Persona 4 RP Phase 2

"........if I explain that........it'll be worse when it happens. Believe me." Masuyo said as they got near the apartment.

"I feel it might be better not to tell you. All you need to know is that you won't die." Maeko replied, failing at being reassuring.

"UGH" He said burying his head in his hands... "I guess I'll just get ready for anything..."

"we're helping you out. Trying to make it seem like you have good influences around here. Not sure it helps, but every little bit counts." Rodrigo nodded, proud of himself. "plus, I'm trying to shape this guy up a bit. there's anything we can do to help, just ask yomi."

"..." Stefan remained quiet. yomi probably hates me the most with her going into the tv being my fault.. "..same goes for me. Need anything, let me know." He nodded in confirmation, Rodrigo smiling at Stefan's resolve.

"Finding a way to make my mother back off and not involve you all in this garbage would be lovely." Yomiko said with a pained look. "Stupid woman. Showing up and trying to tear me away from what makes me legitimately happy. What kind of crap is that?" she began to angrily rant

"Hmm." Rodrigo mused, deep in thought.

"What if we just showed her that this place isn't so bad after all?" Stefan suggested. "Like, if we gave her a good impression? What does she want exactly?"

"Everyone to have graduated from Tokyo University, making god knows how much money, running their own company, have no sense of humor, super over the top elegant and of course, have a rod as far up their ass as possible." Yomiko said while scowling.

"Well we're all fucked then huh." Masuyo said arriving with Banchou and Maeko. "Wheres she at anyways?"

"Yelling at auntie for being nice to us all." Yomiko responded. "I REALLY wish she was my mother instead."

"Is that true." Chihaya said outside of the vacant room the group was in.

"Aaaaaaaahahaha of course not! She's just a little stressed-" Masuyo began trying to keep things from escalating.

"It sure is. I was pretty miserable at home. I can be myself here and not get jumped on at every twist and turn." Yomiko said with a cold expression.

"H-hey now.......just because she's a little over the top......she's still your mom Yomi." Masuyo said worrying about what was next to come.

"..." Maeko kept quiet. "Not my place to say anything..I'm..not familiar with this sort of situation.." She glared at Stefan for a moment before turning away.

"..." Stefan looked down, seeing he was of no help.

"Ah. A perfectionist." Rodrigo mused some more. "I do know one good fix for that, but I'm sure that'll do more harm than good."

"So... uhh..." He said trying not to act awkward. Still be carried by Banchou. "Hi everyone!"

Masuyo shoved Yomiko out of the room and whispered to her. "Got a TV trip. We'll handle it you take care of stuff with your mom in the mean time" he said as he closed the door.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAALRIGHT!" Banchou shouted as he flung Kitao into the TV. "Give it 15. We can listen in on their convo and make sure it don't get too ugly."

"I'd rather not eavesdrop." Masuyo said with a shrug. "So.....whats your plan from here on Stefan? What with Toshiyuki biting the bullet n all."

"I dunno. Not like I can just walk away." He shrugged as well. An awkward mood hung in the air.

"Tch." Maeko grumbled as she walked inside the apartments to her room. "Let me know when we're going to the TV world."

"Okaaaaaay!" Masuyo said as she closed her door. "Yeah shes not coming. She pushed herself way too far last night. Shes probably just putting on a strong face cause she wants to be helpful to the group." he said with a worried expression.

"You making a mature decision. I cant believe that." Banchou said. "So you three gonna be okay?" he asked Masuyo Rodrigo and Stefan

"Sure. While we wait for the new blood to figure out what's going on, wanna help us clean the room?" Rodrigo handed Banchou a mop.

"..." Stefan shrugged and went back to cleaning.

"Me? CLEAN?" Banchou roared until he felt a killing aura. "......shes behind me now. I know it."

"I sure am." Chiaki said. "Hop to it." she commanded.

"Son of a bitch......."

"You okay? You dont seem to be all the way there." Masuyo asked Stefan.

Maeko walked in her room after closing the door. Why does that prick even bother showing his face around here..pisses me off. Maeko thought, frustrated. She layed her stuff on the floor next to her bed. She layed back on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Just gonna rest up for the TV I guess..

"To be honest, I'm not..." He responded back to Masuyo, while Banchou, Rodrigo and Chiaki argued over cleaning. "I mean..I talked with Nene and Dahni last night, kinda ironing things out with them a bit. But it doesn't feel like everyone's gonna be as open to me coming back. Maeko, Yomi...and facing Shinta's gonna be hard for me.."

"Shinta? SHINTA? That guy doesn't care about ANYTHING." Masuyo said with an expression showing that he was trying not to laugh at Stefan. "Yomi isn't really pissed or anything at you, honestly its mainly Maeko you're gonna have issues with." he said looking around the room. "It was so hard to get her to not wanna put me under a bus with a clean slate, god knows how much you have cut out for you there. Even then she's still kinda rough around the edges......but she's opening up for sure." he said getting off topic

"WHAT THE FUUUUUUU-" He was cut off by the tv. "WHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" He landed with a loud thud... "Ow ow ow ow... Why would he just toss me in?! Can't I just get ready first? Jeez. And did I fly into a tv!? What is this place?" He looked around... "What... No... It's..." He hesitated... "TOO DARK!" Lights flickered on. "Huh??" He covered his face from the sudden light. "Wait. I know this place... This is where I would practice when I just started tagging... Why am I here?" He looked around. it was the basement floor of a parking garage. "I loved it here. I could come and no one would bother me while I practiced. Heh. These are pretty bad." He had walked up to a couple tags on the wall and put a hand to it. "The view from the top floor was so beautiful too. I wonder..." An elevator opened with a loud ding not too far... "What? I don't remember this place having an elevator? It wasn't even that tall..." He walked towards it, almost in a trance, and it took him up. "What's going on...?"

"No." Stefan shook his head. "Shinta is more about me than anything...Feels like the guy is just...." He looked to Masuyo. "You know how there's a guy who's better at you in everything? And he's a good guy, so you can't hate him? But that just makes you want to hate him even more? That's Shinta for me."

"Dude. Shinta's not a good guy. He was gonna shank Kitao for being on the same floor as us back in Kyoto. All of this now is just him trying to atone for what he did back then, and look at what its gotten him. Shot in the gut by Karin, holes from ice spikes by Karin, multiple concussions from myself and Yomi, actually hes in bed now cause Yomi and Hideyoshi nearly killed him in the TV last night.......by accident of course. Buuuuuuut I guess I see what you mean but honestly, the word of an idiot like me wont mean much but you and Shinta are nothing alike. You'd do alot better if you wouldn't compare yourself to him or see him as a hurdle. Then again im a little guilty of that with someone else soooooooooooo yeah." Masuyo explained. "But the guy im lesser than is kind of the devil." he said pointing at Banchou

"Uuuurrrrghh..." Gekidou continued to wander, walking by the riverbank, an extremely bored expression on his face. "Uugh my god this place is so dull...What happened to all that news I was hearing about? The murders? The Inaba slut? Where'd it all go!? Now everything's all hunky-fuckin'-dory!" He complained loudly through the streets. "Fuck it..I'll make my own news, gonna go jam somewhere." He said, shrugging his shoulder, gesturing his guitar case. "Where would be good I wonder.."

"Eeeeeh? Geki? What are you doing here already~?" Ami asked as she threw her arms around him and locked him in a hug. "And here I thought I was the only one stationed in this town so soon. You get sent here by the head lady too?" she asked.

"Can.........we negotiate this?" Nene asked

"No."

"Please?" Tsubasa asked.

"No."

"B-but we cant afford-" they both started

"No! You'll have to pay off your bill by working it off then." Yukiko said to a distraught Nene and Tsubasa.

"Urrrrggghhh.......actually.........that sounds fun! We should get the others to help!" Nene suggested.

"...........ew." Tsubasa said disgusted.

"I meant the GIRLS. I don't wanna see those guys in Yukata!" Nene shot back

"Rgh! Get the hell off!" Gekidou groaned as he shoved Ami off. "Yeah. Place is as boring as all fuck though, driving me insane."