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Persona - The True Self

Shizuka Otonashi || Warakuma Recreational Center || May 31 SUN: Morning

Shizuka caught herself staring at Gen and his megane fanservice as he adjusted his glasses. _{Another person to add to her list of people she wants to help start cosplaying.} Before she was to be noticed by the other student, she shook her head slightly to bring her attention back to the bespectacled male. Chuckling slightly at the hesitant answer he gave, Shizuka replied, "I see. Well, I can assure you that they have one of the best facilities here in Warakuma. Very well maintained and easily accessible as well." While she spoke, she had thought of suggesting to let her accompany Gen to show him the facilities but then again, the raven haired female wasn't sure if he would appreciate it coming from a person he barely knew.

Not long after the end of her statement, Gen nodded towards a direction and mentioned a name she was familiar with. Thanks to her long bangs covering her eyes, other people could not see her gaze as easily, while it also caused her somewhat blindness or bad sight, she turned her eyes to see Masahide after a moment of staring through her bangs. Since Shizuka had seen him a couple of times in the past, she could recognize him much easier than previously but who was that person beside him....? Anywho, she slightly whispered back her reply to the classmate, "Oh! It seems so, but I'm not familiar with the accompanying person... I suppose at least offering a greeting would be polite. Let us approach them, Itoshi-san."

The upperclassman might have been busy with his plans with whoever the acquaintance was but Shizuka also wished to congratulate him for the midterms exam from the previous week. 'We'll try not to interrupt them for too long', she thought to herself as Masahide and the acquaintance were before her. "Good morning, Saji-senpai and to your acquaintance as well. This might be late but I've seen your name on the top students list on the midterms results last week so I just wanted to offer you a congratulations for your excellent score." As Shizuka said this, her tone of voice made it clear that she was genuine in her compliment, with a soft upward curve upon her lips.

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Nah, cause I'm working.

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Shizuka Otonashi || Warakuma Recreational Center || May 31 SUN: Morning

As Shizuka was wrapped up in her fondful memories, a familiar voice spoke to her which brought her back to her senses with the raising of her head towards the male who waved at her. To return the friendly gesture, the fellow classmate flashed a gentle smile as she bowed her head in a polite manner. "A pleasant morning to you, Itoshi-san. Quite unexpected, indeed, but I do come here occasionally to utilize the tennis and pool facilities. If I may ask, what brings you here?" She herself hadn't expected to find Gen here, mostly because of her perception of him as the studious type. Not like she was stereotyping him as the typical smart, bespectacled student.

While this might be one of the first times she spoke to Gen outside class activities, she wasn't as uncomfortable in speaking to him compared to a total stranger. One could tell from her volume of voice being a little louder and less stuttering.

At having midterms mentioned, the dark haired girl waved her hand in a negative gesture and quickly responded, "T-Thank you but you've done a lot better than I did, Itoshi-san. Congratulations for placing top 1 amongst our year level!" With her smile still present upon her lips, she slightly tilted her head to the side. "I'm doing alright, in fact, I feel refreshed from the swim just earlier. How about you?"

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Sipping green tea from a traditional tea cup, was Ren. It seemed as if he had blended in with the tea party, like there was nothing wrong with the scene of a tea party at the rooftop of a school. In contrast to the surprised reaction of the younger male, his features remained solemn as he parted his lips away from the tea cup to speak. "I see... An opportunity to learn one's family members to promote cooperation among them. ....Are we to provide our own needs? Or perhaps...," he trailed off and paused. Azure orbs which were once shut open themselves as he continued, "We collect them ourselves as we set up camp?" If this were a camping trip affiliated with mafia training, it would not come off as a surprise if the monk's response was the latter.

The butler who serves the Kanesada family approached the group with the young heir's order, boxes of Japanese sweets, such as red bean paste mochi, castella, and youkan, on his hands. They were placed atop the tea party table as he bowed and left their side. Ren, who enjoyed traditional Japanese things, picked up a plate of castella and forked a piece to put it in his mouth. The scenery of a western mixed Japanese tea party on a school rooftop was quite silly.

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Shizuka Otonashi || Warakuma Recreational Center || May 31 SUN: Morning

"Shirohane-senpai is absent..?"
"Yeah, looks like it. Strange for someone with same passion for plantation to skip out our club meeting. ... You don't think she quit, right Shizu?"
"I suppose not, it's Shirohane-senpai we're talking about."
"Gotta agree with ya there. I don't know why but I have a bad feeling about this.... "
"......?"

........ SPLASH. As if cutting through water, ripples formed around the speedy swimming figure. The still, sparkling, clear water was disturbed by the single figure as it traveled in a single line through meters of water. As the figure reached the other end of the pool, she tapped her hand atop the edge. Shizuka, the aforementioned swimmer, emerged out of the pool as water dripped down along her delicate, slender figure and her drenched, curly, dark hair was let down as it was released from the clutches of a hair tie. She was adorned with the simple, traditional, competitive swimming one-piece in a hue that matched her tresses but due to her average yet well balanced proportions, it complimented her features.

'It had been awhile since I've last indulged in any athletic activity...' The swimmer thought to herself, realizing that her usual balance between educational, athletic, artistic, and interest related activities was becoming off. She was lost in thought as she collected her hair together to squeeze out the excess water, her usual, hidden gaze being shown for once from having her overly long bangs out of the way. Hazel brown eyes sparkled from the moisture of the pool water. With her bangs out of the way and not being dressed in her colorful costumes, one would believe that she was just an average girl.

Having snapped back to reality, Shizuka's bare feet started stepping towards the locker room, to dress up back into her casual wear, now being summer themed. It consisted of a simple, strap sleeved yellow dress, mid length sleeved white cardigan, topping it off with a sunflower ornament headband. Since it was still too early for her part time job at the Star Drop Cafe, she decided to lounge around at the main lobby of the recreational center while properly arranging her curls.

The recreational center she was currently in was built as recent as few years back, due to the start of urbanizing of Warakuma, thanks to its urbanized neighbors. It consisted of some sports facilities such as the indoor courts, for tennis, badminton, basketball and the like, and a pool for swimming. It also consisted of other facilities such as a fitness gym and a yoga studio. There might have been more to it but Shizuka so far had only explored the swimming pool and the tennis court. One might think she was of an athletic build but really, her level was comparable to that of an average person. She only indulged in such activities for her fitness and it reminded her of the days she used to take classes for the two (and ballet) with her mother.

As she was reminiscing, a soft, gentle smile made its way on her lips as she sat down on one of the benches of the lobby.

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I meant Sen but well I thought you were backing him up lmao

Also ok time to write up possible magnet post. I was planning this ahead back then so Shizuka will probably head to cafe during halfway through 1st dungeon or beginning of 2nd dungeon. Senpai forgive me

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Wow was that sarcasm. Excuse u, people just happen to have these super keen eyes for details even with well done make up.

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Universal kidnap area for the future purseowners: Dark alleyways

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Shizuka Otonashi || Otonashi Tailors || May 23 SAT: After School

"I-I-I apologize! I-I didn't mean for it to sound in such a wa-way but it is also true that t-this is my first time doing any of these for someone else." Shizu's cheeks burned up as she bowed apologetically for the evident uncomfortableness of the upperclassman. At least she was able to finish it up quickly and put aside the awkward feeling.

Before the male left, Shizuka informed, "I'll have your costume done by next weekend! In the future, to make this convenient for you, just mail me your order in this mail address and I'll have it done on the weekend of that week. You can pay for it when you pick it up." She handed over a piece of paper with her mail address scribbled on it, before bidding Rui a farewell as she closed the shop with the staff.

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Shizuka Otonashi || Warakuma High || May 25 MON: After School

Classes were over with as Shizuka and her friends had small talks on the way out of their classrooms, to either head home or to their own clubs. Nozomi, as usual, scored pretty high, in contrast to Rinko, one of their friends, had a failing mark. An expression of dread was marked all over her face as she mumbled about what was she supposed to do when she had to tell her parents the result. Shizuka, on the other hand, scored a little higher than her usual average student score which she was glad about as she silently thanked the upperclassmen who had helped her over the past week.

Speaking of upperclassmen, while Shizuka was looking over at the score board this morning, she spotted several names she recognized on the top student lists, namely, Kotori, Masahide, Rui, Mako, and Sato. It was no wonder the help from those two upperclassmen were of good help, they were top students. Anyway, she figured some congratulating was appropriate the next time she saw them. Kotori, though, was someone she was able to see today. In fact, the freshman was heading towards the club room at that moment.

Once the door to the club room was slid open and her hidden gaze spotted the bespectacled student, the raven haired maiden parted her lips to speak, "A good day to you both. Ah, and congratulations on your perfect exam result, Shirohane-senpai!" Her voice was in was usual soft tone but one can tell that she was being sincere.

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Hohohohoho that was a pretty interesting intro to the arc. But yaaay the much awaited camping trip!