There's plenty of ways to have us meet one another, forcing us to watch that stuff… they really are just taunting us.
[ Her voice grows harsher until the very last word is nearly hissed through grit teeth. Something about the idea of it being a show of power makes her even angrier about it than she already was.
Just as quickly as her anger built, however, it dissipates, her stance relaxing into something less guarded, something a little more friendly. ]
So do you always come to orientation and cover people's ears?
Um… [ Here goes nothing! Ann's voice takes on an almost saccharine quality, giving every other word much more emphasis than it actually needs, everything else coming out horribly stilted— like she'd rehearsed this, but not nearly enough. Her eyebrows are kneaded, which would sell that she's worried… except that she's smiling, too. ]
Thaaaat's right! She's soooooo sick. She wouldn't even get out of bed this morning, unless I…
[ What should she say? She's supposed to be her Dom, so… ]
Sp… anked her? Yeah! I spanked her! So— can we leave?
[ Ann's brow furrows, head tilted to get a better view of his mouth. There's a bit of blood she wets at cotton pad to swipe up, coming away less bloody than the one she'd used on his cheek. Speaking of cheeks, her own flush as she presses a clean gauze pad to his lip to stem any further bleeding. Even the lack of explicit details is pretty embarrassing— she's just glad she doesn't know who he's talking about, so she doesn't get a mental image of it in her head. ]
You mean that… Dual Cam thing, don't you? I can't blame him for not wanting to see that, but what does that have to do with you?
[ There's a very large, very suspicious hole in his story!
That seems to be about all she can do as far as cleaning up any cuts goes, so she caps the bottle of water and passes it to him. ]
You didn't ask me to help you, so, nothing. I'm not that stingy.
[ Acting as if you belong definitely helps. They walk past any guards without opposition, and Ann jams her finger against the button to open the doors. ]
It's pretty random. All of my friends from home that are here but one are all dominants, but the one who brought us all together as friends is a submissive. He's definitely not one to take something like this lying down, so I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to how they sort us.
[ Once they're both inside, she presses another button— this time to take them both to the Up, silently hoping they won't have any problems. ]
I'd like that, too. And actually, you seem like the kind of person who'd have a lot of questions, so… feel to ask pretty much anything! There's plenty of stuff we've found out that they don't tell you about in orientation.
It was the same for us, too. [ She's not yet let go of her entirely, only pulling away to get a better look at her face, arms still wrapped around her shoulders. Look, Makoto, it's been months, she's missed you! ]
Well... I meant the city here, but the club is a pretty good question, too.
[ It's definitely not the sort of place she'd expect to run into Makoto, but the same could probably be said for Ann— possibly even moreso. ]
[ It's… a sense of humor she's definitely encountered before, so she ends up laughing, moving up beside him to look over the food that hadn't been decimated by Calamity Ann. ]
Mm, just tell me we didn't just throw all of those little cakes on the ground and you won't have to have one for me too.
[ She reaches for a plate, grabbing two so she can pass one his way, immediately going for the mini cakes. One doesn't even make it to the plate— she pops it directly in her mouth. ]
Now I feel even worse for bumping into you. These are soooo good!
[The urge to cut loose, relax, and forget the constant tensions of the city had hit the boiling point - and Souji felt like, out of everyone in the city, Ann and her friends were the people it was easiest to relax around. They shared a home world; more than that, they all knew about - all shared - the power of Persona. But when he'd asked Ann if he could stay with her for the night - somewhere he could forget the restrictive confines of the Down - she'd invited him to Yusuke's.
It wasn't a hardship. Yusuke had been Souji's first real benefactor in the city. If there was a side to this place that was good, it was getting to see how Dominants could show their kindness and generosity despite the demands of the circumstances.
Over the course of the evening, the conversation has meandered somewhat, a drink or two helping with the relaxation - and Souji's started to describe the circumstances under which Ryuji became his senpai.]
... I think Megumi wanted Ryuji and I to star in a doujinshi together. I didn't explain it to him. It would have been hard enough on its own, but -
[He sighs and looks down, slightly embarrassed, then shoots a glance at Ann, who he knows will understand at least a little.]
She has cat ears, so. I lost my head.
[ A drink or two is more than enough to get Yusuke relaxed - he's a total lightweight, inexperience meets no body fat meets underfed. There's a light flush on his cheeks from nothing but the empty wine glass on the table as he leans across Ann to listen to the story. In doing so, of course, he ends up leaning mostly just on her, which is fine by him, she's warm and soft and he isn't in the mood to be worried about personal space. He'd be tempted to try and start something a little more intimate, but they have company.
Cute company.
He's amused by the recounting of Souji and Ryuji's adventures, chuckling when appropriate. Is this what it's like to casually hang out with friends without a sense of doom looming over them? He likes it. ]
You should have consulted us before calling Ryuji your senpai. We could have warned you.
Really. At least not for picking up girls. Ryuji couldn't be smooth if he life depended on it.
[ If anything, the pupil would end up teaching the master…
Whatever they'd been drinking had been sweet enough that she hadn't hesitated to have two (or three), and now the warm, happy buzz she had going left her feeling giggly and adventurous, and not at all worried about the trajectory of her hands. Usually, she might be a little more reserved in front of cute company— but Yusuke is so close and her usual inhibitions so compromised by alcohol that she thinks absolutely nothing of letting her fingertips wander over him as he leans on her and she tries her best to pay attention to Souji.
Which wouldn't normally be such a difficult task, but her attention span isn't exactly in the best shape thanks to the alcohol— and she's caught up in wondering whether Yusuke's mouth tastes like the wine they'd just had… how distracting!
Surely no one could blame her for leaning in to kiss him to find out, right? ]
I didn't know you all knew one another yet. It was-
[Souji pauses his earnest explanation to watch Ann and Yusuke kiss. He hadn't been expexting that, and surprises are always interesting... hm. But he may end up on his own tonight after all. Usually he might feel resigned or even disappointed about that, but watching Ann kiss someone doesn't feel like being left out. His new friends - they put their all into everything they do, it seems like. He admires that.]
... Maybe Yusuke should be my next senpai, then.
[ As much as he's enjoying the warm, tickling feeling of Ann's fingers wandering over his thigh, he isn't expecting the kiss. His eyes grow wide, with a quick worried glance over at Souji, but he slips into it like it's second nature. It pretty much is, he and Ann have been intimate a solid handful of times now, he knows what she likes by now. Yusuke reaches for her cheek, holding it gently while the kiss is soft and sweet, but moving it around to the back of her head as he pushes it further, heavier and more passionate. He pulls away slow, leaving a cheeky nip on Ann's lower lip as he goes.
Then, he looks at Souji again. That wasn't very polite, was it...oops. But he's given Yusuke an idea. The gears are turning, watch out. ]
Yes. [ He nods. ] Your first lesson is now. Ann, would you mind kissing Souji as well?
[ Not very polite at all, though Yusuke could completely blame any lapse in his manners as a host on Ann's sudden fascination with his mouth. As always, he puts it to good use, her fingertips reflexively digging into his thigh and very nearly moving up toward where his legs connect. They don't make it before he pulls away, however, and she whines in protest, awfully greedy for someone who'd only wanted a 'taste.'
At least until he makes a very alluring suggestion. Would she mind kissing Souji as well? ]
Not at all! I like kissing him. [ All giggles again, she has to untangle herself from Yusuke to cant toward Souji and take his face gently with her hand, much the same way hers had been. It isn't nearly as sudden a kiss as the last, lightly brushing Souji's lips with her own before she leans her weight his way to kiss him more full-on.
Even if she isn't sure what ideas might be formulating in Yusuke's mind, she's more than game to follow. ]
[Souji has enough time to make a quick, questioning 'hm?' sound before Ann turns to him. When she leans into him, he reaches up to rest his hands on her arms, keeping her steady, and opens his mouth to hers, kissing deeply, confused but more than content to enjoy this confusion on its present journey.
He keeps his eyes open, meeting her gaze, smiling against her lips, mirroring her as they kiss - when she's gentle, so is he; when she grows forward, so does he, and before the kiss ends one hand has shifted downwards to rest gently over her chest, more like taking her pulse than copping a feel.]
[ He watches them with interest, suddenly not feeling so guilty, if watching is as exciting for Souji as it is for him. He likes the way he touches her - careful and sweet, the way she deserves unless she desires otherwise. Yusuke is protective of his friends, maybe even moreso after a couple drinks, but those drinks have also paved the way for other things. Maybe. ]
It seems you do not need a teacher.
[ The artist gives his approval once the kiss does end, scooting over on the couch to hug Ann from behind while she still faces the other boy. His hand lands high on her thigh, rubbing in small strokes. There's a lot of hands on her now, and they're joined by Yusuke's mouth, kissing and lightly sucking against her neck. He doesn't break eye contact with Souji, it certainly reads as an invitation. Ann doesn't mind, does she? ]
[ Mind? Not in the slightest. In fact, she's a fan, an excited shiver running its way up her spine as she's caught between the two of them. With his hand where it is, Souji would definitely be able to feel the way her heart picks up pace when Yusuke settles in behind her. All of the sensations at once, hands and lips, threaten to be overwhelming, but they're both gentle enough and she's relaxed enough that they aren't.
They're just arousing, instead.
Ann's teeth sink into her bottom lip and she hums around it, arms twining around Souji's neck to draw him in even closer— because leaning away from Yusuke is absolutely not an option. She does the opposite, instead, and lets her head tip to the side until her ear touches against her shoulder, opening up more of her neck to him and giving Souji a much better view of Yusuke behind her. ]
All of this... it's okay? It's not going too far?
[Souji's drawing halfweay back, face flushed, wide-eyed and embarrassed, but he's also incredibly intrigued and turned on, watching Yusuke suckle at Ann's neck, his own body draping over her as he gives in to the arms around his neck and is drawn in further, scooting forward until he's kneeling over her legs.
This puts him in a very good position - once he has an assurance from them that this is all right, is something they're sharing with him on purpose - to let one hand squeeze Ann's chest mroe deliberately, more provocatively, planting a kiss on the part in her hair, almost chastely, while his other hand slides up her thigh, just barely sliding across the barrier into zettai ryouiki and no further, not yet.]
[ Yusuke wouldn't have dared start something so deviant if he weren't sure about it, buzzed or not. He can't speak for Ann, but she sure feels enthusiastic about it, responding to both of them eagerly. He's happy for the access to her neck, to be able to move his wet lips across her skin at his leisure. ]
Spend the night with us, Souji.
[ Best to make himself explicitly clear. With a nip on Ann's ear, he pulls back, his gaze meeting Souji's, eyes heavy with lust. He decides to help the other boy, by running his hands underneath Ann's shirt and up the warm skin of her back to undo her bra. ]
[ Yusuke may not be able to speak for her, but Ann's fervent nod following his invitation should be enough to let them both know that this is absolutely something she wants, too. Maybe she should follow more of those kinds of impulses, if it means something like this might happen! A hand slides up to cup the slide of Souji's neck, thumb tracing the shell of his ear, just as Yusuke nips at hers, eliciting a sound from her that's half gasp, half giggle. ]
If it's too much, we'll let you know.
[ But right now, she can't see or feel a thing she'd object to, even though she hums and arches just enough to give Yusuke room to slide his hand up under her clothing and undo her bra— it's always surprised her that she never had to teach him that. With a bit of maneuvering she's able to slide it off entirely, letting it dangle from her fingertips before dropping it to the floor. ]
I would've burned that whole stupid city to the ground if they'd taken you from me again.
[ Whoa, calm down, Daenerys Targaryen. They'd barely had a moment together after he'd woken up from a three week slumber, it was only natural that she'd felt like she'd lost him at that time. And for what? It seemed like the only reason it'd happened was just to keep them apart. It had been, like most things Duplicity had had to offer: absolute total bullshit. Ann lets out all of the breath in her lungs against his neck just in time for him to lean away and look her in the eye.
She frowned. ] They sedated you? Ryuji… [ That's some real Duplicity-sounding behavior already. Are they sure this place isn't just as bad? So what if he was loud and angry— he'd been kidnapped! Again! Her tone is a little warning, even if sympathetic. She'd yelled, too. She'd been angry, too. She'd wanted to go back, too, to get him out of there, no matter the cost. ]
You know… come to think of it, we spent all that time worrying about finding a way to escape, and we ended up being brought somewhere else against our will. I wonder if it was like that for everyone else? I don't even remember what I was doing before I woke up in those crystals… if it was like that for them, too, then it's no wonder why they couldn't get anyone else out. They didn't have a choice.
[ Her gaze dropped to the ground. ]
Maybe now that we're out, we can finally find a way to help everyone.
[ With their butts off the floor, Ann guides the two of them toward the door, waiting until they're both out and a few feet away from it before speaking again. ]
Hey… Futaba. [ Ann takes a deep breath, trying not to sound as nervous as she actually is to ask her next question. ]
Before you were here, where, exactly, were you? Do you remember?
[ No, he isn't. To be fair, she doesn't like it, either. Even the promise of possibly working together with the natives to resolve their situation doesn't seem to set her nerves at ease. At least they aren't being exploited as test subjects… ]
I… was, yeah. Is that weird? I've met a few people who came from the same place I did. A city called Duplicity.
[ It makes sense that he'd want to know; no matter how bad, she would've wanted the same. Still, it remains a lot to take in, and some privacy, some comfort and shower would be— ]
That'd… be great, actually.
[ They might need it to calm their nerves after everything she has to tell him. ]
Maybe when we're done you can tell me what you think of this place, too.
[ It seems better than Duplicity, but still she has her reservations… ]
[ Disoriented and, at least from all appearances, unequipped to deal with anything dangerous. ]
A space colony? [ That's pretty Sci-Fi in comparison to the kind of space travel people were doing in her time— space stations, of both the cognitive and real varieties, excluded. ] That's still a ton more experience than I have— I haven't set foot off of Earth. At least… until now, I guess?
I… know what you mean. [ There are plenty of people, good people, that she's left behind in that city. People who deserve to be anywhere but there. But… she can't say she's unhappy to be gone, either. ]
You're talking about that moonlacing stuff, right?
A really weird smell. Plants are supposed to smell like… I don't know. Green.
[ Green is a smell, okay! She typically loves the smell of trees, of the calm and idyllic little parks nestled here and there around Tokyo… she can't imagine ever being able to relax around trees that smell like machinery.
Thankfully, the flower 6O brings to her has an entirely different aroma. Ann leans toward the flower, closing her eyes to block out everything so that she can focus better on the smell. ]
This one smells like… [ Her eyes shoot open. ] Cheesecake?
Hey there. [ Well, that was a reaction. She's all smiles as she moves toward him and places a hand on his back, patting— she knows he's an android, but doesn't know whether he can choke or not. Either way! ]
Yeah, you did… but you didn't put anything in it to get it, did you?
[ Of course she was going to drink both!! She had to try one of everything— what if she didn't get the chance to try it again, later? You have to seize opportunities when they present themselves! Ann lets him take the cup, appearing much smaller than it had in her hand compared to his considerably larger one. ]
Oh, cheers!
[ She made sure to gently bump the edge of her cup against his before he drank, then downed the remainder of what was in her own. Bye, wine! ]
Last year? But Rise's… [ Ann's brow furrows and her hand pauses mid-air. She stares at him for a long moment, and the look on her face definitely gives the impression that she's doing some kind of math in her head, hand finally settling on a roll of double-sided tape.
They aren't from the same year. Unless this guy is totally bullshitting her, which is entirely possible; still, a stalker fan would definitely know that Rise Kujikawa graduated high school two years ago!
But then, he'd said something even more interesting: ] Inaba? Wait wait wait, you're from Inaba?
[ Nope, she still hasn't told him how the lotion is supposed to work. ]
Ann keeps him hefted at her eye level while he postures, unable to keep from smiling. It'd been ages since she'd heard that cocky tone, so she doesn't bother questioning what he can do to help that the rest of them haven't been able to. Eventually, she lowers him down enough to hug him against her chest, instead, providing him a place to rest on with her arms.
"Uh huh… is that why you were peeking into the crystal shop? Can you sense something in there?"
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» kamui
There's plenty of ways to have us meet one another, forcing us to watch that stuff… they really are just taunting us.
[ Her voice grows harsher until the very last word is nearly hissed through grit teeth. Something about the idea of it being a show of power makes her even angrier about it than she already was.
Just as quickly as her anger built, however, it dissipates, her stance relaxing into something less guarded, something a little more friendly. ]
So do you always come to orientation and cover people's ears?
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» hitagi
Um… [ Here goes nothing! Ann's voice takes on an almost saccharine quality, giving every other word much more emphasis than it actually needs, everything else coming out horribly stilted— like she'd rehearsed this, but not nearly enough. Her eyebrows are kneaded, which would sell that she's worried… except that she's smiling, too. ]
Thaaaat's right! She's soooooo sick. She wouldn't even get out of bed this morning, unless I…
[ What should she say? She's supposed to be her Dom, so… ]
Sp… anked her? Yeah! I spanked her! So— can we leave?
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[ Ann's brow furrows, head tilted to get a better view of his mouth. There's a bit of blood she wets at cotton pad to swipe up, coming away less bloody than the one she'd used on his cheek. Speaking of cheeks, her own flush as she presses a clean gauze pad to his lip to stem any further bleeding. Even the lack of explicit details is pretty embarrassing— she's just glad she doesn't know who he's talking about, so she doesn't get a mental image of it in her head. ]
You mean that… Dual Cam thing, don't you? I can't blame him for not wanting to see that, but what does that have to do with you?
[ There's a very large, very suspicious hole in his story!
That seems to be about all she can do as far as cleaning up any cuts goes, so she caps the bottle of water and passes it to him. ]
You didn't ask me to help you, so, nothing. I'm not that stingy.
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[ Acting as if you belong definitely helps. They walk past any guards without opposition, and Ann jams her finger against the button to open the doors. ]
It's pretty random. All of my friends from home that are here but one are all dominants, but the one who brought us all together as friends is a submissive. He's definitely not one to take something like this lying down, so I don't think there's any rhyme or reason to how they sort us.
[ Once they're both inside, she presses another button— this time to take them both to the Up, silently hoping they won't have any problems. ]
I'd like that, too. And actually, you seem like the kind of person who'd have a lot of questions, so… feel to ask pretty much anything! There's plenty of stuff we've found out that they don't tell you about in orientation.
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It was the same for us, too. [ She's not yet let go of her entirely, only pulling away to get a better look at her face, arms still wrapped around her shoulders. Look, Makoto, it's been months, she's missed you! ]
Well... I meant the city here, but the club is a pretty good question, too.
[ It's definitely not the sort of place she'd expect to run into Makoto, but the same could probably be said for Ann— possibly even moreso. ]
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[ It's… a sense of humor she's definitely encountered before, so she ends up laughing, moving up beside him to look over the food that hadn't been decimated by Calamity Ann. ]
Mm, just tell me we didn't just throw all of those little cakes on the ground and you won't have to have one for me too.
[ She reaches for a plate, grabbing two so she can pass one his way, immediately going for the mini cakes. One doesn't even make it to the plate— she pops it directly in her mouth. ]
Now I feel even worse for bumping into you. These are soooo good!
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( nsfw ) three's company!! → souji/ann/yusuke
It wasn't a hardship. Yusuke had been Souji's first real benefactor in the city. If there was a side to this place that was good, it was getting to see how Dominants could show their kindness and generosity despite the demands of the circumstances.
Over the course of the evening, the conversation has meandered somewhat, a drink or two helping with the relaxation - and Souji's started to describe the circumstances under which Ryuji became his senpai.]
... I think Megumi wanted Ryuji and I to star in a doujinshi together. I didn't explain it to him. It would have been hard enough on its own, but -
[He sighs and looks down, slightly embarrassed, then shoots a glance at Ann, who he knows will understand at least a little.]
She has cat ears, so. I lost my head.
Cute company.
He's amused by the recounting of Souji and Ryuji's adventures, chuckling when appropriate. Is this what it's like to casually hang out with friends without a sense of doom looming over them? He likes it. ]
You should have consulted us before calling Ryuji your senpai. We could have warned you.
[ If anything, the pupil would end up teaching the master…
Whatever they'd been drinking had been sweet enough that she hadn't hesitated to have two (or three), and now the warm, happy buzz she had going left her feeling giggly and adventurous, and not at all worried about the trajectory of her hands. Usually, she might be a little more reserved in front of cute company— but Yusuke is so close and her usual inhibitions so compromised by alcohol that she thinks absolutely nothing of letting her fingertips wander over him as he leans on her and she tries her best to pay attention to Souji.
Which wouldn't normally be such a difficult task, but her attention span isn't exactly in the best shape thanks to the alcohol— and she's caught up in wondering whether Yusuke's mouth tastes like the wine they'd just had… how distracting!
Surely no one could blame her for leaning in to kiss him to find out, right? ]
[Souji pauses his earnest explanation to watch Ann and Yusuke kiss. He hadn't been expexting that, and surprises are always interesting... hm. But he may end up on his own tonight after all. Usually he might feel resigned or even disappointed about that, but watching Ann kiss someone doesn't feel like being left out. His new friends - they put their all into everything they do, it seems like. He admires that.]
... Maybe Yusuke should be my next senpai, then.
Then, he looks at Souji again. That wasn't very polite, was it...oops. But he's given Yusuke an idea. The gears are turning, watch out. ]
Yes. [ He nods. ] Your first lesson is now. Ann, would you mind kissing Souji as well?
At least until he makes a very alluring suggestion. Would she mind kissing Souji as well? ]
Not at all! I like kissing him. [ All giggles again, she has to untangle herself from Yusuke to cant toward Souji and take his face gently with her hand, much the same way hers had been. It isn't nearly as sudden a kiss as the last, lightly brushing Souji's lips with her own before she leans her weight his way to kiss him more full-on.
Even if she isn't sure what ideas might be formulating in Yusuke's mind, she's more than game to follow. ]
He keeps his eyes open, meeting her gaze, smiling against her lips, mirroring her as they kiss - when she's gentle, so is he; when she grows forward, so does he, and before the kiss ends one hand has shifted downwards to rest gently over her chest, more like taking her pulse than copping a feel.]
It seems you do not need a teacher.
[ The artist gives his approval once the kiss does end, scooting over on the couch to hug Ann from behind while she still faces the other boy. His hand lands high on her thigh, rubbing in small strokes. There's a lot of hands on her now, and they're joined by Yusuke's mouth, kissing and lightly sucking against her neck. He doesn't break eye contact with Souji, it certainly reads as an invitation. Ann doesn't mind, does she? ]
They're just arousing, instead.
Ann's teeth sink into her bottom lip and she hums around it, arms twining around Souji's neck to draw him in even closer— because leaning away from Yusuke is absolutely not an option. She does the opposite, instead, and lets her head tip to the side until her ear touches against her shoulder, opening up more of her neck to him and giving Souji a much better view of Yusuke behind her. ]
[Souji's drawing halfweay back, face flushed, wide-eyed and embarrassed, but he's also incredibly intrigued and turned on, watching Yusuke suckle at Ann's neck, his own body draping over her as he gives in to the arms around his neck and is drawn in further, scooting forward until he's kneeling over her legs.
This puts him in a very good position - once he has an assurance from them that this is all right, is something they're sharing with him on purpose - to let one hand squeeze Ann's chest mroe deliberately, more provocatively, planting a kiss on the part in her hair, almost chastely, while his other hand slides up her thigh, just barely sliding across the barrier into zettai ryouiki and no further, not yet.]
Spend the night with us, Souji.
[ Best to make himself explicitly clear. With a nip on Ann's ear, he pulls back, his gaze meeting Souji's, eyes heavy with lust. He decides to help the other boy, by running his hands underneath Ann's shirt and up the warm skin of her back to undo her bra. ]
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If it's too much, we'll let you know.
[ But right now, she can't see or feel a thing she'd object to, even though she hums and arches just enough to give Yusuke room to slide his hand up under her clothing and undo her bra— it's always surprised her that she never had to teach him that. With a bit of maneuvering she's able to slide it off entirely, letting it dangle from her fingertips before dropping it to the floor. ]
Pleease stay?
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► RYUJI
I would've burned that whole stupid city to the ground if they'd taken you from me again.
[ Whoa, calm down, Daenerys Targaryen. They'd barely had a moment together after he'd woken up from a three week slumber, it was only natural that she'd felt like she'd lost him at that time. And for what? It seemed like the only reason it'd happened was just to keep them apart. It had been, like most things Duplicity had had to offer: absolute total bullshit. Ann lets out all of the breath in her lungs against his neck just in time for him to lean away and look her in the eye.
She frowned. ] They sedated you? Ryuji… [ That's some real Duplicity-sounding behavior already. Are they sure this place isn't just as bad? So what if he was loud and angry— he'd been kidnapped! Again! Her tone is a little warning, even if sympathetic. She'd yelled, too. She'd been angry, too. She'd wanted to go back, too, to get him out of there, no matter the cost. ]
You know… come to think of it, we spent all that time worrying about finding a way to escape, and we ended up being brought somewhere else against our will. I wonder if it was like that for everyone else? I don't even remember what I was doing before I woke up in those crystals… if it was like that for them, too, then it's no wonder why they couldn't get anyone else out. They didn't have a choice.
[ Her gaze dropped to the ground. ]
Maybe now that we're out, we can finally find a way to help everyone.
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► FUTABA
Hey… Futaba. [ Ann takes a deep breath, trying not to sound as nervous as she actually is to ask her next question. ]
Before you were here, where, exactly, were you? Do you remember?
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► HIFUMI
I… was, yeah. Is that weird? I've met a few people who came from the same place I did. A city called Duplicity.
► REN
That'd… be great, actually.
[ They might need it to calm their nerves after everything she has to tell him. ]
Maybe when we're done you can tell me what you think of this place, too.
[ It seems better than Duplicity, but still she has her reservations… ]
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Sorry for late tag
No worries!!
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► REI
[ Ann takes a step back to look up at the tree, a finger twisting in the end of one of her pigtails. ]
I wonder how it knows what to smell like? How does a tree know who planted it?
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► HITAGI
[ I don't know, maybe this isn't a timeline she wants to be alive in… ]
I'm glad you're here, though. I mean— it's not there, so… it's better.
[ Even if she remembers… that. ]
► ATHRUN
A space colony? [ That's pretty Sci-Fi in comparison to the kind of space travel people were doing in her time— space stations, of both the cognitive and real varieties, excluded. ] That's still a ton more experience than I have— I haven't set foot off of Earth. At least… until now, I guess?
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► SOUJI
You're talking about that moonlacing stuff, right?
[ She's heard, but… ] Better than quotas, but…
Re: ► SOUJI
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► 6O
[ Green is a smell, okay! She typically loves the smell of trees, of the calm and idyllic little parks nestled here and there around Tokyo… she can't imagine ever being able to relax around trees that smell like machinery.
Thankfully, the flower 6O brings to her has an entirely different aroma. Ann leans toward the flower, closing her eyes to block out everything so that she can focus better on the smell. ]
This one smells like… [ Her eyes shoot open. ] Cheesecake?
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► 9S
Hey there. [ Well, that was a reaction. She's all smiles as she moves toward him and places a hand on his back, patting— she knows he's an android, but doesn't know whether he can choke or not. Either way! ]
Yeah, you did… but you didn't put anything in it to get it, did you?
[ Busted, buster! ]
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► SIDON
Oh, cheers!
[ She made sure to gently bump the edge of her cup against his before he drank, then downed the remainder of what was in her own. Bye, wine! ]
How is it?
► PRISMA TDM JUNE
► YOSUKE
Last year? But Rise's… [ Ann's brow furrows and her hand pauses mid-air. She stares at him for a long moment, and the look on her face definitely gives the impression that she's doing some kind of math in her head, hand finally settling on a roll of double-sided tape.
They aren't from the same year. Unless this guy is totally bullshitting her, which is entirely possible; still, a stalker fan would definitely know that Rise Kujikawa graduated high school two years ago!
But then, he'd said something even more interesting: ] Inaba? Wait wait wait, you're from Inaba?
[ Nope, she still hasn't told him how the lotion is supposed to work. ]
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► MORGANA
Ann keeps him hefted at her eye level while he postures, unable to keep from smiling. It'd been ages since she'd heard that cocky tone, so she doesn't bother questioning what he can do to help that the rest of them haven't been able to. Eventually, she lowers him down enough to hug him against her chest, instead, providing him a place to rest on with her arms.
"Uh huh… is that why you were peeking into the crystal shop? Can you sense something in there?"
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no worries!
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why did my notif for this disappear :'(
► YUSUKE
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