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[halfnakedcapeguy]

You too, huh? Tch, I don't get why everyone is so freaked out about how I'm dressed. It allows me to maneuver without any problems and that's all that matters.

And those high school kids from Inaba are pretty impressive. Even if some of them are a little weird. And then there's that Teddie Teddie. [He gets his own level of weird.]

Comments

[legatus]

...can't really blame 'em. The hell are you even wearing, Aki.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

[Sigh. Not you too, Shinji.]

Does it really matter? It allows me to fight to the best of my capabilities.

[legatus]

[You're talking to the guy who wears a trench coat to battle. Also what kind of brother would he be if he didn't keep judging you like he always does.]

Maybe not, but don't expect others not to comment on it, dumbass. You remember the battle pant--armor?

...and don't think I didn't notice the color of your cape either.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

[Not Shinji, that's for sure.]

Did you have to bring that up?

And what about the cape? It's just a coincidence.[Sure, Aki.]

[legatus]

[OF COURSE NOT.]

Cause you know exactly what I mean by that.

...Tch. You're still a crap liar, you know that? DID YOU GUT MY COAT.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

I don't know what you're talking about. NOT LIKE YOU WERE GONNA NEED IT.

[renovateurass]

Who you calling weird?! I ain't weird.

[ whoa there, pilgrim ]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Tch, calm down. There's nothing wrong with being a little weird.

[renovateurass]

This is calm. At least, for me.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Right. You're a strong guy, Kanji. Even if your form could use some work.

[renovateurass]

...my form?

[ Yeah, he's thinking about dress forms and probably every other form but the one Akihiko is talking about. ]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Yeah. You haven't had much proper training, have you?

[renovateurass]

Oh...OH! [ That's what he meant. ]

No, man. I just... beat on things.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

That's what I thought. Just think of how strong you'd be if you had some training. [And probably more protein. You can never have enough protein, Kanji.]

[renovateurass]

Are you offering? [ Don't be playing games with his heart. ]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Heh. Don't expect me to go easy on you.

[renovateurass]

I ain't scared of nothing.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

That's what you say now. Just know that if you start that I won't let you quit.

[renovateurass]

I ain't a quitter either!

[ Men don't quit, and Kanji is the manliest, damnit. ]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Good. That just means I can push you harder.

[Manlier than Chie?]

[renovateurass]

Awesome! I'm ready!

[ Yes, even Chie. He is THAT manly. ]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

[Akihiko loves the enthusiasm.]

First things first. How much protein do you consume?

[renovateurass]

Pro...tein.


Uh...

[halfnakedcapeguy]

What? Protein is very important for the body! Whatever you're taking in, double it!

[He's a little crazy about the protein.]

[renovateurass]

But.... but I don't know how much protein I get!!

[ Now you have him worried he's doing something wrong on the path of manliness. ]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

You don't know?! [He sighs] Here, take this.

[He tosses a protein drink to Kanji.]

Try to drink at least one of them a day.

[pitiedthefool]

We could say the same about the three of you too, Sanada-san. [He chuckles.] Teddie might be on a different level of strange, but he's good at heart. You get used to his antics.

[Unless you're Yukiko and he keeps bringing up the scoring thing. Yeah, not going to mention that aloud.]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Maybe you could. Seeing you and your friends interact did bring back some memories from my high school years.

[pitiedthefool]

Almost makes me wonder if it's a Persona user thing. Maybe we should trade stories sometime.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

We probably should. Chie mentioned some things and I'm guessing the TV world was like your version of Tartarus.

[pitiedthefool]

[And thanks to speaking with Minato (both of them) in his game, he vaguely knows what that is.] In a way, maybe. It is where we train and can summon our Personas, but I doubt it was for the exact same reasons.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Yeah, we never had to face our shadows like you guys did. I'm sure there's other differences as well.

[pitiedthefool]

Most of us, anyway. [a beat.] He mentioned a few things about Tartarus where I've been placed, but I wouldn't mind hearing more about it...

[What really happened the few years before he awakened to his own Persona?]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Then I suppose you know about the Dark Hour?

[pitiedthefool]

[Yu nods.] Right.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Maybe you should tell me how much you know and I can fill in the blanks. [He doesn't wanna waste your time repeating stuff you're already aware of.]

> You spend the next five minutes waiting for the infodump link to load...

[pitiedthefool]

It's when Shadows appeared in the real world, and that the high school in Port Island turned into Tartarus during that hour. [also he is seriously creeped out by that school nurse and he only met him once...] That's all he could tell me.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

Right. Only those with persona potential could function during that time and that's when we explored the many floors of Tartarus. On nights with a full moon, there would be special shadows that would appear outside the tower and we were led to believe that by defeating them we'd end the Dark Hour.

[He pauses and releases a sigh.]

Turns out those shadows were fragments of "Death" and we were unknowingly putting it back together leading to Nyx's arrival.

[pitiedthefool]

[...There's another similarity. Only those with a Persona can really function in the TV world, too. In fact, some of it makes it all seem a bit...eerie? No, more like deja vu and a sense of foreboding.]

The Thirteenth Arcana? [Death is a touchy subject, considering. Still... special Shadows, Nyx... He almost wants to say "but you all stopped it, right?" but with what Margaret shared with him about the person her sister set off to save from his fate...]

...With all the differences, it's far too similar to what my team and I went through. [He smirks. Odd, how he can still be so nostalgic over this.] What all did Chie say about the TV world?

[halfnakedcapeguy]

[He nods.] Yeah. Death called Nyx and tried to bring about the Fall. We managed to stop it, but we paid a heavy price.

[Not just Minato, but everyone else that suffered along the way, too.]

She said that the TV world can mirror the feelings of those who enter it and a person's shadow is created out of their repressed inner thoughts. And Teddie Teddie mentioned he came from that side? That's about it.

[devilishness]

Tch. I don't see what the hell's the problem.

[halfnakedcapeguy]

[Finally someone that gets it.]

That makes two of us.

[worldrestored]

[And here is another supporter who is joining 'who needs a shirt' brigade.]

[halfnakedcapeguy]

[Awesome. He needs all the help he can get.]