destinystrings | [Game Opening, Part 1 - What Souls Here May Bring]

The drawstrings cut,
my hollow ebony stained wood plomps to the floor—
THUD

Eyes open, souls recollect.
The new me, erect.

I make my own decisions, have my own priorities,
have my own thoughts.

No external force taps into me—
Freedom.
- Jana Bielecki
Who: (Everyone OPEN LOG)
Where: (City Hall)
Summary: (You've just arrived in the city. Welcome.)
Warnings: (Intro logs are pretty warnable.)
Style: (The text is in prose, but feel free to write back in action tags if you feel more comfortable.)

They always say the first day on a new job is always the hardest.

But tell me...did those tasks include being taken from your own homeworld, dumped into a city you didn't recognize, meeting a man dressed in the purest of whites with a butterfly mask, to be bestowed the power of Persona, and then having some Men in Black lead you to the city hall saying you were expected?

...

...at least your things are apparently safe in your new apartments?

...

...looks like you might be here for a while.

What a way to start the first of September...

As they usher the last of you in, you realize that they've been preparing this for quite a while. There is a small table with food on the right, mixed cuisine (although the main theme seems to be Japanese dishes). Some strange computer program appears next to you and seems to be translating what you are saying so those before you understand. Language barriers? Don't be silly!

Most of the men ignore you after that. You are expected to mingle amongst yourselves a bit before the main 'show' starts, it seems....

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"Harsh..." He trailed off a bit there. His school wasn't some fancy private school, but he still liked it enough! "It wasn't that bad. Though I guess it doesn't really compare to your education, does it."

Frikkin', JP's director at Age 17 what even wait what did he say.

"--Huh? Remedy what?"

"Your education of course," Yamato replied. "You are correct, however - my education was far more vigorous and efficient than those put forth by public schools."

He smirked. "So perhaps I should fix what damage has been done to your learnings, to make use of such education."

"My...wha?"

Oh god he does not like that look on Yamato's face suddenly he is even more on edge than he was before and that's kind of saying something since it's Daichi.

"You're not sending me back to school, are you?!" Could he even do that...

"Don't be ridiculous. Why would I send you back to such an inefficient place?" Yamato scoffed. "No. I will teach you, myself."

Yes, he said that with a straight face.

"Huh...?!" The disbelief was horribly evident. Both at Yamato's words, and how the hell he landed himself in this situation.

Oh god, he was serious wasn't he.

"Seriously...?! Why?! I mean, don't you have more important stuff to do?"

Seeing as Yamato didn't really want to give him the time of day back at JP's Headquarters....

"As I am dead, I have been absolved of my duties," Yamato smirked, greatly amused at Daichi's pale, frightened expression. "I have no JP's to run, or men to command, so I can entertain myself with your schooling with my vast amount of free time."

He was really serious wasn't he--

"E-Entertain...?" Wow he was not sure how he felt about that word choice-- "Yeah, but there must be something more useful you can do here than waste your time teaching me...!"

"Nonsense, Shijima. I make it a policy to cultivate potential wherever I see it..." Yamato purred, "And I see a considerable amount in you."

"P-Potential? Me?"

He laughed sheepishly and waved his hands a bit in front of him. "N-Nah, not me...! I'm still just a normal guy, remember...!!"

He will try to the death to get out of this by jove

"I had merely dismissed you as such, but upon further reflection, I have done a disservice in doing such a thing," Yamato admitted. "Although you are not composed or intelligent - you still have seeds of potential in other things."

You know there was some other iteration of him in another time or universe that would be happy that Yamato wasn't dismissing him anymore, but...

"'Seeds'?" Oh o...k.... "Yeah b-but.. you said yourself, I'm not smart or helpful or anything-- you could probably find someone else with better 'seeds'...!"

"On the contrary," Yamato replied, "You have proven yourself to be useful - against Dubhe, you showed initiative by driving that vehicle into it just before it exploded. You also fought valiantly against the other Septentrione," he tilted his head, "your talents are not quite conventional, I admit, but you are still useful."

"Well, yeah, but..." Daichi didn't even know what he was thinking, looking back on the Dubhe thing after all this time.

"That was just luck, you know...!"

Wow that was a stupid excuse, wasn't it. "I-I don't think I'd really call it a 'talent'... or 'valiantly'..."

Even he was slowly seeing how futile this was becoming though.

"There is no need to be modest, Shijima," Yamato said brightly. "It will be no trouble on my part. Of course, the lessons will not start immediately, as I will need to prepare..."

Yeah, it's happening one way or another Daichi.

Daichi sighed in exasperation; well, there was no way getting around it now... maybe he could figure out how to flake out on it later. Augh...

"J-Just... let me know then, I guess..."

Yamato nodded. "It will most likely begin next week."

Mmhmm...

"Right... Can't wait...."

Man he already felt tired just thinking about it. Maybe he could talk to Kaito and get out of it somehow....

Nope, you can't. YOU'RE STUCK WITH HIM DAICHI.

[Game Opening, Part 1 - What Souls Here May Bring]

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