013 ☀ Phantom Thieves, Magilou

[jokered]

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[spinatalltale]

[pleasant surprises!!]

. . . are you going to make her a necklace?

[bead?? necklace?? she doesn't know wtf those are, okay, they have life bottles where she comes from]

[virtuale]

[Futaba's hand just shoots out to accept the revival bead.

Give it, give it.

She doesn't actually need it but...she wants it anyway, apparently?? Okay.]

[jokered]

Just going to revive her from her KO.

[beads in this world, not bottles. you're in a different rpg now, magilou.

either way, he'll put the revival bead in futaba's hand, this is fine.]

[spinatalltale]

[what]

Uho! Now isn't that the best sort of jewelry to give to an adventuring girl.

[she jokes, but wtf. how does a bead revive people. how do bottles revive people though, idk, rpg mechanics!!]

[virtuale]

[Her hand clenches around the revival bead and then she's totally shoving it into her pocket.

Hah. It's hers now.

She sits up abruptly, tilting her head at Magilou. And she wags her finger, mock-scoldingly.]

Nuh-uh, I'm support. The rest of you can fight things and use revival items and things.

[She's got a sweet-ass spaceship and she's not afraid to use it.]

[jokered]

[she's going to have to put that revival bead back in the item pool during the next mementos crawl! but it's fine, akira doesn't seem very fussed about it either way.]

I don't know if you'll need it, but I guess we'll have to outfit you with some stuff.

[if magilou's ever going to fight near them—which he imagines she will because she probably wants to see the phantom thieves in action and experience the metaverse a bit.]

I might be disappointed if you go down enough to need a revival bead, though.

[he's teasing, it's fine.]

[spinatalltale]

[how many times has Styx needed to use a Life Bottle on Magilou b/c her defense is paper thin--]

Please. I may be a witch, and my stat priority may be my attack and arte attack stats, but that doesn't mean I can't take a hit or two.

[virtuale]

[... Yeah, those are things Futaba can Tell about.]

I dunno, your defense looks pretty bad. Especially if you're a mage class. Are you sure you're supposed to be a frontliner? Maybe you should stay behind Akira.

[Oh.]

[jokered]

...Savage.

[he's enjoying this, though. it's so fitting. annnd maybe it makes him feel a bit better about things. somehow.]

[spinatalltale]

[. . . WOW. WHY DO THEY KEEP TEAMING UP ON HER LIKE THIS]

Heeeey, what's wrong with back row support?! Don't insult me! My defense isn't that paper thin-- even the back row mage needs to be at least a little tough!

[virtuale]

[Yeah, Futaba's just tilting her head at that.

Was it savage???]

Eh... I didn't say back row support was bad, you know. You just gotta stay behind Akira, that's all. He can take a hit better.

[jokered]

[it was a little savage, but not at bad at the things she says to mishima. it's fine.]

I'm not a tank, but I can cover most weaknesses to bear the hits.

[spinatalltale]

[okay but like. normally? she'd be like, "eh, okay, if you wanna bear the pain I'm not gonna stop you!!"]

[but "normally" never applies to Akira for some weird reason, so her response is just a huffed]

Doesn't he bear enough hits meant for other people already?

[virtuale]

[.... ... ...]

Whoa.

[??]

You're totally a sap for Akira, aren't you? He's like your critical weakness.

[jokered]

[snort.

there's not even anything for him to say here, he's just amused at how futaba calls out the things akira typically doesn't, since...

well, it kind of flusters magilou.]

[spinatalltale]

[oh my god]

[TSUN TSUN]

So what?? Don't embarrass me! He's irritating enough already. Say things like that to him and he'll get all smug.

[she likes it when he's smug. . .]

[virtuale]

[Futaba just wrinkles her nose.]

Ugh, ego check, knock it down a few pegs, world doesn't revolve around you. It's not like I was trying to embarrass you or anything.

[A vague shrug??? It's not about you, Magilou!!]

Just pointing it out, that's all.

[jokered]

It's okay, Futaba. She's pretty selfish sometimes.

[akira????

look, he's not going to deny it when it's been something they've covered at length already. he's not afraid to tell it like it is.]

...And she gets embarrassed more easily than she likes to admit.

[spinatalltale]

Selfish?? Sometimes?? Hey!

[HOW DARE HE CALL HER SELFI--]

How dare you say I'm selfish only sometimes. I'm selfish all of the time! It's always about me! The Great Magilou is too villainous and self-focused to care about what happens to the peons of this world!

[. . . oh. . .]

[okay Mags]

[virtuale]

[... Squints!!

She just turns to Akira, and:]

You have the weirdest taste.

[jokered]

[and yet? akira seems to be pretty amused and endeared by magilou's dramatics. he's used to them by now.]

Is it surprising that I'd like someone with a flair for theatrics? [honestly, she's one of the few people he's met that can keep up with his theatrics.]

[spinatalltale]

Hmph. I'd be a very bad performer if I didn't have said flair for theatrics.

[comedians gotta be dramatic, Futaba!!]

[virtuale]

Yeah, but she thinks she's a villain.

[Just. Pointing that out, even as she idly wraps an arm around her legs and rocks in place on the booth chair. Which squeaks under her shoes. Squeak squeak squeak. Sorry, Sojiro.]

No matter how you look at it, that's weird or tryhard.

[jokered]

Hm.

[he pauses, and then notes.]

She's like us.

[...]

Someone who might be remembered as a villain, no matter what actually happened.

[spinatalltale]

[WOW, HEY]

. . .

[she wants to yell STOP MAKING ME SOUND LIKE A GOOD PERSON!! but. maybe she'll just. give them both a deadeyed stare instead]