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personavelvetroomdr2024-04-08 11:58 pm
the_ken) wrote in personavelvetroomdr2024-04-08 11:58 pm
Ken's arrival (bis repetita)
Okay. Well. Ken had to admit that, when he went to bed last night, he did not expect to wake up in a blue room and be welcomed by a long-nosed man. He would have thought that it was a dream, but he's been in enough of them to know it's nothing of the sort. This place had a dinstinct, strong feeling, not quite reality, but much firmer than a dream.
He wasn't certain he could trust Igor-san yet, if he was perfectly honest. But in the case that he was not lying... it was actually great news. The real world was rough, currently, with Yuki-san being...
...
Well, a pause to make new friends couldn't hurt. Especially since he was learning again, learning to be alive, learning to live for himself, like Aragaki-san had asked him to. He couldn't let him down, not in a million years.
Malicious or not, Igor-san was right. He needed bonds. And he would make them.
Someone may meet this Ken...
1) while reading the information board. Even if being here seemed to overall be a good thing, that did not mean throwing caution out of the window. He needed information, and the kind soul having put together this compilation would save him a lot of time.
2) in Iwatodai, Ken being curious to see if the dorm SEES stayed at was still a thing in this strange place.
He wasn't certain he could trust Igor-san yet, if he was perfectly honest. But in the case that he was not lying... it was actually great news. The real world was rough, currently, with Yuki-san being...
...
Well, a pause to make new friends couldn't hurt. Especially since he was learning again, learning to be alive, learning to live for himself, like Aragaki-san had asked him to. He couldn't let him down, not in a million years.
Malicious or not, Igor-san was right. He needed bonds. And he would make them.
Someone may meet this Ken...
1) while reading the information board. Even if being here seemed to overall be a good thing, that did not mean throwing caution out of the window. He needed information, and the kind soul having put together this compilation would save him a lot of time.
2) in Iwatodai, Ken being curious to see if the dorm SEES stayed at was still a thing in this strange place.
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"A veteran? Oh no, I'm still new myself...! I was just wanting to make sure you were all right..."
And cue her feeling awkward now, trying to sort out what she's wanting to say.
"I've seen some people show up here lost and confused before, so um..."
But she manages to smile again, quickly shifting away from that and instead to the introduction.
"N-Never mind. My name's Sumire Yoshizawa. It's nice to meet you, Amada-san. And welcome to the Velvet Room...!"
She looks towards the bulletin board, a bit curious.
"The bulletin board has a lot of information on it... It may seem a bit overwhelming at first, but it's easier to get used to than it seems."
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Ken then took a closer look to the bulletin board, and started reading it.
"It's still a bit hard to believe I was just taken to another world... was it like that for you too?"
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"I'm glad to help, if I can! And yes, it was really hard to understand at first. It takes some time to adjust. I'm still not entirely used to all of this, hehe."
She actually seems to be relaxing a bit now, trying to think of what else she could offer some advice on.
"Oh, through the doors there's various different places. There's Mikage-cho, Sumeru, Iwatodai, Inaba, and Tokyo. I visit Tokyo a lot because that's where I'm from."
Of course, the board talks about the areas, but she's trying.
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Ken would have felt bad about asking that many questions usually, but Yoshizawa-san's mood seemed to have improved from helping, so why not let her?
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"It's not all of it, I don't think... I've never tried visiting beyond the places surrounding the Shibuya area. It could have more than that though. It might be worth looking into...!"
Hearing that Ken's from Iwatodai though, it piques her interest a bit.
"I haven't visited Iwatodai before. I've passed by Odaiba before, but I've never managed to make it out there... What's it like?"
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He looked excited. Maybe a little too much, so he tried to school his expression.
"As for Iwatodai... well, it's much smaller than Tokyo, for sure. Parts of it are kinda modern, too!"
Because the Kirijo group had renovated everything after they messed it up, went unsaid.
"All in all, I like it. It's a nice little city."
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"I'll have to check Iwatodai out while I'm here then. It's probably not the same as the real thing, but I can at least enjoy the scenery while I have the chance."
She would go check it out at home, but with how busy she is... well, she doubts it'll work out for a good while...
"Oh, I could show you around some of Tokyo sometime, if you'd like? We might even be able to figure out just how far this version of the city goes...!"
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"Huh? Are you sure?"
She appreciates the offer, but he also just arrived here! Surely she couldn't possibly expect him to show her around!
"...Only if it's not any trouble. I would love to be shown around Iwatodai."
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Sumire begins pulling out her phone, and prepares to get the contact info all sorted out.
"Oh, that's right...! There's also the new Meta-Nav here. I think we're supposed to exchange contact info through it?"
Wait, has Ken even heard of the Meta-Nav? She pauses as she realizes it.
"The Meta-Nav is something I have to use a lot back home... It's, um, a kind of odd story..."
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He just opened his flip phone, and noticed the interface was completely different.
"Well, that's creepy. But I guess that's just how this place works? I mean, you do seem familiar with it."
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"I thought so at first, too. This one isn't exactly like the version I'm used to at home, but it's similar... Mine looks a little different."
...Oh, this reminds her... Does Ken know about Personas and Shadows? There's a lot of that stuff around here, so maybe she should ask... That's what the Meta-Nav does for her, anyway. Let her access the Metaverse, and by extension those things.
If he doesn't, then she'll have to do a lot of explaining to a kid though... Should she take the risk?
"Um..."
She pauses, trying to figure out the best way to learn about this...
"...You wouldn't happen to know about Personas, would you?"
She finds herself asking upfront, awkwardly trailing off a bit with uncertainty.
If he doesn't know about them, then she can play it off as, uh... a video game thing or something...? She doesn't know, but it's worth a shot!
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For good or for ill. But his voice carried pride, not bitterness.
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A hint of pink crosses her face.
"O-Oh, really? I do, too... a few, actually, but the one I awoke to first was Cendrillon."
She frowns a little, thinking on it... Ken's not much younger than her, but hopefully he didn't have to go through anything too extreme upon awakening his Persona...
But the pride in his voice... She can't help but feel a bit relieved. It sounds like he's actually pretty happy, being a Persona user. Maybe she should try to think of it in a more positive light, as well... Being the leader of the Phantom Thieves, having this power...
And she smiles, thinking about the good things that have arisen from her time with the Phantom Thieves. With Cendrillon.
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Yuki-san...
...
His expression falters for a moment. His previous smile comes back, but it's a little more forced.
"You must be pretty special then."
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She's seen that kind of forced smile before. She's done it, herself. Maybe not a lot, but recently, at least. Now that she has people she knows she needs to smile for.
"...I'm sorry... I..."
Ken saying that Sumire must be something special makes her feel worse. After all, Kasumi was surely the one that deserved to be the leader of the Phantom Thieves, and surely she would have had that Wild Card ability if Sumire had it, but... she gave up her life so that Sumire could live.
But she doesn't mention it.
"...Being a Persona user... It isn't easy, is it?"
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He had once thought this power was for vengeance, but he knows now that he got this power to protect others.
And although he had failed to save some of the most important to him... he was able to help save the world. That counted for something, right?