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doublecrowss) wrote2018-03-12 01:28 pm
doublecrowss) wrote2018-03-12 01:28 pmEntry tags:
Inbox for awash
"You've reached Akechi! You can leave a message, but please don't use any colorful language, okay?"
doublecrowss) wrote2018-03-12 01:28 pm
awash
#3630FF; post-forest shenanigans, but also post-zombie suffering
Let's also assume Minato got his hexcode from somewhere, because that's easier in general.]
This is Akechi-san, right? It's Minato--I just wanted to check in and see how you're doing. Did you get out of the forest okay...?
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Also what is this... Why is this guy who barely knows him checking up on him... Persona protags why are you like this... ]
Ah, Arisato-kun. I appreciate your checking in on me. Thank you.
There was a small incident, but it is in the past now. And I was unharmed, either way, so it's fine.
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"A small incident"? That doesn't really sound fine to me... are you sure you're not just downplaying it?
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It was... an inconvenience. But more than lament my own well being, I feel disappointed in myself for having failed my teammates and caused them to worry.
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You can do both, you know. You'll worry the people who care about you if you never worry about yourself.
But I really doubt they think you failed them like you're saying in a situation like that.
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You are correct, of course. I do worry about myself, but it is true I was unharmed. Not even a single scratch.
[ Just, you know, had all color drained and basically his soul literally sucked out of him. But it's f i n e. ]
And perhaps you are correct about that much, as well. But I can't help feeling like I held them back. I was only a burden.
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Not that Minato knows any of this, of course, but...]
I think that was the case for a lot of us. Nobody could've anticipated what was going to be in there...you shouldn't beat yourself up over it too badly.
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[ Ah, but actually-- ]
There is one thing I wanted to ask you, though. Are you friends with Mochizuki-kun?
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Yes, we're friends. You were all together, then?
[Minato knows they were in a group, and he's already gone to check on Ryoji, so logically...]
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[ Hmm. How should he word this... ]
We had to battle these shadows. They were demons, according to Guren-san. But considering you are friends, I assume he has told you about it already?
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Yeah, I've heard a bit about it.
But...believing in something that took the form of someone you care about isn't weakness, Akechi-san. I don't think so, anyway.
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Mochizuki-kun didn't fall for it, though. He was hesitant, and he tried his best not to hurt the replica, but in the end, he did what was necessary. That is certainly not weakness.
[ What he's leaving implied here is that Akechi, on the other hand, did fall. He was weak. ]
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Are strength and weakness about comparing yourself to other people?
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It's not about comparisons. Even without taking the others into account, my personal shortcomings are fairly evident. There is simply no arguing with facts.
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Sorry, I don't think I understand. I don't see where there were any shortcomings in wanting to trust someone precious to you.
To me, that doesn't sound like a fact, it sounds like an opinion.
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And that's why it bothers him so much, that he had been so weak. ]
There were signs, enough to clue me in on the demon's true identity. But I didn't catch them in time. For a detective, that is shameful, at the very least.
[ But hey, at least he has a handy excuse. ]
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Do you mind if I ask you a question, Akechi-san?
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[ But whether he will answer truthfully or not, well. ]
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Back home, I've been called an ace detective, because of my ability to solve cases even the police weren't able to. People rely on me to find the truth, yet this time I was completely blind to it. I don't think this is being too hard on myself, when I feel like I have failed not only my teammates, but all those people, as well.
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I guess I don't really understand. Sorry if I'm just being a little too slow.
But I still don't understand how you feel about all of this. Not...about other people. Just you yourself.
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Feeling like I have failed other people isn't just about them or their expectations of me, though. It is about myself, as well. My reasoning and logic are my strongest suits; without them, there's very little else I can offer.
[ Well. Questioning his self-worth is... not entirely a lie... ]
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I see... [He doesn't, but he really doesn't know Akechi well enough to push. It still feels like there's more there, but he really has no idea what it could possibly be.
... Well, doesn't that just mean he has to get to know Akechi better?
Still, there's one point he just can't quite let go.]
Have you asked Ichinose-san and Ryoji if they feel like you failed them?
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I haven't. But as much as I respect their opinion, I don't think it would make me feel any different either way.
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Slow...slow progress.]
I'm sorry to say it, but... that seems a little selfish to me, Akechi-san. Deciding for them that you failed them, without letting them have their say... I don't think that's very fair.
[And most of all... he doesn't think either Ryoji or Guren would let Akechi continue to believe that.]
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