Track 08 - I'll Be There

[princeofjunes]

[PHONE - AFTERNOON - Filtered to: Persona casts (all), Ruri, Shana, SHIKI, Gilgamesh, Lancer, anyone I forgot that he has a moderate amount of CR with]

Hey guys, it's Yosuke. I just thought I'd check in, see how everyone's doing. I know it's been sort of rough lately, so...

[PARK - EVENING - OPEN]

[He's been coming here a lot lately. It really isn't a bad place to spend time. The park is usually nice and peaceful, and it gives him plenty of time to think. To reflect on his time there, to figure out what he wants, to try and piece together what bits he's learned about the town. Really, he can think about whatever strikes him that particular day.

Today it seems the focus is on himself - him, and the choices he's made recently and not so recently. Decisions he's made, decisions he hasn't made. Time he's spent waiting. Other people he's heard about. Is he really doing what's best? If he has to be stuck in this town, doesn't he deserve to be as happy as he can be? Is he doing what he can to that end? Is the road he's on the right one - hell, is it even going anywhere?

Too bad there are no easy answers.]

Comments

[princeofjunes]

Well, it's a theory. So it might not be true, and I can't really explain it right.

But she said that she's pretty sure these bodies are all just copies of us that they somehow forced our brains into. So when people are droned, it might just be their mind escaping back to the real world. Our world.

It might just be that she's free now.

[kickassncrafts.livejournal.com]

...Someone put our brains in clone bodies?

[princeofjunes]

Don't ask me why, man. And it's not like I asked to see her evidence, but I guess she has at least some proof that it might be true.

And not actual brains, just. Our minds, or whatever.

[kickassncrafts.livejournal.com]

Like our souls or whatever?

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, we can go with that.

Look, either way, if she's right? Naoto's fine. She's way better off than any of us.

[kickassncrafts.livejournal.com]

I guess.

...But what if she's wrong?

[princeofjunes]

Does it matter? [Of course it does, but Yosuke's trying his best to give support, Kanji. Even if he kind of sucks at it]

If she's right, Naoto's back home. And even if she's wrong, we're still here. We won't just sit on our asses, right? We'll figure out what's going wrong and set it right.

[kickassncrafts.livejournal.com]

W-well it ain't like I was just sitting around!

...But yeah, I know.

[princeofjunes]

... look, I know it probably doesn't mean much coming from me. But I think she'll be fine, man.

And if she saw us moping around about her she'd probably bust our asses for not focusing on the case.

[kickassncrafts.livejournal.com]

...She probably would, huh?

[princeofjunes]

Once she got over the shock of me having kids, yeah.

[kickassncrafts.livejournal.com]

...Are you goin' around tellin' everyone about it like you told me?

[princeofjunes]

Hey, if I have to be stuck as a dad, might as well have some fun with it! Right?