►Private Thread; Shadow!Naoto & Orpheus

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[He brought one of the foxes home. Probably while he was asleep. Sneaky bastard. But the scolding can be handwaved in lieu of the more pressing matter of Naoto's short strand of text messages on how the little tweak seemed to be fond of trying to murder shadows. Being an adorable woodland creature only covers so much. Carrying a bad of random things from the pharmacy and unlocking the door with the other, half-expecting to find blood all over the walls or some other Worst Case Scenario. Disaster area do not want.]

... Naoto?

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[It's not quite a dead zone, fortunately. However, the fox seems to have made a bit of a mess, leaving small objects randomly scattered about and such. Naoto is kneeling on the floor, apparently attempting to clean things up a bit using one hand. His other hand is covered up with his sleeve, and there are some dark specks standing out against the white fabric of his lab coat.]

Ah... welcome back?

[He looks up as Orpheus walks in.]

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[Well, at least it wasn't a horror story come to life. He looks down at Naoto and nods in response to the welcome, casually kicking the door shut before walking over. Rests the bag on the ground next to the shadow and goes about helping pick up the fallen objects.] Are you all right?

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Probably.

[Naoto would continue to help, but he doesn't want to get blood all over the carpet, so he opts to look through the bag for some bandages first. And while he does that...]

...Orpheus, do you recall whether or not I was capable of bleeding before?

[Doubtful, but it never hurts to ask?]

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[Back to organizing objects on the desk when Naoto speaks, turning to glance over his shoulder at him. ... Blink. That is a bit strange.] Most shadows merely dissolve back into the surroundings when injured. ...But you're not the first exception to the rule.

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[Oddly enough, he actually seems to look a bit... frustrated after hearing that.]

...I see.

[Naoto apparently managed to find some bandages, so he starts to unwrap the packaging with one hand.]

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[Finishes replacing all the fallen items before walking back over the the shadow, kneeling and swiping the box of bandages from his hand to open it himself. It's faster if I do it, after all. What with two functioning hands and all that. The irritation is a new reaction though.]

Something wrong with that?

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[He'll just let you do that, then.]

The fact that I am deviating from the majority seems to be causing quite a few things to be wrong.

[Since the blood has probably started to clot by now, Naoto pushes his sleeve up a bit to examine the cuts. "Examine", as in glare at.]

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Such as? [Just idle curiosity, really. And watches Naoto as such while he goes about showing off his talent at field dressings. Numerous foster families topped off with a giant tower that doubles as a shadow nest teach you how to improvise. But what's wrong with deviating from the majority? :\a]

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[Watches your super dressing skillz. Naoto should learn how to do that, since he doesn't exactly have any Dia variations.]

...Such as the fact that I can't seem to return to being 'myself'.

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[We'll teach you sometime Shadow!fluff. Since your an information whore, it should be easy enough to teach you. ...And hey, neither can I, but I still work with it.] So?

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[Easy, indeed. Will the cuts even heal without Dia or whatever in this place...? Well, I suppose we'll find out.]

So I am currently unable to do anything but wait until I... 'we' figure "something" out. Which is extremely vague and inconvenient.

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... Isn't that always the case?

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...I suppose. Except my only solid lead turned out to be mostly worthless, so I seem to have hit something of a wall.

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Lead?

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...Naoto.

'Raidou the 40th' helped me find my world.

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And?

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And nothing. I found Naoto, but I didn't return to being myself and neither of us could figure anything out. Thus, we are now back at square one.

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Did Naoto still have her Persona, or did it leave with you?

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No. Apparently, she currently isn't capable of summoning Yamato-Takeru.

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Strange...

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Indeed.

[Back to staring at the bandages. It occurs to him that maybe he should have put a note on the bathroom door, just in case someone tried to use it while the fox was still running around in there. Hm.]

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[Goes silent. Trying to think of logic to apply to Naoto's predicament. Too bad nothing comes up except for "guess you're stuck". Something like that ends up reversing social links after all. ... Ah well.]

It'll work itself out.

/fails

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...Hopefully.

[Since otherwise he's going to be stuck living in a mall for all eternity.]

How much did those- [Vague gesture towards the bag.] -cost?

YOU DO NOT

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[We can always take you back with us, little shadow~ ;D]

Oh? ... It wasn't much. Don't worry about it. [Though the receipt says differently. Well, differently for people who don't have a bottomless wallet, but to each their own.]

YES I DO/willshutupnow

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[I'm sure Igor will be thrilled to meet all of the new pets Thanatos took home.]

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[Naoto would go fishing for that receipt if he hadn't been told not to worry about it. Fine, then, he'll just go back to staring at the bandage-ing. :|]

LIESSSSS *hugs >W*

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[.......... I'll only be explaining the shadow, thanks. The billion other pets are all his problem. And in the meantime - done! Rips off the end to be able to knot it into place, giving a nod before pulling down his sleeve and standing up to go shove the supplies in the bathroom. Wonder how a fox would react to a zombie :|a]

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[Have fun with that. And better than how it reacts to a Shadow, hopefully. Naoto takes a quick look at his hand.]

...Thank you.

[B-back to cleaning stuff up off the floor, now.]

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You're welcome.

[And opens the door to put the things away, not really worrying about it, when SUDDENLY - FOX TO THE FACE. Where it proceeds to chitter happily.]

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[......... What the shit.]

*SO, SO LATE* Go ahead and ignore this? :D;;;;;

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[Naoto glances out the door to see why Orpheus suddenly paused.]

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[Oh. Apparently, Fennec foxes really can jump four times their own body length.]

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[Apparently they can! There's the moment's hesitation of "Why is it on my face?" before his free hand grabs it by the scruff of its neck and pulls it off, resuming the walk inside and kicking the door shut so it doesn't get out. Stupid fox.]