tvk | track 001 ❅ can you heat it up ❅ video; action;

[ Good evening, Prospero. Do you know where your idols are?

It's the Dark Hour, as evident from the feed blipping on, revealing the sky in its eerie colors, only accented by the darkened buildings, upright coffins and absolute stillness in the background. Only the feed is on its side. And bobbing up and down. ]

Uuuu, everything is so scary right now...

[ Suddenly, fingers. Brown hair. Brown eyes. A young woman appears in front of the feed, tapping the screen. ]

How do you use these American phones?--Ah! Hello! [ Seemingly aware that she's broadcasting now... ] Yukiho Hagiwara here, and, umm, does anyone know what happened? It became midnight, and everything everywhere just froze!

[ A sudden crash of noise nearby causes her to cry out in fright, tossing the phone into the air as the feed spins dizzily for a few moments. ]

What was that?!

[ The feed is flicked in the direction from the sound, revealing--lo and behold--a shadow. The black, floating, fuzzy kind, probably iridescent with some odd pink/purple light and little beady yellow eyes. It's in a lit alley, and in its general maya stupor it apparently knocked over a trash can. ]

Eh? Is that... a balloon?... With... eyes?

[ The shadow's doing its own thing, oblivious to the quietly approaching girl apparently. ]

It's...

...

Cute?

[ On cue the floating shadow snaps attention onto the video broadcaster, does its routine angry flailing of the limbs and speeds at the feed. ]

Ah!! I-I'm sorry!! Sorry!!!! You're not cute! You're scary! Scary! Very scary! Hauuuu--

[ The feed gets jumbled again, bobbing up and down, bouncing side to side, catching a glimpse of the fear-stricken girl with a menacing level one balloon-type gutter-trash run-of-the-mill shadow in hot pursuit, and probably not looking for an autograph.

The feed cuts out. ]

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[ He mumbles something that might be a "you're welcome", combing a hand through his hair ]

Did nobody tell you about the Dark Hour?

[ Yukiho smiles politely, holding her hands behind her back and keeping her attention on her savior. ]

Ah! N-No! No one told me anything! I... woke up one morning a few days ago, in some hotel and away from home... I thought I was kidnapped, but then I saw other people talking on the phones...

[ Sheepish smile! ]

I guess we're all in this together, aren't we?

[ Lindsey's got his attention elsewhere, trying to look for more shadows. ]

Well, we've all been kidnapped, and we're the only ones who don't turn into coffins during the Dark Hour, so... yeah. I guess we're all in this together.

Umm... S-Sorry...

[ Yukiho looks away, though not really looking for danger. ]

Does... does this "Dark Hour" mean what's going on.. now? Because this is my first time seeing this...

Pretty much. The Dark Hour happens at midnight every night. Normal people turn into coffins and monsters called "shadows" come out. We don't really know why all this happens, but all of us who have been kidnapped get a special power called a Persona to fight the shadows with.

[ he angles his head a little, indicating the spot where Lancelot had stood a few moments ago ] Lancelot is my Persona.

[ Forgive her, Lindsey. This is the first time ever in Yukiho's life has someone ever implied that she has to get violent at something, let alone condoning violence to the degree of protecting herself. She stares blankly and for the most part in disbelief at him. ]

C-Coffins?... Per.. sona?--eeeeeeeeehh?! I-I have to fight too?

I guess you don't have to, but you've seen what happens when you don't.

Umm, but what if we contact the police? Wouldn't they be able to... oh...

[ Yukiho is starting to realize a few things... ]

... The police are... c-coffins too... during the Dark Hour?

[ He does feel kind of bad for her. She's obviously shaken, and he remembers his first experience with the Dark Hour was not exactly pleasant either ]

Yeah. It kinda sucks showing up here like this.

[ True, it does suck, but for Yukiho, letting these worries and preoccupations sit on her mind would end up consuming her thoughts until there's a resolution, and judging from what this man is saying there hasn't been one.

Yukiho will just file this away, in a pending spot of things to think about, having learned this trick from her busy lifestyle before coming to this place, and instead focusing on the here, the now and the immediately ahead.

She takes a deep breath, holds it in for a few moments before exhaling. Her fear largely diminished and the jitters now at their minimum, she is able to look at what's in front of her.

There is a man there, standing, with dark glasses on (isn't it midnight?) of that which Yukiho owes her life to, at least in her mind, and for that she bows graciously. ]

My name is Yukiho Hagiwara, and thank you for saving me.

[ He can't see the bow, but the way the direction her voice is coming from changes implies it. That, and the sheer sincerity of her thanks bring a little bit of color to his cheeks. ]

Oh. Uh. Don't worry about it. [ Maybe one day he'll learn to talk to girls like a normal person. Wouldn't that be nice. ] ... My name's Lindsey.

Edited 2012-04-02 17:22 (UTC)

[ Hey Yukiho isn't doing too bad for herself as a self-prescribed introvert with a huge paranoia of men. Maybe it's Lindsey's longer hair? Or maybe because Lindsey isn't exuding in MANLINESS that Yukiho can speak more comfortably with him.

(Or maybe because he saved her life!) ]

Umm... Is it always like this? During the Dark Hour? Do those... things wander the streets like they do now?

[ ~~Maybe it's also the fact that he has a girly name too :|~~. He sort of glances around, not really at anything, just looking for more shadows, since that's all he can see. ]

Occasionally. It feels like it's been worse lately, though.

That's a little scary.

[ Yukiho announces, again, though this time without the hysterics and just light-hearted admission. ]

Umm... How do we get one of those?

Am I a purse owner?

Purse--- what. It's Persona.

And I guess you get them when you need them. Yours probably would've shown up if I hadn't been here to help.

Persona?

[ Yukiho plays with the word quietly. ]

They just show up?

[ He nods ]

Mine showed up when I was about to get eaten by shadows. I think it's pretty similar for others, too. They come to us when we're in danger.

Ah... What if I asked my Persona to show up at a more convenient time?

... You can try?

[ Yukiho nods once then closes her eyes. ]

Umm... Mister or Miss Persona... Or Persona-san... Persona-chan?... Umm... Sorry for asking, but... please come out?

...

...

...

[ Yukiho smiles in admission. ]

... Guess it doesn't work like that, huh...

It would be a whole lot easier on all of us if it did.

I just wish they wouldn't have to come out when people are in danger... I'll keep asking, though. If... I have this power, I... I don't want to be in danger without it...

[ That's some backwards logic there Yukiho ]

You'll be fine. It won't let you get hurt.

Thank you, Lindsey-san! [ Yukiho is in infinitely much better spirits, which, despite the doom and gloom of the Dark Hour all around her, she keeps a positive air about her now. ]

Are there any safe places to hide during the Dark Hour?

Indoors, usually. Don't go near the business district- that's where they all hang out.

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