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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]

[ If it was bare feet, Minato might have kicked him, but he's decided to leave his shoes on in case of splinters this time.

He nods and hands the roll over after he wraps his foot ten times around with the tape. Probably didn't even need the belt, but it's extra insurance, like him taping their hands to the jump rope because if Minato falls, he's going to take Terry down with him. ]

[overstrain]

[ Minato just goes all the way when he can, huh... Terry looks at the belt log, which has been wrapped 10 times with duct tape. That's... so unnecessary. ]

Hold on, if the tape chunk is too wide, it might block off how water skis are supposed to go.

[ Does Terry know water physics? No. But after tying the cord tight, he'll apply some duct tape on that foot too. Not ten times, but... it's something. ]

At least, if you fall for some reason, you won't sink.

[compendiem]

Oh. Um...

[ Minato flops over onto his side so he can reach for the axe while keeping his feet still so he doesn't smack Terry in the face. ]

It won't fall apart 'cause it's sticky, so maybe you can use this to shave off the extra bits. Make it more aerodynamic, or something.

[ Just... imagine the wad of tape as more wood and chisel it down into the right shape and do your best not to chop off any toes ]

[overstrain]

[ UM...............

Terry looks so bewildered at the sight of the axe because of what Minato is asking him to do. ]

I can't do any shaving for anything with that huge axe!! Axes are made to chop stuff, not shave things!

[ AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa he'll just use his scissors instead. Yeah, those healing scissors. At least they still work like normal ones as he trims some of the tape off. ]

[compendiem]

[ He could hold the axe still and move Minato's foot up and down to shave the tape off! It made sense in Minato's head and he would have tried it if he were in Terry's shoes, but the scissors are a nice surprise and infinitely more practical. ]

Whoa. Fancy. I though you were more of a knife guy?

[overstrain]

... Yeah.

[ Terry huffs once he calms down. He puts them away in his pocket once he's done and helps Minato stand up. ]

It was passed onto me, so of course it doesn't suit me.

[compendiem]

[ It's really weird trying to walk with skis taped onto his feet and maybe they should have done this outside, but he takes a few test steps and he thinks he'll be able to manage until they find enough water. ]

What if you made one edge serrated? The outside, so the center can still snip. But you can stab and saw with it too.

[ Now that he thinks about it, scissors are superior than knives, aren't they? It's like two knives. ]

[overstrain]

Oh, uh... they're supposed to be used for healing the user, so making them serrated sounds really painful.

[ He doesn't want to stab himself with a serrated pair of scissors just to heal himself!! ]

Anyway, you can make a portal to the lake, right? So you won't have to walk that much with log feet.

[compendiem]

[ They're supposed to be for what?? Minato would question him on this, if he weren't also aware that he can shoot himself in the head with a gun and summon a Persona, so he can't talk about the unexpected utility of weapons. ]

I can make one to the closest building to the lake, sure, but not in the middle of nowhere or anything. I guess that'd be... The school? That's pretty close.

[ It may or may not be the closest building, but it's one that Minato knows well and doesn't have to think too hard on locations and things. ]

Let me go out first so I don't stab you in the back of the legs or something...

[overstrain]

[ If Minato asks, he can get a demonstration... Terry nods when he mentions the school. ]

I can carry you. Just don't kick me.

[ He grabs the other materials and is ready to pick him up. ]

[compendiem]

[ Oh, nice. Minato gets warnings but Kido doesn't.

He nods his promise not to kick, but doesn't do anything else but stand still because he's assuming Terry will just put him over his shoulder and walk out like that. ]

[overstrain]

[ Truthfully, he also likes seeing Kido's surprised face, so that might play a part...

Terry carries Minato longcat-style and walks out the portal. It's still raining and there's a good amount of water on the ground. He looks back at the school building before walking over to where the lake is. ]

[compendiem]

[ lmfao she would punch him if she knew

But it's true that Minato doesn't really react much, so he can be boring sometimes. He makes sure to keep relaxed and floppy, like a ragdoll cat, and lets Terry carry him all the way over to the lake with zero indication of wanting to stand on his own. It's nice being tall...

Since it's still pretty early on in the month, the lake hasn't flooded over yet, but the water from everywhere else in town is draining towards it, so Terry should watch his step. ]

So how does water skiing work? I just have to stand and try not to fall?

[overstrain]

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

[ It's time to stand on your own, Minato. They're at the edge of the lake and he gives him one end of the jump rope. ]

Hold onto it tightly, okay?

[compendiem]

[ No... Even Minato does not trust his grip, so he hands Terry the roll of tape. Wrap him up please. ]

[overstrain]

[ ...

Terry takes the duct tape and wraps his hand over the end of the jump rope. There. ]

Okay, ready now? Anything else you want to do?

[compendiem]

Everything's good on my end. Do you want me to tape your hand too? Otherwise we can go.

[ He's going to lock his knees the entire time so if they crash, he can shatter his kneecaps but at least his knees won't buckle and cause him to fall. ]

[overstrain]

[ Ahh. Nope. The jump rope is surprisingly longer than he thought, so he backs up as much as he can before running past Minato and leaps very far into the lake. His leap was pretty low but very far, and his main objective is to have Minato ski across the water in high speeds--and it's working! Zooooom. Off you go, Minato. ]

[compendiem]

[ Ohh, it's working!! Minato's lucky he's the sort of sloucher who leans back instead of forward or he might have immediately faceplanted the water, but leaning back— and he's got to work to keep it that way, or his arm will get ripped off— the skis skim the water without accidentally slipping under.

Does Terry jump towards the middle of the lake and this is going to end up with both of them underwater, or does his jump clear it completely... ]

[overstrain]

[ He jumped towards the middle of the lake, but he made sure to leap low so that he doesn't pull Minato underwater, because he absolutely cannot make it to the other end when his jump was too low. Instead, he starts swimming on the surface of the lake and kicking his feet and maximum speed and strength so he might as well be a motorboat himself. Minato doesn't have to sink underwater and the rest is smooth sailing... for the most part.

At least the water doesn't get splashed on Minato's face. ]

[compendiem]

[ Like a motorboat... This is exactly what Minato thought Terry would do and he's too late to tell him that it's a stupid idea, but Minato would have wanted to try it out anyways even it's stupid.

Nothing he can do about it now but to lean back and enjoy the ride until it's over. ]

[overstrain]

[ As long as Minato doesn't sink, it's all that matters to Terry. They eventually reach the end of the lake and Terry easily gets out of the water and steadies Minato on his... log shoes. ]

How was it?!

[compendiem]

It was very... whoosh.

[ That, and a vague hand gesture with the one that isn't taped to the jump rope. It was whoosh. That's what it felt like. He doesn't really know how to put into words the feeling of the wind rushing past his face, cool with the slight spray of water and with his bangs blown out of the way, it's like the world is so much more open— he can't see nor hear as well while going so fast, but it's very in the moment and that's also a rare feeling, to be present and aware and excited.

It's the feeling of being alive.

Whoosh. ]

[overstrain]

[ Terry achieved what he initially planned to do, or at least he thinks he did, by making Minato feel excitement that isn't related to the adrenaline you get when in combat. It's a great feeling--when you're alive, and maybe Minato will grow to like it, despite how exhausting it can feel after. ]

Very whoosh and exciting, right?!

[compendiem]

Yeah, it was. Want to ride with me?

[ He gestures down at his feet, by which he means Terry can stand on the skis, not take them, because Minato's not really sure how he's supposed to get his feet out of all of this later. ]