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.]

wildcard

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

Comments

[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.]

[purrtagonist]

[HA]

To be fair, you are extremely suspicious. [a beat] It's gotta be the hair.

[he manages to say with a straight face!! and I mean, to be fair AGAIN, Joker thought he was pretty suspicious the first time they met too. I'm sorry Minato]

[messianic]

[Protag Jesus just can't catch a break here...]

What's wrong with my hair...? [hey...!!]

[purrtagonist]

[THE MOST NON-THREATENING PROTAG OF THEM ALL]

Your bangs fall over one of your eyes. Like an eye patch.

Everyone knows people with eye patches are villains.

[he's. he's bullshitting]

[messianic]

[Whaaaat]

I know someone with an eye patch.

He's not a villain at all.

[wait why is that the issue here]

[purrtagonist]

[oh my god]

Someone's out there breaking the stereotype?

[gasp]

I feel like the whole world just got turned upside down.

[messianic]

[ok but]

Isn't that what you and your team are always doing...?

[he calls foul here??]

[purrtagonist]

[DAMN. he breaks out into another grin]

You caught me.

We all tend to like the villains better than the heroes, anyway.

[messianic]

[Pffff]

You're heroes, though.

[Joker pls]

I know you're trying to protect people.

[Minato is in fact as stupidly sincere as ever.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . aw, Minato. he still really likes that stupid sincerity. it's why he finally came around to trusting him in the first place]

Yeah. Although we don't do it just to be hailed as heroes.

[that's a more secondary thing]

[messianic]

[Too bad he's not really a villain in disguise. Alas]

You do it to help people, right?

[Isn't that really the basis of any of them using their power?

(Aside from Strega but fuck 'em)]

[purrtagonist]

[a nod]

And to give the weak courage. But we've talked about this.

It's like how you fight to protect people, too. Just in a different way.