Canonpoints and confusion @ towerofanimus

[pitythefool]

H-hey, hang on a second. Let's just see if I've got this straight.

[Adachi awkwardly scratches the back of his head, piecing it all together.]

So... you're telling me that they know. You know that they know. But I won't know that they know until they get back from who-knows-where?

[He sighs in frustration.]

Well, you and I sure are off to a great start, aren't we? That's just fantastic.

((Spoilers for Persona 4 are more than likely to show up in comments.))

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[pitiedthefool]

[What is the phrase he's looking for... Oh, right. Deal with it. At least you aren't losing your- wait, you wanted certain things to happen to everyone.

...Welp.]

There are worse ways to start off, Adachi-san.

[H-haha...]

[pitythefool]

You think so, huh?

[Adachi seriously doubts it.]

Like what?

[pitiedthefool]

We could have been from before you were...

[> You begin to list the many possible ways things could be worse for any of them...]







THIRTY MINUTES LATER...]

-or before any of this ever happened and you're still completely innocent.

[He has a lot of time to think in a cell of his own, thanks.]

[chaos_that_crawls]

It has been said that "the truth will set you free".

[His smirk widens a little.]

And I agree. It's liberating. It's liberating that you don't have to lie or hide your "true self", isn't it? And that's what they want too.

Not here.

[deathboss]

GET OUT.

But I can see you.

[chaos_that_crawls]

Can't get outer than an outer god.

[pitythefool]

[Getting locked away in a massive prison? Having all your secrets laid bare? That's liberating?]

...Y'know, I think I'm still having a bit of a hard time trying to see things from your perspective.

[chaos_that_crawls]

[For a god bent on dragging humanity down to hell, he's surprisingly optimistic.]

You have nothing left to lose if everything you ever called yours was exhausted from you. Other opportunities will rise. I can personally guarantee that from past experiences.

[foggiestidea]

Good luck with that.

[pitythefool]

[Awesome, someone out there who understands just how tough he's got it. Only figures that nobody else would understand Adachi as well as he does.]

...Thanks.

[foggiestidea]

It's always awkward those first few conversations, when you don't know if they know or not.

[hispalette]

That's a lot of knows.

[pitythefool]

I kn---

[No. Catching himself.]

I'm aware.

[hispalette]

That's a good start. If you keep your chin up like that, it'll get better.

[you can't say he isn't optimistic in his own muted way.]

[firstofthefallen]

Life is certainly hard isn't it.

[pitythefool]

[Le sigh.]

Tell me about it.

[firstofthefallen]

Life like all things requires a measure of stoicism.

If you wish for life to improve it would be best to learn that.

[Because hey at least you have the ideology of going for what you want without concern to others down pat. Even if you are terribly weak in the grand scheme of things.]

[imperialsun]

[It's raining Protagonists. Protagonists with sub-machine guns strapped to their backs and a sword over their shoulder.]

...I thought you'd be older.

[No really, he was seriously imaging a guy in his 50's.]

[pitythefool]

[leosquint.jpg]

...Er, sorry. Have we met before?

[He's pretty sure the Protag he knows just totes around a golf club.]

[detecting]

There are far worse situations you could be in.

[pitythefool]

Let me guess. You're gonna try telling me just how lucky I really am, aren't you?

[foamylover]

Who knows -- what?

[Stares.]

[pitythefool]

Er, n-nothing.

[Yes, awkward stammering always helps.]

[beretspin]

My mun says you're, like, totally good at pretending to be - uh... what's the phrase...? - different to who you, like, really are, or something. She says you're, like, even better than me!

So you should, like, totally teach me everything you know, okay?

[pitythefool]

Looks like my mun thinks that maybe I should.

[Plus, Ini's pretty cute in her own dippy way. That's basically all it takes to pass the Adachi test. The first test, anyway.]

I guess I could teach you a thing or two.