Persona 4 RP Phase 2

Maeko turned to Kentaro with a puzzled look. "...Excuse me?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Kidding!" Kentaro says smiling. "Well mostly... It's still a bit early but I do have business at the elementary school."

"....Alright." Maeko said, looking at him suspiciouly. "Let's go then..."

Stefan breathed heavily. Sweat glistened on his brow. He lifted his axe again, slashing another shadow. "Haaah....Can't stop yet...I can still push on.." Stefan attacked the other shadows around him, with less vigor than before, but just as much determination.

Outside the elementary school wall the sounds of recess can be heard. Kentaro climbs up a nearby tree with branches that extend over the wall. He calls out to one of the kids in a hushed voice.

"Psssst! Yo kid! I'm lookin' for SilvaMask573. Hook me up."
"You don't look like one of Yojiro's friends. I'm callin' the teacher on you pedo."
"Woah! Hey Hey! Chill aight Ima friend!" he says rummaging through his backpack. "Checkit." He says pulling out a small plastic capsule. "Series 238 #10 Sectoidman. It's yours if you tellim Jeenyus999 is here to see 'im."
"Already have that one."
"For Real? Damn, Uh how bout 500 yen?"
"3000"
"Fuck really?"
"Teeeacher!"
"Aight! Aight! Here!"
The kid takes the money and runs off. Kentaro leans over the side of the wall and calls down to Maeko.
"Just gimme five more minutes kay? And keep an eye out for trouble."

"Oookay..? What the hell are you doing?" Maeko asked standing under the tree, undoubtedly confused. She crossed her arms.

"It's an offline meeting with a guy I met on a forum. Turns out he's a student here, and I'm buying some information off him. You'd be surprised what people let slip when kids are around."

The kid returns followed by a small boy with glasses.
"SilavaMask?" asks Kentaro
"Yes. And you must be Jeenyus." the boy answers in a formal tone.
"Yup. Like I said online I got a full set of Insect Mask series 238 capsules right here. I just need you and your little friends keep your eyes and ears open for me. I'll pay you more if what you tell me is good. I want to know about any supernatural activity around town."
"Ah simple enough. Nichi-kun saw the TV man this morning."
"The what?" Kentaro asks surprised and interested
"The TV man. Everyone knows the story about the man who lives in televisions. He can enter and exit them as he pleases. Nichi-kun says he witnessed the TV man as he passed Junes this morning while on his way to his uncles restaurant."
"Really?"
"Yes. We accused him of lying, but he swore upon the golden mask."
Kentaro whistles "Alright here." he hands him a bag of toy capsules. "If you hear anything more about weirdos or stuff you drop me an email."

Kentaro jumps down from the wall and looks at Maeko concerned.
"Well that worked faster than I expected, but we may have a problem."

"Hm? What the hell was all that about?" Maeko asked, confused.

Stefan made his way out of Junes. He cracked his knuckles and stretched. Not bad. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a little kid eyeing him then walking away. Stefan shrugged it off. "Brat." He kept walking around town.

Masuyo kicked a can as he scowled angrily. "Tch. Fucking suspended just because that girl was talking shit about Rise. She had it coming."




"Well this has been an exciting day!" Nene shouted sitting on the rooftop with the others.

"Well........I didn't think Masuyo would take a chair to a girl's head." Yosuke said frowning.

"I knew he was a fan and all but........" Rise said confused.

"Thats what they call dedicated." Kanji said going through a box of animal crackers. "Tch. Still no damn penguin."

"Th-thank you for showing us around." Tsubasa said sitting next to Yomiko.

"No problem, I have to thank you Yukiko-san." Yomiko said to Yukiko. "I mean this is only my second day and MY escort got suspended already!" she shouted.



"Fuckin bitch." he said angrily. "Saying that bullshit about Rise being a whore to get more concerts by fucking the the producers? And everyone else just sat there and let her say it. I cant stand when people are too afraid to act against whats wrong! Ugh. Damn it. I gotta stop this.......i've been too emotional recently. Letten em get the better of me."

I say the bitch deserved it. Do you think what you did was wrong?

"No! Im not just a fan! Rise is my friend too! Well, I see her as a friend. And im not gonna let anyone talk shit about my friends! Tch. I feel like I need to vent some of this stress. Im sure Yomi will just yell at me......." he said as he pulled out his phone and sent Shinta a message that read "Blowing off steam in the TV. Come check on me whenever you can." "I know it isnt right but......I feel like its the only thing I have right now. Just this power......I need to better it. Its not over, I know this isnt over yet. And we'll fucking be ready for them!"

"Uhuuuuuuu~" a child said grinning at Masuyo. "Power? Not over yet?" the kid said grinning. "Sounds like the TV man."

"The what? Beat it kid. Why the hell aren't you in school?" Masuyo said scowling.

"Why aren't you mister?"

"BECAUSE IM THE TV MAN! GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" he shouted angrily at the kid kicking a trash can over scaring him away. "Fucking kid. I hate em." he said as he thought about his conversation in Kentaro's room the previous night. "Aw shit." he said as he texted Kentaro saying to hightail it to Junes.

Kentaro's phone buzzes.
"Ah Masuyo just texted. Hes outta school and wanna meet at Junes. That's cool we gotta talk about a couple things anyway."
He and Maeko go to Junes.

"Yo."

"They should be on lunch break, but I got suspended for a week. Took a chair upside a girl's head. she had it commin. Anyways! Yeah that TV man rumor? Its not fake. Some kid called me the TV man a few mins ago."

"yeah we got sloppy. I just came back from my offline meeting and he confirmed it. so far its just a kiddy ghost story but if Als boss finds out were usin the tvs at junes it could be a problem. i think shoppin for a large flat screen is in order. I think Akibas the best place and theres also that." Kentaro says putting emphasis on the last word.

"That eh?" Masuyo said smiling. "I told Shinta about it. Hes all for it too. But we cant go to Akiba anytime soon, Karin's old lady is leaving town for a week in a day or so, shes gotta stay to watch the house." he said as he unknowingly passed Stefan due to focusing on That and looking at Kentaro. "Maybe without us to be around Karin will have enough alone time with Shinta to get all doujin-like and get hot n bothered and sleep with Shinta finally."

"...Can someone fill me in on what's going on?" Maeko asked crossing her arms.

"I beat a girl with a chair so no school for me for a week." Masuyo said. "Also theres a rumor going around about TV activities. Specifically people going in and out of them."

"Yeah. I found out about it on the internet and told Masu-bro. That kid we saw today, I'm payin' him to tell me about rumors and stuff, cuz a lot of the time kids hear stuff adults dont realize. And stuff about the TV is priority numero uno for obvious reasons."

"Ah..I see..." So this power isn`t exclusive... Maeko thought, closing her eyes.

Stefan looked behind his shoulder, seeing Masuyo. "...Screw it." He ducked behind a corner to avoid being spotted, then kept walking toward his destination, wherever that may be.

***

"S-suspended? For beating someone with a chair?!" Dahni said, flustered.

"Yeah. He's a psycho that guy. Like people aren't entitled to their own opinion." A fellow student said, whom was talking about the incident. "It was something about Rise. The guy's a pervert too."

He's not that bad once you get to know him. Dahni thought to herself. "Excuse me teacher, I'm not feeling well, may I report to the nurse?" Without hearing the answer, Dahni ran off and out of the school. I'm gonna get to the bottom of this...With the hospital, and now this....what if he's in some kind of trouble?

"--Wait a second! Did you just say you beat a girl with a chair?!"

"Short temper?" Maeko asked quietly, laughing a bit.

"Yeah. Well not BEAT. I just kinda flung it at her. I actually killed a boss shadow with a desk. So yeah." he said laughing. "Basically she was badmouthing Rise. Im not down for people talkin shit about my friends. And it wasnt even just "I cant stand her." or something, she was saying she was fucking the staff and producers to get more concerts and shit." he said scowling. "Also Im reaaaaaaaaally laied back actually!" he said to Maeko laughing, "I just have things that instantly send me beyond the point of no return." he said looking down.

"Masuyo!" Dahni gasped, catching her breath as she ran up to them. "A-are you okay?!" She panted.

"H-huh!? Yeah? Why wouldn't I? I wasnt the one who was hit with a chair." he said grinning.

"Er...W-well I was worried..I mean...what happened?" She stammered.