Shin Megami Tensei Persona: Dissonant Strain (Private RP)

[Daren58]

Rin quickly dressed after getting cleaned up. She felt decidedly better and choose to attend classes today. She left her room and made her way to the courtyard only to discover they were going to be holding a memorial for Seiya. She went to the auditorium to attend and hoped she could maybe catch sight of one of the others to figure out what had happened earlier.

 

[Cinnonym]

Eber fits himself into the seat next to Akinari, giving him a quiet look. He wished he'd remembered to check on him before he'd left the dormitory building... He looked miserable.

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With the student body assembled, the Principal came forward to the podium to offer condolences for the loss that Akaito High had suffered as a whole. There was a picture of her on the wall, surrounded by flowers; it looked rather hastily put together.

Seiya Hikaru, he went on to say, had the most illustrious academic career reflected in her service to the school and the community. The list of clubs she ran and volunteer groups she had captained puts a large portion of the student body to shame. He was about to honor her parents in the same respect, slightly venturing off into the topic of donations, when the door to the auditorium burst open with a singular fervor.

"Wait, please!"

Hikaru stood in the door. The auditorium burst into a confused, fearful uproar.

She looked frazzled, but was doing her best to remain composed; smoothing out her skirt, Hikaru slowly approached the stage while the masses around her whispered and pointed. She ascended the stairs neatly and took the podium from the Principal with little hesitation.

"Excuse me..." The auditorium hushed, and there was a pause before she continued, "The newscasters, and the papers... They've both acknowledged the error in their reports and have issued a retraction. ...I'm fine. But... I realize that this mistake could not have happened if I had been present on campus yesterday, or this morning. Forgive me for my lack of good judgement, and for failing to uphold my duties as a senior, and as Student Council Secretary..."

Her eyes flicked to the members of the party who were present.

"I did not intend to worry anyone..."

The principal intervened long enough to excuse himself and Hikaru; they went backstage to discuss it and the rest of the faculty hurried to close the curtain and take down the decorations and get the students under control.

Eber sat wide-eyed. "What...?"

 

[Rosen2012]

Takuya, who had been standing off to the side of the stage, smirked. He wasn't sure why...oh by all means he was pissed. Pissed to see Seiya alive and well.

Why? Well that meant she had skipped class. Her duties had gone unattended, her studies neglected; she neglected him. But he smirked, because he felt his visitor tremble triumphantly in being correct. By all means, being wrong on the matter made him angry, but the fact that she was right intrigued him.

How could she have know Seiya was not dead? He watched as the memorial was quickly shut down, and he followed the principal and Seiya. He'd be damned if he missed this... He wondered if they'd try to punish her for skipping? Nonsense, they shouldn't it. But they may...

His fingers flexed as he walked, and he heard a second set of bones popping - not his own. Though it was daylight, her presence seemed to be growing now. Usually she shrinked away in the light or at the sight of Hikaru, but today they were both intrigued. For different reasons, but intrigued none the less.

'She's alive...and something is a miss. I have to know what it is.'

 

[ShadowFolk]

"Yes!" Kumiko shouted out in surprise, seeing Seiya at the front, perfectly fine. She was then glad for the uproar of confusion. 'We did! We saved her!' She cheered, bouncing up and down in her seat. It was short lived though. With Seiya alive, it raised more questions. Who was that girl? Why was Seiya's DNA found and not the proper owner? And what really happened last night?

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Akinari looked confused, very much so at his senpai. She...she was alive. Why on Earth were they 'remembering' her if she was right there? But that really didn't matter. He felt relief, he took a deep breath and exhaled, smiling. "Look, Eber-kun! Senpai is ok!" he pointed at the stage unnecessarily.

 

[Keppler]

Some time passed before Isoroku awoke again. The water in the tub had gone lukewarm and his head seemed to mimic that state of things; calmed and washed from the confusion and anger he'd been lashing out with earlier in the day. He still ached considerably and his body complained as he pulled himself out of the tub, but his thoughts were clearer and, by and large, he felt much better. Until he opened the door to the rest of his room, however, and winced at the light pouring into the previously unlit bathroom. His pupils didn't enjoy that very much. From outside his door he could already hear random groups of students rushing past, talking about Seiya and her 'miraculous' appearance at some assembly or something. The news didn't startle him that much; he'd come to the realization that it didn't really matter to him if Seiya was alive or dead. The beast within' her was of greater importance.

Isoroku went about getting dressed, however he didn't bother with his full uniform. Only his trousers and a shirt were donned...he didn't even put on his shoes. He went out into the hallway, making his way to Kojiro's door, which he knocked upon a few times, halfway leaning against the doorframe around it.

"Heyyyy...Kojiro. Wake up..."

 

[Daren58]

Rin gasped in surprise at Seiya's sudden appearance. She was happy Seiya was really ok, but it also confused her. 'If Seiya's here, then what happened last night and who's body did the police really find?'

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro grumbled as he got up and opened his door. He glared at Isoroku through one eye and rubbed the other sleepily. "What? Now you want me to be awake, Roku? Why? What happened now?" He leaned on his door frame and waited for an answer.

 

[Keppler]

All Isoroku had to do was wait for the next scurrying group of students to go down the hallway behind him, muttering to themselves about Seiya. He pointed over his shoulder at them.

"Seiya's alive." Then, as an afterthought, "....apparently."

 

[PresqueVu]

Yamada had entered the auditorium late having wrestled with himself on if he could even handle it. He was sure he'd lose composure. He already missed her and regretted so may things. He hadn't told her how much he enjoyed her presence, had endangered her, had stolen from her, and had a hand in her death. His breath was short and his nerves and emotions were frayed as he approached entered late.

As he heard the familiar voice, he was positive he was imagining it, making it up. His eyes shot up to the stage and he nearly collapsed with relief, wanting to just run to her, but was positive that he'd have no idea what to say except apologize. He didn't even manage to move, trying to piece together how this could have possibly happened. How this mistake could ever occur. There were pieces definitely missing, but right now all that mattered was that Seiya was alive.

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro shook his head, "Great...Well, normally I would say once she's settled back into school let's talk to her. But since we are a team of inaction, I think I'll just not give a flying fuck. Let the German decide how he wants it handled."

Kojiro yawned. He needed a shower. "I'm gonna go get cleaned up. I'll see you later." He closed the door.

 

[Keppler]

"I-" Isoroku wasn't really sure what to do after that. Sure, he was often filled with indifference himself but he was used to seeing the others bounce off the walls with emotion of one kind or another. This time he was left blinking at a door in the hallway. Without any better ideas at this point, he actually took up Kojiro's suggestion; he went back to his room to find his phone (and his shoes) and called the German to see what he'd heard.

And they still didn't know what became of Kurado.

 

[Cinnonym]

"Yes, I see..." Eber stood up as the girl disappeared, presumably to sort out the mistake and sit through what he thought would have to be hours of paperwork. The German wandered away from his friend's side to find Kumiko, Rin and Yukimura at the second years' section.

"Oi, we need to talk to her. Something is odd about this."

 

[PresqueVu]

Yamada nodded vaguely, coming out of his shock. "Yes... Yes. You're right. We do. There's something missing." He was immediately willing to do anything to assist and figure out how this happened in the first place. He never wanted to be that scared again.

 

[Cinnonym]

Missing. Yes.

Like his memory of what had happened after the battle...

 

[ShadowFolk]

"Yeah we do. I don't know how she's going to do it, but dammit she's explaining this to all of us. If she can just burst in here without batting an eye, she has to know some sort os explanation." or at least that's what she was hoping for. "She's probably going to be slammed with questions and stuff the moment she gets out of there, when should we nab her?"

 

[Cinnonym]

"You are right..." Eber could already see clusters of students forming at the base of the stage. He frowned. "She must come to class at some point. Could we perhaps wait in the Student Council room?"

 

[Rosen2012]

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[ShadowFolk]

"She'll probably be one of the first in the Student Council room. It's probably best to do it there, there will be less people. Maybe if we're lucky, none." She wondered just how long Seiya would be kept for justified questioning.

 

[Cinnonym]

"So long as Mori does not attend," he added. The German quickly stalked past Akinari and out of the building to claim the Student Council room before unwanted students arrived.

 

[ShadowFolk]

Kumiko was a bit less stealthy leaving the room, though she was unsure as to why Eber was acting like he was hiding on the way out. She followed him to the Council room to confront Seiya for what seemed like the hundredth time.

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As the short-lived memorial service to Seiya ended, Akinari looked around to room to find where Eber had gone. He had left so suddenly without much of a word. He stood on the tips of his toes to try to see over the heads of the taller students as they all filtered out to carry on with their days. But when the room was clear, there was still no sign of Eber.

Akinari fussed, crossing his arms he walked to class alone.