[Nakama's going to be starting self-defense training really soon, so she figures she ought to get herself into better shape. After a quick jog, she heads to the athletic facility and -

- well, just kind of stands there. She's done hard work before, so she's not in bad shape, but she's never actually worked out before. What does she do? Where should she start? Of course, she wouldn't dream of asking anyone for help, so instead she just plunges in and starts on the punching bag.

Bare-handed, and hitting so tentatively that it barely even shivers.

Come to help? Or to lol?]

[Kanaya was trying her best to keep out of the sector that was experiencing black outs. She was still relatively new to this place, so she didn't have many supplies to help her accommodate to the darkness.

That, and unlike the rest of her mostly nocturnal species, Kanaya liked the light.

Right now she was using the excuse to move to further investigate Marina. It was tough going. She no longer had her restraints but was instead sporting a slightly ludicrous looking black cast that had a bunch of cats drawn all over it in green, courtesy of Nepeta.

She was currently in the first sector, coming near to where the graveyard was located.]

[A certain thief has been fairly quietly recently... for good reasons, at least in his mind. His first week in Marina had been spent scourging the facility to the best of his abilities, searching for weaknesses in security, exits, entrances, anything he could take advantage of to get out of here. All of this work, of course, required staying up past any decent hour, which meant our little thief had been getting little to no sleep.

And without the slightest bit of progress to show for his work, too.

This afternoon, around dinner time, those in Sector 5 who may be craving ramen can find said thief... passed out with his head resting on the bar, a bowl of steaming noodles on one side of him and an open book on the other. He's shed most of disguise at this point (the jacket, the tie, the hat, the cape), but the rest of it remains, including that pesky monocle (which you won't get him to remove how many times you ask. He looks completely dead to the world as he sleeps, but knowing this guy? He's probably more aware of his surroundings than you might think.

Do you poke the sleeping thief? Steal his ramen? Or his book? Take your pick.]

((Toooo avoid timeline confusion, first tagger can wake him up, while subsequent taggers will just find him awake and chilling at the ramen stand, reading his book :|b))

[Kanaya was beginning to realize that she was a very indecisive troll. After hearing Acumen's announcement she had left her room in the Shelter, deciding she would take this time to explore more of Marina and avoid the blackouts as she could. Acquiring more clothing was definitely in order as well. Getting around on crutches was a tiring thing too do, but she would grudgingly admit that it was a lot easier than toting around that chain and ball.

Still, yesterday's events were both embarrassing and enlightening. Drugged on medication or not she had acted in a completely unacceptable manner, particularly where Vriska was involved. Kanaya was no fool. She knew she wasn't quite over her feelings for her, but she knew that those feelings were unrequited and that she would only end up getting hurt and bowled over again and again if she pursued them farther. It was better to just put it all behind her.

Her intention had been to return to avoiding Vriska but as luck would have it, what troll did she run into while passing by the beach?

And her reaction?

To drag Vriska along with her to get some clothing for the both of them. Kanaya tried to tell herself that it was because she wouldn't be able to carry a lot of things by herself but she knew better. The walk towards the clothing store had certainly been a tense one, at least on her end, but now that they were here she thought there would at least be some sort of distraction until she figured out just what the hell she was doing.]

[After thinking through whether or not it was a good idea for quite a bit, she finally decides that this would be a good way to find some things out - especially with the situation between herself and Minato. It would also allow her to uncover some other possible Persona users. After all, if there are other people here from her version of Japan as well, it could be possible for such a thing to exist? Especially since they seem to come from her future, after all.]

[Audio feed clicks on, for her to get just a single question in:]

What does the word 'Persona' mean to you?

[Here's hoping this doesn't end up with too negative an outcome.]

I wonder what it takes to have some fun around here. You'd think an underwater, interdimensional prison would have a lot more going on besides pathetic attempts to celebrate holidays and meaningless questions.

Or maybe I'm giving everyone too much credit. After all, if you want something done right -- [a loud crunching sound.] -- then you can't depend on rehabilitated criminals to do the job for you.

[D'oh. Restless, obnoxious, might-just-want-to-be-in-your-space Damon is crawling around sector one.]

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