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Akihiko Sanada ([personal profile] thunderfists) wrote2012-09-10 11:06 pm

◎ Bout 1: Impromptu walkabout [action]

[arrival]

[...The TV world was very strange.

Akihiko found himself waking up on the forest floor, stripped of his normal clothes and garbed in ... white pants. Fortunately, his pants, red cape, and boots were nearby, and he found himself a bush to discreetly change in -- just in case Mitsuru or Aigis showed up somewhere close. Calling out for them was out of the question; they were on a mission after all, and he didn't want to cause a ruckus if he didn't have to.

There was a book beside him when he woke up, and he blearily looked it over before snapping it shut and concentrating on the odd feeling of pain and strange sounds around him. No time to read.

The fully-functional wings were a surprise. The talking animals were even more of a surprise. But they were easy enough to dismiss as parts of the TV world, and he pushed them to the back of his mind as he started to explore. Forest, forest, forest... Were those mountains in the distance?

It was like globetrotting all over again. Before heading out, he ripped up the white pants he had woken up in, using the shredded parts to bind the book to his side; unfortunately, his pockets weren't big enough for a book. He also wrapped up his knuckles, since his gloves were missing.

And off he went in search of Mitsuru, Aigis, and Labrys. Never mind that he had no idea what the latter looked like.]


[/arrival]


[For the entire week of September 9 through 15, a young man in odd clothes can be found traveling out in the forests and as far as the foothills due east of the village. He gets his water from the rivers and carries whatever food he comes across (such as apples and mikans) in a shredded white sack that once was a pair of pants. When he's not traveling, he does some shadowboxing in the occasional clearing while it's light out.

Nothing serious, though; he wasn't getting enough protein to repair his muscles if he did any serious training.

The most rigorous of his training he'll allow of himself happens late at night in the forest behind house 21. While he tries to avoid the TV world village and its inhabitants, he can't resist the temptation of an outdoor training space complete with training dummies. He uses his Persona to charge his punches with electricity, leaving marks on the some of the dummies before he heads off again.

He may even be caught napping in a tree once in awhile. Or listening to talking bears from a distance.]
the_tv_is_a_lie: (Mystery Food X...)

September 9!

[personal profile] the_tv_is_a_lie 2012-09-11 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Souji always loved afternoons--they were the time he could really get things done, and generally be awake. It was the time of day that he could cover any and all bases he'd left over from the last, and surely have time to spare for whatever else he wanted to do.

It was also a time for him to contemplate what else he needed to do to contribute to Luceti, but that was beyond the point for now. He needed rest from whatever he was doing. Of course, it wouldn't be long before his need for that was stuffed by the sudden glimpse of a gray-haired, shirtless man lying under a tree, fast asleep. Judging from the clothes, he looked like he could've been in an accident of some sort...but there were no bruises anywhere on him.

...Why is he not wearing a shirt in the first place, anyway? He doesn't know. For now, he stares at him from a distance.]
emp3thy: ♬ EXASPERATED | (line faced)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Minato has a mystery on his hands.

The woods behind the house are technically inside the village and so not part of the area patrolled by Moro, but thick enough to hide questionable things from view. It makes it the perfect place to practice Persona-summoning, and so for a long time, he's used the clearing for such. He even set up a row of dummies to use as target practice. Occasionally these get incinerated, but he tries to keep Agi use to a minimum.

That's why he is so confused to see several of the dummies sporting burnt patches when he visits Tuesday morning. They actually look more like lightning marks than pure fire... but there had been no storm the night before.

He might have dismissed it as a fluke he'd forgotten about, but the next day, there's even more marks. And the next. By Friday Minato is determined to discover who the dummy-mauler is and... well, not bring him to justice, but at least ask him to stop destroying the dummies so quickly. At this rate he's going to have to replace them all.

Friday night he's ready. With a book, a flashlight, and a bag of potato chips and some cans of Mad Bull, he sets out to the clearing to find the culprit.

...By an hour after midnight, he's dozing peacefully against a tree.]
emp3thy: ♬ SLEEPY | just five more minutes... (woken up)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Or you could go into town and visit the grocery store like a normal person, Akihiko, ever think of that?

The shadowboxing isn't enough to wake Minato up. The flashlight is still turned on, forgotten when he fell asleep, but its beam is blocked by his jacket as it rests in his lap. That is, until gravity starts to take over and he begins to slowly slip sideways and down the tree. The small movement causes the light to roll away, suddenly cutting a beam across the clearing.]
Edited 2012-09-11 07:26 (UTC)
emp3thy: ♬ SLEEPY | (counting sheep)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a flashlight. And two unopened cans of Mad Bull, a half-open copy of Featherman: From The Ashes, and three-quarters of a bag of chips. Also, a young man in a jacket who is now stretched out on the ground, asleep.]
Edited 2012-09-11 07:42 (UTC)
emp3thy: ♬ SLEEPY, RYOJI |with Ryoji (bothered)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow, Akihiko. Really? ...Really?

But the voice so close seems to spark something in the sleeper. In his dreams, they're running through Tartarus again, his senpai saying something encouraging after defeating a Shadow. In reality, he twitches, on the verge of waking up again.]
emp3thy: ♬ SLEEPY | champion napping takes effort (working hard)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's only doing this because of you.

He shifts some more, but the sound of punches isn't enough to wake him up completely...]
emp3thy: ♬ NEUTRAL | (look back)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that flash of light was enough to awaken him finally.

Minato blinks into the darkness, at first unsure about where he is and what is happening. Flashes of electric light are shining off in the distance and there's the sound... of punching. Someone's attacking the dummies and he fell asleep for it.

He quickly sits up and fumbles around for the flashlight to shine it at the intruder. It takes a while... the flashlight doesn't seem to be where he left it.]
Edited 2012-09-11 19:13 (UTC)
emp3thy: ♬ EXASPERATED | (line faced)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Some kind of.... cloak? At night? What kind of person is he dealing with here?

Well either way, he'd wanted to confront the guy so it's time to do that.]


You're the one who's been burning the dummies? [He stands up, still shining the light on the stranger.

Is the voice at all familiar yet?]
emp3thy: ♬ UNSURE | (what?)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[...That voice... training... flashes of lightning...

...It couldn't be, could it? Akihiko never wore capes that he remembers. Minato steps forward, trying to shine the light more on the man's face.]


At night?
emp3thy: ♬ NEUTRAL | (no eyes)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[...

There's no mistake anymore. Even with the darkness, he's sure of it now. But if that's the case, convincing Akihiko in return is going to be extremely difficult. It's dark, and he hasn't even recognized his voice. There's no guarantee this is his version of Akihiko in the first place.

He angles the flashlight down again.]


Are you hungry?
Edited 2012-09-11 22:04 (UTC)
emp3thy: ♬ EXASPERATED | (sigh)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh Akihiko.... you're really not one to talk about unhealthy eating habits.]

What about a beef bowl?
emp3thy: ♬ NEUTRAL | (watching)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I have the ingredients.

[fortunately....]
emp3thy: ♬ UNSURE | (and so?)

[personal profile] emp3thy 2012-09-11 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
You not destroying all the dummies.

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