dear_mun | (no subject)

Hang on, dying?

[How about we don't do that?]

[But what if he died protecting someone, Minako?

Sup.]

She wants to increase my death counts again.

[Of course he would...

Don't you casually 'sup' me while talking about dying, mister!]

Why?

[Hey, being in horror games for so long tend to make you more...accepting of how common deaths are. Doesn't mean he have to like it.]

If we hit our fourteenth death, we will be revived with permanent side effects.

[Admittedly, he's morbidly curious and worried about that. The most he can do it try and avoid hitting that number. Or hopes the side effects won't impede his fighting capabilities.]

Shouldn't you be a bit more concerned about that!

[Please don't die ;;]

Just... take care of yourself? Please? If you can?

[She worries]

[It's a bad habit of his. Because he prioritise everyone else over himself, Minato would get...tired.]

I will. [But he's getting better at looking after himself, physically speaking.] Because I still need to be able to fight for the months ahead.

[And she knows that. That's why she tries to remind him, even if it will only go so far.]

I know. I believe in you. [If anyone could do it, he can. He's brave and smart and determined. She loops an arm through his.]

[He relaxes a little, taking comfort in having someone near him.]

I'll make sure I won't disappoint you. [If anything, that would add to his own resolve.] Afterwards...once it's over, I can take a break.

[He's due for a nice, long vacation from games for a while.]

[She's more worried about him getting killed than disappointing her, but whatever will motivate him. She's happy to be a source of comfort, and sensing that she is, she rests her head against his shoulder]

Good. You sound like you deserve one. And need one.

[His main worries are disappointing people and, most of all, being helpless. Which Minato rarely voices out loud until he feels comfortable to.]

Mm. If she send me to another place, I wouldn't mind somewhere different. [No horror, plz.] But that won't be for a while.

[And he should well know how unlikely both of those things are, at least in Minako's eyes.]

A new adventure. Hopefully a less life-threatening one. [She wonders how life-threatening her own adventure is going to become.]

[Which is why he's going to wait and see. His mun is content enough to have him in one game. So once it ends, the door of possibilities open.]

Maybe somewhere relaxing, or a city with a lot of people.

[Somewhere more alive, open and less dark.]

[Possibilities! What lovely things. Minako nods agreement.]

Both of those would be great for you.

[They both need to be surrounded by life to survive. People and light and energy. She can't imagine how much darkness and quiet would stifle her.]

[Gotta love possibilities, with and without contracts with creepy children and old men.]

Same goes for you as well.

[Due to circumstances in his game, Minato became more appreciative of his normal life back in Iwatodai. Nothing really gets to him more than seeing his home's pitiful, lonely state.

Even the Dark Hour was almost preferable.]

Well, I can't say I'm entirely safe for the moment. [Fraternizing with a serial killer, good job Minako.]

But I'm somewhere relatively peaceful, so.

[She misses home there already, not necessarily the shadows of course, but her friends in Iwatodai are so important even already...]

[Good job, Minako. Minato would cautioned her if he knows... except this moron once took swordsmanship lessons from Sephiroth.]

Oh, really? Are the others there with you?

[He did have friends with him at the tower, as well as people from alternate worlds. Granted, there's some awkwardness due to certain differences (hi AUs), but he's willing to put them aside because they're comrades.]

[Well she doesn't exactly know he's a serial killer yet. When she's not breaking the fourth wall a little. So that puts her one step ahead of you, you big dumb.]

Well there's some nice people, but nobody I know yet.. Well actually. There's a version of you there! But... you know. I don't recognize him.

[There's nobody else that she would know there, but that Minato has made friends that she can trust, so they will become her comrades, too.]

[To be fair, Minato didn't know Sephiroth is dangerous until Ryoji told him. Since he's unaware that Sephiroth would try to hurt Ryoji via teaching him swordsmanship. Not that hard since Minato's willing to give most people a chance...]

Yeah, I know. [Since inside a game, they technically don't know each other. They are living each other's lives, with some differences.] But it's still someone you know. Somewhat technically.

[Other selves, that siblings idea, two unrelated people who happens to share the same surname. He's been with all of them before, so he's just...rolls with things.]

Maybe.

[Like Minako doesn't do the same thing. It's about to get her into some serious trouble, too. Hopefully it won't get anyone killed.]

It's still someone comforting. [She nodded agreement. No matter which version of things, Minato is someone supportive and familiar-feeling, and that's worth a lot. She's used to being siblings though, so other-selves is going to be a new adventure for her.

Yup, rolling with it. Best way to handle things.]

[Which is the most important part. Deal with things as they come up and hope they won't get anyone killed. If Minato get killed, well, as long everyone's okay. But he try to avoid as many deaths as he can.

No need to give them - in a general sense - the satisfaction.]

And knows what it's like.

[Which is how Minato got over the awkwardness from being other-selves. It's rather relieving to talk to someone about the more odder parts in their life. Such as the voices.]

[Don't you say that in front of her. She is so not letting you get away with sacrificing yourself. She's seen what that can do to her. No thanks.]

Mm. That's true.

[There's probably a lot to be said for being able to commiserate about the weirdness inherent in being a persona protagonist.]

[Hi, Junpei.]

...Actually, it won't be my second death.

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I hit my tenth death a while ago.

[Being in a horror game tends to rack up the death counts. Don't worry, Junpei. Maybe your mun will be more merciful.

Maybe.]