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[This time, Yu laughs mostly because Mikey called it so easily.]
... I promise, not all of my friends are Persona users. [Some of them just really like balls, for example. But he's right this time.] But it's hard not to consider them my best friends. We went through a lot together.
... I promise, not all of my friends are Persona users. [Some of them just really like balls, for example. But he's right this time.] But it's hard not to consider them my best friends. We went through a lot together.
Maybe I will. I did solve a murder case.
[... He's joking. Mostly. Sure, he's thought about being a detective once or twice, but...he's not nearly ready to decide on that path just yet.
It's neither here nor there, for now. For the moment, Yu is taking in the surroundings: the rumble of the bike, the wind in their hair. He can see what Mikey likes about it. He's not sure it'd be his favorite thing every day, but it's a nice change of pace. And a good way to get from place to place, too.]
[... He's joking. Mostly. Sure, he's thought about being a detective once or twice, but...he's not nearly ready to decide on that path just yet.
It's neither here nor there, for now. For the moment, Yu is taking in the surroundings: the rumble of the bike, the wind in their hair. He can see what Mikey likes about it. He's not sure it'd be his favorite thing every day, but it's a nice change of pace. And a good way to get from place to place, too.]
(what a nerd. here, we don't solve murder cases. we murder the murder cases. the ways of the streets!!
but he'll circle back, right now he wants to sit and stretch his little limbs, and if yu sits too, his thigh is where mikey's head will go.)
A murder, huh? How did a teen just solve a murder?
but he'll circle back, right now he wants to sit and stretch his little limbs, and if yu sits too, his thigh is where mikey's head will go.)
A murder, huh? How did a teen just solve a murder?
With my extensive knowledge and charm.
[He's kidding, of course. He seems to be a lap pillow, now...okay, he's not going to argue with it. Anyway, back to the fact that he's kidding:] ... It's a long story, but it had a lot to do with Personas. So, no wonder the police couldn't figure it out.
[He's kidding, of course. He seems to be a lap pillow, now...okay, he's not going to argue with it. Anyway, back to the fact that he's kidding:] ... It's a long story, but it had a lot to do with Personas. So, no wonder the police couldn't figure it out.
Would you tell me?
(he's interested, yu. tell him about your life.)
(he's interested, yu. tell him about your life.)
(it takes him a week to return to normal activities. the dojo is now open, and he's back to his normal activities - aside from all the bruises around his face. it's... interesting. manjiro doesn't see it as a loss, it feels much like as if someone had shot him. he'd lose then, too. there's only so much, right? he'd called it cheating from day one, he will proceed to call it cheating now.
that said, he aches in ways that he hasn't ever. when he's this beat, it's due to allowing others to hit him as a way to punish himself - that certainly did happen, but holy shit, this is the most sore he has ever been. it perhaps does take him down a little notch, not that he will make it apparent in any way.
he'll find yu - wherever he is, because he searched all of aldrip for him. there's no apology basket, nothing other than himself. once he does, he'll just get straight to the point.)
... Sorry, Yuchin. I don't know what came over me.
that said, he aches in ways that he hasn't ever. when he's this beat, it's due to allowing others to hit him as a way to punish himself - that certainly did happen, but holy shit, this is the most sore he has ever been. it perhaps does take him down a little notch, not that he will make it apparent in any way.
he'll find yu - wherever he is, because he searched all of aldrip for him. there's no apology basket, nothing other than himself. once he does, he'll just get straight to the point.)
... Sorry, Yuchin. I don't know what came over me.
Maybe you are suitable for gang life, thinking like that. Wanna become ToMan?
(he's. half-serious. if the other would fight with nails and teeth for his people and see them so close to his heart, it's not so different from what manjiro does.)
(he's. half-serious. if the other would fight with nails and teeth for his people and see them so close to his heart, it's not so different from what manjiro does.)
[... Ken's uncertain expression makes Yu wonder if he's really responded to the gift properly, actually. He knows he can be a little hard to read.]
I do. I mean it. [Then, after a moment, with a tip of his head and a small smile.] Want to share some?
[They don't exactly hang out much, but that can change, right? Besides, he does have a question for the kid, at some point.]
I do. I mean it. [Then, after a moment, with a tip of his head and a small smile.] Want to share some?
[They don't exactly hang out much, but that can change, right? Besides, he does have a question for the kid, at some point.]
[A pause. He wasn't expecting the interest, but...maybe he should have been. Yu hums thoughtfully, trying to figure out where to start.]
Just to get the strange part out of the way, my friends and I found another world inside the TV called the Midnight Channel. [He glances at Mikey, like he's making sure he's still with him on this. Yu's expression is knowing; it was hard for all of them to swallow the idea, at first.]
The Midnight Channel was full of Shadows-- monsters. And if someone ended up in that world who couldn't fight them off, they died. [He's quiet for a second. He doesn't often think back on those early days anymore, but...it really was a miracle that they were able to stop any of it from continuing, wasn't it?] Someone was throwing people into that world to kill them. Two people died before we figured that out. Once we did, we started going into the TV world and saving people who ended up there.
Just to get the strange part out of the way, my friends and I found another world inside the TV called the Midnight Channel. [He glances at Mikey, like he's making sure he's still with him on this. Yu's expression is knowing; it was hard for all of them to swallow the idea, at first.]
The Midnight Channel was full of Shadows-- monsters. And if someone ended up in that world who couldn't fight them off, they died. [He's quiet for a second. He doesn't often think back on those early days anymore, but...it really was a miracle that they were able to stop any of it from continuing, wasn't it?] Someone was throwing people into that world to kill them. Two people died before we figured that out. Once we did, we started going into the TV world and saving people who ended up there.
[Somehow, he's not surprised to hear that Mikey's group is similar. His expression and smile are fond, grateful at the offer, but he shakes his head.]
I've still got my own group to look after. [Even if they're not here, his loyalty to the Investigation Team is nigh unbreakable.] But-- maybe something more like an alliance.
I've still got my own group to look after. [Even if they're not here, his loyalty to the Investigation Team is nigh unbreakable.] But-- maybe something more like an alliance.
Uh....
[Now, that wasn't what he was expecting. He simply stared at him before raising an eyebrow or two.]
But isn't that my gift to you? Wouldn't it be rude for me to eat your present?
[Now, that wasn't what he was expecting. He simply stared at him before raising an eyebrow or two.]
But isn't that my gift to you? Wouldn't it be rude for me to eat your present?
[And see that? That is the look pf panic as Ken's widens widen a bit. Was it anything bad??]
....What is it?
....What is it?
Maybe. There are things I have to work out, still. It's just you and the virgin, here?
(sorry, yosuke.)
(sorry, yosuke.)
(surprisingly, it doesn't shake him. he's in a whole different reality, and he knows personas exist, what is a tv world. sounds legit, proceed.)
Oh. Must have been a fun thing to explain to the police. Is your uncle in the know?
Oh. Must have been a fun thing to explain to the police. Is your uncle in the know?
Oh, shush it. I have my own virgin, too.
(please, yuchin.)
-- Do you think he'd be mad that I've seen way too many naked, hot women in my life? I'll remember to tell him.
(he won't, his memory is TOO SHITTY.)
(please, yuchin.)
-- Do you think he'd be mad that I've seen way too many naked, hot women in my life? I'll remember to tell him.
(he won't, his memory is TOO SHITTY.)
... Oh. Another gan-- I mean, team? Do you want me to hit him?
(MANJIRO.... WHAT'S WITH YOUR MOOD...)
(MANJIRO.... WHAT'S WITH YOUR MOOD...)
... You just became impossibly hotter.
(sorry, he has a very obvious type.)
How did it end?
(sorry, he has a very obvious type.)
How did it end?
(he's being nice, if he weren't!!! he'd have already been doing it by the time the look reached him. but it's a little gremlin laugh that exists him.)
Fine, fine.
(a beat, two beats.)
This place makes me angsty, though.
Fine, fine.
(a beat, two beats.)
This place makes me angsty, though.
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