the doctor is IN

[foolmetwice]

Who: Mars and YOU
Where: hotel lobby
When: day 80, morning

[good morning, idols! today Mars has set up a little booth with the following sign hanging out front:]

Are you a person in need? Do you want help? Do you ALSO want points? Come here for free (FREE!!!) advice from an advice pro.

Insert question, receive a genuinely helpful response**, free of charge. Win-win-win scenario!!

** Quality of advice may vary, not responsible for any unintended and less than satisfactory consequences that may stem from acting on said advice.

[WELL, ANYWAY]

[Mars sits with his feet propped on the booth smoking a cigarette, watching as people pass by. he's dressed like a Taisho today in outfit number 5 with his henshin belt around his waist]

Comments

[floriographys]

Hahah! I don't think you're as enigmatic as you like to think you are~

[He'll just take his leg back now thank you.]

[foolmetwice]

I never claimed to be enigmatic.

[floriographys]

You don't have to say it for it to be true~

[BLOWS MARS A KISS ANYWAY.]

[foolmetwice]

[mimes catching it and flinging it back to Nya]

Are you saying that you're mysterious?

[floriographys]

Not at all! Though people seem to be confused by me a lot. I always thought I was pretty obvious about my thoughts and intentions.

[foolmetwice]

[blinks a little??]

. . . yeah? You're like one of the most straightforward people I know.

[floriographys]

Haha, at least you think so.

That's one person.

[foolmetwice]

You know, speaking of straightforward--

[jabs a finger at him]

How come you never told me you can use Personas?

[floriographys]

I can use what?

[Wait a second.]

...Oh! Back home?

[foolmetwice]

Yep.

[taps his own temple]

The monster things we can all summon from our minds.

[floriographys]

Mmmh...

[Nya thinks about that for awhile, placing a hand on his chin.]

Well. Here, I'll show you why I haven't mentioned it.

[Nya purchases a replaying of his memory.]

I'm Joker.

[foolmetwice]

[oh. oh. . . wow]

[there's no shock or horror or look of disgust or dismay on Mars's part, though. just the mildest hint of surprise]

. . .






Holy shit, you're so edgy.

[floriographys]

Haha...

[Nya somehow looks extraordinarily tired after watching it again, but he rubs at his eyes to try to hide it.]

This is all I remember of Personas. I was some kind of evil spirit, so... I don't know, Personas seemed like such a small, insignificant detail.

I guess that means you also used to be able to use Personas.

[foolmetwice]

[gllllances at Nya, noting that exhausted look]

. . . yeah, I can see why. [a beat] You did look kind of cool, though? I guess. I guess.

[another pause]

And I can. I just remembered how in the memory I bought yesterday.

[floriographys]

[This memory sucks but at least looking at it now doesn't make him freak out.

SHRUGS.]

How odd! That we should have powers so similar back home.

That being said, I'm... not the same person I used to be now, so I don't really... see a reason to pursue things from my past.

[He says, and continues to buy memories regardless.]

[foolmetwice]

That's fine.

[not at all judgmental]

There's nothing wrong with focusing on the person you are now, or the person you want to be. Separate from what you remember.

[floriographys]

I just feel like... I can't be who I was, if I can't even remember who that is. You know...?

[This whole experience has been a crisis of identity.]

And anyway, I've gotten a lot of confusing information from my memories. Not much of it any good. But I guess it's cool that we had similar powers? I just hope you were more... like Tatsuya.

[foolmetwice]

[ppppauses, because guess who ELSE has an identity crisis going on? but hey, who doesn't?]

. . .

I remember killing a security guard.

[floriographys]

[Nya disassociated for most of his first week, then there was that breakdown...]

Mhhh... A naughty boy~

He he~

[Honestly he has no idea how Mars would have come to it, but...]

Anyway, who hasn't killed someone here? All of us, teenagers with blood on our hands. Even before we got here.

[foolmetwice]

[. . . SNORT. . .]

[he kind of appreciates that Nya takes the more lighthearted route here, honestly]

I don't know. I'm pretty sure Lily's never killed anyone. And most people on my unit probably haven't before coming here, anyway.

[floriographys]

[Nya is in no place emotionally to deal with his own emotions, nevermind helping someone navigate theirs, no matter how much he likes Mars.]

Hahah, it's always the quiet ones, though. I bet you'll find out he did something crazy like murder the president or something.

[foolmetwice]

[word, though]

He is sort of a hidden badass, but somehow I don't think his badassery extends quite that far.

[floriographys]

I'm willing to place a bet that his badassery extends that far. Maybe even further. I've got a hunch, man.

That kid is quiet and cute so he's gotta be a big deal.

[foolmetwice]

You can be a big deal without killing the president.

[just saying]

[floriographys]

That was just an example! I can't actually guess his life or anything.