Venting One's Frustrations (Alisa)

[Setsuna Hanamori]

The last battle during the full moon had taken a bit of an emotional toll on Setsuna. Once again, she was barely of any use, but, more than that, someone she cared about was pretty badly hurt because of her. Sure, Jaelyn chose to protect the girl on her own, but if Setsuna hadn't been so weak, there would've been no need for her to try and protect her at all. Plus, just the whole thing in general. She was getting used to going out and fighting Shadows. It was explaining to her parents where she had been and why she almost always looked so beaten up that was getting to be difficult. So far, she'd been able to deflect suspicion, but it wasn't going to work forever.

Of course, she had considered telling the truth. But they'd either have a heart attack or think she's crazy and lock her up in her room. Neither one would be good, so she figured it would probably be best to keep the whole thing hidden from them. For all of the adults, it was probably easier to keep all of this a secret, but Setsuna was a fifteen-year old girl (possibly the youngest out of the human Persona Users) who still lived with her parents. For her, it wasn't quite so simple. But all of that was nothing compared to her frustrations over Jaelyn. In spite of her desperate attempts to avoid it, she had managed to do the one thing she swore she'd never do again; fall in love.

However, it was because she was so desperate not to fall for anyone that she refused to acknowledge her own feelings, despite how obvious they were; even to her. Thus, her feelings were extremely conflicted, and it was causing the girl no end of frustration. Thus, she did what she always did when she was feeling frustrated; go to the arcade. Between the punching bag game, various fighting games/beat-em-ups and one particularly fun game where you blow things up in a tank, it was the perfect way for the girl to vent her frustration and anger. And since her family was well off, she was always able to come here with plenty of money to spend. Deciding to take a break to get some lunch, she headed over to the restaurant section of the arcade and get some food.

Sitting at an empty table by herself, she set down a tray consisting of about three slices of pizza and enough fries to feed three people. Hey, she's a growing girl. Besides, she'd have plenty of chances to burn off the calories when she goes to beat the crap out of Shadows later on. Still, despite most of her frustration having been successfully vented, she was still left with the problems themselves, and no clue what to do with them. As always, the girl was usually pretty easy to read. One look was all it took to tell she had a lot weighing on her mind.

[Ayakura Alisa]

I had been forced to wear yet another costume for the amusement of some of my old colleagues who had figured out my recent attendance of some masquerade parties, and told me that they requested my assistance for a photo shoot. Fortunately, the costume itself was just... a differently styled maid outfit, and I had already grown accustomed to wearing the one Pyxis gave me, so it didn't feel awkward at all. I had already done the photoshoot, so I guess all I had to do is wait for the photos to come out. It was just about that time of the day when people were getting lunch, and I was getting hungry, so off I went over to the food court, or some such. Well, the one at the arcade, that was. I had to see if people were beating my high score, after all.

When I set foot into the restaurant area, I scanned the area for some seats, but only after I had gotten my lunch which were the good ol' burritos they had here. They were pretty good. I ordered one and went on my way. But there was an interesting sight that caught my eye. I'm pretty sure I recognized her, but one of the young ladies from the battle the other night was around, sitting alone at a table, looking unusually like something was weighing heavily on her mind. I sighed and made my way over towards her; she was all alone.

I sat in front of the dishevelled girl. "...You don't look very chipper today. Something the matter?"

[Setsuna Hanamori]

Setsuna had already started on her second slice of pizza when she heard the voice of another person, quickly swallowing her current bite and using a napkin to wipe her face before looking up to see who it was. It was...a maid? Why did a maid just show up out of nowhere to speak with her? However, upon getting a closer look at her, she realized that this person looked familiar. It took her a moment, but she was able to recall who it was; or, at least, why she recognized her despite having no clue who she was. The two of them had never interacted, she Setsuna remembered seeing this woman during the battles on the full moons. This was a bit unexpected, to say the least.

"Hey..." That was all Setsuna could manage to get out for a moment. Overall, she was feeling a bit awkward. Perhaps she should have made a little more effort to get to know the other Persona users. After all, chances were strong that they were probably going to be fighting alongside one another again. Either way, Setsuna blinked when she heard Alisa's question, silently cursing to herself. So it was that obvious, huh? "Eh? Oh...er...it's nothing. Just have some things on my mind, that's all..." It was obvious just from looking at her that this wasn't something as simple as "just having something on her mind". Unfortunately, that was all Setsuna could think of to say at the moment.

[Ayakura Alisa]

I took a closer look at the girl's face and realized that even though she said that it was nothing and she had some things on her mind, it was pretty damnably obvious to me that it was nothing as simple as that. I didn't know what the cut of her gib was, and I didn't want to come off as rude, but I was now recalling this girl's reaction to the person who shielded her from harm against that dragon in the past major battle we had. "I remember what happened last time... Hey, I'm sorry, I guess I shouldn't be so invasive without even telling you who I am. The name's Ayakura Alisa. I'm a private investigator," I simply said, keeping my voice low. "I probably look funny to you right now, but that's a story for another time. I couldn't help but notice that you seem to have a lot weighing down on your mind. I'm not going to force any details out of you, but it's probably going to be more painful on yourself if you keep it all in..."