Backdated to 9/23

[whitefox]

Kurama ☸ Eligor keligor@applenet.net
Shared the following message below:

After discussing the possibility with Luci, it seems that it may be possible to trigger an early Awakening. However, the process is extremely dangerous and will require a few of those known as "Awakened" to be present. I presume their function is to act as damage control or, should things go awry, to act as messengers and relay the unfortunate results of this experiment.

I am not looking to be talked out of this, so do not waste your breath. Instead, I ask for volunteers to meet me tonight at the gardening club room. The chances of success will be greater with your assistance.

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NOT HERE

[blacktemper]

[SNORES IN A MANNER WHICH SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE "GO FUCK YOURSELF"]

Gladion ⚔ Camio

[lovelledup]

[He doesn't really know this person, so it's not like he's particularly invested either way. Still... this is news to him and also seems like generally not the best idea. He's not going to try to talk him out of it, but]

Why are you so set on doing that?

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

I see no reason to postpone taking back what is rightfully mine: my identity.

If it is a matter of the strength of one's heart or mind, then there is no concern. I am perfectly healthy. And I have no doubts that this is the right course of action for me to take.

Gladion ⚔ Camio

[lovelledup]

From what I've seen, the strength of your heart and mind means something different when it's this. I've seen people who were healthy and who seemed to have adjusted fine to getting all their memories back suddenly lose them again.

I won't stop you, but if it would make that more likely to happen even if it worked otherwise, it would be a waste.

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

I would prefer to fail on my own terms than succeed due to subservience.

[Besides, no matter how Kit looked at what was happening, there could be no way to fully understand their situation unless every avenue was explored. Luci had said Awakening early was dangerous, that people had suffered greatly for it in the past, but he had also said that things were different now. They wouldn't know how different unless they tested that...

What did he have to lose besides a life that wasn't even his own?]

Reimi Sugimoto ☸ Orias

[failedhandjob]

kit...

[this is a bad idea. like, a really bad idea. much as she wants to uphold the promise she'd made to him, now that Kit's brought this proposition public Reimi knows that won't be possible. she might have been able to subdue just him in his unawakened state, but there was no way she could fight off one or more of the persona users who might agree to help him. not as a navigator.

that left her with only one thing to do, then.]

what time will you be there?

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

[It was already well past 1:00AM when the message had gone live. How long would it take him to sneak out of his dorm and down to the club room? Fifteen minutes if he hurried, but then he might run the risk of waking people. Half an hour then? Just to be safe.]

Thirty minutes.

[He made no apology for his decision even if he knew how much it troubled Reimi. He thought that her of all people would understand his point of view. She'd died in her real life, so she was able to appreciate what this masquerade offered her, but 'Kurama' wasn't dead. That life had been stolen from Kit and he wanted it back.]

Reimi Sugimoto ☸ Orias

[failedhandjob]

alright, i'll be there. don't you dare start without me, ok?

[she could understand his point of view. how could she not? Reimi herself had felt the horror of having your real life ripped away from you. the alleyway hadn't been an existence; it had been something to endure until she could reach her goal.

but this was so unnecessarily dangerous that she couldn't apply the same thoughts to Kit's desires. it was like digging into one's chest to remove a tumor when you were scheduled for surgery in a few days.]

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

Do not be late and I will not have to.

[For Kit, it was a lot like digging into one's chest to remove a tumor when he was scheduled for surgery in a few days but he was likely to die before then. Waiting for when someone or something else determined he was ready to have returned to him what was rightfully his...he wouldn't abide by it. This was his life. He would take it back by any means necessary, even force.]

[failedhandjob]

[can you hear the eyeroll in her lack of a reply, Kit? can you? because it's physically audible. she really needed to stop getting attached to such impulsive drama queens.

all the same, Reimi manages to arrive a whole five minutes early to the designated meeting place despite the greater amount of distance she had been forced to travel under the cover of darkness. in many ways this feels like the evening of her own Awakening; she was carrying with her bottles of water, snacks...a baseball bat.

whether it was for any miscreants she ran into on the street or Kit even she didn't know.

the door to the gardening club slides open noiselessly, her head peeking in to see if she'd be the first to arrive or (hopefully) not. there were bad memories of the school when it was this dark.]

Are you here..?

Taro Watanabe ☸ Dantalion

[hachitaro]

... youll want a navigator there

ill be there

[He'd believed him, even without seeing him, that he was a tanuki. He can't let that kind of person get hurt.]

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

Thank you.

Don't worry. It will be alright.

Taro Watanabe ☸ Dantalion

[hachitaro]

yeah well

if it doesnt its good to have someone who can heal

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

I think it will be good to have someone like you there regardless of that fact, but an ability to heal will undoubtedly be an asset, as well.

Kyoko ⚔ Flauros

[voodoo_revenge]

What are your thoughts on spectators?

[Someone is still more Natsu than Kyoko.]

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

I think that your morbid predilections are none of my concern.

[In other words, watch or don't watch, it's completely her call. He's made no secret of how dangerous this might be. Although, if he's being perfectly honest with himself, it almost feels natural to be the spectated at a life-threatening event.]

Kyoko ⚔ Flauros

[voodoo_revenge]

Fabulous. I can't wait.

[It sounds like he's trying to make her feel ashamed but she's already entertained.]

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

It would appear as though impatience is contagious.

Kyoko ⚔ Flauros

[voodoo_revenge]

Are you saying you're excited?

Augustine Sycamore ⚔ Foras

[megacurious]

[An early Awakening?! Sure, he understands that he wants to know the truth. But he has a bad feeling about what he is attempting.]

I don't know about this.

I'm not sure how will an early Awakening will affect you greatly, but I feel it would be too risky for you to attempt.

Besides, you may not able to survive this process.

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

There is a saying: nothing ventured, nothing gained. It means that you will not reap rewards if you do not take any risks.

It also warns that in small amounts fear may keep us alive, but too much and it holds us prisoner, instead.

Should I die, at least it will have been on my own terms.

Augustine Sycamore ⚔ Foras

[megacurious]

You have a good point there.

[He really wants to do something to let him be patient, but from what he said, he doubts that he can change his mind as he is aware of the risks.]

Even if you successfully Awakened, you may still face the dark truth not only of yourself but also of what was happening in this city. Are you ready to try to make that risk?

Kurama ☸ Eligor

[whitefox]

I am well acquainted with risk.

Whatever is happening in this city, it is no darker and no more of a threat to me than what I have already experienced in this life and witnessed in brief glimpses of memories from another.

I have been able to ascertain that my old life was not an easy one...but it was mine before this one ever was.

[lightmischief]

I hope you understand the risks you are taking.
It's just a short while before you get truly unlocked.

[whitefox]

I am aware of the danger that is involved, but my mind is made up.