prismatica | Text | un: music2myears [forward dated to triple moon]

WHAT HAPPENED?!

[Yes that is all you get.]

Edited 2020-06-13 04:21 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. Everything's fine now.

How can I not worry about something like that? What could cause you to use your Persona?

I had to fight a friend who went out of control. Using Messiah ended up being the only thing to stop him.

[Wow that kinda feels like deja-vu, doesn't it? There's a bit of guilt that builds up on his face as he turns on the video instead.]

I see...if that happens again, please, if you can, let me know. I'd like to help. Especially since...

[...especially since you're so important to him.]

Do you still need some chroma?

[He sighed softly. He keeps his video off, he doesn't exactly look the best right now after the fight, but goes to voice.]

I'll try. There wasn't any time to call for back up.

[He shook his head, even though he knew Ryoji couldn't see it.]

No, I called a friend over. I'm just resting now.

I understand but...

[But. He's a little angry he's not included. Is this what jealousy is like? He doesn't like it.]

...I'm worried.

I know.

[He does feel bad. There were only so many people to call and he knows he’s going to get in trouble with the others when they inevitably see it. It had been embarrassing enough to call for help in general. But he also knew how his friends were and Ryoji was roommates with the person he fought.]

Do you want to come over? Tako’s here.

Only if it's alright to come.

[As much as he wants to come, as jealous as he might be it's...hmmm. Feelings were needlessly complicated sometimes.]

I wouldn’t have offered if it wasn’t.

[He was still tired but his wounds were healed. But he knew what intense fatigue looked like now and he hadn’t wanted to worry anyone until he got more rest. But he also didn’t like the thought of Ryoji being upset.]

Okay.

[And just like that, it doesn't take much for Ryoji to appear close to him. He just needs to 'home in' on Minato, and that part of himself inside of him. There's a sadness to his look as he looks over Minato in silence before he breaks it after a few seconds.]

Minato.

[Minato was resting in bed, seated upright and, as he said, Tako was there in his lap. He gently moved Tako off and reached out to Ryoji, taking his wrist to pull him close and get him to sit on the bed.]

Ryoji.

[Funny how the jealousy bubbles up and evaporates the minute he feels Minato's hand around his own. He quickly moves to the edge of the bed's frame, closing his eyes.]

It's still odd how much I enjoy you calling me by that name.

[Still unsure how to act.]

If anything happened to you...

You're never not going to be Ryoji to me, Ryoji.

[That much was true. He knew his friend was upset, and Minato did realize that he probably shouldn't have gone onto the network without telling anyone about any of this first. But what's done was done.]

I'm sorry.

I suppose that's what makes you, 'you' in a way.

[He sits in silence for a bit, simply enjoying the touch before he adds, not quite as an afterthought, but more like a being who hasn't done this before;]

You're forgiven. That's what you say, right?

Only if you mean it.

[Minato tilted his head, his hand moving from Ryoji’s wrist to his hand. He held it tightly.]

You almost died from overusing your powers??

I knew it could cause you to feel sick and exhausted or collapse, I didn't realize it could get that severe.

Chroma is required for me to use them. I assume it’s the same for many others although I don’t know how it all actually works. Back home, it just exhausted you and you couldn’t use them for some time.

I heard about it but I guess there’s an extreme to everything. I didn’t think I’d used so much.

If your powers exhausted you back home, then using them here may compound the issue.

You'd suffer normal exhaustion as well as Chroma exhaustion, right?

What caused you to need to use your powers to that extent anyway? Nothing too dangerous has happened recently, that I've heard of. No attacking boy bands, anyway.

It was a mental exhaustion, more than physical, back home. You could still reasonably fight without once you'd used up your reserves, so to speak, but it wasn't generally a good idea to go that far.

Something like that. Chroma seems to definitely compound the issue now.

A friend lost control of himself and he's much more powerful than myself. One of my Personas that I summon to help fight is much more powerful than the rest so it takes more to use. But that had been on top of already having used another several times. It was a last resort type of deal and I hadn't paid attention to the warning signs until it was all over. I calmed my friend down and he helped reverse it.

Lost control?

[Lio was getting some nasty flashbacks all of a sudden. And some real bad concerns.]

Was it due to the moons or something else?

Not that I mean to pry, I'm just worried about what would happen if I found myself in a similar situation.

It isn't for me to tell, I'm sorry. I can say it was the moons. But I would rather not go into detail without him giving me the okay.

[He knows saying as much as he has is likely going over the line, but it's why he has yet to name any names or give any other identifying features. Minato trusts Akira and cares for him deeply. He just wants answers to the crystallization but not to demonize Akira (no pun intended).]

That's fine.

It's just that I've lost control once before, and my partner was the one that had stopped me from doing even more damage that I already had. This was before we arrived here.

I can't see myself losing control like that without experiencing some sort of trauma again, even under the influence of the moons, but

If I put him in a similar situation ever again, if he pushed himself to the point of near-death trying to stop me, I'm not sure I could ever forgive myself.

Your partner sounds like a selfless person and he sounds like someone who would make that decision regardless of what the consequences would be, regardless of how you felt. Likely because you are important to him.

[It's a tough position to be in, nonetheless. He knew Akira was guilt-ridden, but there was nothing that could be done for it. Minato would make the same decision again. Over and over, if he had to.]

You should have a talk with him.

Yes, that's the problem.

[Of course Galo would try to stop him if he'd ever lost control again.]

What good would talking do? He's the kind of person that isn't afraid of death if it means helping people, regardless of what I say. As it is I worry he'll push himself too hard with or without me causing problems.

He already did push himself too hard, back during the boy band incident, though not to the extent you're describing.

Not yet, anyway.

Because you have the chance to.

[He never gave his friends the chance to know just what he was going to do. On one hand, there was really no time. It had been a decision made in the beat of a second to everyone else. But to Minato, it had been something that had been building up and once he realized he had the ability to save everyone... he took it. And he never told the others. He knew full well the consequences of his actions. But it meant that he wished he had been able to at least give them some answer before he passed.]

I won't say that it would make him think twice about risking his own life for others. We do crazy things for those we care about. But take from someone who does wish that he had the chance to at least explain things, talk to him.

[His situation had been a little different, of course. Had he told them, they would have forgotten once the Dark Hour vanished completely. But they had remembered in end and, maybe, it could have eased their pain had they already known what was to come by then.]

I'm still not sure what good it would do, other than confirm what I already know and make me feel worse about the situation.

[But he really wasn't here to get lectured by a near-stranger on the kinds of conversations he ought to be having with his partner. So he changed the subject.]

Have you recovered, since? How bad was the damage at its worst?

[The change of subject is fine, Minato sort of expected it to happen at some point. Whether by himself or Lio. Besides, he didn't mean to lecture so he was glad for the change.]

I have. My hands had started to crystallize and my legs weren't much better off. I couldn't walk until it was cleared through moonlacing.

That doesn't sound like something hand holding could fix.

How much Moonlacing did it take to revert the changes?

Neither of us really had to the energy to do much more than hold hands and cuddle, to be honest. So it definitely took some time. Kissing helped too.

Have you gone to see any of the Prismal doctors here? They must know more about the condition, right? I mean, they at least seem to know something about the crystallization that happens to their own people.

I thought about it and I might do that. I just wanted to get a Moonblessed perspective. We are kind of an enigma to the Prismals here, after all.

Sure, but I get the feeling the doctors here know the answer to your question about being entirely encased more than any Moonblessed would. Maybe we react differently to the process than Prismals do, but it wouldn't hurt to have a professional take a look.

I know next to nothing about it - just that crystallization happens to Prismals when they die, and that you're as good as dead if it happens to you here. But even experiencing it partially can't be good for your body.

Like I said, I might do that! I just wanted to see what everyone's perspective was first. Besides, another friend is already mad at me for not calling for back up so I'm sort of stuck at home for the rest of the day... (￣▽￣*)ゞ

[Oops.]

It probably isn't and it isn't something I care to experience again if I can help it. I haven't used my abilities as often as I used to, so knowing the limit outside of my device giving me the alert is something I need to work on.

I'm glad you have friends looking out for you, at least. And I'm really sorry you had to experience a friend losing control like that.

Keep an eye on him.
I know from my own experience that the regret could be well eating at him for a while, even if he doesn't show it.

Maybe some more training outside of deadly situations can help you better gauge your limits? I know it's been helping me.

I ended up with some of those horrible crystals in my hands, during my first month. They faded when I moonlaced.

[And she's still annoyed about the whole experience!]

It was more the fatigue that bothered me, though. I also lost the ability to use my magic. That was the worst part.

Yeah, moonlacing reversed it for me as well. That’s why I was curious about what would happen had I not been able to.

You did? I wonder if I hadn’t reached that point yet... I had some ability left that helped slow it down but I’m sure it would have gone away eventually.

I tried to perform a spell and absolutely nothing happened. I've never experienced that before and it was horrid. Although I must say, it was almost impressive, how quickly moonlacing fixed it. I suppose you were lucky to still maintain some usage of your abilities.

If I hadn't been able to moonlace, I think I would have just collapsed in the street.

Can't say that happened much.

[Also Ren's not gonna talk about Personas out in the open at least but that's only because of the Phantom Thief connection.]

[Private]

I'm guessing you're alright now?

Full crystallization?

[Made sense, Minato didn’t mind because there was no reason to keep it secret these days.]

[Private]

Yeah. The worst of it had passed by the time I’d texted you.

Yeah. I know I've seen it happen to others but I haven't had it happen to me, thankfully. It is rather dangerous, regardless and we should take a look into it.

[Private]

What about who attacked you?

Edited 2020-06-14 10:45 (UTC)

Seen a few people's limbs get all crystal, but it reversed with moonlacing. Never thought about what would happen if one were to get completely immobilised. Call for help before you get to that point, I guess.

Yeah. It was reversed before it got too bad but it wasn't pleasant to feel. But knowing the consequences fully would be helpful. I would rather not let it get to that point again.

Why does knowing the full consequences help if you're planning to avoid it?

have nearly crystalized a few times in order to self heal from some close shaves

think it happens faster the more you put yourself through it

being chroma-starved sucks wouldnt recommend it

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