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Topic Started: Nov 19 2012, 02:11 AM (699 Views)
Prince Arjuna
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"Sure, sure..." Kakeru said casually. "I'll make sure to keep myself under control from now on. I'll go to a place where there's a crowd, avoid looking at a lone girl and avoid going to the backstreets. But if you do see me assaulting someone, it would be better if you run away. If you try to attack me, I..." he looked down. "I may end up killing you instead. I have a feeling that I may be stronger than you..." he said before he sighed. "And tell me, you awakened your Persona just recently, right?"
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
Oh, snap. Kyo hadn't actually thought of that. "I... I... yeah, so?" was all she said. It was a pretty pitiful response, but it was the best she could do. Her brain was currently conflicting with... whatever other part of the brain everyone else called the "heart," she supposed. Yeah, that's right, she thought, think in RPG terms: this guy was probably like level fifty and you're still level five, jackass, so go grind s'more before you try that fight out again.

She huffed and crossed her arms, staring disconsolately at the desk to her immediately left--away from Kakeru. Logically, he was right. The smart option would be to run like hell in that situation. But what decent human being could walk away from someone being--she almost thought "raped," had to mentally backspace and type in "bitten by a vampire." Not that the difference made a difference...
Edited by The One True Nobody, Nov 19 2012, 11:01 PM.
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"Well... if you do think that stopping me is the right thing to do, you need to become stronger. I'm more than glad if you're willing to stop me if I do try to assault someone..." Kakeru's expression looked melancholic. It's been a while since the last time he felt this sentimental. "I'd rather die than harming others," then, he smiled at Kyo. "So... if you're stronger enough, if you see me doing that thing again, just do whatever you think is right, even it means killing me..."

Kakeru sighed. "So, if you want to become stronger, would you like me to help you?" he said. "I can help you to go deeper into the ruins and fight some stronger Shadows. You can get yourself stronger quickly this way," then, he shrugged as he looked at Kiyo. "But well, I understand if you refuse this offer. After all, no one wants to go into the ruins alone with a vampire, right?" he smiled bitterly.
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
Kyo weighed the benefits and possible pitfalls of the offer. On the one hand, making her Persona more powerful--

Yes please~!

--would help in so many ways. Not least of which was keeping herself alive. But more to the point, she was starting to get a little bit bored with the Shadows in the "beginner" stages of Nagashima's labyrinth-dungeon. The thought of fighting more powerful Shadows deeper in scared her, but if she had a strong enough companion..

On the other hand, if she got knocked down or injured, could she count on Kakeru not to go all Dracula on her again? She wasn't exactly keen on the idea of being carried out of the ruins again with only about two-thirds of her blood where it actually belonged. Even so--

...Even so... this had been a freaky sort of wake-up call. Nagashima was dangerous and danger could come from anywhere. She needed to toughen up before it ate her alive. Yeah, that was a good way to say it. Hell, the symbolic shit even fit the metaphor like a glove.

Now we can all be cunning linguists~

"...Alright, yeah," Kyo said. "Let's do that. You're on."
Edited by The One True Nobody, Nov 19 2012, 11:22 PM.
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"Cool," Kakeru said, smiling. "So, when do you think is the right time for us to go there? I need to set my schedule first, and I also need to help my grandmother at home..." he said.
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
Kyo shrugged. "I go to the ruins almost every day, provided I'm not drunk or too tired from my last visit to go," she said. "Beats the shit outta stayin' at home with the folks."

Kyo pulled her cell out of her pocket, popped it open, flipped into the Phone Information menu until her number was displayed on the screen. Turning it around, she showed it to him and asked, "You got a cell phone? You can text me whenever you're free for ruins exploration. I'll try to get one or two o' my friends to come with us. Probably the male ones. It'd get kinda awkward if you tried to bite someone while we were all screaming and running from the Reaper, or somethin'."

There was a casual flippancy to her voice as she said this last in jest. Well, now that it came to workin' with the guy, she'd have to get comfy with the idea of him being all vampirish sometime. Might as well start now.
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"Ah, right..." Kakeru also took out his cellphone. "Here's my number..." after exchanging numbers, he tapped the phone on his temple. "Well, why don't we start after school? I want to see the way you're dealing with Shadows..." he grinned. "It's cool to have more party members, but I usually fought by myself. Having too much people around me while dealing with Shadows can be a hindrance sometimes," yeah, he would rather go alone than accidentally blasting and killing his teammates with a Megidola. That would be uncool. Bringing only one person deep into the ruins was alright, though. "Unless those guys are strong, of course," he shrugged.
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
"Well, except for Little Miss El Ka-Bong the guitarist," Kyo said, "pretty much everyone I've met who has one has had a Persona longer than I have. So it probably won't be an issue. Going into the ruins by yourself is great and all, but no one'll make any headway goin' it by themselves. Maybe you just need a little practice at being a team player, eh?"

She grinned, shrugged, and added, "Today's fine, yeah. You got anything else you gotta do in the meantime? I could give Hiroko a call and see if he'll join us..."

She hadn't entered the ruins with Hiroko since that fateful mission to rescue her booze cache. That had been... quite a night. She'd lay off asking Hotaru along on this one, though... no sense tempting Murphy. Until she was strong enough to beat it back when it reared its head, or fangs, or whatever...
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"Maybe I need to return home for a while, prepare my equipments and then go straight into the ruins," Kakeru said. "I'll text you later..." he said, smiling at her. Then, he stood up and grabbed his bag. "Well, since the school's already over for today, I'm going back to home now. See you later, Kyo-san," he said before he unfolded his trusted map that he always used to navigate the area. So, he walked out of the class, going home so he could prepare himself for this exploration.
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"...does this clockwork hand follow you... or guide you?"
He actually uses a map, Kyo thought dumbly. Well. This was turning into an interesting day. Virgin-eating butterflies, magic and monsters, random schoolroof ninja, and now a motherfucking vampire. Never a dull moment in Nagashima, apparently.

Kyo found it hard to see that as an altogether bad thing...
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