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Why is that what you jump to!? You don't need supervision to go out!

[ ............actually, he should need supervision, because otherwise he will die ]

Of course I don't.

[ He probably does. You're right. ]

I wasn't thinking it like a supervision kind of thing...

Hm...

[ It's now a supervision thing. ]

It's not embarrassing to walk around that sort of place by yourself, you know.

[ Like how middle school girls need to go to the bathroom in groups of three? Like that. ]

But if that's the sort of thing you're worried about, I'll go with you.

Of course it's not embarrassing! And I'm definitely not worried!

[ Terry may get embarrassed a lot lately, but going alone to social things is definitely not one of them. Honestly, the one's who are more worried are probably his friends... ]

I just thought it would be more fun to go with friends.

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Oh.

[ A very normal answer, and Kido shouldn't be as surprised as she is. ]

Yeah, going with friends would be nice. It can be us and Rei and... hm...

[ ...On hindsight, Rei is the only person Kido really really likes. But maybe she's giving Terry the chance to list some friends, not that her mind is blanking on more names. Maybe Mondo? She hopes they don't run into Hibiki. ]

[ Honestly, yeah. He'd invite Mondo and Hibiki too. Maybe even Leon. And a whole bunch of other people. But. ]

I'm fine with that.

[ He figures that he'll see the others at the festival or something anyway. ]

[ lmao if Terry had mentioned Hibiki or Leon, Kido would have immediately bailed ]

Alright. Then, I'll see if I can talk to her today and-

[ ...god, Rei's still living in that haunted inn, isn't she? Kido can't go there. Impossible. ]

...I'll try to catch her tomorrow, if I see her.

[ Maybe it's best not to mention that Terry gave Hibiki the number to his cell phone then...

He stares at Kido, wondering why she had that weird pause and correction, and--oh.

Ohhhhhhh. Well, he won't make fun of her for it. Everybody's got their share of scary things.

That reminds him. ]

Sure thing! Also, Kido. Remember the power I used before? I think I got most of it back now.

[ ... ]

So, don't get creeped out by what you find out in those papers.

[ His power? That pin-pointing thing where he could tell where things are, she remembers it.

But if it's something creepy and embarrassing, then... ]

Are you stalking people?

[ Figuring out where people live or something?? It'd be very useful, in order to meet up with those they need to since there's nothing in the form of a chatroom or anything, but also. That's real creepy. It's probably illegal. ]

[ He'll just stare at Kido in silence for a few seconds. ]

Kido, come here.

[ Terry sits up straight on his chair and faces out the window. ]

I've been doing some tests...

[ He points over to a schoolgirl that's just leaving the high school building. He's from the third floor, so he doesn't really stand out from the people who are at ground level. ]

That girl's name is Kisa. She has a crush on a teacher. That guy, Riki, [ points to someone near the school gate ] likes one of the maids in the cafe.

And you.

[ He turns to look at Kido. ]

Your Persona can deal with ice and wind, but hates fire. It can also get stronger without doing anything. It's not the fastest, but it can take hits well and it might as well be the strongest top cat.

[ Reluctantly, Kido moves to stand next to Terry by the window, expression changing quickly from curiosity to suspicion because oh my god he is a stalker, a weird one who is somehow too invested in people's love lives. When he turns his head, Kido starts and nearly pulls away, heart pounding with the sudden panic of Terry having pried into who she may or may not like as well, and she's prepared to knock him out again and make herself disappear if she has to but

It's just Persona info. Things that she instinctive knows, like how both her and her Persona shied away from the burning buildings in the third floor of the dungeon, or how it likes to hang around her and attack from afar instead of running around like some of the other Personas she's seen. If she didn't know any better or hadn't seen him use it before, she'd think Terry had picked up all this stuff watching her go about the dungeon, and that's also a little creepy. ]

Ah, geez... So you can tell that sort of stuff just by focusing on it, huh? What can you tell from this?

[ She pulls her sleeve down to show the omamori bracelet on her left wrist. ]

[ Even Terry can tell that Kido would not have appreciated her personal info dug up and aware that he knows it, so he thought having her Persona info was the safest bet to get her to understand. He's glad that it worked. Probably. Also he'd... rather not know who she may like or not like, especially by prying like that.

Terry stares at Kido's omamori. It didn't quite work on his own, since he already tested it with that, but maybe... Kido's will be different? After several seconds of silence from his end, he can only shake his head no. ]

... I can't get anything. I can usually find out what material things are made of too, but I can't even get that either. I tested it on my own charm yesterday and the result was the same. It's kinda like when we went for recon at the gate. Feels like there's something blocking the way of finding out.

[ Terry has a braincell sometimes. ]

Nothing at all?

[ She thinks to herself for a moment, pushing the sleeves back down her wrist. That creature behind the gate is pretty much what you'd expect to see out of a video game, but Terry was able to "pinpoint" all the other monsters there for some reason. What makes the gate and the omamori so special... ]

Is there anything else you couldn't get information out of? A place- or a person would be especially helpful.

I haven't tested it that much yet, but so far, I found it harder to pry info from Persona users in particular. Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn't. That's what I meant by mostly getting my powers back, because there's still some things it can't pass...

[ His eyes seem to glint for a second, though he's still smiling. ]

I know the bird boss is still alive though. Guess it doesn't matter as long as the gates have been opened. [ He is going to go back and slaughter him as revenge.

The feeling only takes a second to pass and that usual, stupid grin is back. ]

I'll let you know if there are other things or people I can't get through to. Anything else you want me to do?

[ Knowing that they'd gone through all this and that monster was able to recover isn't something that makes Kido smile, brows furrowed with the same thought of going back. Slaughter might not be the word she'd use, but definitely something, as she has a better grasp of how things would go. ]

Yeah, keep me posted about stuff like that. If you can, try to check out anything that's strange, like those gemstones that are dropped by the monsters, or the birds when they start to act weird.

[ Not that he'd be able to learn anything about either of them, besides the fact that the gemstones— rubies or emeralds or whatever- have no worth in this town as they would back home. Crows are crows. ]

Okay, I'll keep that in mind. If there's anything else you want me to find or want to know about, let me know... except those papers.

[ Kido needs to go through translating hell for those. Sorry, Kido. ]

Right. I'll keep you in mind. It'll probably be useful tomorrow.

[ But, oh, right. She'd almost forgotten about those papers. But he goes ahead and says that and she takes the stack out of her bag and folds them in half, transferring them to her jacket pocket. She doesn't always carry a bag with her, unless she's got something heavy or bulky she needs to carry like the cans of cat food, but she's never without her jacket. It works. ]

Tomorrow...?

[ He has some... sort of feeling. He can't tell whether it's good or bad. ]

What's happening tomorrow other than the festival?

Don't worry about it.

[ She leaves him be to turn to the corner so she can say bye to the cats before leaving. ]

[ HE. IS GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT!! Kido hasn't given him a satisfying answer, so he'll quietly get up from his chair and attempt to hug Kido from the back because he wants a goodbye hug. This will probably end poorly, but sometimes his one brain cell works and he'll try to have his arms holding Kido's down too so that, hopefully, she doesn't punch him on reflex. ]

[ SHE WOULD PUNCH HIM ON REFLEX BUT SHE'S FACING THE WRONG WAY FOR THAT she can't even elbow him in the face because her arms are pinned, so Terry's saved from having a concussion the day before discharge. Instead, all she can do is splutter some sort of surprised shout while trying to turn around so she can properly clock him in the face. ]

[ He lets go, and is clearly expecting a punch to the face, so for the first time since their encounter, he actually dodges it by ducking his head. It's not that his affection for Kido has changed, but rather, he doesn't want to stay in the hospital more than he has to at this point for various reasons, but also festival!! That's clearly important. ]

I'm not sorry for that!

[ ... That's not what he meant to say, but he doesn't really pause. ]

See you tomorrow, Kido!

[ And he just. closes the door on her so that she doesn't punch him again. lmao... ]

Hey—! Open up, you bastard!!

[ Watch Kido get kicked out of the hospital for yelling and pounding on the door and see if she even bothers coming back tomorrow morning to pick him up!!!

But it'd be a real pain to have that happen, so just as the nurses start running down the hall to see what the commotion is all about, Kido erases her presence and makes herself disappear, back pressed flat against the wall so she wouldn't be in anybody's way. She'll just quietly slip out while the nurses come into Terry's room to question him about what that shouting was all about, he can deal with it. ]

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