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[uncoils]

Who: Jolyne and you!
Where: A couple places in Wonderland.
When: 12/07 and 12/08
Rating: PG probably?
Summary: Hanging around outside, plus a couple of locked prompts
The Story:

[Pretty much anywhere on the mansion grounds, 12/07]

[So hell...that happened. All right. That actually wasn't so bad all things considered. Okay, it was bad, but it wasn't as bad as it could've been. She'd been able to keep her wits about her, she had Stone Free still, nobody she knew died or at least she doesn't think so. So all in all, she's not going to let it get to her.

So today, she'll be hanging around outside. She doesn't make an announcement about it like last time, she's not really too pissed off about things, and it's nice, okay? With everything going on back home, there wasn't a lot of time to just kind of relax and hang around, so it's something she goes out of her way to do in Wonderland.

She's not really planning to get involved in anything, but if somebody wants to say hi, she's more than fine with talking to them for a while.]

[For Kanji, 12/07]

[At some point on the same day, she'll call Kanji out here. She can't spend all day doing nothing. Okay, yes, actually, she can, but there's something she's been wanting to do. And since there's no giant messes going on, she doesn't have memory tampering to gripe about, none of that crap, so this is the best time.]

All right, so this Persona of yours. Let's see it.

[Maybe there's a better way to go about these things, but if there is Jolyne doesn't know it.]

You said he's more of an outside guy, right?

[For Souji 12/08]

[The next day, Jolyne's making time to head for the diner and look for Souji. She owes him a conversation and has for a while actually, so this seems like a good time. It's not that she's avoiding him or doing this, she knows she's been putting it off. It's just that offering to talk about her world is so much easier than actually doing it.]

If you're free, do you have a minute? Uh, actually maybe a few of them, this could take a while.

[It could definitely take a while. Count on that one.]

Comments

[uncoils]

Sure. I mean if you can, I don't know how that all works. So here goes...

[She'll just shrug because once again, she's not the keeper of Stand rules or anything like that. She'll leave that one to her dad and people who know what the hell they're doing. So out comes Stone Free behind her, with little fanfare.

{OOC: He can see it if he wants! Or not, it's up to you!}

[eatsyourscience]

[Maybe because of his Personas and his associated proclivity toward that type of thing, Souji can see the Stand that appears behind her. He looks it over, more curious than ever. It really does seem like a Persona, except perhaps more obviously corporeal.]

What does it do?

[uncoils]

Well for starters, she can hit things. But other than that, uh...

[She trails off looking a little embarrassed. Normally, she just does things. She didn't have a problem showing Josuke or Trish, but they're used to Stand stuff. With people who haven't, she's not really sure what to do here.]

I don't know if you want to see, it's kind of gross, actually.

[eatsyourscience]

...I have a Persona that looks like a giant penis on a chariot.

[So...really, he's ready for anything.]

I can probably handle it.

[uncoils]

[Jolyne takes all of a second to think about that, and...]

You know, I've met some people who are complete dicks, but never someone who could summon one.

[Jokes aside this is something that's going to bug her for a while because what...and why and what again and then back to why?]

But all right, if you say so.

[She'll hold up her hand, and it starts to unravel. It's not exposing what's beneath or anything like that. It's more as if her hand is made of string and someone's pulling it apart. And of course being Jolyne, she twists it into a few shapes to show that she can actually control it and things haven't gone wrong.]

So this is what else she can do.

[eatsyourscience]

[Someday, he'll show her a picture of Mara and they'll both regret it.]

That's pretty cool. What can you use that for?

[He can think of some possibilities, but it's better to get the info from the source.]

[uncoils]

...actually come to think of it, I guess all guys can summon one.

[Give her a second and she'll just sort of try and laugh that one off.]

Sorry, my mind went somewhere else for a second. Anyways, she can do a lot of things. Hang on.

[She'll put her hand back together.]

That for example. I can grab things, use it as a telephone, use it as a security system, I did that during the Summerween thing.

[She's just listing a ton of stuff to try and distract from that comment earlier.]

I can use it to patch myself up, but since it's part of me, it hurts like a bitch, so I'd rather not. I can take stuff apart with it, really there's not a lot of limit to what I can do. If you can do something with string, odds are me and Stone Free can figure out a way to do it.

[eatsyourscience]

[Jolyne, no.

Souji is just going to...move on past that comment, despite his face turning just slightly pink. Mara has never embarrassed him before, but then again, only his teammates have ever known about that Persona.]

That's a lot. All my Personas can do is attack, defend, and heal.

[Not to knock Persona power. It's great for combat. Not so great for practical purposes, though.]

[uncoils]

I think there's some like that too. My dad's Stand works like that for the most part. He sort of stop time for a few seconds too?

[She shrugs. It's not a huge deal to her, not really.]

But for the most part, all I've seen it do is punch things.

[eatsyourscience]

My Personas can't really touch things.

[This comparing thing is kind of fun, actually.]

When you use a Stand does it do anything to you? Make you tired or weak?

[uncoils]

It depends. I guess stopping time is really tiring. And if I use too much string or it gets cut, it messes me up, so there's that. But it's kind of hard to tell normally, you mostly use it in a fight, and the fight itself is usually tiring. So it's like is it the fight or the Stand? Or both?

[It's kind of obvious this isn't something she's really had the time to think about before today. But now she's going to think about it. And it'll bug her.]

[eatsyourscience]

[Of course it would be that complex, Souji thinks. Real world conditions always are. In the TV World, it seemed like a simple dichotomy between health and spirit. Although the physical attacks and all the running around was tiring, there was also the drain on his spirit, which he didn't know how to explain.]

You're probably right that it's both. I guess it's not a simple question to answer.

[uncoils]

Honestly, it probably is? But nobody actually took the time to teach me any of this shit. I had to learn it all on the fly, but like...seriously on the fly. My hands started unraveling when I got pissed off and then my cellmate turned out to be this psycho bitch with a Stand.

[She was attacked by something called Goo Goo Dolls for fuck's sake. She seriously missed out on whatever nice easy tutorial people are supposed to get.]

Like I don't have a clue how you guys learned how to use your Personas, but if nobody threw you into the middle of a giant shitfest like that, consider yourself lucky.

[eatsyourscience]

It was pretty similar for me.

[Being attacked by Shadows is a practical way to learn to use a Persona, sure, but not the most fun way.]

A friend and I were wandering around inside the TV world and a couple of shadows attacked us. All I had was a golf club, so we got pretty lucky that that's when my Persona chose to manifest.

[uncoils]

A golf club? Really? Lucky. I had a mouse costume! I would've loved a golf club instead, but I think the guards would've had a problem with that.

[Could've used it to smack her cellmate upside the head before she even needed Stone Free.]

[eatsyourscience]

I had a bear suit with me, but he wasn't very helpful at the time.

[He got more helpful after awhile, but back then...]

...And the guards were okay with you having a mouse costume?

[uncoils]

They thought I was a mouse. If you want more of an explanation, keep in mind that my cellmate's nuts.

[Gwess was...a piece of work. That's for sure.]

Why did you have a bear suit inside a TV?

[SHE HAS SO MANY QUESTIONS OF HER OWN.]

[eatsyourscience]

He was inside the TV already.

[OKAY maybe this calls for some clarification.]

I have a friend who started out as an empty, sentient bear suit.

[....It probably needs more clarification than that, Souji.]

[uncoils]

That's...pretty fucking cool actually.

[Jolyne is absolutely one hundred percent good with befriending weird shit.]

Is he here? I definitely want to meet this guy!

[eatsyourscience]

He's not. It would be a lot of fun if he were.

[Teddie can be a bit much at times, and he's gotten Souji into trouble a few times, but Souji wouldn't trade it.]

Right now, there's just me, Kanji, and Minato from my world.

[uncoils]

[She hasn't met Minato yet, but she'll be making a note to talk to the guy.]

Hey, if he ever shows up, introduce me. I'll introduce you to any of my friends if they ever show up.

[eatsyourscience]

I don't think I'll need to introduce him. He'll make himself known.

But I'd like to meet people from your world if they come.

[uncoils]

I think you'd like them. Probably.

[She can't imagine people not liking her friends, honestly.]

But when you say he'll make himself known, is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[eatsyourscience]

I'm sure I would.

[Souji can get along with pretty much anyone.]

Mostly a good thing. I think. He's just very...gregarious.

[uncoils]

Uh, I'm sure he is, but what's that mean? Sorry, I was in the middle of playing catchup with school when I got arrested.