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The Velvet Room exists between the consciousness and subconsciousness. It is inaccessible by characters who do not wield a Persona or have lost their Persona for various different reasons. In fact, its entire existence is limited only to Persona users and to the regular individual, they will not be able to even see the entrance to the room. Although it is stationed primarily in the castle, the entrance of the Velvet Room may also be found in various different locations, such as by the dungeons and the shrine. Sometimes, there may be a "malfunction" and an ordinary door will actually lead into the Velvet Room. Why does that happen? Well... perhaps characters will have to ask the attendants for that answer.

Within the room, two attendants occupy the space. These attendants act as guides and will perform various different duties in order to assist the characters. They will pass on plot information, answer questions, give out requests (with the promise of a reward, of course), forge magic-infused weapons, heal, and such on. Requests, in particular, are given out ICly and OOCly monthly and may be undertaken by any character who wishes to complete them. Please see the first toplevel of this entry for more information.

The attendants may be regularly contacted by entering the Velvet Room and, as a result, players may comment to this entry to interact with either attendant. Players may specify which attendant that they'd like to interact with or allow the mods to choose. These threads may be used towards AC and bonus activity. However, due to the attention-intensive nature of NPC threads, these threads may be quickly wrapped up in order to save time for the mods.

→ VELVET ROOM ATTENDANTS

🢒🢒 minato The attendant you might have to wake up, pretending to be asleep so you have to bother Souji instead of him. His requests tend towards what he wants to do or eat at the moment, but he seems to enjoy seeing the world, though he isn't always good company. Seriously. Go bother Souji instead.

🢒🢒 souji The more talkative attendant between the two, though he could say some pretty bizarre things. He also seems overly fond of cats for some reason and will unironically go "nya". His requests normally seem to involve taking him out somewhere or bringing him particularly... strange objects.

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[compendiem]

[ It's a nice breeze and Minato can look up and it's almost like flying even though he's so close to the ground. Terry's like Souji, they both give in and unnecessarily spoil Minato, it's kind of nice. ]

You could put Mondo out of business like this.

[overstrain]

Huh? What does he do?

[ Despite how fast he's going, he weaves around the trees very well, even enough so that Minato doesn't get smacked by the stray branch along the way... He's probably done this a lot by now. ]

[compendiem]

Stuff.

[ Maybe try this conversation again later, because Minato sounds distracted by this speedrun through the forest. ]

[overstrain]

[ ... ... ...

Maybe he should just get used to Minato's everything at some point, but they eventually make it to the bathhouse. Maybe Minato no longer has the emo hairstyle because of all that wind earlier. ]

Here we are.

[ Terry lets Minato down on the ground. ]

Let's go in.

[compendiem]

[ Minato's hair has probably been pushed back to look like Ryoji's, and he has to comb his fingers through his hair to get it back up front, head bowed as he trails after Terry while he works the tangles out with his fingers. Feels weird having his face out in the open like this. ]

Right behind you...

[ Very close right behind him, right at the back of Terry's heels with his head ducked and doing a terrible job of hiding behind this kid. ]

[overstrain]

[ Terry was about to question why Minato's trying to hide behind him, but. Right. His clothes are all bloody-ish. Terry goes to the counter, pays for them both and he leads Minato to the locker changing rooms and hands him the key to his locker. ]

You can stop hiding behind me now...

[compendiem]

[ Yeah, and he's also dressed head to toe in blue, a fashion disaster. He gives Terry a little space once they're in the changing room, but not a lot, just enough to shove his clean clothes into the locker and look over at Terry to see what the etiquette is, is it full on nudity, what are they doing here ]

[overstrain]

[ Terry paid for the public bath portion (there's a hot springs option if it exists in Hirajiro), sauna, and a spa, so they'll have something like modesty towels in the bath and something like a bathrobe for the remaining two. He looks over at Minato after he puts his own clean clothes into the locker. ]

... What? You need something from me?

[compendiem]

No, I'm just... following your lead. With the underwear, and stuff.

[ Turn around and do your thing, Terry. Don't mind him. ]

[overstrain]

You've really never been to a public bathhouse before? I thought these things were common in Japan or something...

[ He's a foreigner, so maybe he has an excuse. ]

Anyway, we're going to the baths first, so you just take off your clothes and keep the towel around your waist. That's all.

[compendiem]

[ Minato shrugs. ]

Lived in a train all my life.

[ He's never been to Japan, presumably. Or if he did, he doesn't remember. Regardless, he can't really see himself going to places like this if he were living in a place that had them, not because he's self-conscious but because there's lots of people in a small space, and after pulling his clothes off and wrapping the towel around his waist, he goes back to standing behind Terry until he's ready to go too.

[overstrain]

[ By the time Minato is done, Terry is also finished and leads him to where the baths are. It's pretty spacious and it doesn't look like anyone is inside for once. Terry is amazed by the turn of events. ]

Oh right. We need to rinse first and then we get in.

[ He walks over to the washing area and grabs a hold of the showerhead. ]

Sit on the stool.

[compendiem]

[ Okay... Sure. Minato sits down on the stool as directed, but then holds his arms out to either side of him because the T-pose really is the best way to rinse and dry off. ]

[overstrain]

[ He adjusts the showerhead to medium strength and quick Minato a quick rinse. When he's done, he rinses himself off too, puts the showerhead back and walks over to the bath and just sinks in.

Blub blub...

ahhhh it feels so nice.

He totally ignored the initial hot temperature of the water too. ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato switches to a fire resistant Persona before lowering himself into the water, pulling his head under the surface first thing so that he's completely submerged before coming back up. It's pretty empty in here, though, so... he'll just stretch out and dead man's float on the water. ]

[overstrain]

[ Terry opens his eyes and he sees Minato floating like that. He's pretty sure Minato's not dead, so he'll slowly and carefully turn Minato over so that he can breathe and not facing the water. Not that the steam helps anyway. ]

Don't drown, Minato... We need you alive.

[compendiem]

No you don't...

[ Does Minato even need to breathe? I don't know. But being turned over and facing up means his face is cold now, worse with the way his face is flushed from being submerged in hot water, so he lets himself sink enough so that he can sit and let the water cover everything up to his ears. ]

[overstrain]

Yeah, I do. Souji does too. So don't drown.

[ He'll keep an eye on Minato though, but it's hard from how relaxing the bath is. ]

[compendiem]

I won't drown. I don't die that easily. I've already—

[ whatever, his words get lost as he slouches far enough to have his mouth submerged and nothing comes out but a couple of garbled words. His nose is still above water, he's fine, a bath is for sleeping and not talking, so maybe he'll feel up to it later.

It's nice. He could stay like this for the next few hours, and it's nice. ]

[overstrain]

[ Already what? Died? Made a demon contract to buy immortality? The possibilities are endless, but Terry shuts up, since he figures Minato is in one of those modes where he's not fit for conversation at the moment. That's fine... a bath is supposed to be relaxing, after all. Terry sits near Minato and looks at his own childlike body.

He's having some deep thoughts by himself. ]

[compendiem]

[ The answer is yes, and unless Terry wakes him up earlier, Minato's not going to wake up on his own accord until nightfall. ]

[overstrain]

[ An hour or so passes and Terry pinpoints the time. He had enough relaxation in the bath for now and he goes to lightly shake Minato by the shoulder. ]

Minato, come on. We need to get out of the bath. I bet your fingers are all pruney.

[compendiem]

[ Minato mumbles something, but instead of opening his eyes or waking up, he just lifts his hand out of the water and tries to smoosh it against Terry's face even if he's just blindly reaching. His fingers are all pruney. ]

[overstrain]

[ Minato... Terry sighs and just picks him up over his shoulder. Wow. Minato is soft...

...

Anyway.

He seats Minato on the bath stool again and rinses him off with warm water, does the same for him too, and picks him up again to carry him out of the bath so that they can get bathrobes. ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato is soft and the hot water has turned him into a boneless ragdoll cat, content to sit and let Terry position him and spray him off and everything, but he at least has the courtesy to walk once they're in robes. ]

Mm... That was nice. I don't think I'll come here ever again.