Shin Megami Tensei Persona: Dissonant Strain (Private RP)

[Cinnonym]

"W-Well it isn't impossible... But very unlikely for the request to be granted, even if he passed the exams. I think it's more important to be paced this way, anyways... You can't always jump ahead in the field of business. Hm. Then again, one should always take opportunities as they are presented... Well, you would know better about business than I would, wouldn't you, Yamada-san?" She offered a small smile at him, finally relaxing her tense frame.

 

[PresqueVu]

He returned the expression easily, happy to see the same on her. "I'm not sure about that. It seems you have a pretty firm grasp of it." He was enjoying this stroll to cram school and thought that they ought to do it more often. It may save Seiya from having to worry about the others as well. "I was wondering though, what is it that you intend to do after graduation?" He found he was a bit curious and wondered why he'd never cared to ask before.

 

[Cinnonym]

"I--" Hikaru paused, having rarely thought about it. She put so much into her academic career that she hadn't chosen a profession to pursue once she'd graduated. That, and she wasn't one hundred percent certain she'd make it to graduation lately... She shook her head to clear the unpleasant thoughts. "I, um, haven't decided... I'll probably end up working for my family. And what about you, Yamada? Will you take over your grandfather's company?"

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro turned to Isoroku and elbowed him. "I'll go up to him and start talking about the show...stay close and write down the stuff he mentions ok?"

Kojiro walked up the store clerk and started chatting about the latest episode of a cheesy crime show. He shifted focus to the topics of the hackers. Going on and on about how neat it was the things people could do with computers and programing...but mused at how expensive or complicated it must be to actually be one. After all that's why that stuff is on TV, because most people could never do such things. And all at once the store clerk countered with a long winded speech about how any fool could hack into a security system.

Kojiro strung the clerk along getting him to drop the names of programs, parts, and local computer stores in the area the sold them. Hell he even started to walk Kojiro around and show him the basic stuff he and his friends used, for recreational purposes only.

He hoped to god Isoroku was getting all of this down.

 

[PresqueVu]

He felt his chest sort of swell when he heard her say his last name. He realized she usually said it that way and was surprised that he'd never noticed it before that moment. "Oh, yes. Well, hopefully anyway. There are two of us in line for it." He frowned without meaning to at that. "What does your family do?"

 

[Cinnonym]

"Oh, they're doctors," she said, shrugging in a manner that suggested people often lost interest after that point, "But our family is large and I'm sure there's something I could take up... Finances, office work, that sort of thing. Maybe I'll pick up a thing or two from them along the way... I'd really like that."

Hikaru opened the door for Yukimura, waiting for him to go through. "I didn't realize you had competition. Good luck, Yamada-san!"

 

[duckflesh]

Isoroku pulled his notebook out of his backpack and began following after Kojiro and the clerk, eagerly scribbling down everything. Luckily, the clerk was too involved in what he was saying to take any notice. He found himself shaking his head as he wrote. There were a lot more holes in security systems than he would have thought.

 

[PresqueVu]

He came in just behind her, expression faltering when the honorific returned, but he brushed it off. "Thank you." He waited to walk beside her. "I'm sure, whatever it is you decide on you're going to do a wonderful job of it. I appreciate your support too. I'm going to do my best."

 

[Rosen2012]

Once Kojiro was sure they had enough information he had to pry the clerk away from him. Telling him he had to find a trash can for his now melted ice cream...ugh, tech nerds were creepy. he found Isoroku and hurried back out into the mall hallway.

"Arg, he gave me way to many details on the things you could hack into... I couldn't even keep track of the things he was saying after a certain point." He scratched his head, "But you got enough info right?" He was hoping to god he wouldn't have to actually go back...

 

[duckflesh]

Isoroku frowned down at his notes.

"Erm, yeah, I think so. I thought the part about unscrewing the card reader and opening the door with the manual release sounded like the most realistic for our situation."

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro nodded, "Yeah....we'll only do some of the more complex stuff if needed..." He dumped his melted ice cream. Sighing as he realized he only got to eat half of it. Money wasted... "So about tonight..I don't think we should bring the girls. Its kind of dangerous down there. You, me, and Frimun should get a feel for the place first, you know?"

 

[Daren58]

Rin groaned as her alarm clock began to give off a horrible buzzing noise. She rolled over in her bed and slapped at it until it stopped. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. 'That didn't seem like a few hours, though I feel much better.' She reached for her night stand again and grabbed her cell phone. She flipped it open to check and see if she missed any calls. She grew slightly worried when she saw neither Irosoku or Kojiro had called her. She quickly punched in Kojiro's number hoping everything had gone alright.

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro stopped walking and pulled out his phone. "Speak of the devil..." He looked up at Isoroku, "Rin's calling. should I tell her not to come tonight or that we're all going?"

 

[duckflesh]

Isoroku smirked. "Well, I mean, you've got two, so even if we all go, odds are that at least one of 'em will survive, right?" He nudged Kojiro suggestively.

"No, but actually I don't really care. Probably easier to sneak with fewer of us, though we'll be less powerful without the girls' Personas."

 

[Rosen2012]

Kojiro twisted his face, it didn't sit right with him to drag the girls some place dangerous that they had no info on. He couldn't make up his mind...He ended up watching his phone buzz until it went over to voice mail.

"Let's talk to her when we get back to the school..." He put the phone back in his pocket. "And don't say things like that! I don't want anyone to die from this..geez.." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Let's see if we can find the Velvet Room door..."

Really he wanted to do anything to take his mind of Isoroku's joke. 'I've got two...what the hell is he talking about? Ugh...does he mean two friends? I wouldn't want him or Rin to die...'

 

[Daren58]

Rin's nervous feelings were only made worse when her call went to his voice mail. She closed her phone and flipped it over in a hands a few times. Deciding she should play it safe, she tried calling Irosoku hoping he'd pick up.

 

[duckflesh]

Isoroku smirked and produced his phone, looking at the screen. He waved it at Kojiro.

"Tsk. Look at that. I'm second choice. Assuming she didn't call Mizushima first."

He shrugged and opened the phone, putting it to his ear.

"Hey, Rin. We're at the mall."

 

[Daren58]

Rin smiled when Irosoku answered. "Ah, hello Irosoku. I was just calling to see how things went with Seiya-sempai. I hope you two had better luck than I did."

 

[duckflesh]

"Ah, right. She's a pretty hard nut to crack, Rin. Even our tag-team assault yielded no information. I think we're just going to give up on that angle."

 

[Daren58]

Rin nodded to her self. "So um what should we do then?" She ran a hand nervously through her hair as she considered their options. "Maybe um we try sneaking out again, if we can um figure out how to get past the knew security?" She felt nervous about suggesting such a thing, but she felt she had little choice. If Seiya was right and the Persona's were dangerous, she somehow doubted ignoring them would keep them safe.