Minato | Open | 088

[messianic]

a

[Look, he's a Persona protag. So maybe you're having some difficulty with something--anything from looking for something to dropping things to carrying groceries and who knows what else--and after a moment of observing, he has to come over, hands tucked into his pocket and voice quiet, to ask:]

Is there anything I can help with?

[Protags gotta protag, after all; he just wants to be useful, okay!!!]

b

[Alternatively, he also seems to always find himself in these situations and can't seem to say no.... which is a life skill that would probably benefit him to learn but one he will never quite manage. HE...TRIED....

Probably.

But it's almost Easter and that's why he was dragged into helping with an easter egg hunt, wearing a stupid-ass costume complete with bunny ears and looking very puzzled about it (if you can tell beneath the lineface).

He's also, more importantly, kind of struggling to juggle all of the eggs he's supposed to be painting while more are dumped onto him by other overworked volunteers, and with paint on his face and hands and a paintbrush in his mouth as backup while he tries to paint colorful designs on one of the many eggs in his hands, he...

... Probably has bitten off more than he can chew.

Help.]

c

[if you want to see him shoot himself in the head make up a battle prompt or just tell me and i'll come up with one, it'll be Fun.]

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[Come up with your own prompt or consider one of these OR WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY.]

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[messianic]

[YEAH.....

...

...

Thumbs up!!]

It had to be done.

[Sure.]

The other option was to be killed by a Shadow. [A tilted head.] ...What about you?

[purrtagonist]

[WELL. . . IT ALL TURNED OUT FOR THE BEST??? AT LEAST. and he can't totally deny that he'd do the exact same thing if his options were "get killed by a Shadow" or "take a risk with a firearm." a faint hint of amusement appears on his expression]

A mask appeared on my face, and I felt this weird urge to rip it off.

. . . there was a lot of blood, if I remember correctly. . .

[and it also felt like something was trying to rip its way out of his head immediately beforehand but YOU KNOW. . .]

[messianic]

[... ... .... ????? What....]

A literal mask...

[He remembers Akira summoning his Persona that way, but... with less blood involved.

Slowly he tilts his head.]

You kept ripping it off even though you were bleeding everywhere?

[AKIRA??]

[purrtagonist]

[MINATO YOU LITERALLY CAN'T JUDGE]

The other option was watching my now best friend, then acquaintance, get killed by a Shadow. So. . .

[yeah. yeah]

The blood disappeared when the fire started.

[messianic]

[LOOK... LOOK!!]

I see...

[Huh...]

Maybe there's something to Personas appearing when we really need them....

[In like the flashiest way possible??? Does he even want to ask about the fire.... he takes another bite of curry.]

... Fire?

[purrtagonist]

. . . heh. Yeah.

[he thinks that's true!! considering how the awakenings of all of his friends occurred. he grins]

The first time one rips off the mask is the first time they transform into their phantom thief costume. There's a lot of blue fire involved.

[a beat]

Kind of like a henshin sequence.

[and he's seen Joker summon his Persona before, what with his mask disappearing in blue flame. so at least he doesn't bleed EVERY time]

[messianic]

[Look he knows you probably mean like Kamen Rider but Minato just pauses.

Considers.

Hm...]

I guess you do seem kind of like Tuxedo Mask.

[nailed it]

[purrtagonist]

. . .







Aren't you the one who fights evil by moonlight, though?

[RIGHT BACK ATCHA, DUDE]

[messianic]

Oh, true.

[HM....A GOOD POINT..........]

I better start winning love by daylight.

[But still...]

I don't have any cool transformation sequences though.

[purrtagonist]

[HAHA SNRK. his blank expression cracks as he laughs]

You mean you haven't done that already?

[handwaves]

The thief costumes actually have a purpose, you know. They protect us from the distortions of the Palace owner.

[or something like that. Morgana can explain it better]

[messianic]

[Wow maybe he hasn't already ranked up a ton with a bunch of the ladies, you don't know his life!!!! ...Much!!]

You mean it's not just to look really cool while you steal things...?

[COULD'VE FOOLED HIM, HONESTLY...

It's flawless thief #aesthetic]

And because you're living a double life... [Clearly.

Like.

Tuxedo.

Mask.]

[purrtagonist]

[DRINK MORE PHEROMONE COFFEE, BUDDY!]

Well.

It's for that, too.

[it's just like]

[more of a secondary purpose, though]

[messianic]

[Does Leblanc coffee do the same....]

I bet you have to be sneaky to be Phantom Thieves.

[it's the beeeest of both wooooorlds]

[purrtagonist]

[no :(]

Generally, yeah. That's how we ambush enemies. It's easier to rip their masks off if they don't see us com--

[AND THEN]

[THERE IS A FUTABA]

[. . . plz hold while he deals with this]

[messianic]

[bet you

never saw that

coming]

[purrtagonist]

[how many times can this fandom make that joke!! but no, he didn't see this coming :( :( :(]

[after a moment, he addresses Minato again, though]

Arisato, meet Futaba Sakura. Daughter of the owner of this cafe, and our navigator.

[messianic]

[Oh... like Fuuka, he gets it.]

Got it. She must have a second sense for this sort of thing.

[Casually!! Doesn't address the wire-tapping thing!!!]

[purrtagonist]

Spying on enemies and other people information is kind of her specialty.

[. . . he says a bit dryly]

[messianic]

She seems very...

[...]

...Enthusiastic about knowing things.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . he sees your outdated 2009 phone, buddy. fortunately, for the sake of both of everyone's sanity, he won't ask about it]

She's extremely enthusiastic about knowing things.

But that makes her pretty good at her job. [a beat] . . . ah, don't take her shyness personally.

[messianic]

[Please don't ask about it....I'm not ready to come up with reasons.]

I won't.

[Easily and immediately.]

She has her reasons, right?

[That's how people are, after all; he gets it.]

[purrtagonist]

[he shouldn't be surprised, considering what he knows of Arisato so far, but that answer is. . . incredibly understanding. Akira blinks a few times, and then nods]

Yeah. She does.

Aaah, I guess this is what I get for only telling Morgana about you. . .

[oops]

[messianic]

[It's the life and times of protag jesus, even when he's being harassed by a flustered girl.

Which honestly... that just gets a faintly amused look out of him.]

Looks like she's just worried about you, Joker-san.

[Taking care of her leader!!]

[purrtagonist]

[rubs the back of his neck a bit sheepishly]

Honestly. It's like she doesn't think I'm a perfectly capable human being on my own.

[but despite the light joke, he sounds fond]

[messianic]

I think it's her job to worry about her leader when a suspicious person is here.

[Maybe Minato's just extra amused to get to be the Suspicious Person because he's so 150% nonthreatening.]