itsnotaleash | Velvet Mall // Open

[Thanatos is currently alone in the Velvet Mall rather late at night. He was tired but lately he could barely sleep at all with the realistic nightmares that occur whenever he had his eyes shut. Anyway, at the moment he is sitting at a table with the Compendium in his arms which he obviously took from Orpheus. He opens the book and leafs through a few of the pages before shutting it with a sigh. How was he supposed to save Orpheus from ceasing to exist when he couldn't even master Persona fusion quite right? He was such a lost cause ... If only he could just switch places with Orpheus. Except Orpheus would never allow that to happen. They both had to exist in the end... If only Thanatos knew how. He just didn't know enough and Orpheus only had a year left before he went back into the Seal.]

Worthless...

[Sighs and sets the Compendium down on the table so he can also set his arms on the book and then smack his head down without too much of a headache. He should really practice Persona fusion more but with Orpheus always suffering because of Nyx, Erebus now faffing about the Mall and his own nightmares of becoming the Nyx Avatar getting even worse, he was just too damn tired to care. What did it matter, anyway? In a year, he'll lose Orpheus and then it won't matter if he could fuse Persona or manipulate reality. He'll always just be Death without his Assistant.]

Can't I just dream of cute girls for once? ... Without having to drown in the hot springs? Ugh...

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[He jerks at the embrace and for a moment panics sleepily until he realizes who it is that is holding him so tight. It's just Miwako ... Relax. He does so, though he slumps a bit in her arms. He didn't realize he was just this exhausted right now.]

Hi, Miwako...

[ We're not Erebus. Or Nyx. Don't worry about it, Death. Though, you have a worried Miwako on your hands, causing the embrace to get warmer. ]

... Hi, Thanatos. [ S-Squeeze. ;A; ]

[Is squeezed and so leans back into the embrace.]

Mm... How have you been?

[ Sorry Thanatos, we're going to ignore that question, and ask one of our own. Also, she lets go of the embrace in order to pull up a seat next to him. ]

You look exhuasted. What happened?

I just can't sleep. That's all.

...

[ Chest is open if you need to sleep? B\ ] Thanatos..

[Looks back down at the Compendium.] Yeah...?

[ Scoots back in her chair, just in case Thanatos might throttle her. Or something. ]

Orpheus told me to keep you here, after he returns to be the seal. He wants me to make sure you go back and continue your training.

[Gets up out of his seat with the Compendium still in his arms.] That's ridiculous... You can't just keep me here and he knows that.

[ As reflex her hands go in front of her face. But she realizes that he's not going to hit her. Or anything like that. ] I told him that, but... [ Sigh. ] A promise is a promise.

... A promise you'll have to break.

[Turns to leave.]

[ Suddenly grabs at his scarf, now tugging him back. ]

No.

... Miwako. Let me go.

... I can't.

... Why?

Because I promised Orpheus and myself I would watch over you.

[Tugs his scarf out of her grip.]

Sorry, I don't need that.

[ ... Patience is gone. Like seriously. You've just been tackled, Thanatos. With Miwako landing on top of you. The tears hidden in her eyes dripping down to his cheek. ]

[Just lays there. Well, this has never happened before. At least it hurts less than Orpheus' beatings.] Miwako...

[ And she's never done this before. Though, from what she's ~seen~ most people pin the others arms to the ground correct? Well, she's doing that to Thanatos at the moment. Also, her next words of choice? Totally just deviated from what she was going to originally say. ] I'm keeping you here because I love you, idiot. Nothing has changed. [ There seems to be a slight choke in the back of her throat. COUGH COUGH. ]

I know you love me... Just ... What about your own Ryoji? Or the other Thanatos? They deserve your love more than I do. Once Orpheus is gone I'll have no reason to exist in my own world. So why...?

... Other Thanatos? What're you talking about? [ Silly Thanatos, being a successful seal just wiped out half of her memory. THOUGH. Once he says what he says, BAM. FIST INTO THE GROUND. Right next to him. ] ...

[Well, he was about to answer her questions, except now he's flinching from that punch that he was afraid was about to hit him square in the face.] ...

[ She doesn't seem to be in pain after the punch, since holy hell, the big hole in the ground. But honestly, that punch wasn't meant to scare him at all. ] ... Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.</font?