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Art project [Action] [OPEN]

Hand me some of the blue ones....

[People in the Scorpio district today might notice a young girl decorating the outside wall of the Mark Immortal's theater. She's standing on a step ladder while an odd little creature hands her up various paints, brushes and other supplies. Right now she's using bits of colored glass, taken from various broken bottles found in the trash. The picture seems to be of people lining up to go to the theater. Those who look closer might notice that the people seem to be familiar. They're all various visitors that Akane has met or seen. They might even see themselves. Everyone is depicted as cheerful and friendly. The blue glass is currently being used to decorate someone's dress. And the little girl seems to be having a pretty good time herself.

.....But does she even have permission to do this?]

Ooh, that looks great! What do you think, Shizuo-kun?

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I think I can handle helping decorate! I should probably start off small.

Okay! Just pick someone I haven't decorated yet. We're using the glass so that everyone will sparkle.

Haha! Okay then!

[After taking a look at the wall again, Soujirou turns towards where the Timburr is, giving the creature a smile as he stoops down to pick some bits of glass to start with.]

[The Timburr answers the smile with a grin of it's own. Akane helpfully introduces him.]

That's Shizuo-kun.

It's nice to meet you, Shizuo-kun. -ah! I'm sorry, I completely forgot to introduce myself!

[He bows towards them both.]

I'm Soujirou Seta.

[She bows back. Shizuo-kun just nods. He's too cool to bow.]

I'm Akane! Akane Awakusu. It's nice to meet you, Soujirou-san.

You too, Akane-san. Thank you for letting me help out!

I should be thanking you. It's always nice to have help. And something like this is more fun with more people anyway.

Well, you're very welcome. I think that's true with a lot of things.

It is~!

[She picks up one of the paintbrushes and starts working on one of the blank spaces.]

The one thing I really like about this city is that everyone is really nice to each other.

[Soujirou turns to set a piece of glass into place on the wall.]

It seems that way, so far as I've experienced. Everyone has been pretty friendly.

Yeah. It's really different from where I came from. Not that the people back home weren't friendly, it's just....

[No crime syndicates, street gangs, or ~~manipulative information brokers~~. (Happily she never knew about that last one. ) ]

...different.

Mn, it kind of is. But there are still things that are kind of like where I was before I came here. It's a strange mix.

What kind of place did you come from?

Well, originally I live in Japan, but something strange happened, so just before I was brought here, I was in a game world. Or...well, it's more like the game I was playing became a real world, and everyone that was logged into it a the time was brought there.

You lived inside a video game?

[She's heard some strange stories, but that one wins.]

That's.... really weird. I'm from Ikebukurou.

[Which is a pretty weird place itself. But not quite that weird.]

It was an MMORPG called Elder Tale. I don't suppose you've heard of it? It's a pretty popular game, and it's been around for a long time. The latest expansion was supposed to go live, except when it did, that's when whoever was logged in woke up and found themselves in the world of Elder Tale itself.

...it's not just a game, though. Everything's become real, the NPCs, the monsters, you can feel the wind and the rain, smell the grass... It's pretty amazing.

[Blinking, he glances over his shoulder at her.]

Ah, I see! I guess you can say that I've been in Akihabara. The world of Elder Tale is based off of the real world, after all. Just... that the places we'd know would be ruins and overgrowth. It's a fantasy world, after all.

No, but I never played a lot of video games anyway.

That sounds really scary though. I don't know what I'd do in a place like that.

Yeah, I kind of realized that not everyone was as excited as I was, a little belatedly. I thought it was pretty cool, but some of my friends were scared, especially when we had to face monsters. So I said I'd protect them...

I wonder how I'll be able to do that if I'm here, though...

That's really brave of you! I want to get strong enough to protect people too.

[He smiles a little at that.]

I want to get stronger too. Things are different here, I found. Using Personas is something I'm going to have to get used to.

It does take a lot of practice.

[Then she turns to him excitedly.]

Hey, maybe we could practice together sometime!

[It seems an obvious proposition, but Soujirou seems cheered by Akane's enthusiasm.]

Ah, I'd like that! That sounds like a good idea!

Yeah, it'll be fun! It's been a while since I had someone to train with. What kind of persona do you have?

I guess I can say the same.

Ah...what do you mean by that?

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