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[fools_journey]

Who: Minato and Naoya
Where: Pisces 7-05
Summary: Minato takes his mp3 player to the doctor for healing. I mean Naoya for repairs.
Warnings: Naoya is a warning unto himself. ;)
After Naoya's kind offer, Minato gathers his things and pulls his mp3 player out of the rice he was keeping it in just in case and heads on up stairs to Naoya's apartment. And there he double checks the name plate before knocking on the door and waiting.


Who: Minato and Ruri
Where: Ruri's spaceship, the Battleship Nadesico
Summary: And once his mp3 players is fixed, he comes by to see Ruri's spaceship and show it to her.
Warnings: None?
A couple days later, Minato has a repaired mp3 player in hand, and it seems a good time to take Ruri up on her offer. So, hands in pockets and headphones on his ears, he heads over to the park where the spaceship is, well... parked. He's not really sure if he should knock or what, but he heads on over to what he presumes is the entrance.

(( sorry for putting both on the same log, but I thought I might as well save space! ))

Comments

[electricyousei]

Yes, I seem to be towards the far end of the tech curve. That being said I don't know a thing about the persona here and am a bit intimidated by it.

[fools_journey]

Really? ... do you have any particular questions about it? I might be able to help there...

[electricyousei]

[Ruri looks down and shakes her head]

I just am... My persona is someone who left too soon.

[fools_journey]

Oh... I see. [ That's... a difficult situation. And he's not quite sure the best way to work with a persona like that. But... he wants to help her all the same. ]

Someone you looked up to?

[electricyousei]

The captain of the first Nadesico and one of the first people to see me as a person.

[fools_journey]

I see... [ That would definitely be a reason to be intimidated by your persona, but... ]

Personas are a part of us. A part of our minds and souls that exists to protect us. I bet your mind uses that person because they feel safe or they represent something very important to you.

[electricyousei]

[Ruri's deadpan cracks a bit as she looks down]

That's almost worse. It may be silly but ever since the explosion I've dremt that Yurika and Akito survived. I guess it just bothered me because she seemed like a ghost, but its just me.

[fools_journey]

... I see. I don't think it's silly. I'm sorry...

[ Thinking of it that way, he understands somewhat. And he thinks... if his persona had been his sister or -- someone else he'd been close to and lost as his persona when he'd first summoned instead of Orpheus... ]

[electricyousei]

"Thank you."

Ruri lets out a breath and just stares at her feet.

"Still, if its me, I guess that's something."

[fools_journey]

He nods. And after a moment, he puts a hand on her shoulder gently, meaning it as a comforting gesture, even if he knows that it's hardly something that will make up for.

"It's okay if it takes time to get used to it and process it. If ... there's anything I can do to help... please let me know."

[electricyousei]

"I just never quite expected to go crazy this way."

[fools_journey]

"I don't think you've gone crazy."

[electricyousei]

"Gone? No. I guess it more has to do with the history of the Nadesico."

[fools_journey]

"What do you mean?"

He's a little confused, but... he wants to see Ruri feeling better, if that's possible.

[electricyousei]

"Mr. Prospector once told me that the Nadesico was the most advanced ship of its time, and its mission was too important to trust to the military because they wouldn't be concerned with what he was. Officially it was with what Nergal was concerned with, but he was a good person. Because of this the Nadesico's first crew were technically the best in their fields, but generally considered unhireable because they were mostly half insane at worst, or horrible unsocialized at best."