2026-03-20: Lo, Miho Grasps the Power of the Dragon Lime
- Log: Lo, Miho Grasps the Power of the Dragon Lime
- Cast: Yua Ijuuin, Miho Ijuuin
- Where: Aoba - Penthouse
- OOC Date: 2026-03-20
- IC Date: Fri Oct 12 2012
- Summary: Miho collects Yua, after her efforts fighting during the Dark Hour, and they talk to each other about their respective missions... though Yua knows not to ask too much about Miho's. Also, see title. She's delighted. You'd be delighted, too, don't front.
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
Yumi was distracted buying Dragon Limes, and quite tired besides that, so she did not just port back home during the Dark Hour. Luckily, some ninja found her when the Hour ended; Yumi was happy for them to sit with her and help keep her hidden, while she waited for Seiji to retrieve her. (It takes a little longer than it might otherwise have; he's her second stop.) If she notices the fact that Seiji looks at them like he's familiar, well -- she doesn't call attention to it.
When she's helped into the car, though -- plus her basket of ferocious-looking limes -- that armoured Bride is greeted by...!
<Pose Tracker> Miho Ijuuin has posed.
The Groom, whose mask is at her side rather than on her face, looks over and smiles. "Good evening," she says to her Bride, and then takes into account her appearance; it would seem that this trip was not just lime buying.
...Lime... buying...?
Miho tilts her head to the side, thoughtfully. "You had a productive time?"
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
"There wasn't a Dragon Line," Yumi sighs, as she sweeps her veils back -- revealing that she is, in fact, Yua, and that by some grace of God she remembered to close her eyepatch before the hour was through. "Sorry, Mimi, they heard me talking about it... I had to interrogate a demon!"
She pauses, and smiles. "But I did a good job," she says. "One of them tried to attack me, so I smooshed him on the spot! That meant the other demons hanging around all ran away! But there were people there too," she wrinkles her nose. "Like that Inaba-san, you remember him? He's an artist for hire, but he's really mean with that axe of his, too!! Anyway, him and his Sybilline friend," a Navigator, by Yua's vocabulary, "they didn't want to let me get at the demon Empusa was talking about... she's not a dragon, by the way?" Yua adds, with a brief huff. "She's a Harpy wearing a dragon hoodie! She's confident enough to call herself Dragon Harpy, I guess...?"
Yua pouts. "They got in my way." Pout!!! "But it was only those two, so I didn't run away... they got in my head a little, but I got past them when I really focused on drowning them out!" Literally, not just figuratively, but never mind that. "But when I told that Dragon Harpy to tell me where the Dragon Line was, she said I'd gotten all mixed up..."
Which is when Yua holds up the basket.
"... she was actually selling her special Dragon Limes! I bought a whole basket, Mimi! They're no good for people, but magic creatures like them...!" Yua smiles, apparently delighted by the fact that Dragon Limes exist.
Except... she pauses again, and...
"Buuut... I did spend all our money..." Yua adds, a touch abashed. "She marked the price up a lot after I attacked her, Mimi..."
Did Yua just get scammed by a demon while Miho wasn't looking.
<Pose Tracker> Miho Ijuuin has posed.
Oh, good. Her eyepatch is closed.
"That's all right," Miho says. "They may not understand the meaning." And if they do, she can deal with that. She's just happy Yua made it through safely even though there was a 'they'!
She smiles. "Good," Miho says. "You must show demons what you mean quickly; they usually lack the patience for dithering."
Masao Inaba... and a Navigator of some kind. "Not a dragon?" Pause. "A demon who accessorizes... What will they think of next?"
But they got in her way. "Hmmm... Well, I'm glad you were able to push past..."
The basket. "Dragon... Limes," Miho repeats, skeptically at first--and then she laughs.
And laughs. "Magic creatures like them!" she replies, and then cheerfully leans over to kiss Yua on the forehead. "You are perfect, my darling."
"I would've raised the price in those circumstances too," she says. Yua absolutely got scammed. "It's fine. Let's take them home and see that we can preserve them properly. I'm sure we can think of something to do with them."
Dragon... Limes.
Miho can't suppress another laugh.
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
"Oh... I hope not! They did say they've been doing this for a while, though..." Yua sighs. "Those old veterans are the worst. When they know what they're doing, they're way harder to trick!"
She smiles, though, when Miho praises her demonology. "Yay! Demons scare me, but I couldn't act like they did... I said I'd be careful! If I wasn't, poor Shishi would need to appear out of nowhere again..." Yua sighs, shaking her head, as she smiles. "Some of his people were following me, though, they found me again when the Dark Hour ended... I let them stay with me while I was waiting, since I guess they were really worried about me." They couldn't follow her during the Dark Hour, of course; most of those ninjas are just normally skilled infiltrators.
"But she was, Mimi! She was wearing the hoodie like a cloak! It was really... really cute!!" Yua is at a point where everything is adorable to her, now...
Especially Dragon Limes.
Yua laughs alongside Miho, leaning over to let her smooch her more easily. "Isn't it so cute?! Of course we had to have them, Mimi! I had to bring them home for you!" She smiles, brightly, as she picks up a ferocious lime and hands it to Miho. "See? They're fierce!"
The little bumpy parts are like scales...
<Pose Tracker> Miho Ijuuin has posed.
"I suppose we'll have to see. But even knowledge is only the first step."
Miho appreciates Yua! "You were," she says, when Yua says she said she'd be careful. And the ninjas... hmm. "That's good of you," she says, and appreciates Shiryuu a little more in the moment. She might have to talk to him about it...
"Cute," Miho repeats. "I'm sure it was. Maybe I'll see her sometime..." If Trish doesn't do a murder about it.
Miho picks up the lime Yua hands her and runs her thumb along the bumps like scales. "Hmmm," she says. "A pity they're probably terrible for humans..."
They interest her.
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
"It was funny," Yua says, thoughtfully, "they said their Personas were 'masks' they wore... I guess me and Gretchen are just different because of how they made us?" That's not what's going on, but it might be safer for Yua to think so.
"Sometimes it's a little hard," Yua admits, "when everyone fusses about what I can do... I can get a little frustrated. But it's not like I don't understand, either... I know I have to be careful. And it is harder for me to do a lot of things now... so I am glad he's keeping an eye on me?"
Trish might do a murder, though. Or just drop an Orobas head into poor Dragon Harpy's nest while she's sleeping...
"She said that they were bad for people," Yua muses, considering the limes. "But I wonder if I could prepare them so we could eat them...? Well... even if I can't, I bet you can give them to Empusa!"
<Pose Tracker> Miho Ijuuin has posed.
It is not what's going on, but, "You and Gretchen are very special," Miho agrees without quite saying that's how it is. It's probably safest.
"I'm sure," Miho says. "It must be frustrating. ...Keeping an eye on you is one thing, but you do value your independence, as anyone would."
But still... hmmm.
"Probably best not to risk it," Miho decides. "But certainly, yes. I could. It's another useful bargaining chip..."
"So how are you feeling?" Miho wonders.
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
"Sometimes I think it would be safest if I stayed in bed," Yua pouts, "except that's not safe, either, my blood will get lazy if I do that..." She means she'll be at risk for clotting, but the best-slash-worst part is, it's not inaccurate.
"I'm not too good at dealing with demons," Yua says, "but I can help you, Mimi!"
The car pulls up, then; Seiji helps Yua out, but of course she'll take Miho's arm, when she comes around to her side of the car. "I... I think I'm okay," she says, but slowly. "I just feel bad, you know...? Those people I'm fighting, they're good people... they get upset when they realise I'm pregnant, and they worry about me..."
She leans on Miho, as they head to the elevator. "I'm just... really tired, Mimi. My head hurts... I don't feel too steady."
<Pose Tracker> Miho Ijuuin has posed.
"It is a conundrum," Miho says, and she uses words like that.
"We can do it together." Deal with demons? Miho comes out, and accepts Yua's need for support. The people are... Well. "If we had much choice in the matter, you would not go on such missions. You didn't even expect to fight on this one."
"It's all right," Miho says then. "Lean on me. I'll support you on the way up."
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
"A befuddlement!" Is the kind of word Yua uses.
But Yua feels better about dealing with demons if she's doing it with Miho. Luckily, she can still carry the basket of Dragon Limes! Even though they're vicious.
"No one forced me to go out tonight," Yua supposes, "but... I wanted to, you know? Especially when those people showed up, I thought it was really important I'd gone that quickly... but then I wonder if I should be embarrassed by being willing to do that. Maybe it's still too risky... but I want to help, too...!"
She is still pouty, though she smiles up to Miho, at least, when she offers her support. "Thanks, Mimi... even though your arm's hurt, you still always take good care of me..." She is, at least, grasping onto her good arm. "But hey, hey, Mimi... was your mission okay...? You didn't get hurt more, right...?"
She knows better than to ask about the other guy.
<Pose Tracker> Miho Ijuuin has posed.
That's a good word, too.
"You wanted to," Miho agrees. "And Gretchen can protect you. ...It makes sense, that you went out, though..." She would rather have gone with her, of course. "You did not stop wanting to help and matter because you became pregnant," Miho thinks.
But pouty!! Awwww. "Of course," Miho answers. "I could do nothing less." And Miho is using her good arm, yes. Her mission, though...? "It went smoothly. There was no notable opposition."
"Someone else could have done it fine. ...Though I suppose they didn't know that until I went."
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
"I know," Yua says, gently, hearing that 'though'. "You would've wanted to go with me, right, Mimi? But I know you were busy... and I didn't want to make Recchi go with me, since she doesn't really have a choice." Yua's quite troubled, by the forces compelling her friend to protect her. "Shishi's very busy and important, and I don't want to take Ton-ton away from his family more than he already has to... Ryouhara-kun needs to focus on his studies, right now, too. But I could do it! I wanted to do it," she says, again, just like Miho said it. "I wanted to help, too. Stuff like this... it's what we need to grasp our happiness, Mimi!"
Right now she's grasping Miho, though, which in a way is still grasping her happiness. Miho gets them up their express elevator; Eiko lets them in. As they get inside, Yua bubbles, "I knew no one could stand up to you, Mimi! You're the strongest!!"
She lowers herself down, to take off her big, protective boots, as if it were a daily outing. Off to the bedroom, she goes on: "... but I guess someone else couldn't have done it in the Dark Hour, right? Well, unless they had one of those weird rings, I guess... Kimi-san says it's super hard to get them, though. He said it was much easier to find a ring for my finger than for his!" Yua giggles; she seems to think it's a joke.
Well, he certainly portrayed it as one.
He's right, though.
Access to the Supernatural world, without a Persona -- it's far easier for him, now that his ring is around Yua's finger.
<Pose Tracker> Miho Ijuuin has posed.
"Yes," Miho answers. "It all makes sense," she agrees. "You wanted to. And it is precisely what we need..."
"We don't have the luxury of doing 'what's best'," Miho says. "There are risks in our life.. risks we can't entirely undo."
"But promise me you will run if it's really bad."
But no one stands up to her!! ...She is strong. But--
"Right," Miho agrees. "There are few who can do that. And I suppose he's probably right..."
A joke. Hm. Miho doesn't laugh.
Miho is also out of her heavy boots an starting to get out of the rest by the bedroom.
"What matters most is that we are both home safe, now."
<Pose Tracker> Yua Ijuuin has posed.
"We just... have to do what we can!" Yua agrees, and tries to be cheery, about it, despite her weariness. "But it's okay, Mimi," she adds, turning to her. "I promise I'll run away! Especially if I'm alone, okay?"
Kimitake probably is right, though; he knows what it's like, navigating the Organisation without a Persona. ... well, he's right about a lot of things, anyway. Yua hops off the rest of the way to the bedroom, but --
"Mooouuuuu," Yua's turning around, trying to reach behind her, "what matters most right now is getting this heavy armour off, Mimi! Heeeelllllp!!"
Even if it's for combat, she's no good at back latches...