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Persona - The True Self

We'll wrap up our thing within the next few posts, promise.

Persona - The True Self

With the text that comes after the 1st flashback wraps up, where do I make his 'correction'? The beginning part of the post and assume the following text follows after the revision?

@I-Am-X

Everything past the third-years being dickbutts is "wrong". I guess for the actual revision, Akira'd tell Mika whilr Rokoru's off grabbing something, and the flashback would be the revision?

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Pushed a post out in reply, X. Sorry for pretty much butchering the third-years, but we all know that Rokoru's spouting bullshit rn.

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Monday, April 8th, 2013 After School “Think you’re hot shit, kid?” The taller of the two third-years leaned over Akira, a wide grin covering his snotty face. The second third-year lingered behind the first, and Rokoru watched on in a mix of confusion and intimidation. There wasn’t much of a point in defending some guy he had pretty much literally just met if it meant on getting on the bad side of some of the seniors. “You probably got some kind of weird bow that’s making you better,” the senior teased, obviously not the sharpest of tools. The second and shorter third-year peeked out from behind the first and shot Akira an ugly glare. “Arrogance gets you nowhere,” he said. It didn’t quite make sense but the point was that they were trying to kick him down a notch. There was no way some first year was better than them, and Akira, not being one to take such bullshit, lunged forward with his knee. The joint connected perfectly with the senior’s crotch, and he sent him to the ground with a shot to the back with his elbow. The second senior looked at the boy with a mixture of fear and anger before storming off in a fluster, leaving his ‘friend’ behind. Rokoru stared at Akira from behind the childish sobbing body of the third year. Akira gave a huff in response to the disgust written on Rokoru’s face and stormed off in his own right. Not before calling Rokoru and the seniors an obscenity or two, of course.

[. . . . .]

Rokoru Ishiara /// Warakuma Shopping Complex

“From that day on, the boy known as Akira the Clubwrecker acted out a lot. A shocking amount, I had thought.” Rokoru sat up straight after finishing the first part of his retelling. He lifted the still steamy drink in front of him to his mouth and took a small sip from it. Some of the floating layer of cream stuck to his upper lip. His tongue shot out and licked it off before the teen leaned forward again to continue talking, but not before his stomach interrupted with a loud growling. Rokoru put his hand onto his midsection and looked at the other two people surrounding the table. “Either of you two hungry? On me." “Nothing for me,” Mika responded, her hand holding up her chin. Rokoru turned in his seat to face her. Rubbing the back of his head with one hand and resting the other on the table, he replied, “Awh Mika, it’s the least I can do for you. You’re always bringing me stuff for lunch and I can hardly keep up the favor. Just lemme buy you something here!” His tone of voice suggested that he either forgot Akira was there or that he had gotten accustomed (or more comfortable) with being in Akira’s company. “Try to bring something from home if you want to make it up to me, Rokoru! It’s like you don’t even care about what you eat.” The third-year frowned a bit. “I don’t. To be honest." Fed up with Rokoru for the time being, Mika gave in and instructed the boy to get her a muffin or something if he was buying food anyway. Rokoru got up from his seat and walked away from the table a few steps before suddenly turning back around on his heel. “Anything for you, Akira?” He spat the words out, like he was being forced to say it.

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Oh geez, my post kinda sounds like the start to some kind of yaoi manga or something. But the point is that I did in fact post. Hopefully we can finish this little story before everyone finishes what they're doing and we're stuck awkwardly prolonging a time skip.

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Rokoru Ishiara /// Warakuma Shopping Complex

“I’m always enamored with the time we spend together, Akira.” Rokoru replied, baring his teeth slightly. Mika ran her hand through her bangs (accompanied by a deep sigh), causing several strands to fall onto her eyes. She quickly brushed them out of the way and Rokoru stirred in his seat when she did, an visable shiver slowly going through his entire body. It was a weird fascination but it really did it for him when she did that. In fact, ‘Turn Ons: Running Hand Through Hair Sexily’ was on a shirt of his, a gift from one of the guys on the team that had known of his secret kink. It was only a bolstering to his growing collection of embarrassing shirts. His fingernails tapped against the table as he listened to Akira respond to Mika’s second question, and the answer given was cringe-y at best. Just a vague and obviously untrue response that only explained that he had accepted his reputation as Warakuma’s #1 Least Likable Person. “Stop dancing around answering. Are you too embarrassed to reveal your faulty past?” The broad-shouldered boy donned a wide smirk. His confidence wasn’t the most convincing, but it was better than acting awkward and defensive around Akira. Rokoru slid his arms a little further onto the table, and peered out at Akira from beneath his lowered eyebrows. “Though I suppose I could start the recounting. Just to get you into the mood to share.” “I never really knew Akira until when we both ended up in the Archery club when we were first years. I didn’t care for him at the time, and neither did he I think…”

[. . . . .]

Monday, April 8th, 2013 After School Wearing a simple black shirt that advertised Dr. Salt, and a pair of worn blue jeans, Rokoru wandered into the Archery range. The high amount of upperclassmen in the range was partially intimidating to the teen, he already felt tall enough to not be automatically seen as some overly eager first year. Though, in a world of third years, there were still many, many guys that stood over him. All he could do was pray that he’d get taller in the months to come. Rokoru felt good when he was one of the taller or tallest in a group, and the range was anything but comforting in that aspect. Rokoru shook the feeling off after a bit of emptily staring at everyone from the entrance. It was just practice: just shoot some arrows, make friends or something. He felt confident when he walked over to the shooting line, equipment slung over his shoulder. Stopping between a black haired boy and some random blonde girl he’d never seen before (presumably a second year or something), he prepared himself and his bow to start slinging shots, when he noticed the black haired boy getting bulls eyes with seemingly little effort. Rokoru stopped dead in his tracks, one hand on an arrow and the other grasping the bow. He recognized the boy as one of his fellow first years, and Rokoru considered confronting the boy about what he had just done. Insecurity lead him towards the idea, and after a bit of pondering, Rokoru firmly tapped the archer’s shoulder. “Hey,” he started, “I don’t think we know eachother, but I think I’m in your class or something. You’re a pretty good shot, huh?"

Persona - The True Self

Oh Gods, everyone has to pair up. Now what will I do...?

Hopefully it works for Sen

@I-Am-X

Yeah, I'll get a post up some time today.

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User titles are truly amazing. EDIT: I get it, RPG. Page 17. Wow.

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Screw it, we'll wing it! But hmm, how to do it. Like maybe start off with a back and forth between Rokoru and Akira like with Akira making light of it or comment that gets on his Rokoru's nerves he responds and have the situation be 'explained' via 'Flashback posts' and wrap it up to make it seem like they were talking about it in-depth or whatever, like how they do it in manga and such? Hidden Technique: Grand Manga Explanation!!

@I-Am-X

Hrm. Maybe it'd be best if we'd do like a collab post or something? Like how our forefathers (Savo?) did. We could do it all flash-back, but that'd be a little awkward considering it'd be only a couple scenes as opposed to them explaining the whole thing? Them explaining it fully would be more over-all better, but some flash-backs would be better for establishing/explaining their relationship... Maybe Grand Manga Explanation would be the best MO. I'm just a little concerned that it'd be a less sufficient explanation as opposed to a literal explanation. also here's some Rokoru headcanon memeage for those who never wanted it:

wow

•Can they use chopsticks? hmm I wonder •What do they do when they can't sleep? Only times he plays videogames is late at night. Almost always MH4 ever since it came out. (also the only one out of my characters to own a 3DS) •What would they impulse buy at the grocery store? Soft drinks. •What order do they wash things in the shower? • hair -> face -> ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) -> rest of body •What’s their coffee order? • Cappuccino with extra cream •What sort of apps would they have on their smartphone? • General health apps, many music apps. Uses practically no social media. Shamefully has both 50 Shades of Grey and The Fault In Our Stars on his phone. (also totally has an android) •How do they act around children? (Take this GIF however you will) •What would they watch on tv when they’re bored and nothing they really like is on? he complains about it to others the entire time he watches but secretly enjoys it

Persona - The True Self

We could discuss it later, if you'd like. Or we could just wing it hard and see how conflicting their stories are.