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c: akinari kashihara (nyarlathotep)

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[Action: Around Town]

[If you're looking for a healer, then you've come to the right place. Minato has been going around town healing people who is in need of their wounds cured through magical means or otherwise. The power imbued by Persona allows him to do exactly that. And so, here he is, the smiling, blue-haired boy, wandering around town looking for people who is in need of his services. There's hardly a shortage for such people, leaving the boy as busy as ever.

One thing that you might notice, however, is that the boy's eyes seem a little different. They've taken on a dim shade of yellow.]

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Of course, only a fool wouldn't be aware of the dangers around them.

[Oh. Goddammit. He can see it, the faint glint now.

It's too late. He's caught in conversation, and trying to break away too much would give away the fact that he caught who you actually are, Nyarlathotep. And could quite easily provoke you into attacking, if you wanted to. And at this point? He had little way of defending himself.

He can't be precisely certain why you're disguised as Minato, but he can make guesses. Getting to work early on spreading despair for your game, are you? Alright.

He'll stay and talk, and act like nothing is wrong. Give not a bit away, no hesitation, that he knows who you are.]

I debate the town not bringing us back. From the sound of it, I expect our captors need it to revive as well.

They're far too cowardly to leave it destroyed, if for their own sakes.

[Nyarlathotep, for the time being, is not aware that Lucifer has noticed the trick. Regardless, he presses on with the conversation, still playing the role of SEES' leader. Indeed, though, if Lucifer reveals his hand too early, he may be in danger of being silenced. It would be all too easy to end his life.

The only difference would be that Lucifer's life ended in this scenario because of his own foolishness. Nyarlathotep prefers to wait until that moment in their game before claiming his victory than attacking and killing him now when so little of his powers have been restored.]

Yeah. They're all alone with nothing to help them if they slip up. But we all have each other until whenever they finally fix it.

[Really? Is that how you think he sounds, Nyarlathotep?

...It isn't bad. Lucifer will begrudgingly admit that. But he likes to think he can pick out what's wrong with the impersonation.]

Mmm. I suppose.

I still think relying on more than yourself is foolish.

Maybe. But it's easier if you have others around you.

Perhaps with some things. I usually have no need to worry about it.

If you're unable to take care of something yourself, I feel it to be a matter of little concern to begin with.

That's kind of weird, though. If all you needed was yourself, then there's no need for other people to begin with.

That's a fallacy.

Perhaps I should say there's no need for others on a personal level. Perhaps others might need the presence of other people, and in a way? That is fine. That has no effect on me.

But I do not.

Then you're lucky, Louis. Most people need others. So do I. We'd be better off born alone if we didn't.

And yet isn't it funny that we're pushed to do things on our own then? If the desire for community is so prevalent, it contradicts itself in how much it demands individuality and competency as well.

We're told to want to be part of a group. But really, as a society, we're meant to be competent and act on our own.

People set goals before they act. Motivation comes from our experiences with each other. I've lost a lot of my friends who gave that to me. I don't want to lose anyone else.

Loss is part of life. If you can't deal with that, you'll never grow, you know.

You've lost a lot, Louis.

And why would you say that?

Guess it's because you sound mature. Like you've been through loss to know about it yourself.

[Louis shrugs a little bit.]

Perhaps a bit more than others. I don't believe it to be that great a deal.

[He would maybe give more hints, or say more, if it was actually Minato.

You can bite him in that regard, Nyarlathotep.]

But you've never grown from them.

I don't believe you've known me long enough to say that, Minato. You don't know what I've grown from.

You said you don't see your losses as that great a deal. If what you went through didn't mean much, then there isn't much to "deal with".

Mmm. I suppose that makes sense.

And yet it can be little things, small things that someone doesn't notice, that can cause the most change. Can have the most impact, if you don't know exactly what the originating source was.

But wouldn't you have to be conscious of what you've lost to cope with it?

Sometimes.

And sometimes you only have a gut feeling of what you've lost, unsure how to put it.

Then you weren't sure of what you gained either if you're unaware of what you lost.

It would be a rare individual to find their aware of everything they've ever gained or lost.

But someone who remembers some wouldn't.

And I do remember some of what I've lost.

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