A Machine's Maddening Machinations [Frog] [Afternoon]

It was... Frog? Huh. "Hey Frogerio." He greeted simply. "...What? Sele- look, just don't, alright? I've been having a shite time trying to get something to come out of this god-forsaken claw machine legitimately, and if things get any worse I'm going to short circuit!"


Once again he lined up the claw, waited for it to stop dangling, and let it drop. Once again it grabbed a toy, and once again the toy fell off just before it reached the drop point. Selenus stood there, looking in disbelief as he, state of the art technology, had been repeatedly defeated by a machine with an 8-bit processor. In a fit of rage, Selenus smashed the glass with his tail and retrieved the toy he was aiming for with his own claw.

"So, what brings you here?" Selenus asked like he hadn't just caused severe damage to property.

Selenus looked Frogerio dead in the eyes. "No reason. No reason at all." He claimed; then after roughly six seconds of awkward absolute silence: "It's for a friend." More silence... "Alright, it's for my contractor." And after one final bout of silence... "...A little girl is my contractor." If Frog found his hissyfit at being rekt defeated by a claw machine funny, Selenus dreaded to think what he'd think of the fact that he was basically working for a fourteen year old girl.

"If I'm a wuss then what does the fact that I could cut you down in a second make you?" Selenus asked with a hin of annoyance in his voice. "Not that I would; Unlike you, I actually have decency." He commented half-teasingly. He didn't dislike Frogerio's presence, but he did dislike his bravado.

"She's giving me a place to stay, and in return in keeping her safe from danger. She scratches my back, I scratch hers." Not entirely untrue... "She's an idol, as a matter of fact. Not sure if her real name is known by the public, so I'm just gonna tell you that she's part of the idol group Trinity. She's... fourteen, if I'm not mistaken."

"I'd rather not contaminate my tail with the seventy million different venereal diseases your skin carries, thank you very much." Selenus quipped, his tone merry so Frog would definitely know that he was fully joking this time around. "Shouldn't you be at school? I mean, I know you're gonna end up working at McDonalds for the rest of your life either way, but it'd be nice if you at least tried."


"Hold this, please." Selenus said as he extended his tail over himself and deposited the stuffed toy on Frog's hands. It was an adorable yet slightly creepy plush of a purple bunny with a red bow-tie and a guitar. The robo-wolf would disconnect the claw machine from his barrel as soon as he noticed it wasn't going to be working again any time soon, then retrieved the toy from Frog's hands. "To be completely honest, I'm not really sure if this was the best choice of prize. It's... oddly disturbing... think I should get a different one?"

Wait, school was over? Selenus checked the clock in his main CPU and saw that, indeed, it was well past what time he thought it was. "Crap... I'm behind schedule. There's something I need to do tonight... that I can't talk about, but I need to find repairs before it happens. I've been looking for this one damn bar a roboticist works at for so long that I lost track of time." Indeed, the gigantic shopping mall was like a maze; Traversing it was quite the strange journey.


Catching the toy in his tailclaw, Selenus would give it another look-over as Frog complemented its aesthetic value. "She is the appreciative type, but what I'm trying to do here isn't appreciation: It's about finding another way of saying "Thank you". And I'm not "Hers", I'm just her bodyguard." Selenus would put the toy on his back and grab the velvet-covered key around his neck by the string it was attached to, then would proceed to spin it in little circles in the air. He saw no harm in letting Frog see the key; Not to be rude, but there was no way this guy had had the same dream, considering what one needed to have achieved before having said dream.


[OOC: Get. The. Hint?]

Of course Frog would be a Persona User. Why wouldn't he be? Fate seemed to lock Selenus up with the weirdest of teammates all the time anyway. A slight mixture of annoyance and stupor in his voice, he whispered back."I'd love to, but I need to get a few things done before I can actually head down there. For all we know The Phantom's gonna test us again with more demons, and I seriously don't wanna have another face-off in this miserable state of repair. You saw earlier how bad it is."

Wait... if Frog was going to be taking action as well, then that would mean that he'd most likely be around him a lot more, which in turn would make it highly likely that he'd pry into his business. He hadn't even decided if he wanted to keep up with the vigilante shit after awakening! How was he supposed to work with this?!

Seeing an opportunity to throw him off until he straightened things out, Selenus took it. "I suppose there's no point in keeping the "government robot on secret mission" act up any longer, eh? I was hoping it'd seem phony enough to deter you, but it appears fate just won't have it. Just make sure not to blame me if demons end up treating your nether regions like a state fair."

If Selenus had fascial muscles, his eye would twitch. "For the last time, she's not my master! She's a contractor! I'd charge her money, but what I need the most right now is shelter, and without accepting it as a form of payment there's no way I'll be getting a decent one. Not while I have this physical appearance, anyway." Not entirely false either, but not entirely true: Selenus wouldn't have the nerve to charge a friend money for a simple service. Not like he needed money for much to begin with.

Well... that wasn't exactly what Selenus was expecting, but it achieved what he was going for anyway. Mission accomplished...? Audible question mark?

And just when he thought Frog couldn't get any cockier, he made a comment about no demon being able to stand up to him. "Listen, Frog. I'm gonna say this only for your own good: Do not underestimate the demons. I was there when the Eternal Divide took place; I've seen what they can do and how ruthlessly they can do it. I saw a single demon eat away at a mass of people like an ice-cream sandwich, with no semblance of regard for age, race, gender, or anything. I've seen innocent people pay the consequences for the carelessnes of a Psyche Terrorist, even if his intentions were far from twisted, and I know first-hand how horribly the government's going to treat you if they get their hands on you. As a matter of fact, I've also seen a Persona trying to kill its own god damned user, so you can't even rely too much on your own power!"

Looking Frog straight in the eyes, Selenus finished his thought with a tone of seriousness that he'd never before mustered.