week one ♡ saturday ♡ magilou

[jokered]

[once he's cleared his head at least a little—it's probably time to head back to the huts. maybe sleep it off and try to feel more human instead of whatever it is he's been.

emotional. hurting. angry. generally frustrated. guilty about yato.

a lot of things.

the people in the longhouse probably saw more anger from akira than the entirety of the phantom thieves collectively between april and sending the calling card in december. so much of what he kept buried for the sake of everyone else, so much of what had been akira kept level by his team had slipped away.

his center of gravity is definitely off.

but a protag is a protag, and a persona protag is even more of a protag—so when he sees magilou shuffling off into the jungle on his way back? he has to follow. what the hell is she getting up to right now?]

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[jokered]

It's gonna be a long day. Probably not as long as today but...

[honestly?]

I think we're all a little beat right now.

[spinatalltale]

I feel like I could fight a dragon right now, actually.

[. . . she's counting on him not understanding the full implications of that]

Well, since we're here together, we might as well walk back together. Lucina is probably waiting for me.

[jokered]

Sounds like a plan. I'm sure Raven's waiting for me too... after all this.

[he seems calm, but really—there's still so much else going through his mind and he's got fire to burn of his own towards the chiefs.]

[spinatalltale]

[well then, she makes her way down the path!!]

Is she your babysitter?

[she's picking]

[jokered]

You caught me. I'm a toddler in need of a babysitter.

[drier than the desert, clearly.]

[spinatalltale]

Hey, who knows what sort of tricky mischief you get into when the cat's away, right?

[jokered]

Something something "Baby Trickster," right?

[spinatalltale]

Something, something! ☆

[waves her hands as they reach the end of the jungle trail]

Though "Baby" doesn't really seem to fit anymore. "Novice?" "Tiny?" "Lily?" "Fresh as the Newborn Daisies in Spring?"

[jokered]

[...]

I think those last two might be pushing it.

[spinatalltale]

And "Novice" is boring. . .

[sighs!! deeply!!]

I'll think on it.

[jokered]

You can get back to me.

[and as the huts come into view:]

After some rest. I'm beat.

[can anyone blame him.]

[spinatalltale]

[flaps her hands at him. shoo, shoo!]

Go, go! Before you pass out on me or something, because I wouldn't drag your body back to your hut.

[thanks magilou]

[jokered]

[thanks, magilou.]

Get some rest yourself, too.

[and with a bit of a muted wave, he's out of here. he's got a lot to process before he can sleep, but it's fine? he's fine, probably.]

[spinatalltale]

[she watches him go, the smile vanishing from her expression only to be replaced by something a bit more thoughtful]

[and then she's off to her own hut. HE'S FINE, SURELY HE IS FINE!! EVERYONE IS FINE!!]