to her text. At least she seemed cheerful despite her strange request. That was probably good.

She met her in the cafeteria a little later after she arrived, running to her table as she spotted her. “Oh, am I late? Sorry!” she excused herself. “I’m sorry if I worried you with yesterday’s text, but I really need someone to trust with this... someone I can tell this to, you know?” she said. She had kind of been rehearsing what to say for most of the day. After sitting down, she pullet out the tarot card and placed it on the table. “This is... kind of part of what I wanted to tell you about.”

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AU Open RP | Irresponsible

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“You could call me that, if you want.” he replied, not taken aback by her scorn. “All of you always say the same: for the good of my people. You are yet unaware of what that actually means.” he replied. Of course, she was typical. Her resolve was impressive, but her scope limited to her world alone. “I have warned you: If you come again with the intentions of taking any of them with you or killing them… I will not stay my hand.” he warned again. He doubted she would heed his words, but at that point he had done all he could. Once alone, he looked at the folder she had given him, checking their contents idly as he walked back to where Heikichi and Daken were.

Meanwhile, Heikichi had managed to finish writing a note of what had just happened, just before Koichi came forth and found himself confused in an alley with Daken sleeping on his arms. He had to double-check, no, triple-check the note to make sure he wasn’t going insane.

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As it was easy to guess, Gnash’s warning had absolutely no effect on the General’s resolutions. She sincerely believed she was doing the right thing, and if a bothering infernal wanted to hinder her she would certainly not allow him to do so. The demonic army was so close to a turning point in their war, they only needed something that could change things, like a new weapon: with the power of a hybrid, they would win. Luna wasn’t worried about the possibility of the infernal peering at the documents she had given him, because he couldn’t understand what was written on them. The letters looked nothing like the human latin alphabet or the infernal language, so the text would be incomprehensible for everyone but Daken. There were also a couple of photographs, old and ruined, and nothing else. 

At least Daken seemed to be sleeping quite peacefully despite everything. That sudden explosion of power had worn her out to the point that she would probably keep sleeping for some more hours, hopefully without dreams - or nightmares. The burns on her skin weren’t that bad, but it would take a while for them to disappear. 

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The photos still gave Gnash a general idea of what the files were about. They were about Daken’s memories, probably. He supposed it wouldn’t do any wrong to give them to her, but he needed to have a serious talk with her. Maybe she didn’t trust him, or even know him all that well, but he knew what Luna was attempting, and he wouldn’t let her get away with it. He finally arrived back to the alley to find Daken asleep on Kichi’s arms, who was fidgety and attempting not to panic. “I-- It’s not a joke, isn’t it?” he asked the infernal. “I am afraid it is not the case.” Gnash replied. “Let us wait until she wakes up and then take her home, hm? We can’t just carry her like a sack of potatoes through the street.”

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Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

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Of course, Akiro questioned her about what happened to her. She just couldn’t tell him about the TV… there was no way anyone would ever believe her. So she decided to explain to him everything, omitting that part. How she was suddenly grabbed from behind and knocked out in the street… and nothing else. She told him she had no idea of how she had ended up at Junes. She had been away for only a night and a little bit of an afternoon. Akiro, of course, wasn’t too happy with her declaration, but simply because it wasn’t too useful. She didn’t think he suspected she was lying… probably. “You seem to be fine… but can you stay here for an hour or two before going back home? I need to talk to the staff here.” he told her before leaving the room. It’s not like she could complain.

Akiro was precisely making his way towards the reception desk to ask for the nurse who examined her, but ran into Daken in the process. “Huh? Are you asking for Suzume?” he asked as he had overheard the siblings. “How did you– Ah, Shimar.” he rolled his eyes. Really, he needed to learn to shut up. “She’ll be released in a few hours. I need to take a look at her examination results… could you go back home? You’ll be able to talk to her when she’s released, or tomorrow. Please.”

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Daken gave a start and nearly jumped on the spot when she heard the detective’s voice. She hadn’t seen him walk towards them, so he startled her; she pirouetted on her feet to look at him, embarrassed and ready to apologize. “P-Please don’t get angry at detective Shimar… He really just wanted to reassure me”, she hurried to say. Everybody in town knew that the younger policeman liked to talk a bit too much at times, but this time he didn’t really cause any damage. She didn’t want him to get in trouble because of her. “We… just wanted to see if Suzume was alright… I was so worried when her brother told me she had disappeared… She’s alright now, is she? Is she hurt?”. As expected, they wouldn’t be allowed to see her. Not that Daken had any hopes, but it was still a bit disappointing. If Suzume was safe, though, it would be alright. They would certainly allow her family to see her, so Daken could ask Koichi about her conditions later on. 

Icarus put a hand on his sister’s shoulder and smiled at detective Dibozu. “We’re sorry, detective. We’ll go away immediately. Please let us know if we can help in any way”. He pulled on Daken’s arm to make her walk. “Let’s go, Didi, come on”. The girl sent another hopeful look at the detective, but ended up following her brother. She only had to be patient for one day or so, and then she would be able to see her friends and make sure she was alright. Meanwhile, maybe she could bake something for her. A “welcome back” present. Why not. “I’m sorry you had to drive me here for nothing…”, she muttered. Her brother smiled. “It’s alright, don’t worry. Now let’s go home”. 

[greeninfernal]

Akiro stood silent at her explanations, still patient despite the fact he looked very tired. “She’s fine. Please go home. You’ll be able to meet with her later, as I said...” he repeated himself. He put on a tired smile when Icarus intervened. “Thank you, you’ve already done what you could. Stay alert outside.” he told them. He was basically warning everyone in town who was concerned to be alert at all times, given the situation. Once they were gone, he sighed and asked the receptionist again for the data he was looking for.

Suzume passed the time by sleeping, waking up whenever a nurse came to check on her or Akiro wanted to ask her something else. Her family arrived at some point, her mother almost crying when she saw she was fine and Koichi hurrying to hug her. “I know this isn’t your fault but... you worried me so much...” he said. “I learned of it in the car. I-- I didn’t even know who I was, I was so worried...” he sobbed. After some more time and questions from the detective, who had joined up with Shimar, they walked home together. Suzume decided to text Daken to let her know she was fine... and also ask her something important.

“Hi! Sorry for worrying you so much!! I’m fine! (*＾▽＾)／ I honestly don’t remember what happened, but they checked me up and I’m not hurt anywhere. I’m so sorry to have worried you! (シ_ _)シ” Another text sent afterwards read: “Daken, I’m sorry! Could we meet tomorrow after class? Something really weird happened while I was away and I need to tell someone who isn’t the detective. He’d never believe me! Pleaseeee, I need someone I can trust here and Koi would just worry to death((((；゜Д゜)))”

[greeninfernal]

AU Open RP | Irresponsible

[greeninfernal]

Heikichi felt tired all of a sudden as she passed out. He slowly let himself rest his back against the wall and sit down, letting her rest on him. He’d wait until Gnash was back. Probably.

Gnash didn’t reply to her claim and simply took the folder, keeping it under his arm. When she mentioned the portal, he let go of the painful grab, but turned her around to face her. He still had something to say. “I am sure you are proud of yourself for awakening her. But it could have been a lot worse. If you come back with the intention of making her join you I may not… be so lenient. I am a bit of a creep, so never assume they are alone. Never assume. Are we clear?” he stared at her for some seconds, making sure she understood his threat and why he was making it. “Go away.”

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

Finally free from that grasp, Luna hurried to move her arms a little to check the damage: nothing serious, but her muscles hurt. That guy sure knew how to keep someone under control. Had it been a different situation she would had certainly found a way to free herself and kill the infernal, but this time she had to be patient. She hadn’t come there to fight. Her goal was reached, now she only had to wait. “Who are you, their bodyguard?”, she huffed, shooting another ice-cold glare at him. For sure she didn’t sound scared. “I don’t want to hurt anyone. I am simply doing this for the good of my people. I am not expecting someone like to you understand me though”. She took a cautious step back, never looking away from him: it didn’t look like he would attack her, but she could never be careful enough. That guy was dangerous. “I will come back after talking to my superior. It might take some days. Wait for me, infernal”. She smiled in an unpleasant way and turned back, quickly walking away. She just hoped the other would actually deliver the folder of documents. Looking for them had been hard enough, she didn’t want them to get lost. 

[greeninfernal]

“You could call me that, if you want.” he replied, not taken aback by her scorn. “All of you always say the same: for the good of my people. You are yet unaware of what that actually means.” he replied. Of course, she was typical. Her resolve was impressive, but her scope limited to her world alone. “I have warned you: If you come again with the intentions of taking any of them with you or killing them... I will not stay my hand.” he warned again. He doubted she would heed his words, but at that point he had done all he could. Once alone, he looked at the folder she had given him, checking their contents idly as he walked back to where Heikichi and Daken were.

Meanwhile, Heikichi had managed to finish writing a note of what had just happened, just before Koichi came forth and found himself confused in an alley with Daken sleeping on his arms. He had to double-check, no, triple-check the note to make sure he wasn’t going insane.

[greeninfernal]

AU Open RP | Irresponsible

[greeninfernal]

Heikichi hurried to let her lean on the wall, easing her to sit on the floor. He had already noticed she was losing all strength and would probably black out soon. The worst part would come later. This was the explosion. Later came the confusion and the crying. “You’re hurt and exhausted. I think you’ve worked enough today.” he told her. He wasn’t sure if she could hear him, but it didn’t matter.

The infernal stopped walking and hummed to himself when she insisted she had something to give her. “Hm… Give it to me. I will deliver it myself later.” he said. “Of course, you tell me where it is so I pick it up. Consider the lack of freedom a… gift from me to you for your words earlier.” he chuckled. It sounded just as dead as the last time he laughed. Completely forced. “Do not come to me telling me ‘poor girl, she must be so confused’ when you were the one provoking this. But you will be thinking you are right all the same…. Walk.” he gave her a nudge to force to walk by his side again. He certainly had forced people to do that before. He was in a position in which they could easily be confused as a couple.

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

The rhythm of her breath was becoming slower and more erratic as time passed. She felt so tired, so incredibly tired, as if she had run for miles; but what had caused it? She couldn’t remember, everything was so confused right now. But she didn’t feel scared. She knew Heikichi was there with her, so she had nothing to fear, right? She rested her head against his shoulder, trying to keep breathing as regularly as possible. “I’m tired…”, she whispered before closing her eyes and abandoning herself against him. She just wanted to sleep a little. 

“It’s here in my bag”. The demon twisted her body as much as her current position allowed her to in order to show a small shoulder bag made of fabric, on the opposite side as the infernal. “Take it yourself if you don’t trust me. It’s a paper folder with some documents and photographs. It’s all I could find out about the girl’s past. It’s not much, but it will help her put some order in her new confused memories”. She wasn’t lying. She had planned to give those documents - military reports, interrogations, testimonies - either to the girl herself or to Red, but things had taken a different turn. “There is a portal not far from here. One of my men is waiting for me there. If he sees you with me he will attack you, so will you let go of me now, infernal?”, she mumbled. 

[greeninfernal]

Heikichi felt tired all of a sudden as she passed out. He slowly let himself rest his back against the wall and sit down, letting her rest on him. He’d wait until Gnash was back. Probably.

Gnash didn’t reply to her claim and simply took the folder, keeping it under his arm. When she mentioned the portal, he let go of the painful grab, but turned her around to face her. He still had something to say. “I am sure you are proud of yourself for awakening her. But it could have been a lot worse. If you come back with the intention of making her join you I may not... be so lenient. I am a bit of a creep, so never assume they are alone. Never assume. Are we clear?” he stared at her for some seconds, making sure she understood his threat and why he was making it. “Go away.”

[greeninfernal]

Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

[greeninfernal]

“Really?” Koichi sounded surprised. He wasn’t sure of what he was expecting to happen regarding Suzume. He probably just had avoided to think about it in the first place. “Wait, why is she in the hospital? Is she hurt?” he asked after finally managing to pick her words apart. He was concerned, obviously. Maybe he didn’t have too many memories with her, but she was still his sister. He got up from his bed and walked to the door of his room. “I doubt they have told them anything yet. You said Shimar told you, yeah?” he commented. He knew Shimar had the… reputation of talking too much. “I’m going to talk to my parents and tell them about this. I don’t know if they’ll let me go until the police calls them, mostly because they’ve… kind of grounded me for going out on my own.” he sounded fairly annoyed about that fact. “I seriously don’t think they’ll let you in until they’re done questioning her, Daken. I wouldn’t waste my time if I were you.” he warned her. “I’m going to tell my parents. I’ll talk to you later.” he cut the call shortly after saying those words.

He walked out of the room to see his father on the phone, looking shocked and trying to somehow convey the conversation to his mother by frantic signing. She covered her mouth with a hand and let out a loud sigh of relief. They were being briefed of the news at that very moment, it seemed. Koichi sighed as well. A few minutes later, the call ended. “They’ve found her… thank goodness… We’re going to the hospital to see her right away.” his father said. He looked over to Koichi, who just nodded and avoided saying anything about how Daken got the news before them. “I’ll come along.” he said. They were soon driving towards the hospital, maybe a little too fast.

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

“The detective said she’s alright, they probably just want to check on her or something… She isn’t hurt”. Daken was slowly calming down, and this made both her words and her thoughts more clear. She wouldn’t be completely calm until she saw Suzume with her own eyes and talked to her, and found out what had happened to her in those last hours, but for now these news were more than enough to make her feel better. She was already thinking about organizing a new day out all together, since that morning they had to cancel it: Suzume was going to need it too, right? She was probably scared… whatever had happened to her. “Oh..? Y-yes, yes, I know they won’t let me in, but still… it’s not a waste of time! I’m going anyway. If you… manage to get there and talk to her, please tell her we’re all so happy to know she’s alright…”. She didn’t know if Koichi (but was he Koichi? Daken had more and more doubts about it) had heard her last words, since he had cut the call so abruptly, but it was alright anyway. He had the right to be in a hurry. 

In all this she didn’t even think about contacting Carlos, also because she didn’t know if he had heard about Suzume’s disappearance at all, or her parents, who didn’t know about it. She just waited for Icarus to get ready and they both left with his car. The traffic on a Saturday morning wasn’t that bad, but it still took them a while to get to the hospital and find a parking spot for the car. Daken had to force herself not to run to the reception desk. That place made her feel very uncomfortable, and she didn’t know exactly how to ask for information, so Icarus put a hand on her shoulder and asked the receptionist for Suzume Misaki’s room number. 

[greeninfernal]

Of course, Akiro questioned her about what happened to her. She just couldn’t tell him about the TV... there was no way anyone would ever believe her. So she decided to explain to him everything, omitting that part. How she was suddenly grabbed from behind and knocked out in the street... and nothing else. She told him she had no idea of how she had ended up at Junes. She had been away for only a night and a little bit of an afternoon. Akiro, of course, wasn’t too happy with her declaration, but simply because it wasn’t too useful. She didn’t think he suspected she was lying... probably. “You seem to be fine... but can you stay here for an hour or two before going back home? I need to talk to the staff here.” he told her before leaving the room. It’s not like she could complain.

Akiro was precisely making his way towards the reception desk to ask for the nurse who examined her, but ran into Daken in the process. “Huh? Are you asking for Suzume?” he asked as he had overheard the siblings. “How did you-- Ah, Shimar.” he rolled his eyes. Really, he needed to learn to shut up. “She’ll be released in a few hours. I need to take a look at her examination results... could you go back home? You’ll be able to talk to her when she’s released, or tomorrow. Please.”

[greeninfernal]

AU Open RP | Irresponsible

[greeninfernal]

He wasn’t sure if his words had helped at all or if she had just run out of energy. Either of those worked. As soon as his path was free of fire, Heikichi quickly moved towards her and put an arm around her shoulders. He felt his head stinging. Something about what was happening was stirring up Koichi, but he couldn’t afford to switch now. He couldn’t afford the confusion. “You’re fine, see? We’ll get through this somehow.” he told her. After making sure fire wouldn’t come out again and that she wasn’t in so much pain as before, he looked at Luna. He actually looked at the man holding her. “Kill her.” he said in a hiss.

The man laughed, his voice somehow jarring, not completely convincing. “What am I, your personal killer? No, she is leaving scot-free for now… For now. Actually, I will escort her back to where she came from.” he said. He pulled from her arms, then pushed her slightly to make her start walking in the direction he wanted. He shifted his position to make it look like they were just walking side by side. Now she could see his face. A man with black hair, a blue eye visible and the other hidden with hair. It was obvious it was only a disguise of aura, but not for a human. “Do not make this hard. I may change my mind.” he warned her.

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

Breathing heavily, but gradually slowing it down, Daken closed her eyes and leaned against Heikichi as she felt him close to her. She wasn’t entirely aware of what had just happened to her nor did she know what all those new images and thoughts in her mind were, and for now she surely wasn’t in a hurry to find out. She just wanted to rest and try to calm down. Because of all this confusion she didn’t hear what Heikichi was saying, otherwise she would have surely protested: no matter what Luna had done to her, she couldn’t accept any violence towards anyone. But it was like a dream to her, she was barely aware of her surroundings and of the pain coming from the burns on her skin. “I should… go back to work…”, she muttered, her voice weak. Her grip on Heikichi was losing strength. 

For some reason, the voice of that infernal sent chills down Luna’s spine, but she didn’t show it on the outside. She didn’t protest when she was forced to walk, but her arms were really starting to hurt now. She hated to be treated that way. “Alright, alright. See? I’m not struggling”, she mumbled in an ice-cold voice, scanning that guy’s appearance with eyes almost as cold. He was an infernal, alright. A friend of the green infernal… so a rebel like him? “I was already planning to go away. Just… I have one thing i want you to give that girl, okay? She must be confused now, poor thing, with all those new memories in her head… I have something that can help her. Can i give it to you?”. She was talking slowly and calmly, but she was very angry. 

[greeninfernal]

Heikichi hurried to let her lean on the wall, easing her to sit on the floor. He had already noticed she was losing all strength and would probably black out soon. The worst part would come later. This was the explosion. Later came the confusion and the crying. “You’re hurt and exhausted. I think you’ve worked enough today.” he told her. He wasn’t sure if she could hear him, but it didn’t matter.

The infernal stopped walking and hummed to himself when she insisted she had something to give her. “Hm... Give it to me. I will deliver it myself later.” he said. “Of course, you tell me where it is so I pick it up. Consider the lack of freedom a... gift from me to you for your words earlier.” he chuckled. It sounded just as dead as the last time he laughed. Completely forced. “Do not come to me telling me ‘poor girl, she must be so confused’ when you were the one provoking this. But you will be thinking you are right all the same.... Walk.” he gave her a nudge to force to walk by his side again. He certainly had forced people to do that before. He was in a position in which they could easily be confused as a couple.

[greeninfernal]

Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

[greeninfernal]

Koichi had his plate full since he came back to his house. His parents had tried to scold him for going outside but after some more explanation about how he didn’t remember Suzume had vanished, they finally gave up. He was in a bit of a foul mood after they did forbid him from going out and made him write it out and place the notice on his room so he wouldn’t forget. He simply shut himself in his room, reading his copy of Sherlock Holmes’s stories for the millionth time. He noticed his phone buzzing and couldn’t help but sigh as he noticed it was Daken. He put the book down and answered the call. “Yes? What is it?” He had given up at pretending, although he didn’t sound like Heikichi either by a long shot. Neither of them were in a good enough condition to front.

Suzume slowly opened up her eyes. Her body still felt heavy, but less than when she first found herself in Junes. She tried to sit up, realizing she was now in a hospital bed. She recognized the Inaba hospital after Carlos had taken her there along with him for his practical classes. However, they seemed to just give her a room with a bed to rest. There was nothing monitoring her. However, someone did seem to have been waiting for her to wake up. “Good morning.” Akiro’s voice startled her. “Are you feeling well?” Of course, that startled her, but she knew her trip through the TV wasn’t a dream. She still could feel the card. It was faint and probably nobody else could see it, but it was there, her Persona.

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

Daken didn’t even try to guess who was the alter who answered the phone, nor did it seem very important right now: excitement, happiness and relief were making her hands shake so much that she had enough trouble to simply hold the phone without making it fall. “Koi… Detective Shimar was here before to question Icarus and me about Suzume… his phone rang and he said they found her! He said she’s fine and they’re taking her to the hospital! Oh, I’m so glad she’s alright…”. It was clear she was struggling to put her words together, but she believed she had managed to make Koichi understand the point. Her brain was running like crazy now, creating and discarding thoughts at the speed of light. One of them was about the Midnight Channel. She had tried her best to forget about it, but it just wouldn’t disappear from her mind, and even now that the emergency was over she still couldn’t help but think about it: why was Suzume on TV? Why was Lucy? Why did Lucy die while Suzume was fine? 

Pacing around the living room, with Icarus keeping an eye on her from the couch, she kept talking excitedly. “They probably already told your parents… I don’t know if they’re home? Listen, I was thinking about going to the hospital with Icarus right now, although I know they won’t let me see Suzume yet but it’s fine anyway, so do you want to come with us? Maybe they will let you see her since you’re her brother and all…”. Still talking, she went to her room to look for a pair of shoes. It seemed she actually had all the intentions to go to the hospital right away, and for sure her brother wasn’t going to stop her: he wasn’t showing it, but he was glad about the good news too. 

[greeninfernal]

“Really?” Koichi sounded surprised. He wasn’t sure of what he was expecting to happen regarding Suzume. He probably just had avoided to think about it in the first place. “Wait, why is she in the hospital? Is she hurt?” he asked after finally managing to pick her words apart. He was concerned, obviously. Maybe he didn’t have too many memories with her, but she was still his sister. He got up from his bed and walked to the door of his room. “I doubt they have told them anything yet. You said Shimar told you, yeah?” he commented. He knew Shimar had the... reputation of talking too much. “I’m going to talk to my parents and tell them about this. I don’t know if they’ll let me go until the police calls them, mostly because they’ve... kind of grounded me for going out on my own.” he sounded fairly annoyed about that fact. “I seriously don’t think they’ll let you in until they’re done questioning her, Daken. I wouldn’t waste my time if I were you.” he warned her. “I’m going to tell my parents. I’ll talk to you later.” he cut the call shortly after saying those words.

He walked out of the room to see his father on the phone, looking shocked and trying to somehow convey the conversation to his mother by frantic signing. She covered her mouth with a hand and let out a loud sigh of relief. They were being briefed of the news at that very moment, it seemed. Koichi sighed as well. A few minutes later, the call ended. “They’ve found her... thank goodness... We’re going to the hospital to see her right away.” his father said. He looked over to Koichi, who just nodded and avoided saying anything about how Daken got the news before them. “I’ll come along.” he said. They were soon driving towards the hospital, maybe a little too fast.

[greeninfernal]

Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

[greeninfernal]

Gnash wrote on his notebook what he was told, but he didn’t look too satisfied. He seemed more resigned than anything else. “That’s exactly what her brother told us yesterday…” he said. “At least now we know he was saying the truth… some thought his testimony wasn’t reliable because of his memory problems… Whoops. I said too much.” he coughed on his hand as if to take importance away from his words. Sometimes he’d gotten scolded because he ran his mouth too freely. “Honestly, yeah. She is a responsible girl. There’s no way she would just leave. We all think it’s really fishy…” he mumbled, pressing the pen on a temple as if that helped him think more clearly. He suddenly jumped on the spot after his phone began to buzz in his pocket all of a sudden. “Sorry, I have to pick it up.” he excused himself, but answered it in front of them.

“Boss? Is everything fine?” he said. A few seconds passed, and his face turned to huge surprise, slowly. “Seriously?” he asked after a few seconds of silence. “When?” A few more seconds passed. “I was questioning them, yeah. Should I tell them?… Oh, okay. I’ll be right there.” he put down the phone, staring at the screen for a few seconds before looking back to the siblings. “Well… they’ve found her.” he said. He suddenly realized that didn’t sound good and hurried to correct himself. “She’s fine! A worker just found her unconscious in Junes for some reason, but she’s perfectly fine. We’re… uh… taking her to the hospital to make sure she’s fine and ask her what happened.” he got up from the seat. “Thank you both for your help. And… feel free to tell her brother about it. I have to go. Thank you again.”

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

Anger threatened to grow in her because of the detective’s words, but she quickly forced herself to calm down. Of course the police had doubts… Everyone knew about Koichi’s mental condition, everyone knew that sometimes he didn’t remember things well, but what she didn’t like was how people treated him because of this. It wasn’t fair. She had learnt to know him very well in those years of closeness, so she obviously trusted him, but why couldn’t others do the same? “Of course he was saying the truth”, she mumbled, looking away to hide her annoyance. It was in that moment that Shimar’s phone buzzed, and the siblings silently waited to know what was going on. Was it bad news? Or good ones? Daken could feel her heart bumping in her chest, almost threatening to tear it apart. Even Icarus seemed to have forgotten to breathe. 

“She… she’s alright?! She’s safe?”. Daken let out a relieved sigh, tears in her eyes. Suzume was fine… they had found her. This was the best news ever. But before she could ask for more details, the detective had already run away. It was okay though, her friend was fine. “Icarus…”, she called softly, “I need to ask you a favour. I’m going to call Koichi now, so can you please drive me to the hospital after that? Please…”. He frowned, then smiled. “Sure I can, but I don’t think they’ll let you see her just now. It’s all fine though, they’re taking care of her, so don’t worry… You’ll see her tomorrow or something, mh? But if you want, I can take you there anyway. Now call Koichi, he must be worried”. For once he wasn’t calling the boy ‘that idiot’ or ‘your little friend’. Daken took another deep breath, trying to calm down, then she hurried to call Koichi. She couldn’t wait to let him know. 

[greeninfernal]

Koichi had his plate full since he came back to his house. His parents had tried to scold him for going outside but after some more explanation about how he didn’t remember Suzume had vanished, they finally gave up. He was in a bit of a foul mood after they did forbid him from going out and made him write it out and place the notice on his room so he wouldn’t forget. He simply shut himself in his room, reading his copy of Sherlock Holmes’s stories for the millionth time. He noticed his phone buzzing and couldn’t help but sigh as he noticed it was Daken. He put the book down and answered the call. “Yes? What is it?” He had given up at pretending, although he didn’t sound like Heikichi either by a long shot. Neither of them were in a good enough condition to front.

Suzume slowly opened up her eyes. Her body still felt heavy, but less than when she first found herself in Junes. She tried to sit up, realizing she was now in a hospital bed. She recognized the Inaba hospital after Carlos had taken her there along with him for his practical classes. However, they seemed to just give her a room with a bed to rest. There was nothing monitoring her. However, someone did seem to have been waiting for her to wake up. “Good morning.” Akiro’s voice startled her. “Are you feeling well?” Of course, that startled her, but she knew her trip through the TV wasn’t a dream. She still could feel the card. It was faint and probably nobody else could see it, but it was there, her Persona.

[greeninfernal]

AU Open RP | Irresponsible

[greeninfernal]

The man behind Luna didn’t lessen his grip, but didn’t tighten it either, only slightly as she stopped struggling. At least, she seemed to understand his intentions. “I may have stayed my hand for far too long, hm? I think it is time to be quiet for a while.” he said in a strangely calm voice, low and almost whispered right next to her ear. His accent gave away that he was an infernal.

Heikichi didn’t expect the fire to retract either. He was actually expecting to be burned badly, judging from his experience. This made him take a few cautious steps towards her. “I know you don’t understand. That was… the worst way to have unlocked all this.” he said. “For now, focus, okay? You have to shut it off. If you do it, it’ll stop hurting. Imagine it. Imagine all this… fire going away. Like shutting the water tap. Go slowly. Come on, I’m here with you.”he sounded more reassuring than usual, but his hands were slightly trembling. He was still incredibly angry at Luna. He wanted to beat the crap out of her. But he had to stay calm for Daken first.

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

Luna wasn’t expecting someone else to show up, but she didn’t think it would be much of a problem: she had already done what she had come there for, so now very little was left to do. She didn’t think the newcomer would hurt her, and she could easily deal with the red-eyed boy if it was necessary. For now she just relaxed and stayed quiet, ignoring the painful position she was in and just observing the scene in front of herself. This was going to be interesting. 

Daken was… confused. Her head hurt like never before, she had the vague feeling that her skin was burning somewhere, and an explosion of images, sounds and emotions had filled her head all of a sudden. She couldn’t understand what was going on, she just knew that she wanted it to stop; from very, very far came a voice, and she realized it was Heikichi’s. “I-I…”, she muttered, trying to say that she couldn’t shut it off, how could she? She didn’t even know what was going on! But she had to find a way, or else she was afraid her head would explode. She squeezed her eyes closed and tried to focus, but it was hard, she didn’t know what to do… But what if she ended up hurting someone? What if she hurt Heikichi? This sudden thought terrified her, and her flames seemed to fold on themselves, on her. She whimpered for the effort and the pain, but in the end, after a moment that seemed never-ending to her, the fire slowly died out in smoke and she fell on her knees. Everything hurt. 

[greeninfernal]

He wasn’t sure if his words had helped at all or if she had just run out of energy. Either of those worked. As soon as his path was free of fire, Heikichi quickly moved towards her and put an arm around her shoulders. He felt his head stinging. Something about what was happening was stirring up Koichi, but he couldn’t afford to switch now. He couldn’t afford the confusion. “You’re fine, see? We’ll get through this somehow.” he told her. After making sure fire wouldn’t come out again and that she wasn’t in so much pain as before, he looked at Luna. He actually looked at the man holding her. “Kill her.” he said in a hiss.

The man laughed, his voice somehow jarring, not completely convincing. “What am I, your personal killer? No, she is leaving scot-free for now... For now. Actually, I will escort her back to where she came from.” he said. He pulled from her arms, then pushed her slightly to make her start walking in the direction he wanted. He shifted his position to make it look like they were just walking side by side. Now she could see his face. A man with black hair, a blue eye visible and the other hidden with hair. It was obvious it was only a disguise of aura, but not for a human. “Do not make this hard. I may change my mind.” he warned her.

[greeninfernal]

AU Open RP | Irresponsible

[greeninfernal]

“Fuck!” Heikichi spat out as he suddenly got knocked back against a wall, coughing up from the impact. He recovered quite quickly and when he saw Luna so pleased with herself, he snarled angrily, showing his teeth. “I’ll give you painful, motherfucker…”

All of a sudden, a figure dropped from a nearby building, right behind Luna and grabbing both of her arms behind her and pulling them in an uncomfortable way. “Ah, ah… I think you have done enough today.” a male voice spoke behind her, apparently calm. He didn’t hold any intentions to kill her, but only immobilize her. “Heikichi. Stop growling and go help her.” The boy looked surprised at the man behind her, almost afraid. “…Fine.” he replied before stepping as close to the fire as he could. He didn’t want to risk a burn and using her power could frighten her.

“Daken. It’s fine. You can shut it off. It’s like a water tap. Just take it slow, okay?” he said, trying to sound as reassuring as possible, as close to Koichi as he was able. “I know it hurts.”

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That shock wave had been quite hard on Luna, who was still recovering from it; all her attention was focused on Daken and the flames dancing around her, so she didn’t sense the presence of the newcomer until she found herself immobilized in quite a painful position. She gasped and tried to struggle out of it because of pure instinct, but calmed down soon. If that person had the intention to kill her, he would have already done it. “I’m not here to fight”, she mumbled. From that position she couldn’t see her aggressor’s face. “Let me go”. But she was also curious to see what would happen to Red, who was daring to step closer to the fire: would he get hurt? Luna would undoubtedly find it amusing. But, differently from what she was expecting, the flames quickly jerked backwards and away from Heikichi, as if trying to avoid touching him at all costs: an automatic reaction from Daken, who didn’t want to hurt anyone? The girl seemed to be quite alright, aside from some burns on her exposed skin and on her maid uniform - and she was obviously terrified, although she stopped whimpering when she saw Heikichi. Her eyes were bright silver and full of tears. “H… Hei…”. She reached out for him with her hand.

[greeninfernal]

The man behind Luna didn’t lessen his grip, but didn’t tighten it either, only slightly as she stopped struggling. At least, she seemed to understand his intentions. “I may have stayed my hand for far too long, hm? I think it is time to be quiet for a while.” he said in a strangely calm voice, low and almost whispered right next to her ear. His accent gave away that he was an infernal.

Heikichi didn’t expect the fire to retract either. He was actually expecting to be burned badly, judging from his experience. This made him take a few cautious steps towards her. “I know you don’t understand. That was... the worst way to have unlocked all this.” he said. “For now, focus, okay? You have to shut it off. If you do it, it’ll stop hurting. Imagine it. Imagine all this... fire going away. Like shutting the water tap. Go slowly. Come on, I’m here with you.” he sounded more reassuring than usual, but his hands were slightly trembling. He was still incredibly angry at Luna. He wanted to beat the crap out of her. But he had to stay calm for Daken first.

[greeninfernal]

Persona AU | - Steps towards the Truth - | Closed

[greeninfernal]

Gnash seemed even more surprised when Daken resigned so easily and even correctly guessed who had gone missing. That surprise went away a little bit as he realized that she was also in a relationship with her brother, so he must have told her. “So you’ve heard already…” he sighed, rubbing his hair. Normally it was just the right kind of messy, but that morning it was more of a mess than usual and he even spotted some stubble. The situation wasn’t being easy for anyone in the police station. “Oh, of course, your parents are working… I’ll go talk with them later if the boss thinks it’s worth it.” they had decided to be discrete about the search just in case hysteria broke out. Gnash wasn’t too sure if it had been the right decision. He still had the ability to sound convincing when he needed to.

He had just sat down when Icarus yelled at him. He seemed startled for a moment, but he composed himself as he took out a notebook from his jacket. “Yes… Suzume Misaki has gone missing. Her parents reported she never came home last night.” he said, looking down, but then gathered up some courage and looked up to the siblings. “I know this is going to sound basic but… when was the last time you saw her? Was she acting strangely?”

Suzume couldn’t keep her eyes open. All of a sudden, she noticed how exhausted she was. How long had she been trapped in that place? Looking behind her confirmed her that she just came out of a TV in the electronics department, in middle of Junes, but there wasn’t anyone around. She wanted to move, go back home, find out what had happened, but all she could do was drop to the floor in exhaustion.

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Daken shot a scolding glare to her brother, enough to make him shut up and sit down next to her. That simple action seemed to require a lot of energy from the girl, because immediately after she looked tired and somewhat resigned again. “Yes, I know because her brother… he told me about it. Yesterday night”. No matter what, she wasn’t going to mention the Midnight Channel. Of course it sounded important, and of course it had some kind of link with the disappearance of Suzume, but no one would ever believe her - especially not the police. This wasn’t a horror movie, this was the reality. And she would help the inquiry any way she could. “W-well… yesterday afternoon, it was already quite late, we all went to Koichi’s bookshop…”. She explained who was there and what they talked about, saying everything slowly and clearly and stopping from time to time to gather her thoughts and see if she could find any missing details. She told the detective how they were planning to go out all together that morning, to relax after all that had happened. 

“But she wasn’t acting strangely”, she underlined more than once. She sounded determined on this point. “Suzume was the same as usual. She was really looking forward to going out with us… as usual… she’s always so cheerful, she’s the one who organizes our meetings…”. She had pulled her legs on the couch and she was hugging her knees, like a child. It wasn’t an appropriate behaviour in front of a policeman, but she wasn’t thinking much about it in that moment - and she didn’t think Shimar would care about it. For that whole time Icarus had been silent, looking down at the floor and sighing from time to time. He was worried about his sister. “I’m sure she didn’t go away by her own decision”, Daken was saying, “She would never do it without warning anyone. She would have at least told her brother… or her parents… No, I’m sure she didn’t run away on her own. Something… m-must have happened to her”. She stopped talking now and looked up at the detective, eyes full of hope: they were going to find her, weren’t they? 

[greeninfernal]

Gnash wrote on his notebook what he was told, but he didn’t look too satisfied. He seemed more resigned than anything else. “That’s exactly what her brother told us yesterday...” he said. “At least now we know he was saying the truth... some thought his testimony wasn’t reliable because of his memory problems... Whoops. I said too much.” he coughed on his hand as if to take importance away from his words. Sometimes he’d gotten scolded because he ran his mouth too freely. “Honestly, yeah. She is a responsible girl. There’s no way she would just leave. We all think it’s really fishy...” he mumbled, pressing the pen on a temple as if that helped him think more clearly. He suddenly jumped on the spot after his phone began to buzz in his pocket all of a sudden. “Sorry, I have to pick it up.” he excused himself, but answered it in front of them.

“Boss? Is everything fine?” he said. A few seconds passed, and his face turned to huge surprise, slowly. “Seriously?” he asked after a few seconds of silence. “When?” A few more seconds passed. “I was questioning them, yeah. Should I tell them?... Oh, okay. I’ll be right there.” he put down the phone, staring at the screen for a few seconds before looking back to the siblings. “Well... they’ve found her.” he said. He suddenly realized that didn’t sound good and hurried to correct himself. “She’s fine! A worker just found her unconscious in Junes for some reason, but she’s perfectly fine. We’re... uh... taking her to the hospital to make sure she’s fine and ask her what happened.” he got up from the seat. “Thank you both for your help. And... feel free to tell her brother about it. I have to go. Thank you again.”

[greeninfernal]

AU Open RP | Irresponsible

[greeninfernal]

“…Wow. Did you just hear what you said?” Heikichi frowned, but he couldn’t even believe it himself. “Yeah, that’s sooooo much better! I know a guy who would straight-up punch your face out if he had heard that line.” he almost felt his anger boiling because of it, but he wanted to keep his cool to avoid scaring Daken. In a way, he hoped Gnash had chosen that day to stalk him and would drop from a building and kill her. He got pushed away all of a sudden, but he caught what she was trying to do. “Are you insane? Do you want us to fucking die?!” That was it. He wan’t going to take it. He let out a yell as Daken screamed in pain, and he quickly created a sharp icicle around his hand, lunging to stab Luna with it.

[kyuketsuki-kuro-deactivated2016]

But Heikichi couldn’t make it in time to hit the General. A wave of warm air gusted at them, as if generated by an explosion that didn’t actually take place, and violently pushed Luna against the opposite wall; Heikichi was shoved away too, far from the epicenter of that shock wave: Daken herself. The girl had taken her head in her hands, shaking and panting, as silver flames appeared around her and enveloped her body. Luna got back up with some difficulty, but she looked satisfied. “…I broke the lock. Her power is free, along with her memories”. She looked at the silver fire thoughtfully. “It must be painful…”, she commented, “But it’s necessary. It was the best thing to do”. Daken tried to scream, but it looked like she couldn’t really let out her voice so she could only whimper and gasp. From time to time a glimpse of her face would appear between the flames: her eyes were silver, and full of fear. Almost as if they were asking for help. 

[greeninfernal]

“Fuck!” Heikichi spat out as he suddenly got knocked back against a wall, coughing up from the impact. He recovered quite quickly and when he saw Luna so pleased with herself, he snarled angrily, showing his teeth. “I’ll give you painful, motherfucker...” 

All of a sudden, a figure dropped from a nearby building, right behind Luna and grabbing both of her arms behind her and pulling them in an uncomfortable way. “Ah, ah... I think you have done enough today.” a male voice spoke behind her, apparently calm. He didn’t hold any intentions to kill her, but only immobilize her. “Heikichi. Stop growling and go help her.” The boy looked surprised at the man behind her, almost afraid. “...Fine.” he replied before stepping as close to the fire as he could. He didn’t want to risk a burn and using her power could frighten her. 

“Daken. It’s fine. You can shut it off. It’s like a water tap. Just take it slow, okay?” he said, trying to sound as reassuring as possible, as close to Koichi as he was able. “I know it hurts.”