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[morituramfides]

Has anybody seen anyone named Minato, Chidori or Ken?

The Minato with Samael, I mean.

You guys there?

Does anyone know where they are?

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[miseris_socios]

I'm here.

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[morituramfides]

Ken? That you?

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[miseris_socios]

No, it's clearly someone who stole my name and is pretending to be me.



Yes, it's me.

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[morituramfides]

It's not funny.

I just

wanted to check if you were alright

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[miseris_socios]

I'm fine.

Relatively speaking.

I'm in one piece.

[Text]

[evokingfool]

I haven't seen them.

[text]

[morituramfides]

You've heard of them though?

[text]

[evokingfool]

Yeah, I heard of them.

[How could he not. He sticks to text for now, it's safer and easier to guard himself with at the moment.]

Since I'm the other Minato. But I'll let you know when I see them.

[text]

[morituramfides]

Good to know.

thanks I guess.

[Confirmation that someone else had heard of them was good enough for him.]

[text]

[evokingfool]

Are you doing okay?

[voice]

[fractus_animus]

[ It was hard. Incredibly hard, after that, to even drag himself out of his room. But he does, and he finally finds this message. Even now, he can't bring himself to video or anything, his voice is a little shaky, but it's there-- ]

... Jin?

[ He's afraid. He isn't sure what's real anymore, to be honest, after waking up like he had. Had he killed them? Had he been that horrible?

...

He only hopes he hadn't. ]

voice

[morituramfides]

[For a minute, he's astounded by the response-- besides the fact that he wasn't expecting voice, it was Minato. It was Minato, right? His Minato?]

--Minato!

[His voice was rushed and distressed, but there was also a wave of relief.]

That seriously you...?!

and switching to video!

[fractus_animus]

[ But what if you hurt him, his mind is thinking, what if you kill him again, like all those people--

But wasn't that a dream?

... He can't be sure but this is Jin and he needs to get over his problems quickly, Jin needs him and he has to help.

For some reason he can't quite fathom, he just... falls to silence for a second or two before forcing himself to switch on the video feed. Then, he swallows, closes his eyes, and attempts a smile that comes out very dry and closer to grimace. ]

... Yeah. I'm...

[ Sheepish as hell? Afraid? He doesn't know. He can't say okay, even when he usually would, it's so blatant a lie. He just sort of rubs the back of his neck awkwardly. ]

Where are you?

[ They needed to find each other, he just... he had to be sure this place wasn't fucking with his head anymore. ]

still [voice] 'cause his priiiiide

[morituramfides]

[Holy shit it's him. It's him he's alive and he exists and--]

Thank god--!

[His voice was far more pathetic sounding than his usual cold edge allowed, and he let out a breath in exasperation as he ran a hand through his hair.]

I'm-- I'm in the library.

[He was OK. They were OK. They were gonna be OK, right?]

[action] BAW BABY IT'S OKAY

[fractus_animus]

[ ... Nodding. They'll probably be okay.

He hopes.

He's just going to make his way toward the library, hoping his Persona will sort of help him locate Jin. Of course, none of their Personas could ever be Medea, but... if he were close enough, Thanatos would tell him Moros was nearby. Or so he hopes, given that he hasn't taken his Suppressors yet, anyway.

By the time he gets there and finds Jin, it's very hard to keep composed, but he manages. He sort of wavers there, concerned, afraid to approach. He hasn't brought any of his weapons because he isn't sure he can take the idea of... of hurting them if he loses it, so he didn't bring his Evoker, even, he's unarmed. Just... shirt, pants, his mp3 player, himself.

It is presently off, which is very unlike him anyway. ]

... Hey. I'm... glad you're [ alive and not murdered by the monster that is him-- ] here.

[ He wants to ask so many things, but he's exercising extreme self-control right now not to do so. ]

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[complementing]

[Minako knows she should ignore this post. She's still shaken from the labyrinth events, still hurting from the punishment. But she has a moment of spitefulness, a sudden desire to show him that she's stronger than how she feels right now.

And at least she can use text.]

If I see them I'll tell them you're looking for them.

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[morituramfides]

Thanks.

[Doesn't even care that it's her, and in a week his pride will hate himself for talking like that to her; but his anxiety and concern for Minato and the others outranked his hatred for her and SEES.]

[voice]

[floreatnoctem]

[It's the first she's seen or heard from any of them since she'd awakened in her own room again, and even if it's just text, the relief of knowing Jin is alright is almost overwhelming. It takes her a moment to respond, but when she does, she keeps it simple, not quite trusting her voice not to give her away.]

I'm here.

[voice]

[morituramfides]

[Once he switches to voice, it's pretty obvious he's distressed and trying to hide it, and probably not doing too good of a job at it.]

Chidori--! Are you OK?!

[Please let her be real too he just needed reassurance--]

[voice]

[floreatnoctem]

[She hears the distress in his voice, and flinches at the sound of it- not that he can see- the tone reminding her far too much of her nightmares.]

I am alive and unharmed.

['OK' was relative, however. Physically, she was fine. Mentally, however, was another ordeal entirely, and she didn't really want to think about answering that if he should ask her properly.]

[voice]

[morituramfides]

I take it that means you're not doing so well in the noggin.

[Come on, he's known you for way too long for your word play to fool him.]

[action] dated to... later that night I guess

[fractus_animus]

[ ... So, he'd been through the backlog on the Network.

It was horrifying.

He had seen Minami's nightmare and Jin's and Chidori's and morbid curiosity had caused him to look on, and he realized... his was there, too.

... Seeing it from that angle disgusted him. But after seeing Jin's, he decided it was time they spoke. He wasn't sure if Jin had seen them, too, yet, but... but he had to talk to him. They needed this. Both of them, he knows it. So he swallows his pride and sends him a message through the Network later, asking him to meet him later in the lounge on the fourth floor (it was close to the elevator, thus safer), when he was reasonably sure it'd be deserted.

So he... headed there, checked it was empty, and waited, mp3 player drowning out everything in the meantime. ]

perma-actiiiooonnnnn

[morituramfides]

[Jin hadn't left his post at the computer for most of the day, except to talk to the others. He'd gotten the message and made sure to head down when some of the people that loitered around started to retire to sleep.

He'd calmed down a bit more, though his previous paranoid rubbing of his arms had started to become habit. Which kind of pissed him off. So he sort of self-consciously restricted his arms to his sides when he made it up to the fourth floor lounge, looking around a bit before heading over to Minato.]

....Hey.

[It kind of reminded him when they had had to talk to him about Takaya. that certainly wasn't a thought he wanted right now.]

[fractus_animus]

[ He removes his headphones and clicks the mp3 player off, rather than turning the volume down like he usually does. He doesn't get up from his seat; rather, this is an invitation for Jin to sit down near him if he wants to. ]

... Hey.

[ God, this is hard. He doesn't want to do this. ]

I... keep wondering if this isn't just some sort of dream. To prove how much control over us they have.

... Bastards.

[ God, they pissed him off. ]

[morituramfides]

[He'd heard the sound radiating from Minato's headphones so often, that it was almost surprising, but he didn't question it. He did accept the invitation however, and flopped on a nearby seat.]

No shit. [Yeah, he was pretty pissed too. His fists clenched a bit.]

If we were just asleep, then they can make it more than just a dream. Trying to show that they can fuck with us.