( closed ) senpai trio scavenger hunt

[icequeenly]

Who: Mitsuru, Shinjiro and Akihiko
Where: The Beach!!
What: The senpai trio attempt to have a nice and normal time at the beach (again) and join in with a scavenger hunt...
Warnings: Stupidity? Will add to if necessary.



[ Mitsuru is holding a piece of paper with a list of around ten tasks on it. It's a list for a scavenger hunt one of the locals had decided to organise and apparently the redhead can't just let people have a nice, chill day at the beach... They have to be doing something, working towards a common goal, together! What better thing to drag involve her fellow senpai in now that they've been reunited.

So they hadn't managed to get beyond the first couple of floors of Tartarus, that doesn't mean they aren't an exceptional team!

Of course she hadn't warned either Akihiko or Shinjiro they'd be doing activities when she invited them to meet up at the beach. Obviously they're getting absolutely no choice in the matter now. She peruses the list, before reading aloud the first "task". They don't have to be completed in any particular order but it makes sense to start from the beginning. Besides, the first one doesn't seem that difficult... ]

It states here that we must keep up a casual conversation with a stranger on the beach for a minimum of five minutes.

That sounds easily done. [ Does it though? ] Should we approach someone individually or collectively?

[ Because there is nothing more reassuring to a person than being surrounded by three weirdos all at once, obviously. ]

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[icequeenly]

[ It does occur to her that while she might have told Shinjiro that her persona had gotten stronger, she hadn't quite made it plain that she had actually changed in such a drastic fashion. The boys might have been distracted by the subject change but Mitsuru hasn't exactly forgotten - something to make a mental note of to bring up another time.

If she doesn't end up having to summon her during one of these beach challenges.

Mitsuru folds her arms. ]

While Akihiko's choice of attire may be somewhat questionable... his shirt isn't going to work as well as your hat, Shinjiro.

[ It stands to reason, it's closer to the shape of a bucket! Also, yeah, Shinjiro, do you want them to fail the mission?? As though they've both forgotten that he likely doesn't give a damn and this is just a stupid scavenger hunt. ]

It's true, we'll fall at the first hurdle without it.

[drugsnotclubs]

[This is why, as good as they are as a team, they have trouble actually accomplishing things. There's so much here. Mitsuru mentioned her Persona by a new name ( and he's absolutely going to ask about that at a better time). He's being challenged with not being the weak link here and destroying their chance of success. They want to stuff his hat full of crabs. The other option is trying to chat up strangers, which is basically his job now and he doesn't feel like doing it on his time off.

There's a long moment of suspicious, annoyed glaring from one of them to the other. But despite as cool and unaffected as he acts, man does he hate losing or being the first to give up.

With a token snarl, he reaches up and pulls off that stupid beanie, thrusting it out towards them.]

You both owe me.

[He's gripping that stupid hat so hard, okay, it has been WITH HIM through a LOT. And now he needs to swallow his damn pride (to recover his pride in another way? Look don't ask how teenage guys think-) and accept the fact that it will likely be ruined.]

[marakunda]

(There's an overwhelming emotion that threatens to overtake Akihiko's usual, neutral expression as he takes the offered hat. It's a foreign feeling, one he's not used to and for the briefest of moments he wonders if he ought to simply let it take over, give in and deal with the consequence as it happens. People did these things every day, lived at the behest of emotions and did just fine. But Akihiko knows those were the ones who died first in battles...

No, he won't surrender to random emotions, and the overwhelming and sporadic urge to launch the stupid beanie far into the ocean swiftly passes.)

We do. Look at it like an upgrade; you can get something better now.

(Though it is nice seeing Shinjiro without the hat and Aki gives a small smile and an awkward shrug before looking around again.)

So do they live in the water or the sand?

[icequeenly]

Tres bien.

[ It's not often that Mitsuru supports Akihiko's more impulsive decisions these days but, well... if he did decide to launch that beanie into the sea it's not likely she would raise much objection. Still, the handover is good enough. ]

It's nice to see you without it again.

[ You know, like the good old days. Not that any of the three of them will probably say those exact sentiments aloud.

...Hopefully they don't need to.

Right, crabs. They're supposed to be catching crabs....... and putting them in a beanie. ]

I believe they inhabit both, do they not? [ Turns out Kirijo heirs don't spend a whole lot of time learning about crab habitats. But she does remember seeing the odd one on the beach on Yakushima now and again. ]

I believe I saw some rock pools earlier. Those might be a good place to look?

[ The best place to find crustaceans just seems like a Shinjiro thing to know though so he does get something of an expectant look, as if she expects him to offer some kind of crab whisperer pearl of wisdom. ]

[drugsnotclubs]

[He gives a dismissive noise to Akihiko's suggestion of an upgrade and Mitsuru's pleased words, because it's better than getting weirdly nostalgic and emotional. It's just a stupid hat, but it's also a relic that reminds of how his retreat and how the suppressants had fucked him up: left him freezing all the time, hiding away from contact or attachment.

Ugh. Nope. Shutting any of those thoughts and feelings right down. Instead they are hunting for crabs.

He glances from Akihiko to Mitsurus before sighing. Of course he's the only one with any real-world knowledge as per usual....]

They hunt and scavenge, right? So they'll be shuffling around looking for food. They just bury themselves in the sand to hide. So yeah: rock pools and under any seaweed beds and shit is probably best. Maybe under some rocks. If you wanted to get some kinda meat and toss in in the water I bet a bunch of shit would come crawling out...

[when did he become The Crab Guy? Is this really better than chatting up strangers? He just lets that thought trail off before shaking his head, bringing up one hand to try and take some of his hair out of his face now they it's been freed.]

Well-- let's just get out there and start looking. C'mon.