AU-wrangling and pondering game potential...

[codename_emperor]

Hey. Good you're thinkin' about me again, yeah? Rather than just this 'canon' me: dunno what you're getting at there, I'm the guy with the cannon...

You're working on my backstory? Huh? I could tell ya most of that stuff, back when I first moved in with Ma and all that - oh. Yeah, when you start talking about the lab crap, it... ain't exactly fun to start thinking about it.

And what's this about my Persona? Are you really gonna start screwin' with that, too? I know my Shadow ain't the same as for the other me, but you're gonna change something like that?

Still, you can do it, right? And then ... maybe you can work on finding me somewhere to hang out? I know it's gonna be tricky, but I ain't the sort of guy who's gonna give up on a challenge! So c'mon! Let's do it!

(...and did ya have to hit the button *before* finishing writing last time? You're making us look bad!)

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[spiritedgirl]

Lab...crap?

[This sounds familiar and yet not for the reasons it should]

What're you talkin' about, Kanji-san? You tryin' to say there's somethin' different about you this time?

[codename_emperor]

[Looking cheerful at the sight of Labrys here, but he's taken aback by the '-san' slightly - why so formal?]

Somethin' different? Uh...

[He scratches his head for a moment- damn. His face falls, and he looks away.]

... Yeah. You could say that.

[spiritedgirl]

[And now she sees it, sees things that are more reminiscent of Aigis than the Kanji she knows.

She doesn't like it. Just remembering what happened to her is enough for her to think that this is nothing good]

No...what did they do to you...I didn't do this! I swear I didn't.

[Because she can't help but think this might be her Shadow twisting things again, even as illogical as that is, or that it's some bizarre form of punishment by whoever tried to puppetmaster her in the first place]

[codename_emperor]

Whoa - whoa, calm down a sec', okay?

[He holds his hands up-]

Yeah. I guess this means the 'me' you know's the human one, huh...

[Under his voice-]

...Damn.

[spiritedgirl]

Of course it is. You know it is...what's going on, Kanji-san? Why...you're not supposed to be like me.

[And she's not sure why she's expected to know anyone other than a human Kanji]

[codename_emperor]

Why wouldn't I be supposed to be? I - I know I ain't gotta be, but ...

[Gah, why is she worrying? What can he do? This isn't fair...]

It's okay. Seriously. C'mon.

[spiritedgirl]

What do you mean you ain't gotta be? You either are or you ain't, that's how it works!

[Either he's human or he's like her. And if he's like her then that means something's changed somewhere and she's not sure what or where]

[foolishpriestess]

[...seriously, what the hell?]

Kanji-kun? What happened to you?

[codename_emperor]

Yukiko-senpai? Nothing's happened... I'm just tryin' to work a few things out, that's all...

[And he looks a bit puzzled here, himself...

[foolishpriestess]

[But-! How is this possible?! He's supposed to be-!!]

But...how are you...

[And now her shock turns to anger.]

Did Adachi do this to you?!

[codename_emperor]

[He's looking completely shocked there. And he's usually the one whose logic escapes the others...]

Adachi? Hell no! I haven't seen that asshole since we took him down... what's goin' on?

[foolishpriestess]

[Even more confusion from her. They defeated him? Since when?]

...we never defeated him. Not now at least.

[codename_emperor]

Wha'? Whaddya mean, 'not now'?

[Okay, apparently, the patented Kanji look of sheer confusion still works when it's in mechanical form.]

You were there...!

[foolishpriestess]

[She shook her head, looking down at the ground.]

No, I wasn't. I was there when...

[She couldn't say it. 'I was there when someone dear to us killed you, Yosuke, Chie, and Naoto.' How could she?]

[bleachout]

Hell yeah! You tell 'em!

...But, uh, what's this about moving in?

[What do you mean, is that the only part he picked up on? What else was there to pick up on?]

[codename_emperor]

[Other him, the heck? ...Without glowing eyes, that's a good start. Without his external components - a little more confusing. But he pushes on regardless...]

Uh, back when I - we - shit - first moved into Inaba? Getting snuck outta the labs to 'try and teach me about bein' human'? ... or was that - hell, I don't know.

(Still trying to put the pieces of what happened together myself, man. Apparently, someone's still workin' on it.)

[bleachout]

[Kanji looks at him blankly.] Uh... huh. Yeah, I'm gettin' a little lost here.

[Still... talking about labs and being human, and those headphone-looking things he's sure he's seen somewhere...]

So what are you, some kinda robot me? And Ma's gone and... picked you up? [He frowns, obviously annoyed, although not at the interloper.] Hell's up with that? First I'm hearing about it.

[codename_emperor]

[And a nod back-]

Yeah. I'm you, you're - heh. Things just ... happened differently to us. I don't know the full story, but something happened when you were, I was - ugh... a kid, anyway. I don't remember that stuff. I just remember bein' dropped on Ma's doorstep and us bein' told that hey, I'm her son, or the son she would've had or ... something.

...Makes my head hurt.

[bleachout]

Well, damn. [He cocks his head.] What kinda punk'd want to make a robot of me? 'S just plain unsettling.

[His expression clears after only a moment, though.] Eh, can't exactly whine about it when you're already here. But - you! [And now he leans forward, raising his voice, deadly serious.] You better be treating her right, you hear!?

[codename_emperor]

[He frowns at his double-] Hey, it's kinda spooky for me, too. Kinda like seeing my ghost...

[And the other Kanji's comment definitely pulls him out of it.] ...Hell yeah I am! Who'd I be if I wasn't, huh? I ain't gonna let her down after she's done everything for me...

[The whole Incident With The Bikers may have been shortly after he arrived in town...]

[bleachout]

I mean it, asshole! Don't just talk the talk! You know her eyesight ain't what it used to be... [And any lookalike of his going around babbling about Personas should be damn familiar with his position on punching people with his face! ...That's how this works, right?]

And watch who you're calling a ghost, too! The name is Kanji, got it?

Sorry not sorry

[youonlylivethrice]

Interesting. So this was part of Kouetsu's project...

[First of all, wow rude, second of all, how does this guy know Mitsuru's grandfather?]

fffffff

[codename_emperor]

[Kanji peers at the newcomer - and snaps. ]

Hey! What d'ya mean 'this'? I'm standing right here, y'know!

Sorry I have grandpa Persona antagonists for you

[youonlylivethrice]

Ahh yes, that's right. You certainly do make yourself well-heard.

[You know, it wouldn't be so bad that he was like this if he wasn't nearly as tall as Kanji.]

And what kind of chores do they make you do?

And I apologise for any things that Kanji should know in context getting messed up. ^^;

[codename_emperor]

[Probably not. He's definitely not used to humans catching up to his height...]

Chores? What the hell're you talking about?