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[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

[necromomicon]

You can't convince me because I can do that... I just have to remember what I read.

[photographic memory.]

What's with that 'confidant' and 'social link' thing?

[purrtagonist]

-- huh?

[oh]

[right]

[she probably did hear that]

-- ah, it's nothing. It's just something that goes along with our ability to use more than one Persona.

[necromomicon]

[... she just squints at him.

CLEARLY SHE WANTS MORE THAN THAT.]

[purrtagonist]

[stares at her]

[expression blank]

[he doesn't]

[say]

[anything]

[necromomicon]

[She stares a bit longer, then.]

Is it related to how, at the start of Palaces, you'll stare off into space for a few minutes and then suddenly have a bunch of new Personae?

[purrtagonist]

[sweats]

If I told you, I wouldn't have any secrets left. All thieves need secrets, right?

[necromomicon]

Not from their own teammates.

[purrtagonist]

[oh. . .]

[but if he tells her about the Velvet Room, she'll just worry]

It's okay, Futaba.

[he says with a nod]

It's not bad, it's just-- ah. . . difficult to explain. That's all.

[necromomicon]

[... at least minato is helping.]

How suspicious...

[purrtagonist]

More suspicious than Emo-Nishima?

[thanks Minato]

[necromomicon]

He's been suspicious from the start!

[purrtagonist]

[hm. . .]

Sounds like I'm fine, as long as I haven't reached that threshold yet.

[necromomicon]

You were suspicious at the start, too, you know.

[purrtagonist]

You were more suspicious.

[like it's a competition?]

[necromomicon]

I kinda had to be!

[you could have just said 'hey i am fucked up pls steal my heart', futaba]

[purrtagonist]

[SHE COULD HAVE, but. they've had that conversation before]

Do you know how many heart attacks you gave us over the course of that summer?

[necromomicon]

Well, it worked out in the end...