CALL ME OUT: i'm in psl hell edition

[majinken]

MINAKO ARISATO
persona 3

GENKI SILENT PROTAG. She'll probably strong-arm you into doing something ridiculous, and do so with the cutest smile on earth. She might also poke you with a naginata if you're a punk.

orphean

AKIRA KURUSU
persona 5

THE SASSY PROTAG. a phantom thief with a heart of gold. lives rebelliously and without regrets, though spends most of his time feigning a very unassuming persona. #nailedit

jokered

STAHN AILERON
tales of destiny

A true sunshine protagonist. Country bumpkin, slow on the uptake. Wants to be everyone's friend. Swordian Master of fire, incredibly hot-blooded. A GOOD BEAN. Please love him. He's my favorite and I am biased.

majinken

HAROLD BERSELIUS
tales of destiny 2

The original fabulous Tales science lady. Probably wants to dissect you pretty shamelessly. Loves and adores cute things. Inventor of the Swordians. Definitely the definition of Mad Scientist.

probings

all others are lower priority, but available upon request!

Comments

[purrtagonist]

Never said I wasn't one, did I?

[JUST SAYING!!]

[orphean]

True enough!

[and since ryuji seems to be closing the gap here—]

Catch you on the flip side, then, Spy kid-san!

[that's contradictory, minako.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . weirdly enough, he kind of hopes she does. er, they both do. at some point]

Same to you, Vending Machine-san.

[Akira gives this mysterious girl one last wave, before he turns away and hangs up to greet his friend. because yep, that is Ryuji, closing in on him with one hand raised above his head as he yells very loud-- what the HELL, Akira?! Where'd you go!]

[. . .]








[well so much for being mysterious]

[orphean]

[once he's thoroughly distracted by ryuji, minako will start to head off herself, in part because it seems like she's messed around long enough to catch yukari getting off the monorail after archery club practice and! they can walk back to the dorms together!

perfect!

but while akira is on his journey back to tokyo, he'll get a text!]

It was nice kind-of meeting you, Akira-san. I'm Minako.

[purrtagonist]

[he spends most of the train ride back to Shibuya listening to Ryuji talk about the subtle differences in flavor between Ogikubo and Hagakure ramen. he doesn't have too much to add to the conversation himself-- Ryuji's the expert, not him, and he's still educating himself on Tokyo's particularly unique flavors anyway-- but. it's a good conversation nonetheless]

[it isn't until they're almost to Shibuya that his phone buzzes in his pocket. he pulls it out while Ryuji's occupied with his own for a moment, and. sort of. blinks at the message flashed on the screen]

[. . . huh]

[naturally? he responds]

Nice to meet you too, Minako-san.

I think this totally counts as having my cover blown, though.

[orphean]

[oh, well. this is fine. she's pretty easily settled in the dorm's lounge for the time being, so there's no harm in sending some texts for a while before deciding on whether or not they'll be going into tartarus tonight.]

You can thank Ryuji-san for that. He really helped me out...

So thanks, Ryuji-san! [pass that along to ryooj, will ya.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . SNORTS]

[I hope she realizes she's still going to forever be saved in his phone as Vending Machine-san, anyway]

I'll make sure to pass along the message. Is there anything else you want me to tell him?

[orphean]

[that makes them even because she's definitely "spy kid-san" in hers.]

Mmmmmaybe! He should buy a leash so he doesn't lose you in the big city next time.


c:

[she has a sense of humor, at least.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . SHE DOES, AND HE LIKES IT. speak his language, Minako]

Uuuuuh. Why is he the one with the leash?

Maybe it was me who lost him. Ever think about that?

[orphean]

Probably because you were standing in front the station looking like a real, live Buchiko.

[savage.]

[purrtagonist]

[please give him a Baisudi for that burn]

You sure? I don't really know if I can live up to Buchiko's legendary cuteness.

[orphean]

[gotta do the aftercare when tending to a protag's masochism.]

It's pretty hard to do, but you came close. You have that confused puppy look down.

From what I could tell, at least. Maybe you're a lot less cute about it close-up?

[purrtagonist]

[why this]

Oh. Well, thank you. Coming close feels like a great achievement.

As judged by someone standing at least fifteen feet away from me.

[HA]

I think I'm more like a cat than a dog up close, though.

[orphean]

I'm a pretty good judge of character, you know.

[she is a good protag who social links hard!]

Cat-like, huh? I guess you might be, Akira-san. I'll have to see you up close to really say for sure, though.

[purrtagonist]

[she is already doing the social linking thing with a guy who accidentally mis-dialed her number, she does indeed social link hard]

Is that your not-so-subtle way of telling me you plan on spying on me again?

[orphean]

[sometimes, you just have to social link intensely.]

Only if you have plans to come back to Iwatodai. I don't think I can just up and leave to Tokyo right now, even if it sounds like fun!

[purrtagonist]

[how else would your Personas get stronger!!]

I was sort of thinking about visiting Hagakure again. Their tuna made me feel more charming.

[what]

[orphean]

[an interesting word choice, and yet:]

Ooooooh!
(๑°o°๑)
If you think that, you should try the coffee at Chagall! I don't think anything makes you more charming than that if you're in Iwatodai!

1/2

[purrtagonist]

[. . . usually people give him strange looks when he says stuff like that. . .]

[. . .]

[purrtagonist]

[ah, well]

How quality would you say this Chagall's coffee is? I'm very hard to please.

1/2

[orphean]

I;m not sure, maybe +3 Charm's worth?

[orphean]

But I'm a little biased! I work there part-time, so I have a pretty strong preference for their coffee. I'm not really some kind of coffee expert of anything, though!

[purrtagonist]

[plus three??? wtf!!]

That's way more charm than the Frui-Tea at the Shibuya diner gives me. . .

[nts: go to Chagall's sometime. why doesn't Boss's coffee give him charm, too??]

Ah, well. A little bias isn't so bad. Truthfully, that's probably what it is for me, too.

[though unlike her, he doesn't elaborate]

[orphean]

Chagall's coffee is really something special then, right?
So you'll have to come back to try it for yourself sometime!
And then I guess you'll be able to compare it your biased coffee preference.
c:

[she doesn't care about elaborating on that one, since it's not like it's a secret. he could have easily met her by walking in to chagall that way, anyway.]

[purrtagonist]

[this is it, this is how he meets her again, he gets lost on his way to Chagall's and has to call her for directions like the lost puppy she said he was]

With that sort of advertisement, I'm not sure how I could at least give it a try.

Not bad, Minako-san. May your bosses be proud.

[of her ability to drag in new customers by advertising the coffee's charming properties]