tvk | 07 [Video + Action during the Dark Hour]

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[The feed flickers to an knocked out Saori lying down on a street, who looks rather beaten up with a bruise here and there. Strangely enough, the voice that comes on that sounds like her.]

Oh my. I was never really much of a fighter until I came here. Not to mention I've been so hesitant about fighting again. It's pathetic really. Looks like curiosity about these 'duplicate shadows' got the best of me. Oh don't worry, I wouldn't kill myself just yet. At least not until you admits I'm around.

[At the moment, the normal Saori cough and stirs awake. The phone's put down somewhere so now the Shadow that was holding it is right in standing front of her.]

W-what are you talking about?

You know very well what I mean. You are me after all. You're hesitant about things and always give up any chance of happiness for yourself. But for what? So you could be that saintly motherly person people could rely on? Fulfill obligations to your family? Like back in college when you studied abroad and your boyfriend proposed to you. You turned it down and you saw just how crushed he was.

I wasn't ready for such a heavy commitment and--

And you'll never be ready if you keep shooting down the opportunities that come to you! Hell, you won't even try to confessing your feeling to that guy!

S-shut up. You know nothing about me.

[At this point, Shadow Saori yanks her up and slams her into a wall before she could even summon her Persona for an attack. Just then, the feed cuts off.]

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Stop kidding yourself, Saori Nakagawa. It's time you admit to yourself that you can't always be the one everyone can rely on. You can't even save yourself, for crike's sake.

[The Shadow drops Saori, leaving her to slump against the wall and walks away. As she speaks, she doesn't look back.]

You still have time to accept you for who you are. I suggest you don't waste any more of it.

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Yeah...Somehow I feel relieved dealing with that. Don't want to sound cliche but it feels like a heavy weight's off my back now.

[She wipes the tears out of her eyes.]

I'm sorry you had to witness all of that, Kaiji. Thank you for staying here this whole time.

Edited 2011-11-25 05:53 (UTC)

N-No, it's... Whatever the hell is going on around here, we're all apart of it. If that's how you take care of these things, we gotta let everyone know.

Um, don't worry about it. So long as you're okay. C'mon, let's get back inside before we get the attention of any other shadows out here.

It's one thing for us to know how to defeat them. Whether or not people can accept them is a different story.

[There's a bit of blush on her cheeks from hearing that last part, but she smiles.]

Y-yeah. I didn't use too much magic against my Shadow but I am getting a bit tired.

Enough of that for one night, if you ask me. I need a drink after that, you too I'd guess.

I think tonight does deserve a drink or two. I'm off tomorrow so there's no harm in a little self-indulgence. Let's head back to the hotel unless you know another place we can hide in.

The hotel's the safest place to go at this point. C'mon. [He manages a bit of a smile at her.]

[Saori follows, walking right next to him.]

Shouldn't be too much of a problem to get some drinks. I know where they keep the good stuff. At the rate I keep using their kitchen, I might end up on their staff part time.

Awesome. Your food's great, so they really should hire ya.

[Except... Except there was something on his mind. Something Saori said. After a few moments of looking like he obviously wants to say something, he just finally blurts it out.]

Um. So, you told that shadow that I was, uh, "your man".

They're gonna have to compete with the high school I'm working for then. But I suppose I could juggle between the two if I tried hard enough.

What?

I SAID WHAT?!

[Her face turns bright red from the news, covers her face and turns around. Give her some time and she calms down. Well no point in hiding it since she just promised her own shadow to be more honest with herself. The blush is still there.]

I was going to tell you eventually...Kaiji, I....like you.

[She's just ready to crawl into the nearest hole and hide there forever.]

Y-Yeah, you did, but it was when you were about to punch it a-and you were all riled up so--

Oh, so...

[OK get your act together, Ito, stop acting like high school kids, you're 23 for god's sake!

Well it's not like this really happens to him often, at least.]

Seriously? Cuz that's... cool. I-I mean, I, uh, like... you, too.

[Of course it's more awkward for her because in her 27 years, she's only dated once.]

In that case, if it's alright with you maybe we could, you know...

Edited 2011-11-29 18:27 (UTC)

[As if Kaiji gets dates all the time.]

We could... go out sometime.

Yeah, a proper date this time. Maybe once we get this whole shadow clones thing is over with?

[He nods, smiling now.] Yeah. Sounds great. So let's get this thing solved.

This time, it's a date for sure. We can start from tomorrow, but time to rest up.

[She holds onto Kaiji's hand and leads the way back to the hotel.]

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