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"If your iPhone runs out of charge, does that mean you're out of apple juice?"

AKIRA KURUSU
THIEF'S CLASS
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[messianic]

[... Opens his mouth.

Closes his mouth.]

... Well. You're pretty easy to satisfy, then.

I'm somehow okay with that.

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I'm a simple man with simple needs.

[just. nods evenly as he says that]

[messianic]

[Nods slowly...

...

... And then more seriously:]

Honestly though... I'm sorry for making things weird for you. You didn't have any fake memories, right? So you were just trying to roll with a life you didn't even know.

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[oh no Minato you're RUINING it]

Does this mean you're not going to accept my proposal?

[with faux disappointment, but after a second, he's sobering up a bit too]

But seriously, don't worry about it. You can't help what you can't control. And once I found out you weren't propositioning me-- [FOR SEX] -- it stopped being awkward.

[it didn't stop being weird tho]

[messianic]

... Ah.

[AH...]

I didn't even think about how it could sound that way.

[... Now he's more embarrassed, but his bland sense of humor kicks in to save him.]

Well... still, I feel like I should make it up to you somehow. You dealt with a lot.

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Of course you didn't. Your brain was too-- [hm. what's a good word for what happened to Minato. Akira lifts a hand and wags his fingers at the other wild card] -- reprogrammed?

[that'll have to do, for now]

And you have nothing to make up to me; I promise. If anything, it was pretty funny. The entertainment was payment enough.

[messianic]

[Hmmm...]

Are you sure...? Last chance, or the offer will expire.

[Oh, he's joking now too.

Everything must be fine.]

[survivaltricks]

Oh.

Well if it's going to expire. . .

[well NOW HE LOOKS CONTEMPLATIVE]

[messianic]

Mm, yeah. [Still chill with it, apparently.]

You have thirty seconds.

[survivaltricks]

[immediately]

I want you to find me a unicorn.

[messianic]

... Ah. I used to have one on me, but not anymore...

[He fused it away.]

But okay. I'll do what I can. [??]

[survivaltricks]

[. . . that'd be telling if Akira didn't think Minato was bullshitting him just for shits and giggles]

I did, too. But I lost it about thirty levels ago.

[HAR]

Once you find the unicorn, then we'll really be even.

[messianic]

Oh, I fused mine away forever ago... I think it was only level eleven.

[fucking protags.]

But that just means I have to work harder. And visit the weird supermarket again. Just be a little patient, okay?

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[okay, and that is telling. telling enough that Akira kind of blinks at Minato in mild bewilderment, brows furrowed together]

-- fused?

[okay there goes the joke]

[messianic]

[... Whoops, there goes the joke.]

Oh... was that too weird? Sorry.

[survivaltricks]

[THERE GOES THE JOKE WHICH IS NO LONGER A JOKE]

. . .

No, actually.

[oh]

That's the weird part.

[messianic]

[A long, long pause.

Minato blinks slowly.

... Unicorns and fusing. He can think of a few ways that that could be familiar to someone, actually, but not in ways that he wants to know about, probably--but also...

The seriousness with which Akira approaches it lets him know it's probably not a weird hobby thing.]

Huh. [Just!! Huh!!] ...Does the word Persona mean anything to you?

1/2

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[DOES AKIRA LOOK LIKE A WEIRD HOBBY-SLASH-FETISH KIND OF GUY OH MY GOD]

[also: holy shit. Akira's brows raise up to his hairline well above his glasses as he stares at Minato for a moment longer. that expression is probably answer enough, isn't it?]

[. . .]

[survivaltricks]

[and if Minato knows about Personas, and fusing them together, then that means--]

I think the better question is, "does the phrase 'creepy long nose' inspire feelings of exasperation and confusion."

[for emphasis, Akira taps the tip of his nose and extends his hand out]

Like, what does he do when he sneezes? Drape tissues over the end?

[messianic]

[NO HE DOESN'T that's why he asked about Personas and not weird fetish stuff!!

Minato just tilts his head slowly, contemplative and thoughtful.]

Yeah. I try not to think too hard about it, but sometimes the thoughts creep in anyway.

Does the tip of his nose get cold...?

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Does it need its own hat in the winter? To keep it warm?

[THIS CONVERSATION TOOK ANOTHER WEIRD TURN]

[messianic]

[This is Wild Card language.]

Maybe not a hat but more of a scarf? A nose-scarf?

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[ONLY PROTAGS]

Where would he even buy one? The Nose Hat-Scarf Emporium?

[messianic]

[Huuuh...]

Maybe? I just assumed he'd sent someone on a fetch quest for it.

[survivaltricks]

[WRINKLES HIS NOSE]

I had to do enough of those for his spunky assistants.

[. . . sort of. if Persona fusion quests counted as fetch quests]