Shin Megami Tensei Persona: Dissonant Strain (Private RP)

[Cinnonym]

((Post for Duckflesh included.))

Isoroku leans in excitedly toward Eber. "I see... So, you want to rid the school of him for good? I know the way, Fritz-kun. When he gets back... Can you do it again? Can you get him to hit you again? In front of everyone?"

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Eber looked surprised by the question and was wondering how to answer it when the warning bell rang for the end of the lunch period. He frowned and pushed his hands into his pockets, "I am not sure what you mean to happen, but I do not think he would be that stupid. In either case, I have not eaten and class is about to start, so..." he waved his hand dismissively, "We will talk later about the train. You can get my mobile number from the sports' sign-ups."

He walked away from the two of you, returning to homeroom 1-D for the last precious moments of lunch. He slid into his seat beside Akinari, looking hopeful that his food was still present. "Aki-kun...?"

 

[ShadowFolk]

"Oh, you're back!", Akinari took note of the time. "You've got like five minutes." He dug out the untouched layer of bento and put it on his desk. "You eat up or so help me..." the boy shook his fist in mock anger, a smile curling his lips. "But chew. Don't forget that."

 

[Cinnonym]

Eber let out a relieved sigh. "I thought for certain you had fed someone else!" He immediately dug into the food, only barely heeding the boy's advice to chew--or at least not choke. Minutes later the last bell rang and class was ready to begin anew, but damned if he hadn't finished his meal just before that, licking his fingers clean.

Class begins again for the rest of you as well. Be sure to be diligent and take plenty of notes! ...If you can concentrate through your exhaustion and sense of foreboding.

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro sat at his desk, he couldn't concentrate. He was upset with Seiya for threatening to expell them if they went to the train again...and for blowing off Rin. 'She's about as helpful as, Igor...'

He scribbled on a piece of paper, asking Isoroku if he would come with him after class and wait for Seiya on her way to cram school. Even if she wasn't going to answer him, he at least wanted to be able to go to the train...he passed the note over to Isoroku.

 

[PresqueVu]

Yamada glanced back at the other students. He frowned and noticed each of them seemed somehow annoyed. For a few moments his gaze lingered on Yoshida, but then he turned back to his desk, bothered. He decided his actual food was a lost cause when he finally remembered it and just started rereading his notes, annoyed that he could only remember about half of them.

 

[ShadowFolk]

Kumiko took some well written notes...for the few parts where she was able to pay attention. If she didn't fully focus in on her work her mind wandered and brought her back to her hellish encounter on the midnight train.

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Somewhere in the midst of logging the lecture, Akinari began to make up recipes here and there. In the margins of his notebook there were doodles of various things including the food he thought up. When he realized that he'd probably gone a bit too far with his drawings, he went back to his studies.

 

[Cinnonym]

Isoroku took the note and after a quick scribble was passing it back, "Yes, absolutely."

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After hours of longwinded lectures and painstaking notes, the bell finally rings to release you from the school day for the afternoon. The sound of it actually startles you, so hypnotized were you by Japanese History. The other students jump up immediately and begin to head out, dividing up into their extracurriculars.

Eber passed the empty bento back to Akinari with a smile and gathered together his books, "Not much homework today, I feel. Perhaps since you missed the run this morning, you should join me after clean-up. You ought to train vigorously before swim practice begins next week."

Hikaru spent much time in the Student Council room, organizing papers and filing the ones she wasn't taking with her, before she left on her way to cram school.

 

[PresqueVu]

Yamada hung back some, wanting to see what the other students were going to do now. He stayed in his seat and started his homework. He wasn't sure how long he could stay there without being too obvious, and not run late for cram school.

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro tossed his things into his bag...the day had been wasted note wise. He stood up and walked over to Isoroku, "Hey, you ready to go? Do you think we should bring the girls or just do it ourselves?" he looked over his shoulder to see what Rin and Mizushima were doing.

 

[Daren58]

Rin bleakly packed her bag. She felt tired and her head still felt overloaded from last night alone let alone the amount of notes she had tried to take. As she finished packing her bag she noticed Kojiro moving over towards Isoroku. Sighing to herself as she thought back to how she had done in the library. She meekly approached them."Hello Kojiro-san, Irosoku-san."

 

[ShadowFolk]

"Oh, thank goodness." she said rather suddenly at the sound of the bell, just about bolting for the door. On her way out she stopped and gave a shallow, awkward bow to Junsui, Yoshida, and Kojiro. If she had to talk to them, she may as well be civil about it. Or at least try.

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Akinari's mouth formed into the shape on an 'O'. "Oooooh," he said as if he had never once thought of it. "That's probably a really good idea!" He nodded his head in agreement. "Pack up, clean up, change, and then run like crazy." a new excitement had been handed to him.

 

[duckflesh]

A brief look of conflict appeared on Isoroku's face, and he glanced towards the teacher's computer, now unoccupied. He looked back to see the group now forming around him, and though his eyes flashed to the computer once more, he seemed to resign himself to something. He began packing up his bag.

"I think we should probably just do it ourselves-- I know Mizushima San would probably rather avoid this scene, am I right, Mizushima? As for you, Rin... you look like you could probably use a nap. A long one."

The room had cleared out except for their group-- and, strangely, Yamada. Briefly, Isoroku frowned toward the other boy, wondering what he was waiting around for. Perhaps he was having a study group here later. If that was the case, it was for the best that Isoroku had decided to leave his key logger where it was until the next morning.

 

[Cinnonym]

Eber laughed, barely able to tell if the excitement might be sarcasm, "Well, only if you want." He stood and waited for his friend before getting started on the first years' floor.

 

[PresqueVu]

It wasn't hard to continue his studies while still listening in on the group. He was used to having to soak in all sort of information.

This group was being nothing but suspicious. Whatever they were going to do was made to sound more like a chore than anything else. This didn't sound like a fun outing with friends or even a study group. If fit were he didn't understand why they would have eliminated the females, or why Yoshida would be there. That would just be unnecessary work and he was already the top of the class so he didn't see why he'd need it anyway.

A scene? Had Yoshida said it was going to be a scene? He was positive his lack of sleep was just getting to him, because he was caring about this too much and creating too many far fetched theories. He knew this is where he needed to stop. He didn't need to take this any farther that he had already. All he was doing was eavesdropping and sneaking around. He was sure, however, that none of that logic was going to apply. He was going to find out exactly what they were doing. He wondered what was the safer bet, trying to talk to Mizushima, or trying to follow Ishikawa and Yoshida again.

 

[Rosen2012]

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[ShadowFolk]

"You're right, I rather not. But," she walked over to Isoroku, speaking softly. "just don't scare her to death. You kind of have that effect on people." Kumiko pat his shoulder and let her voice rise to a normal level. "Good luck to you guys."

She left at a leisure pace, wondering if she should have a spa day before tomorrow.

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Akinari nodded his head sharply, a familiar noise of confirmation sounding in his throat. "I'll start on the floors. I love doing the floors, its really fun."

He stacked the chairs on top of desks and pushed the all to the back of the room. Dashing out the room, he returned in what seemed like only a few seconds with a damp cleaning mat, a bucket, and a broom. The dust and dirt was easy enough to get up, but then he finally got to start on his favorite part of cleaning the floors. The mopping.

Starting at the corner of the room, he placed the mat on the floor, pressed his hands against it, and propelled himself forward by running. The tiles would be shinning in no time.

 

[PresqueVu]

It took another moment or so for him to decide, but he thought that if he didn't get anything from Mizushima he could always hurry back and follow the others instead. This was sure to be more pleasant anyway, even if he did get kicked. With his mind made up Yamada packed his bags away trying not to go to fast or draw any attention.

It wasn't easy not to look at the others as he left, but he managed to avoid it. Once in the hall he picked up the pace some to catch up with the fashionable girl, and was pleased to notice she was still alone.

"Excuse me, Mizushima San. May I please have a word?" He wondered as soon as the words were out of his mouth if they'd been too formal. Would it have been better to act casually instead of just approach it? He was sure that he appeared collected, if not tired and was thankful of the empty hallway for now. He worried that her new friends may come down it while e was having this discussion with her and was sure he didn't want that. He'd have to be sure they got to somewhere else soon, that is if she even agreed to talk to him about this.

 

[ShadowFolk]

'No insults?' she thought, she turned her head to find Yamada. "Oh! Hello, Yamada-san." she couldn't think of a possible reason he would want to talk to her for. Maybe he heard Kojiro arguing with her again? "Uh, yeah. Sure, I don't mind." she bobbed her head.

 

[PresqueVu]

He stood there rather awkwardly for a moment not sure which posture was best to take so he continued to just stand, worried that he wasn't going to get anywhere with this, but he hoped he would. She seemed willing to talk and he just hoped she continued to feel that way.

"I'm sorry to have bothered you, and this may seem odd, but...I couldn't help but notice that you and Ishikawa some, seem to be getting along a bit more. It was nice to see after the incident from two days ago." He paused a moment to gather the rest of his thoughts, try not to make himself seem too odd and stay near the topic he wanted to breech. "I'd wanted to ask you if you were feeling any better at club rush yesterday."

 

[ShadowFolk]

"Club rush, huh? I was having a pretty off day. I'm sorry if my mood effected you in any way. I was just...tired. I'm feeling a lot better, still tired haha, but better." Kumiko smiled. Yamada felt concerned, how very sweet of him. "As for Ishikawa...we're hardly friends." she shrugged her shoulders softly. "I'm just trying to be nice for the sake of being nice." it was only partly a lie. "We still can't go an hour without wanting to rip at each other."