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

[dynamighty]

You want to put a little bit of a sway in your hips-- you want the audience to be completely unable to forget you!

[ SASHAY. ]

[messianic]

[He doesn't know how to SHASHAY.

But you know what?

He'll try.

And you know, it's not terrible; it's not super pronounced, but there's a bit more of that shashay to his walk as he goes, and he even flicks his hair from his face in a ridiculous gesture as he comes to a stop in front of her.

But.

The flat look on his face kind of ruins it.]

I wonder... Is that really going to make me unforgettable...?

[dynamighty]

...

Well, not if you have that look on your face.

[ Please emote. ]

[messianic]

[...??]

What look...?

[yes, that's the problem]

[dynamighty]

The look where I can't tell what kind of emotion you're trying for! Except boredom!

[ Minato pls. ]

[messianic]

[Oh... oh!!]

But I'm not bored at all.

[He says

As he still looks

The same........

Sorry, his face is kind of stuck like this.]

[dynamighty]

... Are you sure, because my everything is screaming that that's wrong.

[messianic]

[But!!]

I'm definitely sure.

I'm having a lot of fun.

[....... for real!!]

[dynamighty]

Wait, do you-- not know how to express that? Facially, I mean?

[ Minato??? ]

[messianic]

...Excuse me?

[???]

I know how to make facial expressions. [Probably??]

[dynamighty]

Okay. Show me a smile.

[messianic]

Oh, alright.

[And...he smiles!

There you go.

Was that so hard.]

[dynamighty]

... And can you do that while walking?

[ Minato, most people smile naturally?? ]

[messianic]

[Sorry, he doesn't mean to be like this???

He mostly looks contemplative at that, anyway.]

Hm...that sounds difficult...

[No, he's just teasing]

[dynamighty]

You... are probably the master of the pokerface, aren't you?

[ it's almost hard to tell he's joking?? ]

[messianic]

I guess I'm okay at it.

[Yes, yes he is.]

I think I can probably handle smiling while I walk, though, if you think it would be better.

[dynamighty]

Let's give it a try! I mean, some models do look perfectly fine when they're not smiling, but I want to test everything out first.

[ And it's probably better than Minato looking bored out there, whether he means it or not. ]

[messianic]

[Hmm...]

It's more about the clothes than my face, isn't it...?

[But he just shrugs and goes ahead and walks the walk--which still is more of a walk than any sort of sashay, but he's smiling a little this time.

Victory!!

(This is probably going to make his face tired.)]

[dynamighty]

It's about the combo! The clothes won't look as good if the model doesn't look as though they believe they're comfortable!

[ But she does nod approvingly. ]

But see, you look much better!

[messianic]

[Huh... He nods quietly at that, thoughtful.]

I see... I guess I never really thought about it before.

[Erika knows her stuff!]

I'll do my best to smile, then. I wouldn't want to take away from how good your clothing will be.

[dynamighty]

I like how much faith you have in me before you've even seen my stuff.

[ Really, she appreciates it. ]

[messianic]

Well... I haven't had any reason not to have faith in you.

[Quite honestly!

So he's choosing to have faith, it's fine.]

I look forward to seeing your designs.

[dynamighty]

Leave it to me! If you give me until... hm, maybe the day after tomorrow, I should have a full outfit for you to try out.

[ She's serious. ]

[messianic]

[... A blink.]

Really?

[Whoaa...]

That's really fast... you put it all together yourself, and everything?

[dynamighty]

Yeah! I'm president of the Fashion Club, after all-- if I couldn't do that much, we'd be in trouble!

[ Well, they still scramble when deadlines happen, but she does take clothes seriously. ]