02 - Hobbies!

[drakenguard]

Who: Yamato Hotsuin & You!
Where: Scorpio District
Summary: Yamato needs to get a life.
Warnings: So many plastic forks.

Yamato was not a man who appreciated the arts, yet here he was, in the Scorpio District, doing something rather...peculiar.

Seated on a bench on the main street of the arts and craft shops, Yamato had multiple bags of what appeared to be plastic cutlery resting on the bench beside him, the bag torn open - with two empty bags on the floor at his feet. However that would be easily overlooked for something else: the tens of Plastic Cutlery Dragons resting on every spare inch of the bench, and some on the floor. The exact number isn't precise, but it seemed like he made almost twenty five of those things...!

The twenty sixth was currently resting on his lap, having the finishing touches put to it.

Interested in the strange craft, or worried about his obsessive making? Bug him anyway!

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[drakenguard]

"I haven't met many Persona users," Yamato frowned in slight thought. So she was one of the few who had these strange powers before arriving here, was she?

Curious.

"And there weren't any who existed within my world, so it is probably safe to assume that we come from different ones." No duh.

[greatseal]

"Maybe people just hadn't figured it out yet? The fact that everyone who comes here can use one now shows that there's some potential in every world." Unlikely, maybe, but it seems stranger to think that people would be drawn here at random from worlds with no connection at all with this one. There must be some universal constant, even if it's just the 'sea of the soul.'

[drakenguard]

"...That is a good point," Yamato conceded, abandoning his dragon crafting for now in favour of a possibly invigorating conversation. "Unless, of course, this ability was gifted to those without it by that man, Philemon."

[greatseal]

"Well... that's true too. I never met Philemon before coming here, but some other people tell me they did." So he obviously has the ability to gift Personas. Whether that's to anyone, potential or not, though...

[drakenguard]

"Considering the amount of people who arrived in this world, Philemon must have a considerable well of power to grant this ability to everyone," Yamato continued. "If that is the case, then why would he need us to help them out with their little...problem?"

[greatseal]

"Mm, well... giving power to people who aren't ready for it causes... problems." She remembers Strega... what Jin told them before he died. "Maybe he can't do it for all the people in this city."

[drakenguard]

"Yes...when man grows accustomed to power, he tends to abuse it," Yamato murmured thoughtfully. He still distrusted this Philemon entity though. Nothing good ever came from supernatural beings, especially those that meddled in mortal affairs, or resorting to kidnapping them from their own worlds.

Even if Philemon snatched him from the jaws of death, Yamato would not allow gratitude to cloud his senses.

[greatseal]

"...That too, I suppose. I meant more that it's dangerous to the Persona-user." But the fact that it happened at all was a result of the Kirijo Group's experimentation. Looking for power, at the expense of children.

[drakenguard]

"I wasn't aware of there being any health problems regarding this power," Yamato said mildly. Hrm, perhaps it was similar to being a Demon Tamer? Too weak to control the Persona and it would simply turn on you? Hah, spiritual suicide.

[greatseal]

"Not if you get it naturally. But there were experiments by scientists to try and create Persona-users that turned out... really badly." She doesn't really want to elaborate with Jin's statistics. "I don't think Philemon is the same thing, though. Since he's Igor-san's master."

[drakenguard]

"Philemon appears to be something entirely unique," Yamato replied. Not a demon, no, he didn't have a demonic aura - and he had never encountered a demon with this vast amount of power before. It was...troubling to say the least.

[greatseal]

"We'll probably understand more eventually...." That was how these Journeys seemed to go, in her experience.

But now she looks at the dragon again. "Were you an artist before you came here?"

[drakenguard]

"No. There is no use in the artistic skills," Yamato said, allowing the change in subject as he looked back down at the dragon as well. He frowned. He had only done this out of curiosity and while he admitted there was some entertainment value in it, he didn't see what possible use it served. To have a pretty paperweight? Pointless.

[greatseal]

"I don't know about that... Lots of people make their livings with their art." Just not this guy, apparently. Well... he looks about the same age as her, anyway. He has time.

[drakenguard]

"That is mostly because civilians enjoy pointless things, like objects and events that simply waste time," Yamato muttered, his frown deepening slightly. He had been taught throughout childhood that for humanity to continue to grow, they should shed the corruption and pointless things, and focus only on talent and merit.

What use did art have aside from time wasting?

[greatseal]

"Art isn't a waste of time... It makes you use your imagination and really think about things." Without art and music, the world would be a much less interesting place.

[drakenguard]

"What is the point of an active imagination and profound thought if it isn't geared towards something meaningful?" Yamato asked, straightening up slightly as he crossed his arms over his chest. "If you continue to create things that serve no purpose, continue to think of things that are pointless...it is a waste of time."

[greatseal]

"But it does serve a purpose..." It seems strange to her that he'd create such beautiful dragons and not seem to appreciate the beauty himself. "People create things for others to enjoy, and those people are inspired and go on to create more things. Some are more 'useful,' maybe, but without the beginning you'd never see end results."

[drakenguard]

There was a brief pause as Yamato considered this viewpoint.

"...ahahaha, I see!" he laughed, looking amused. "So you are saying that another's creation can inspire others to more useful endeavours? I suppose I can accept that."

[greatseal]

"That's how progress works, after all... People build on what they learn from others." This conversation is now surprisingly philosophical.

[drakenguard]

"Hrm, true. Improving the work of our ancestors," Yamato murmured, nodding slightly. "However I did not realise that something as whimsical as art could inspire such progress."

[greatseal]

"I think... that's just how things are. Most of the time we can't see how something we do is important until it's already happened. Sometimes we never realize."

[drakenguard]

Yamato just gives Minako a long stare. "A matter of cultural relativity..."

He scoffed quietly. "Hrm, you have given me something to think about, in any case."

[greatseal]

"I'm glad, then...


...So, what are you going to do with all of these dragons?" There really are a lot of them by now...

[drakenguard]

"I'm not entirely sure. I suppose I have no choice but to dispose of them. They serve no use," Yamato said carelessly.