Shin Megami Tensei Persona: Dissonant Strain (Private RP)
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Kojiro's mind suddenly snapped back to the real world. The door was fake, nothing was there. But he hear a voice asking him about the room from behind. He spun around to meet Junsui's eyes.
"Huuu- Um....I..." The words were caught in his throat. Why was he panicking? She asked about the room and the train...and not what they were, but where he had heard about them. That mean she knew! She knew what he was talking about...and yet.
He thought about the new paper clippings. It wasn't safe for someone like Junsui. Should he lie?
"I uh...I just heard it, in a song. Yeah! A song a kid was singing.." He held up his hands in defense. "I just thought I heard someone singing it now- er, but nope, nothing. Come on let's get going!" He started to walk around her refusing to look her in the eyes.
"Huuu- Um....I..." The words were caught in his throat. Why was he panicking? She asked about the room and the train...and not what they were, but where he had heard about them. That mean she knew! She knew what he was talking about...and yet.
He thought about the new paper clippings. It wasn't safe for someone like Junsui. Should he lie?
"I uh...I just heard it, in a song. Yeah! A song a kid was singing.." He held up his hands in defense. "I just thought I heard someone singing it now- er, but nope, nothing. Come on let's get going!" He started to walk around her refusing to look her in the eyes.
Yamada walked around the club rush booths trying to find his own, frowning when he didn't see it. He asked around, but didn't seem to find anyone that knew anything. His brows furrowed and headed over to where he saw Seiya and Mizushima. He approached, not sure if he should interrupt "Good morning and I'm sorry to bother you both. I'm sure that I'm just missing it, but Seiya-Sempai, where is the Sojutsu booth?"
Rin glanced around. "What do you mean, there was nobody over here but us." She walked quickly to get in front of him. "You um know what I meant didn't you?" She felt her heart pound in her chest. She'd never been so forward before, she wasn't even sure why she was being now. Something about those dreams made her think this was important, but it didn't make her feel any better as she tried to meet his eyes.
'Oh god damn it!' Kojiro turned to look away from her, but she looked so desperate. As desperate as he felt at times...'You're not the only one who could use this you know!' He twisted his lips, but nodded.
"Yeah--yeah...a few nights ago...A blue looking room. The Velvet room...and Igor and Eleanor..." He looked up at her, "You had it too? You know just until right now, I forgot that in the dream it felt like someone else was there with me...like if I moved my arms I would bump people sitting on either side of me..."
He nodded slowly. 'Is this why I saw the door? They wanted me to find out about Rin...were there others in the room? Why didn't she see the door as well?"
"Did you, last night...did you dream about, something strange happening to you? Like something about you was changing? Like a whole 'nother things was taking your life and changing it? Challenging you to do better? Do more?"
"Yeah--yeah...a few nights ago...A blue looking room. The Velvet room...and Igor and Eleanor..." He looked up at her, "You had it too? You know just until right now, I forgot that in the dream it felt like someone else was there with me...like if I moved my arms I would bump people sitting on either side of me..."
He nodded slowly. 'Is this why I saw the door? They wanted me to find out about Rin...were there others in the room? Why didn't she see the door as well?"
"Did you, last night...did you dream about, something strange happening to you? Like something about you was changing? Like a whole 'nother things was taking your life and changing it? Challenging you to do better? Do more?"
"Oh. Good morning, Yamada-san." Kumiko had no idea where the booth was. In fact she may as well have been wearing blinders on either side of her head. She left the answering of that to Seiya. In the mean time, she took a few more names and sent them out into the grass behind her to get a feel of the club with returning players.
But she just couldn't do it anymore. Kumiko dropped her pen on the table and pushed it away. 'Why are they really here? Are they actually interested in this club or...? Are my friends even actually my friends? I'm not an object. I'm not an object...' she wanted to swear in frustration. She left the table, leaving it to a fellow soccer player to attend to. "Excuse me."
A place devoid of people, faces, voices. That is what she needed. And since the courtyard was packed with people, she wandered into the main building.
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"Please look forward to it." he stood, packing away the small container. "Now up, up, up. We've gotta go sign up for clubs, remember? We can't miss our chance." Akinari reached forward and tried to hoist Eber up from his seat. "Get a move on!"
Akinari went straight for swimming and made a b-line for baseball.
But she just couldn't do it anymore. Kumiko dropped her pen on the table and pushed it away. 'Why are they really here? Are they actually interested in this club or...? Are my friends even actually my friends? I'm not an object. I'm not an object...' she wanted to swear in frustration. She left the table, leaving it to a fellow soccer player to attend to. "Excuse me."
A place devoid of people, faces, voices. That is what she needed. And since the courtyard was packed with people, she wandered into the main building.
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"Please look forward to it." he stood, packing away the small container. "Now up, up, up. We've gotta go sign up for clubs, remember? We can't miss our chance." Akinari reached forward and tried to hoist Eber up from his seat. "Get a move on!"
Akinari went straight for swimming and made a b-line for baseball.
Rin found herself nodding as Ishikawa spoke. She had been right, he'd had the dream too. She felt herself grip her back to her chest as he talked. As Ishikawa asked her about last night, her mind went straight to her dream. "I um did. It was very odd, but I did have a dream. There was someone or something there, it almost felt like it was taunting me. Not in um like a mean way, more as if it was being playful. It felt like it wanted something." She looked expectantly at him wondering if this was really happening.
Before he could think twice about it Kojiro's hands shot out and grabbed Junsui's. "Yes!" He exclaimed. "I was right! I knew it! I knew it! And if you, then that means Isoroku too!" He hugged Junsui and swung her around.
"Rin-chan! This is fate! You! Me! Isoroku! This is fate! I flew in my dream! I was a great winged serpent! I was- I was!" He shook his head, no, not now. He needed Isoroku.
"Come on! We'll sign up at lunch!" He held her hand and started running back to the main building. "Come on we have to tell Isoroku!" He smiled at her over his shoulder.
He was excited. He felt like he was flying again right now. The dreams, while he still didn't know what they meant, they were definitely leading him somewhere. And now he knew they were leading others too. And if he had been right about that, then he knew he was right about the ghost train at the station.
He would protect Rin. He was certain between him and Isoroku they would be alright. Things were turning upward.
He was so excited in his determination to share the news of Rin's encounter in the Velvet Room with Isoroku that he didn't even notice as he nearly ran over Mizushima. He held open the door as Rin followed him inside, he still held her hand. But he let go in front of Kumiko's face, unaware of the girl and her currently depressed mood.
"Rin-chan! This is fate! You! Me! Isoroku! This is fate! I flew in my dream! I was a great winged serpent! I was- I was!" He shook his head, no, not now. He needed Isoroku.
"Come on! We'll sign up at lunch!" He held her hand and started running back to the main building. "Come on we have to tell Isoroku!" He smiled at her over his shoulder.
He was excited. He felt like he was flying again right now. The dreams, while he still didn't know what they meant, they were definitely leading him somewhere. And now he knew they were leading others too. And if he had been right about that, then he knew he was right about the ghost train at the station.
He would protect Rin. He was certain between him and Isoroku they would be alright. Things were turning upward.
He was so excited in his determination to share the news of Rin's encounter in the Velvet Room with Isoroku that he didn't even notice as he nearly ran over Mizushima. He held open the door as Rin followed him inside, he still held her hand. But he let go in front of Kumiko's face, unaware of the girl and her currently depressed mood.
Hikaru jumped upon being addressed, turning toward Yukimura, "Oh, Yamada. ...S-Sojutsu, wasn't it? W-Well... I thought that you hadn't signed up this year..." She stopped what she was doing to rifle through the paperwork in her arms, looking for his sheet, "I thought I saw it, but, it isn't here... Wait! Oh, Mori-sama said he was going to discuss something about it with you. He's sick today. Maybe you should talk to him?"
She watched Kumiko go inside, face expressing her concern.
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He protested, but eventually stood up and followed his friend towards the booths. He signed up for numerous sports clubs: basketball, tennis, soccer, baseball, the swim team, the wrestling team, the track team. If he wound up disliking one of them, he'd drop it instantly. He also had lengthy conversations with the Auto club, but they got into such a fierce argument over German versus Japanese engineering that he left the table without joining. Eventually he sat on the soccer table, manning it and chatting congenially with numerous boys and girls of all three classes, answering the questions and laughing at their jokes.
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Kumiko: When you walk inside, it seems as though every shoe locker in the lobby is emanating a strange blue glow. It makes you uncomfortable. When you turn toward the door you'd just entered, it's been replaced by a large, Victorian door, painted a deep, dark blue. On the table beside you, there's a key. You can see it clearly from the corner of your eye, but when you turn your head to look at it directly, it's gone. A moment passes, and everything shifts to be as it should be. Could it all have been in your head?
She watched Kumiko go inside, face expressing her concern.
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He protested, but eventually stood up and followed his friend towards the booths. He signed up for numerous sports clubs: basketball, tennis, soccer, baseball, the swim team, the wrestling team, the track team. If he wound up disliking one of them, he'd drop it instantly. He also had lengthy conversations with the Auto club, but they got into such a fierce argument over German versus Japanese engineering that he left the table without joining. Eventually he sat on the soccer table, manning it and chatting congenially with numerous boys and girls of all three classes, answering the questions and laughing at their jokes.
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Kumiko: When you walk inside, it seems as though every shoe locker in the lobby is emanating a strange blue glow. It makes you uncomfortable. When you turn toward the door you'd just entered, it's been replaced by a large, Victorian door, painted a deep, dark blue. On the table beside you, there's a key. You can see it clearly from the corner of your eye, but when you turn your head to look at it directly, it's gone. A moment passes, and everything shifts to be as it should be. Could it all have been in your head?
Rin felt her face go red as Ishikawa grabbed her hand. "I um I" She found it hard to talk as he began pulling her towards the main building. She gave her head a quick shake, and tried to focus despite the feelings of elation and nervousness she felt. She couldn't believe it, he'd had the dreams too. She had so many questions bouncing around in her head that she almost missed on thing he said. "You mean Y..Yoshida had the dreams to?" That made three of them, She still didn't know what it meant. But she felt his excitement spreading to her. She barely noticed Mizushima as she followed Ishikawa into the building.
"Thanks..." she said staring blankly at the door that was shut in her face. 'Was that Kojiro? That's probably the most energetic he's ever been and...was...was that that weird...Rin girl? I just don't understand.' she sighed and pushed open the door.
"That light..." she drifted. 'This day just keeps getting worse and worse...Now I'm dreaming while I'm awake?' but Kumiko could not ignore that it was the very same bluish glow that she'd seen before in her dream. It all felt so familiar. She touched the table where the key had been, almost expecting to be able to grasp it. 'A wish...' and that was that. She decided to give that silly rumor a chance. A girl had passed in pursuit of the rumor, but she felt she was being called to it. If it was true, if she could really make a wish, it was worth another visit.
Tonight at midnight, she was going to be on that train. All she had to do was make it through the rest of the day.
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After he signed up for his two clubs he followed Eber around. How popular he was. Akinari was amazed that Eber had no problem whatsoever in breaking the ice with people. Akinari had the talking part down. Once he started, there was almost nothing that would stop him. He just didn't really know how to approach people without coming off too keen.
"That light..." she drifted. 'This day just keeps getting worse and worse...Now I'm dreaming while I'm awake?' but Kumiko could not ignore that it was the very same bluish glow that she'd seen before in her dream. It all felt so familiar. She touched the table where the key had been, almost expecting to be able to grasp it. 'A wish...' and that was that. She decided to give that silly rumor a chance. A girl had passed in pursuit of the rumor, but she felt she was being called to it. If it was true, if she could really make a wish, it was worth another visit.
Tonight at midnight, she was going to be on that train. All she had to do was make it through the rest of the day.
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After he signed up for his two clubs he followed Eber around. How popular he was. Akinari was amazed that Eber had no problem whatsoever in breaking the ice with people. Akinari had the talking part down. Once he started, there was almost nothing that would stop him. He just didn't really know how to approach people without coming off too keen.
Yamada paused a moment and he was worried that she was still upset with him from their disagreement the previous day. He wasn't sure that bothering the president was a very good idea, especially if he wasn't feeling well. His brows furrowed some as he spoke. "Yes, I posted it in as soon as I was able. I hope there's not a problem due to membership.." He frowned, unhappy with the idea. "You're right though, I suppose I can go speak with him if he's not feeling too badly. May I ask where his room is, if you know?" He wasn't sure if anything about that was presumptuous bout that. He hoped it wasn't because he was trying his best not to upset her again.
Hikaru nodded, trying to be helpful, "Of course, he dorms with the rest of you--room 214." She paused a few moments, then called to him again, "Yamada... Sorry. I swear I had it." The girl turned back to to soccer table, trying to talk a couple first year girls into signing up.
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Most of the girls at the soccer table were actually there to see Eber. He was friendly, and encouraged their approach, as he did most everyone. "I adore games," he was saying to the group, "I am not particularly great, just persistent. Take Aki, for example." Eber gestured to Akinari, "He will almost certainly beat me on the swim team, by loading me down with three-course meals." He grinned to show he was teasing. The others looked at the other boy with interest, as though they hadn't noticed him before.
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Most of the girls at the soccer table were actually there to see Eber. He was friendly, and encouraged their approach, as he did most everyone. "I adore games," he was saying to the group, "I am not particularly great, just persistent. Take Aki, for example." Eber gestured to Akinari, "He will almost certainly beat me on the swim team, by loading me down with three-course meals." He grinned to show he was teasing. The others looked at the other boy with interest, as though they hadn't noticed him before.
Kojiro pulled Rin all the way back to class room 2-B. And once they arrived he nearly knocked down the door. He made a bee line for Isoroku's desk.
"Isoroku-kun!" He started to shout, but then stopped and leaned in quietly, "Isoroku! Rin is coming with us tonight."
"Isoroku-kun!" He started to shout, but then stopped and leaned in quietly, "Isoroku! Rin is coming with us tonight."
Isoroku frowned.
Obvious, Kojiro had told her-- and if she knew, she had to come, so that she would have a stake in keeping it secret. It was an unneeded complication, but he'd work with it.
He responded in similarly low voice. "That may make sneaking a bit more difficult... but I suppose there is safety in numbers. Why does she want to come? Desperate for a wish as well, I suppose?"
He cocked an eyebrow at Rin.
"It certainly did not take you long to shake Kojiro down for information, Rin-san," he commented wryly.
Obvious, Kojiro had told her-- and if she knew, she had to come, so that she would have a stake in keeping it secret. It was an unneeded complication, but he'd work with it.
He responded in similarly low voice. "That may make sneaking a bit more difficult... but I suppose there is safety in numbers. Why does she want to come? Desperate for a wish as well, I suppose?"
He cocked an eyebrow at Rin.
"It certainly did not take you long to shake Kojiro down for information, Rin-san," he commented wryly.
Kojiro shook his head, "No no no!" He continued to mutter. "Look you don't understand yet Isoroku but you will! Because I saw it! Just now down stairs! And when I said that I saw it, Rin knew what I was talking about! And you will too!!"
Kojiro looked up and Rin and then around to make sure no one was really watching them, "I saw the Velvet Room. Just now down stairs, I saw it and I had the key in my pocket."
Kojiro looked up and Rin and then around to make sure no one was really watching them, "I saw the Velvet Room. Just now down stairs, I saw it and I had the key in my pocket."
Yamada turned for a second and gave her a reassuring smile. "Please don't worry about it, Seiya Sempai." He walked back for the dorms, hand tightened on the spears over his shoulder. He and Seiya used to be so much easier with one another. He didn't like this forced air that they had, and wanted to fix it.
The table situation was also disconcerting. He didn't trust that the student council president was going to have much good to say. Considering his normal attitude he doubted that him being ill was going to make handling him very much easier. He hurried up the stairs, wanting to get back down them and get recruits. He sighed as he approached the door, but tried to be as neutral as he could be as he came in front of it and knocked. He wondered if the older student might just not open the door at all He stood and waited to find out.
The table situation was also disconcerting. He didn't trust that the student council president was going to have much good to say. Considering his normal attitude he doubted that him being ill was going to make handling him very much easier. He hurried up the stairs, wanting to get back down them and get recruits. He sighed as he approached the door, but tried to be as neutral as he could be as he came in front of it and knocked. He wondered if the older student might just not open the door at all He stood and waited to find out.
Isoroku sat still for a moment while he made sense of this, recalling the Velvet Room from his memory. His mind raced as he tried to understand Kojiro's motives, and he wracked his brain trying to recall if he could have mentioned the specifics of that dream to anyone.
Finally, he spoke in a terse voice, eyes darting from Kojiro to Rin with suspicion.
"How do you know about my dream? I did not tell you about that one."
Finally, he spoke in a terse voice, eyes darting from Kojiro to Rin with suspicion.
"How do you know about my dream? I did not tell you about that one."
Rin took a moment to collect herself and her thoughts and Ishikawa tried to explain it to Yoshida. She tried to suppress her growing sense of excitement a little. She had a lot of questions bouncing around in her head. She knew they likely didn't know more than her, but maybe they could work it out together. Her train of thoughts were derailed as Yoshida looked at both her and Ishikawa in suspicion. "Thats um because I had the same dream with the Velvet Room." She glanced nervously at Ishikawa hoping he'd take the lead since he knew Yoshida better anyway.