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[shotarcana]

Character: Minako Arisato
Fandom: Persona 3 Portable
Player Name: Simme

[Fish Olympics, you say?

A.) ...Minako seems to have taken this as an invitation to win her own gold medal in Sushi Eating. You can easily find her sitting at a table surrounded by plates. She might look up at you guiltily if you come talk to her.

B.) However, eventually even she has to stop! When she does, she goes down to the sand castle building competition......

Is she building a tower that's nearly three hundred stories tall? What the hell, Minako?]

Comments

A

[golden_gloves]

[Akihiko has built up quite an appetite after his last event, and the only way to keep going is to obtain more fuel for his body. Before he begins to fill his plate with food, he takes a glance at the tables, and spots a spread of plates, some holding food and others sprinkled with crumbs, surrounding a girl close to his age.

What an impressive appetite!]

That's a lot of food you're eating. No, what I meant to say was, girls don't usually...uh...

[Whatever he says he'll probably end up saying in the wrong way.]

Re: A

[shotarcana]

[She grins at the familiar voice.]

Hey, Akihiko-senpai. I know what you mean, so I'll be merciful this time.

[golden_gloves]

[Akihiko coughs; surprised at her words. Not the fact that she's letting his awkward and poor word choices slide, but that she knows him.]

...Have we met before?

[And did he flub up in the past? It sounds like it...]

I'm just impressed. I really mean it.

[shotarcana]

[.... Uh-oh. Rest of situation suddenly dropping in priority.]

W-What do you mean, have we met before? You don't recognize me...?

[golden_gloves]

[He shakes his head. Should he recognize her?

He does get hit in the head a lot. Perhaps the memory's going.]

[shotarcana]

...Minako? Your leader in SEES...?

[golden_gloves]

[She can't be the leader.]

That's Arisato's job. Are you a new member?

[shotarcana]

..... I-I am Arisato, Akihiko-senpai... Arisato Minako.

[golden_gloves]

[He can figure this out. Possibly.]

Minato never told us he had a sister.

[shotarcana]

.....That's not what I meant, but... I guess that's how you can think of it, yes.

B!

[tsundyne]

[...

...Just. Staring. Isn't there usually a time limit or something in these competitions? Yukari kind of missed the introductory stuff, oops. She just came to cheer on some friends who'd signed up, forcefully or otherwise.

Nooot quite expecting this.]

...Tartarus?

[shotarcana]

[Minako turns around quickly at the familiar voice, and then grins with a slight (very slight) amount of embarrassment.]

Hmm, I was thinking "Barbarus." As in "sandbar", right?

...Too lame, Yukari-chan?

[tsundyne]

[Oh.

...k, she's going to force a bit of a smile, because Minako is a good friend of hers. But she also isn't going to answer that question.]

Funny. I didn't think Stupei was here.

[Implying, of course that it was his idea. It's totally something he would come up with.]

[shotarcana]

... Ouch. Point taken, Yukari-chan.

But, hey. Want to help? We can rename it whatever you want.

[tsundyne]

[She laughs a little easier at that.]

I'd love to. I didn't really sign up for this, though...

[Looking around. Unsure if locals would allow Minako to get outside help, though of course they could just do it for fun...]

[shotarcana]

Oh, it's okay. It's more for fun than competition anyway, right?

[tsundyne]

...Sure.

[She agrees, reluctantly at first, but when nobody objects, she bends down and starts to help her start to build. She doesn't usually like getting sand all over herself but...

Eh. This outfit's due for a wash anyway.

She gives a bit of a sigh as she works, watching her friend for a moment.]

You seem to like it here so far... Minako-chan.

[It's odd. Maybe she's lucky in a way, to have memories of her from the last time she'd appeared in the city. Scattered, broken memories of her, as SEES's leader...

But either way, she still almost says "Minato."]

[shotarcana]

Well, it's nice to have all this beach time, don't you think, Yukari?

[Minako piles a bit of sand further on top of the precarious tower.]

Honestly, I was prepared for much worse.

[She cocks an eye over at Yukari.]

...Has it been weird for you?

[tsundyne]

[She's got a good point there. Living on Tatsumi Port Island, she honestly thought she'd grown bored of the beach, but she found herself missing it in the early months of her stay here. She's glad the elevator was built, she's glad the island is here...

Heh.

It does get much worse, but so far, it hasn't been anything SEES can't handle.]

Well no, not exactly. I've been here for a while, so I guess I'm adjusted by now. It just...usually takes a while for some people.

[Then again, if her past is the same as Minato's... it's not surprising.]

[shotarcana]

Mmhm. Well, I adjust pretty quickly. [She scoops up a bit of sand.] And with so many of my friends here...

[A slightly shadowy expression crosses her face. Of course, not all of them recognize her. But... She shrugs.]

How bad could it be?

[tsundyne]

[...Ah, Yukari catches that expression. She knows not everyone remembers, but-- well, she's as much a member of SEES as any of them. She hopes that she knows that.]

Yeah, you're right.

[She laughs a bit as she lightens the mood, as she continues to add onto their sand structure.

...Good thing about Tartarus-- or building it-- is that they can make it look however they want.]

[shotarcana]

[That's the good thing. The bad part is managing to reach those high parts.

Granted, the stories are very small, but hey, it's still hard to get to the top.]

How are you enjoying the Fish Olympics, Yukari-chan? What a cute name...

[tsundyne]

[It was a long year, definitely, and it took a lot of hard work. But it's a year she wouldn't forget. Not again.

-- oops, she's not thinking as much about the sandy version in front of them anymore.]

It hasn't been too bad. No Archery event though, so I decided to leave this one to the boys.

...Akihiko-senpai and Minato-kun both signed up.

[Her gaze drops a bit at that.

Have...the two of them met yet? Because if she thinks people not recognizing her is confusing...]

[shotarcana]

You've got plenty of other talents than archery, Yukari-chan. I'd like to see you shark wrestling... or playing jellyfish volleyball.

[She nods briefly at the mention of those two.]

Yeah. [She doesn't trust herself entirely to not sound a little hurt about the accompanying circumstances, though. She simply adds, therefore:]

It's good for them. What did they do?

[tsundyne]

[...sdkfjkas wow no thanks.

She might break a nail or something okay. She'll give Minako a laugh though, humoring the idea before answering her question. If she does sound hurt, Yukari doesn't quite catch it...]

Oh, you know how they are. A bit of everything.

[A laugh. Both of them have a tendency to overload themselves. Especially Minato-- even for silly activities like this.

Then again, Minako could be the same way.]

[shotarcana]

[Minako laughs.]

I guess if I'd gotten here in time, I'd be like that too, huh?

[tsundyne]

...Yeah.

But don't worry. The locals pull stuff like this all the time.

[Silly events. If she sticks around long enough, she'll get to see more.]

[shotarcana]

Oh, that's exciting. Though I bet the Fish Olympics only come once every four years, right?

[tsundyne]

[A laugh.]

We'll have to find out together. I've been here for a while, but it hasn't been that long.

[shotarcana]

[Minako shrugs.]

Hey, if I get to have four years here, I'll be pretty happy.

[Which ... she doesn't mean quite the way it sounds (DEADGIRLWALKING). She means that it's a nice vacation spot. But... she realizes how it sounds too, after the fact.]

[tsundyne]

[oh that's kind of morbid.

...That's okay though, she kind of understands. Yukari often wonders how long she'll be here herself, but apparently the Coral likes her.]

Me too.

[She wipes some sweat from her forehead, taking a brief break from their Tartarus sand-building.]

Let's go see how the others are doing after we're done, okay?

[There are other events going on, after all. The boys will want some encouragement.]

[shotarcana]

Sounds good! ...I've been at this a while anyway. We can stop whenever.

[geez Minako. who wouldn't think that, given the whole giant size of it?]

[tsundyne]

[It is getting pretty big, isn't it?

Haha, she nods. She's surprised it hasn't toppled over yet. But hey, she's willing to do this for as long as Minako wants to.

Yukari is really glad she's here. And hopefully she will be for a while to come.]

B

[messianic]

[...oh that's a familiar face. Though he is impressed by the sand castle she is building.]

Arisato-chan?

[He's met her before--but always with different first names. Might as well be cautious.]

[shotarcana]

Mmhm, that's me!

...It's not against building code, is it?

A

[angelicvoice]

[ Eating a lot at once can be bad for your health, but Fuuka doesn't have the hear to warn her when she's eating so happily. She comes over with some ginger when Minako finishes her most recent plate. ]

Here, need something to wash away the taste?

[ And maybe take a little break?? ;; ]

[shotarcana]

Oh...!

[Fuuka and food offerings... No matter what they are...

.......Well......]

Um, sure, Fuuka-chan!

[angelicvoice]

[ o-oh come on ...! Ginger is just ginger. ;w; ]

Mm. Don't worry, it's freshly cut.

[shotarcana]

[Knowing you, Fuuka, you might have figured any old root would suffice...]

Thanks.

[She takes it and, um, gingerly tries it.]

It's good sushi, isn't it?

[angelicvoice]

[ .... true.

Fuuka nods rather proudly (?!) ]

Oh yes. The chefs here are pretty amazing. I even got to make some of the rice for them.

E-even if I needed several tries ...

[shotarcana]

[hurk, she's been eating something of Fuuka's without knowing it???

...Nah, Fuuka can do rice at least.]

It's really excellent, Fuuka-chan! Mm.

...You're right, though. I might've had a little bit too much.