Kisdota: Feeling a lot better, and I just confirmed that I really do have a high tolerance against anything sedative. I think I'll risk drinking, but not cheap beer just the occasional good stuff for those special occasions. My review count went down again, no problem I did a crappy job last chapter. I'm recovered and refreshed ready to get back into the fun world of fanfiction, YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(10/29/2012, Early Morning)
The day of the culture festival had finally come. Souji was walking the path to school when he ran into Yosuke and Susano-O. The two of them immediately started talking about last night.
"Dude why didn't you tell me you and Yukiko were dating?" Yosuke asked him.
"Why didn't you tell me that you and Chie were dating?" Souji asked him back.
"She didn't want anyone to know, and neither did we," Izanagi said.
"Because Chie and Suzuka would have kicked our asses, which reminds me I need to talk to them. I have a bit of a problem with Suzuka punching me," Susano-O told Yosuke.
"She did that all the time," Souji said.
"She promised not to hit me," Susano-O said.
"Well you can talk about it the next time you two go out, Chie said that she was going to start bringing her out right?" Souji said.
"Yeah… I guess it could be fun I am getting sick of her looking at me threateningly on the day after we go out," Yosuke said.
"So it really is going to be 'dates'? No longer feeling brash about dating the girl who's technically gone to second base with you every time you piss her off," Souji told her.
"Oh shut up she ain't so bad I guess," Yosuke said.
"And she's okay with you?" Souji asked for confirmation.
"Yes she's okay with me," Yosuke said.
"You didn't win another bet with her?"
"NO! I'm done with that," Yosuke said.
"Oh don't be too sure about that, I got a few things I still want from others," Susano-O said, "Hey Souji-?"
"No," Souji quickly said.
"sigh right, sometimes I forget you're not an idiot," Susano-O said disappointed.
"So do you know what you're supposed to do for the date café you're running?" Souji asked Yosuke.
"Nah, just gonna wing it," Yosuke said.
"And you're not worried about messing it up?" Souji asked.
"You think our teacher's going to care?" Yosuke asked.
"Good point, which brings up what we're gonna have to do tommorow," Souji reminded dreadfully.
"Ugh, that's right…. crossdressing," Yosuke said feeling just as depressed.
"I am gonna laugh about this for a year you know that?" Susano-O told him.
"What? I thought you were against it," Yosuke said.
"Partly, you know I was angry about it at the beginning , but now I think it might be fun. Plus it will be worth it just to see the women up there. Not to mention I have a little karma weapon going on," Susano-O told them.
"A what?" Izanagi asked
"What do you mean karma weapon- ugh, you got something else planned don't you?" Yosuke asked Susano-O worried.
"You don't know that for sure," Susano-O said.
"Yeah I do. What are you going to do?" Yosuke asked him looking stern.
"All in due time… all in due time," Susano-O said.
"No not 'all in due time', tell me what it is or I'm going to warn them," Yosuke said.
"Oh really? You know if you do you might get blamed anyway even if it wasn't your fault," Susano-O said tauntingly.
"How?" Yosuke asked him.
"Well wouldn't you like to know," Susano-O said sarcastically again.
"That is why he asked," Izanagi said.
"No I know, it's a type of taunt… I think," Susano-O said thinking for a second.
"If we get blamed I'm pointing the women directly to you," Souji said.
"What are you worried about? You're immune the girls love you. In fact you could probably do it and get away with it," Susano-O said.
"It's because I don't do that stuff that I could get away with it," Souji told him.
"Yeah I know and that's no fun," Susano-O said.
Souji and Yosuke arrived at the gates of the school, the rest of their group was there as well including Teddie and Kintoki. The school gates had been decorated in celebration of the culture festival. There were a few banners as well as some stands outside the place making the entire school look festive. There were still many students going around getting things ready.
"Hey everyone," Souji greeted to the gang, the rest
"Hey Sensei!" Teddie greeted happily, "So this is that school place you guys always go to? No wonder you keep coming here, it looks fantastic!" he said with glee.
"Teddie? What's he doing here? The pageant's not until tomorrow," Yosuke said.
"Rise-chan was sweet enough to invite me here! If we're gonna be in the pageant tomorrow I gotta know the lay of the land," Teddie said making himself sound determined.
"Yup! I thought that it would be nice to bring him along," Rise said cheerfully.
"As long as he doesn't cause any trouble," Naoto said.
"Don't worry, I'll be on my bear'y best behavior," Teddie said raising his fist up.
"I guess that's fine," Souji said.
"Such a magnificent castle," Kintoki said looking over it with awe, "Who is in command of such a wonderful looking place you attend?" he asked.
"I'm been questioning that ever since we met their teachers," Suzuka said.
"It's not always like this, it's just for today and tomorrow," Souji said.
"Awww, but it looks sooo fun! They're gonna take it all down tomorrow?" Sukuna whined.
"It does look like a lot of fun… ohhh, I wish we could join in," Amaterasu said sadly.
"Sooo, you guys ready for the pageant tomorrow?" Chie asked them.
"sigh, ya just had to remind me about it didn't you?" Kanji asked annoyed.
"I'm looking forward to it," Yosuke said sarcastically.
"As am I," Suzuka said feeling triumphant.
"Enjoy it while you can," Susano-O said, "Don't forget that you also gotta participate."
"At least girls will look good in a dress," Suzuka said back.
"Oh yeah, because you have such a wonderful fashion sense," Susano-O said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Suzuka asked angrily.
"He's got a point," Himiko said joining in.
"No one asked you!" Suzuka yelled at her angry.
"What's wrong? Feeling a bit self conscious about your gas mask complexion?" Susano-O asked her.
*BAM* Suzuka wordlessly punched Susano-O in the face knocking him to the ground.
"ow-ffffff- What happened to tazering me?" Susano-O asked floating back up and rubbing his face that was in pain.
"It's no longer enough for me, I think I like the feel of your pain on my fist," Suzuka told him.
"Bet that's not the only thing you'd like my feel on," Susano-O said cheerfully.
"That's it!" Suzuka yelled.
"Okay break it up!" Izanagi said pulling the two of them apart.
(10/29/2012, Afternoon)
In Souji's class room he, Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko, and the male class representative were running their classes event, the group date café. The classroom had been decorated as well with paper hearts on the ceiling and walls and desk had been brought together to make tables of six with red table covers.
The class room was dead silent, no one had come into their room.
"Group date café," Susano-O said sarcastic pinching the middle of his forehead "Couldn't have done a better joke idea, why didn't you try a regular café? At least then we'd get some other girls in here."
"Susano-O he can't say anything, we have a regular person here," Suzuka told him annoyed.
"I know, I just want him to feel how disappointed I am," he said.
"Man this is depressing," Chie said to herself.
"I agree, I've been to day old battle sights that were more lively," Suzuka said.
Souji and Yukiko were both standing side by side by the door trying to get some other people to try and participate in their event.
"U-Uh c-come in for first-hand experience in group dating," Yukiko said feeling nervous, "S-See if you get paired with that uh- s-special someone?" she said with little confidence.
"sigh, this is humiliating," Souji said.
"Yeah I don't think anyone's going to come in," Yukiko agreed, "There's not even that many people who are passing by," she said looking both ways in the hallway.
"This is a bit disappointing with all the talk everyone in this school was doing about each other I would have thought there would have been a mad dash," Izanagi said, "And I was looking forward to learning about this kind of thing."
Souji and Yukiko just gave up and went back inside their classroom.
"I think we should try and attract some interest," the male class rep said.
"Wait we?" Yosuke asked.
"Well there's no one else here besides us," the rep said.
"Isn't that a bit… I don't know sad?" Yosuke asked him.
"We don't really have that much of a choice, we need customers. If we can't get the ones that aren't here then we need to try and attract the few people who are here," the rep said.
"But there's only five of us here," Yosuke said.
"And I'm not a fan of sharing." *BAM* Suzuka punched Susano-O for his short comment.
"Yo, how's it going?" Kanji suddenly made an appearance, the upper part of Rokuten was following him like a sharks fin through the top of water.
"What's going on? Are there stuff on the tables?" Rokuten asked, his head was a few inches shorter from the tables while he was standing on the first floor.
"Ah perfect timing!" Chie said.
"Why?" Kanji asked.
"What? No it isn't now we've got four guys and two girls," Yosuke said.
"Well lucky for you Suzuka." *BAM* Suzuka punched Susano-O in the face once again.
"Well you guys are cross-dressing tomorrow anyway, one of you could just sit on the girls' side," the rep suggested.
"What? One of us?" Yosuke said dreadfully, "No way am I doing it!" he said.
"What about you?" the rep asked Kanji.
Kanji just quietly answered him with a deadly looking glare.
"Uh-r-right of course," the rep said afraid.
"I'm not doing it," Souji said.
"Well one of you guys need to do it," Chie said.
"Okay okay… I got an idea," Souji said.
"What?" Yosuke asked him.
"… … ..," Souji just remained silent, Yosuke and Kanji both leaned in thinking he was about to say something.
"… … … one two three, NOT IT!" Souji suddenly yelled out.
"W-huh?" Yosuke questioned.
"O-OH! NOT IT!" Kanji yelled out suddenly as well.
"Wh-NOT IT!" Yosuke figured it out a second too late, "DAMN IT! No Fair!"
"What was that?" Izanagi asked sounding confused.
"You were the last one Yosuke," Souji said.
"Oh come on that's such an immature thing I wasn't ready!" Yosuke complained.
"Well then just be faster next time," Souji told him.
"HA! And you were calling Oyabun slow," Rokuten taunted.
"Heh… yeah," Kanji said giving Yosuke an angry looking glare when he heard Rokuten.
Souji, Kanji and the rep both took a seat on the boys side. Chie, Yukiko, and a regretting Yosuke took the girls side.
"Well… let's get started," the rep said.
The six of them didn't say anything, it was back to being just as quiet as it was before for a while.
"Uhh… you guys can start now," the rep said.
It was still quiet.
"I don't see what the big deal about this café is nothing's happening," Izanagi said observing them.
"Of course nothing's happening. Everyone's too shy to do anything this event sucks," Susano-O complained.
"Will someone please start?" the rep begged them.
The already heavy silence filling the room had become even more heavier.
"What the hell is this anyway?" Kanji asked them.
"It's a mock group date," Yosuke said annoyed.
"Say it like you're supposed to," Suzuka told Yosuke.
"Grrgh, I mean… It's a group date… giggle," Yosuke said doing a poor imitation of a woman's voice.
Chie shuddered from the sound of his voice, "Please don't talk like that," she said.
"S-So uh," Kanji tried to start the conversation, "What… what are your hobbies?"
"Dude are you enjoying this?" Yosuke complained at him.
"Oh u-uh I like martial arts in general, m-mostly watching them," Chie said awkwardly, "sigh this is really embarrassing."
Yukiko tried going next, "Oh uh… my hobby is defeating shadows- oof?" Yukiko felt her right side being nudged by Chie's elbow, everyone else was slightly worried except the rep who looked confused.
"T-That's not a hobby!" Yosuke said loudly annoyed.
"O-Oh yeah, sorry," Yukiko said embarrassed.
"I don't think I can watch this," Amaterasu said embarrassed.
"Come on guys is hobby really all you can ask?" Susano-O said annoyed at them, "Ask what your favorite food is, favorite day."
"Ask if they know how to play this game," Rokuten suggested looking up from the ground.
"Rokuten it's a group date café," Suzuka told him.
"Ask them if they know how to play this sport," Rokuten suggested again.
"Rokuten 'Date Café' as in a social event things that involve groups are not always supposed to be a kind of competition," Suzuka clarified.
"Speak for yourself," Susano-O added.
"Okay okay uh I guess we'll ask the question next," Chie declared trying to tune out the argument, "U-Ummm… well uh?" she tried to think of one.
"What type of girls do you like?" Yukiko suddenly asked.
"Finally! Thank you!" Susano-O said with relief.
"Uh… well I guess… cute girls?" the rep said, "Man this is lame."
"Oh now you think it's lame," Yosuke complained, "Alright then it's your turn Souji, what type of girls do you like?"
"Mmm," Souji thought for a minute, "Someone like Yukiko."
"H-Huh?" Yukiko stuttered.
*SHINE* Amaterasu's body suddenly shined without warning, the Persona's covered their eyes. Souji and the others tried to act like there wasn't a beam of light shining in their eyes.
"Amaterasu!" Suzuka warned her.
"Sorry sorry sorry sorry!" she apologized and bowed in synch trying to dim herself.
"Uh-thank you… I guess?" Yukiko said slightly blushing.
"Okay your turn Kanji-kun," Chie said.
"Uh... well, I," he said hesitantly, "I-I guess someone who's mysterious… and strong but actually kinda…," he trailed off.
"I really wonder who you're talking about," Yosuke said sarcastically.
"Sooo…," Souji started again trying to think of something to ask, "Any of you guys like Yosuke?"
"Dude! Come on!" Yosuke complained at him.
"Sorry just taking advantage of the moment," Souji said laughing a little.
After another while the heavy silence came back, nobody was saying anything.
"I think I'm actually starting to lose interest," Izanagi said sadly.
"Do they know how to play this event?" "ROKUTEN!" Suzuka yelled at him annoyed.
"Hello!" they all heard, Rise suddenly walked in with Himiko behind her, "Sempai how are you-… uhh…," she stopped as though feeling the silent tension in the air.
"Well we'll just be going now," Himiko said turning right back around.
"U-Uh… Seeya," Rise said following her Persona.
"Well… this whole thing was a terrible idea," Yosuke admitted feeling bad.
"Yeah we shouldn't have attempted this," Chie agreed feeling just as down.
"How much longer we gotta do this? This is freakin pathetic," Kanji complained.
(Afternoon)
"Well that was… somewhat enjoyable… I suppose," Izanagi said unsure.
"Izanagi you don't need to be polite what happened," Souji told him.
"Oh good, that was pretty terrible," Izanagi told him, "Are there actually people out there who would have found something like that fun?"
"Well it was supposed to go differently, I'm sure if we had more people who were there and willing to participate in something like that. I guess schools not really that great of a place to do that," Souji told him.
"I wish we had done something more interesting, everyone else here seems to be doing something else that's far more entertaining," Izanagi said.
He and Souji had both left their class after declaring their project a complete failure there was still some time in the day before the culture festival ended so Souji and Izanagi both took the time to look around and see what everyone else was doing.
They passed by the art exhibits that were being shown, there was an arrangement of pottery and flower arrangements made by other students being displayed.
Music could be heard in some of the classrooms, while others had some lines standing outside of them.
"These all look fun, perhaps we should…," Izanagi said but didn't continue.
"Should what?" Souji asked him when he was quiet.
"Do you feel that?" Izanagi asked him.
"Feel what?"
"I feel… something familiar," Izanagi said looking around the room, "There," he pointed down the hallway to a small blue looking tent. There was a small sign near it.
"The long-nosed fortune teller?" Souji read a little surprised.
"You don't think that…?" Izanagi asked him.
Souji and Izanagi both stepped up to the small blue velvet tent and took a small peek inside through the opening.
"Hmm? Ah I was wondering when you would show up," a familiar voice greeted them.
"Margret?" Souji said shocked.
Inside the small tent was Igor's assistant. She was sitting on the other side of a small table that had a fortune teller's trademark crystal ball on it. Margret was also wearing a fake plastic nose on top of her own that resembled her master's nose.
"It is good to see you again Souji-kun, you as well Izanagi-kun," she greeted them.
"What are you doing here?" Souji asked her taking the seat across from her.
"I heard there was a fun social event happening, so I asked my master if I could participate in it. When I found out that everyone was presenting their own separate event I decided to do this," she told him.
"You just decided to come does the school know that you're doing this?" Souji asked her.
"Who?" Margret asked.
"Uh… you know what it's fine, I'm sure no one will notice," Souji said, "And… what's with the nose?" he asked staring at her costume piece.
"I thought it would make me more approachable," she said.
"Uh… right," Souji said not sure if he should say anything, "So what made you want to come out here? I didn't even think it was possible for you to do that."
"We may be from different worlds, but just as you're able to enter into mine I can do the same. I've always had somewhat of a curiosity of the world you live in," Margret told him.
"Really?" Izanagi asked her, "But the world we visit you in seems to have a few familiar aspects of this one, I would have thought you knew all about this world."
"The form of our home that you see is made based on the current chosen one that I and my master assist, but in truth all we really know about that limo we are currently in is what it looks like," Margret said.
"The place looks like a limo because of me?" Souji asked her.
"Because it was the most suited for you," she said.
"Hold on, did you say it looks like that for the 'current chosen one'?" Izanagi asked her, "Does that mean that were others like Souji?" Izanagi asked.
"That is correct," Margret told him.
"There's been others besides me?" Souji asked surprised once again, "Other people have had the same powers and persona aside from me?"
"Correct, though I don't know very many others who existed before you. The only ones I know about are you, and the one before you," she said.
"Who was he?" Izanagi asked her.
"He…," Margret paused for a second, "I'm sorry but I should not be divulging information about him. Besides… I did not know him personally."
"But… weren't you an assistant for Igor?" Izanagi asked her.
"Not at the time… someone else was in charge then," she said.
"Someone else? You mean there are others like you?" Izanagi asked.
"Yes… ," Margret said sounding quiet.
"Who?" Izanagi asked once again.
"Izanagi-san," Margret said suddenly, she gave him a sweet looking smile that for some reason still gave a foreboding scent of doom, "I would appreciate it if you didn't ask me about my personal life. If that's okay with you," she said in a sweet menacing tone.
"U-Uh… r-right, I apologize," Izanagi said feeling a bit frightened.
"Did something ha-?" Souji was about to asked until he got a kind glare himself, "Nevermind nevermind I don't need to know," he said quickly.
"Now that that's settled would you like me to have your fortune read?" she asked pulling out a small deck of the same similar looking tarot cards that Igor had used the first time he had met him, "I'm not as skilled as my master, but I do have some experience."
She laid the cards down in the six sided hexagram style as Igor did, only by hand instead of magically placing them all down at once. She flipped the first one on the right bottom over.
"The Death, in the upright position," she said, "Though death is something we all fear this would me the start of something new. The beginning of something, something that will occur in years to come or in the immediate future."
Margret then flipped of the left bottom card.
"The one after that is the Emperor in the downright position," she said, "This would mean a loss of authority, something that you could once direct now out of your command. Perhaps even so much that you yourself are the one now being controlled."
"What? So something new will make me lose control of what I have?" Souji asked sounding very worried, "This… the things you predict aren't as heavy or deadly as the ones Igor does are they?" he asked.
"Oh don't worry," Margret said waving her hand, "I'm sure that whatever I predicted is not going to become an immediate threat to you."
"You're sure?" Souji asked her.
"Yes, this card proves it," she said flipping over the card in the middle.
"The… crossdressers?" Souji asked confused, on the picture was an image of what was very clearly supposed to be shadow silhouette images of Souji and the three other guys in what appeared to be pink tutu's, "… you know about it don't you?" he asked her feeling insulted.
"A bit," she said, "Is the pageant you're in not supposed to be about teasing you?" Margret asked him.
"Uh… yeah I guess it is," Souji said, "Look I'm having a hard enough time knowing that I'm going to have to be in this so please don't start insulting me about it."
"Of course Souji," Margret said, "I will no longer remind you about being forced to put on a dress," she said.
"… that… that was an insult wasn't it?"
"Yes… technically."
Kisdota: I don't know what's wrong, I can't seem to get the humor going on again am I not funny anymore? I mean I don't seem to be getting the same laughs that I've been delivering at least I don't think I am. Does anyone know what I can do to make this more funnier than before? Or more interesting? YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Persona'L Problems
"Okay you got the banners up?" one student asked another.
"Yeah we're just supposed to hang them on the wall?" the other student asked.
"Yeah just put them up there."
"Okay Go-… what the!"
"What? What's wrong?"
"Someone's been drawing on them they're ruined!"
"What? What's on them?"
"I don't know it looks like something in… crayon?"
(-)
"Okay you got the song?"
"Yeah I downloaded it, let me just hook it up," the student said attaching his music device to a radio and pressing play. The sound of a popular teen idol began singing.
"What th- that's not what we need!" one student complained.
"That's weird I didn't get that, hold on," the student began going through the list of his songs, "Wha-What happened! They're all Rise's Song!"
(-)
"Hey Lisa!" one student called from their small sweet shop stand.
"Yeah?" a female student asked.
"Where'd the rest of our chocolates go?" he asked her.
"What? Aren't they in the same place?"
"No!"
"Well I didn't touch them!"
(-)
"EEK!" a female student felt someone feel her from behind, she turned around and saw another student.
"PERVERT!"
"What?"
*BASH*
(-)
(Evening)
"And what did we learn today?" Souji said in a disciplinary tone.
"Graffiti is bad," Sukuna admitted apologetic.
"Messing with people's music is wrong," Himiko said unwillingly.
"Stealing food is not okay," Teddie said feeling guilty.
"Suzuka's punches hurt more than her weapon," Susano-O said in manageable pain.
"Uh… close enough," Izanagi said.
