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Ikeda Kiriko | 池田妃凛子 (apathyisboring) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-10-20 16:36:00

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kiriko, tom

Pre-meeting meeting
Who: Kiriko & Tom
What: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
When: Before the meeting
Where: The Butterfly Room
Why: How can you host a meeting without preparing?

It's fairly obvious by the neat spread of paper across the desk (was that there the last time?) that Kiriko isn't one for idle waiting. She'd brought (and now emptied) a folder with notes scribbled in a million different pen colours and while waiting was consilidating everything into a master sheet. Or, the backup of a master sheet - the master sheet she intended to use for the meeting was waiting nearby with nothing but a friendly header designating its importance. The sheet of paper she was frowning at now was only her first attempt at paring down the overextensive notes-to-self and book exerpts that comprised the majority of the information she'd brought.

When Tom arrived she looked up and greeted him with an impassive nod, then began to clear off some of the desk in the space in front of the chair opposite her.

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ofmanydevices
2009-10-22 08:01 pm UTC (link)

"I think the alter egos of the angels are most definitely in Iburi.

And I agree that the picking people off one at a time then never trying again is strange. The motives of all of the groups enemies are a complete unknown."

Tom took a breath, and let it out slowly, leaning back.

"I can't tell you how to run things. So I won't say that looking for them is the best course of action. Personally I would rather do that alone, then the risk if they get found is just on me.

But people were dying in Paradise before anyone even got a persona. And the angels weren't even willing to bargain with you a little bit.

And they had a plan to kill you. Not the throw you into Paradise and not worry about it plan, but the show up and attack directly plan. That's premeditated, and Anyone who puts that much effort into planning a murder is not going to be talked out of it, certainly not by their victims."

Tom looked away for a moment, and then looked back, he looked uncomfortable at having to admit it, but spoke none the leas.

"And in all honesty, if I were them, even without your personas, I'd still be scared of the group, and what it can do."

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apathyisboring
2009-10-22 09:23 pm UTC (link)

The eyebrow went up at the first mention of "I'd rather do it alone" and it was practically into her hairline by the time he reached the "I'd still be scared of the group" part.

"Why?"

They couldn't do anything without their Personas. Well, that wasn't true. Keiichi could cook and Reizo could punch people and she could spread some pretty mean rumours among other things, but none of those seemed quite on-par with combatting paranormal threats.

She sighed and shook her head before he could answer. That line of thought really wasn't worth pursuing.

"My other thought is, do you think it's possible that they can't hurt us here in the real world? I mean, that would explain why people get taken away to Paradise."

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ofmanydevices
2009-10-22 09:58 pm UTC (link)

Tom leaned forward, and extended his hands as he explained.

"Okay, admittedly, they aren't much now. The team is fractured, most of them are self involved, they don't really know what their facing.
But everyone gets stronger with each fight. In your dungeon at least half of the group were without personas and the team still made it through.
But look at Ishinomori, what he's become versus what he was like just a few weeks ago."

Tom shrugged.

"I'm not saying anything would ever come from it. But the group has the potential to be really dangerous if they ever realized it. And even if it's highly unlikely that that potential would be realized, if my enemies had that potential, I would want to take them out as soon as possible."

Finally he rubbed the back of his neck, and leaned back again.

"It does seem likely that they can't hit us in this world. That would explain the need for disguises and Paradise, which means they'll try to mess with everyone's heads, manipulate and trick each person so they know exactly how to exploit them."

Tom nodded toward Kiriko.

"You may have some competition."

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	apathyisboring 2009-10-22 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	Kiriko leaned back in her chair and folded her arms across her chest, considering what he was saying. Strength in eachother. That's more or less what the butterfly said, right? And he had a point about Ishinomori. The last sentence pulled Kiriko from her reverie with a bump. "Excuse me?" She narrowed her eyes. "What are you trying to say about me, exactly?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ofmanydevices
2009-10-22 10:23 pm UTC (link)

Tom gave Kiriko a questioning look.

"That you're smart, devious, clever, cunning, capable of maneuvering a target exactly where you want them.

I mean, how many women in this country can claim they got out of their arranged marriage without just running away? How many people in this school can get Shirai to do anything? Sure you know him, but what buttons to push doesn't mean your any less skilled at pushing them.

Even I can't figure you out half the time. that You could probably convince people living at the south pole that they need air conditioning."

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apathyisboring
2009-10-22 10:30 pm UTC (link)

Kiriko's wary expression stayed. Those were all compliments, certainly, but directly at odds with what he'd said about her before. Besides her mistrust in him, she wasn't one to put a lot of stock in praises so easily sung. And, once again, there was that Shirai thing...

Wait, Shirai thing?

Her eyes narrowed further.

"How did you know about how I got out of my arranged marriage?"

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ofmanydevices
2009-10-23 12:16 am UTC (link)

Tom looked at Kiriko confused, he wiped a finger past his brow.

"You said you were going to get out of it. You told everyone not to worry, remember? And then you did. I don't actually know how you did it."

Tom rested his head on his chin. He reminded himself that just because Ikeda didn't like him, it didn't mean that he could completely let his guard down.

"Either way, There are more important things to worry about right? Anyone who isn't a persona user is a potential danger."

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	apathyisboring 2009-10-23 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	She leaned back in her chair again. Way to jump to conclusions, Kiriko. Her eyes settled back on the paper as she did her best not to call attention to that defensive outburst. "Anyone who is a persona user is in danger. That seems to be the more pressing issue, to me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-10-23 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	Tom blinked at Kiriko. And reminded himself that it's more important to protect the innocent then punish the guilty. "You're right. If everyone can recognize potential persona users by sight, then locating them should be a top priority. Anytime I find one, I'll try and get them to you or one of the team members so the situation can be explained to them." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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