►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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...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.]

~*~BACKTAGS~*~ *SQUEE*

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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.]