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[Open] + [Closed] DIVERSITY

WHO: Maya and many individuals
WHERE: All over
WHEN: The month of June
WHAT: Punishment shenanigans, quests, and a catch-all for additional threads?? Closed threads will be added to the post, open prompts will be beneath the cut.
WARNINGS: Talk of nonexistent gruesome injuries, spoilers for both P2 games idk is that a warning!!!!
NOTES: If you'd like to plot anything additional, you can PM me or reach me on plurk at

starswept!

[ That first week of June. ]

[ If you are a teenager or younger, regardless of whether or not this young woman has met you, she's looking incredibly upset the minute she gets a good look at you. This is a prelude to her hurrying over, gaze anxious, as she looks you over and-- ]

This is... definitely going to be a weird question, but are you actually hurt?

[ SHE MIGHT LOOK LIKE SHE'S ABOUT TO CRY. ]

[ Alternatively, she can be spotted making a much slower way around the town. Slower because she's apparently decided to use her necktie as a blindfold, and even Maya isn't about to go sprinting about an area where she can't see.

It won't stop her from bumping into someone, or-- ]

Whoops! Sorry!!

[ A tree. Or the well. Or literally anything else, but she doesn't seem keen to take that blindfold off? Wonder why???? ]

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[ Thankfully, it's only one knock before the door swings open and Maya's blinking at him, bewildered. Not that it's not good to see him, and not that he hasn't saved her a trip, but--!! ]

... Did you know where I lived? I didn't think I said anything...

[ ...Ah. Right. He can't exactly say "lucky guess" here, and have Maya believe that, can he? He laughed a bit awkwardly, picking up his hand to rub the back of his neck. ]

I just... had a hunch. [ Not... entirely incorrect, I suppose. ]

...

Suspicious. Completely suspicious.

... Did I mention I have a very acute sense of smell? [ He figured explaining that might be best before he dropped the whole "I'm Accidentally Really Creepy" truth bomb on her. ]

No, I don't believe that's come up before. But that's... definitely more acute than any other human's I've ever met.

[ He sheepishly rubbed the side of his face, looking off to the side so he didn't have to see whatever expression Maya wore. Probably disappointment, right? He wouldn't deal well with that... ]

Well... I, uh... I don't exactly have human senses. Scusa, I probably should've mentioned that. This might sound strange, but... once upon a time, I used to be a lion.

... Ah.

[ She has... a lot of questions, most of them being what most normal people would ask first, and it's definitely hard to imagine the person in front of her being a lion, but-- ]

So were you this cheerful, even as a lion? Did anything else carry over? Can you change back? Would you say your famiglia's your pride, then?

[ SHE'S... SO CURIOUS...

A lion as a mafia don!! ]

[ ..."Ah."? That was a reasonable reaction, actually, coming from Maya. But it wasn't one he was expecting for some reason. Maybe because the general reaction up until this point had been something along the lines of "haha what?"

Oh.

Oh that was a lot of questions. ]

Ah, I- [ Where to begin? ] S-sort of? My personality hasn't changed too much, I don't think...? All of my senses are that of a lion's, so my hearing is also quite good. Sight, not so much, but I can see exceptionally better than most humans in the dark. And I would, for sure, but I feel like Kyrie might shoot me if I called them my pride.

[ There that was. Everything. Right? Did he miss something? ...Oh. ]

A-and no. I can't change back. I'm... I made a wish to be human, I think.

[ Maya's... an odd one, isn't she? In an endearing way. ]

[ She gets comments on just how odd she is all the time, she wouldn't even be fazed if someone said as much here.

But she is a journalist, this is a new thing, and she's completely intrigued by it. So even when taking a human form, he's carried his animalistic senses with him? ]

I bet you were super fluffy as a lion... [ don't mind her, she's just musing out loud. ]

But you think? You don't remember?

[ That's kind of a big wish to make, Caramia?? ]

Soft, for sure. But fluffy? My mane was definitely something to behold, but... [ Fluffy sounded so... uncool. And he was really cool! Right? ]

... I don't. [ There was a lot he couldn't remember, admittedly. There was a bunch of gaps in his memory. Maybe because he was so old...? ] It was such a long time ago. Everything after a certain point gets a bit hazy.

Mm... well, I guess I can relate.

[ Sort of. Maya is not very old. ]

But that's pretty amazing, Caramia! I never would have guessed!

[ it would have been weirder if she had guessed, more like... ]

Admittedly, I think it's gotten a little worse since I've gotten here? [ Or he could be imagining things! It's fine. It's not like he completely forgot his best friend as a person or anything. Haha... ]

Anyway, you... ah, wanted to do a quest with me, right? [ AKA "I want to change the subject now." ]

Oh, right--

[ there's a pause... and then Maya's smile takes on a tinge of ruefulness. ]

So I realize this isn't going to be the happiest of topics, but I was thinking about that painful memory one. And it's nothing you need to share, obviously!

After just talking about my bad memory, too? How fitting.

[ There's a bit of an awkward laugh. Whoops. ]

Are you sure that's something you're comfortable doing? Because, I'm fine with it if you are.

Truthfully, I don't like it!

[ she says. With a laugh. ]

But I'm devoting myself to figuring this town out, and so I need to do my part. Which means doing as many quests as I can.

So I'm prepared!

I don't think anyone does, honestly, but... [ Well... that was pretty much the end of that statement, really. No "but"s about it. ]

I suppose that's a good outlook on it, though. Would you rather... us sit somewhere comfortable to talk about it, then...?

Yep! Let's step outside for a bit. Just-- not too far.

[ Maya's still not ready to see injured kids. ]

[ Caramia wouldn't deal well with that, either, it's fine. Still, he takes Maya's hand to pull her somewhere the both of them could comfortably sit, so they could at least pretend like they weren't about to share their uncomfortable memories with one another. ]

I know the saying is "ladies first", but if you want me to talk about something to start with, I wouldn't decline. [ He didn't want Maya to deal with that if she didn't want to. ]

... Thanks, but I'm the one who asked this of you. I think the least I could do is say it.

[ he's considerate, though; she appreciates that. ]

If you're certain. You can leave out the details, if you'd like. I'm sure it'll still count.

... [ Hm. ]

So say you had a group of friends, and you were all incredibly close... but in order to fix an incredibly big problem, you had to forget each other.

More specifically, you had to make it so that you never met.

[ Oh, the irony of forgetting about your friends. Not that Caramia would know all about that, since, you know, he forgot. ]

That... must have been quite the problem to have to forget about your friends. I could never imagine having to go through that.

[ Hahahahaha... ]

Technically, I didn't, since I was dead, but...

[ MAYA. ]

I... I'm sorry, you were what?

[ MAYA!!!!! ]

[ look, this had to be brought up to have the story make sense!! ]

Um. Dead. Impaled, actually, I sort of bled out...

[ UH. ]

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