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I lost my positivity/I'm positively lost

Oct 04, 2010 02:11

Who: Ken Amada and YOU! (Planned threads with Koumyou Sanzo and Shinjiro Aragaki, but anyone's welcome to reply)
When: October 4, throughout the day
Where: Various places, starting at the newcomer Faith Center and culminating in an alley late at night
Summary: Ken skips school on an important anniversary to prepare himself for what he's decided
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nana, shinjiro aragaki, ken amada, koumyou sanzo

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revengeslance October 5 2010, 02:37:05 UTC

He wasn't going to kill Shinji, but that didn't mean Ken was going to leave him completely unharmed. He'd watched Akihiko train and fight enough to pick up a few things about boxing, so Ken took a deep breath and punched Shinji in the stomach as hard as he could manage. It would've been Shinji's face, but Ken wasn't tall enough for that and wouldn't be for a long time, if ever.

Ken stepped back afterwards and blinked when Shinji mentioned that he wanted to forget everything that'd happened three years ago. He hadn't heard that part before. Nothing would make that night go away or change what'd happened, no matter how hard both of them had tried to make themselves forget it by hoping for or planning on death. Their only choice here, as much as Ken didn't want to admit it out loud, was to keep living and figure out how to get the people home who wanted it. He didn't think that Shinji would really want to go back to a world where he was dead.

Either way, Ken had made up his mind and though he'd probably try to get in a few more bumps or bruises as a less-serious way of taking out all of his frustration and anger at Shinji, he'd decided to live. Above him, Nemesis appeared on her own, disappeared and Kala-Nemi replaced her. Ken's resolve gave him more strength.

weaktobullets October 5 2010, 03:02:28 UTC

He took the punch with a short exhale. It wasn't too bad- after all, he was used to being punched by Akihiko. But at least it let him know that he hadn't been entirely forgiven, that Ken wasn't just stepping aside and setting down his grief. He didn't comment on the punch, simply turning to look down the alleyway. It was easier than eye contact.

The emergence of Ken's Persona, however, was something he hadn't expected. The man's eyes narrowed, stepped back and pulling his hands from his pocket, as though to defend against a lightning strike, or cruel attack, or, worse, Hama. But instead the Persona... shifted. His brows furrowed, wathcing an entirely new one appear. "...What..?"

...Evolution. Akihiko and Mitsuru had mentioned it. He slowly lowered his arms, still watching carefully. His persona had changed.. what, because he hadn't killed Shinjiro? From their meeting? he still didn't understand.

"...You okay?"

revengeslance October 5 2010, 03:25:41 UTC

He couldn't completely set aside his grief and anger, but he'd decided to focus on living right now rather than on revenge or murder. That seemed like the more important thing while they were stuck here. Ken sighed afterwards and rubbed his fist.

Ken seemed just as confused by the change as Shinji was. "I...don't know," he said softly, but he knew the new name was Kala-Nemi just as certainly as he'd known Nemesis's name, though he didn't know yet what this new one could do in a fight. Confused, he rubbed his head for a moment.

"I'm fine...but that was sorta weird."

weaktobullets October 5 2010, 05:14:45 UTC

He paused, glancing to Ken. Had they not told him. "...Aki said his Persona changed." He rolled a shoulder. "...After I died back home. S'why he's got Caesar instead've Polydeuces." Fuck if Shinji knew why-- other than Aki "missing him". But he doubted the reasoning was anywhere near the same for Ken. It was something he'd have to ask about later. "...Mitsuru too, but fuck if I know why."

Still, a part of it bothered him. Would they all have changed personas? Probably everyone except him, really-- he had no reason for it, what with the whole 'being dead' thing.

After an extended pause, he gestured towards the mouth of the alley. "...You gonna stay out here, or come back home?" He probably needed to call Aki, anyway, let him know that he wasn't bleeding to death... Well. it was early enough, they could always just head back.

revengeslance October 5 2010, 06:22:00 UTC

"Nobody told me that part," he said as he shook his head. How much else had changed after October that Ken was missing out on? He still felt weird being behind everyone else in the big timeline. "But that new one is Kala-Nemi. I wonder how good it is when I need to use it." Mitsuru had said not to use their Personas, so Ken had been sticking to his lance whenever he ended up outside at night.

Ken didn't know why it'd happened, just that it did and he'd have to get used to the differences in battle at some point. That time would happen sooner than expected as creatures oozed into the alley they were in. "Go home after we deal with those things!"

weaktobullets October 6 2010, 20:38:19 UTC

He shrugged, glancing up sharply at the appearance of monsters. The man rolled his eyes for a moment-- really, of all times, now they had to attack. He grabbed his evoker from his pocket, bringing it swiftly to his temple. There was no reason to be scared of using his Persona with the medication, right? And he had no other weapons. Mitsuru would understand.

The crack of gunfire echoed down the alley, though was quickly overshadowed by the creak of iron and inhuman cry of a Persona as Castor appeared and leapt forward. Upon contacting the ground, a swift red blaze plumed out from its hoof, striking the monsters around them. Shinjiro wasted no time in cuffing Ken's shoulder, gesturing towards home.

"I ain't wasting time with this shit, let's get." After all, they had minimal healing and only the two of them-- and he had no idea how he and Ken would operate as a team. better to get home quickly, before he had to devour too much of his strength to feed Castor's attacks.

revengeslance October 7 2010, 04:51:18 UTC

Ken picked up his lance in a hurry and watched for a moment when Shinji summoned his Persona. Seeing Castor didn't happen very often, but he couldn't afford to stare for long. This wasn't like nights out as a team -- there were just the two of them and without Minako to lead properly, who knew what would happen?

But he had to do one thing first. Nemesis had been able to heal, so Ken assumed the new Persona would have similar skills. He drew his own evoker, fired it, and watched in slight amazement as the much bigger Persona showed up to heal Shinji. "Mitsuru-san won't yell at you now," he muttered. That was as much to cover for himself as it was to help.

Now, the only thing to do was get home.

weaktobullets October 9 2010, 18:28:48 UTC

He glanced over in surprise at the heal spell, though Ken's reasoning made sense. Shinjiro supposed that it was more so Mitsuru wouldn't yell at Ken, but whatever. He was sure they'd just be happy he was alive, regardless of the state he was in. "...little shit," He let out an amused scoff, before continuing out of the alley.

"We can run faster'an a lot've them, if some come at us, knock 'em back and keep going." Easy enough-- it wasn't as though they had never been out at night and had never fought monsters, after all.

And with that, he took to the street, making sure to keep Ken in sight.

revengeslance October 9 2010, 20:40:51 UTC

Ken didn't need a lecture from Mitsuru either way, so he'd be glad to just get home. They were both alive, which was likely to be surprise enough for the rest of S.E.E.S.

"I know." He might be small, but he wasn't a slow runner. He followed Shinji. occasionally pausing to swing his lance at something that got too close for comfort. It wasn't much different from running away from Shadows.

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