A Canine's Canvas [Selenus]

Selenus had anticipated a variety of possible reactions from Miyuki to him literally baring his persona to her, but the reaction she actually gave was not in the list of reactions he expected: She started laughing. The pure anarchistic glee in her voice was demon-like and intimidating, but Selenus shrugged it off as an unpleasant habit. "Terrorist is such a stigmatizing word. I prefer to leave it at Persona User." He didn't exactly consider himself a terrorist, and whatever the government insisted he was was of no interest to him.

As Miyuki paced in circles around him, Selenus noticed that Miyuki was not in the slightest afraid of him. Not that he was complaining of course, he didn't want to be feared by friends - in fact, Selenus showed her his Persona because he doubted she'd be terrified of it - but the complete lack of fear was what bothered him here. Though he wasn't looking forward to it, he expected some apprehensiveness from Miyuki, even if just a little bit. For now, he'd simply write it off as Miyuki, seeming to have a tendency of siding with terrorists, slightly identified as one and thus wasn't afraid of them.

Fenrir, on the other hand, was mildly dissapointed. Fenrir represented the part of Selenus that secretly wanted to be feared and respected as the weapon made solely for destruction that he was, and for a teenage girl to not even let out an "eep" as a reaction to his presence... was not a soft blow for the big guy's pride or his temper. Selenus decided that it was in everybody's best interest to put Fenrir away before his anger got the better of him (If it could even act independently. He seriously needed to start asking follow-up questions.). Thusly, Selenus dismissed Fenrir with a nod of the head, who promptly vanished in a dark cloud of black, lightless fire.


Selenus's voice would switch to a stern, more serious tone. Letting their anger out and pretending to be madmen was fun, but now it was time for real talk. "I'm not going to ask you to let me carry out your dream for you, because I wouldn't be able to do that alone. And I'm not going to ask you to join me, either; Being a Persona User isn't exactly the world's most pleasant thing. Not one of the other Persona Users I know wanted or asked for this. We have only what was stolen from us to win back, and everything to lose." He didn't really know that many other Persona Uers yet, but the point still stood. "What I want you to is help me stay informed."

He would look Miyuki straight in the eyes as he continued. "You want to change Endymion, right? So do I. I have the power to do it, but I'm in the dark here." Miyuki could probably see already where this was going. "You live with cadets, and if the subtext you gave out during our first meeting is any indication, I would imagine that you know a few people who themselves know about subjects that might help me. I, no, WE are going to need every last ounce of useful information we can get our hands on if we want to do this, no matter how trivial it may seem. If we're being targeted, or there's a place and a time where there'll be lots of Cadets, or if there's any people with the potential who we dont know, we're going to want to know."

When the Persona disappeared, Miyuki would gradually begin to calm down a bit, although that same look still remained on her face. She stopped pacing and stood still leaning up against the wall with the gigantic green frog plastered on it. Then Selenus started to talk and her smile would wane a little. He was asking her to help? What use could she even be in overthrowing Isla? Was a sixteen year old highschooler really going to make that much of a difference? "I wouldn't say you have everything to lose. I can't speak for any comrades-in-arms you might have, but you don't seem to have much left to be taken, besides your chains that is. Hiding in the shadows away from prying eyes isn't much of a life to hold onto." A contemplative glimmer flashed through her eyes and she paused to think about the offer. It was tempting to just laugh it off and walk away, but...


"I don't know what you're expecting out of me, but lower those standards. I'm not gonna be able to get you secret Cadet plans that only they'd know about or anything like that, but I can share with you anything interesting I stumble across. My status as a member of the Media Sorority gives me an alibi for snooping and being a part of a family of Cadets will remove some suspicion from me even if I don't come across as the most trustworthy person, so I can probably get you more info at less of a risk than any of my peers could. There's one condition though Selenus..."

Her hand reached down to her pocket and pulled out the phone from their first encounter. Miyuki would engage in a series of swipes and taps directed at the screen, remaining silent all the while, until she finally found what she was looking for and would lower the phone to the canine's face. He'd see a picture of a family, no more than four, with what was clearly Miyuki in the middle. She'd point to two of the faces, one a somber-looking man and the other a tall woman in glasses, before putting her phone to sleep via a button in the center and putting it back away.

"Those two are my sister Achelle and my father Alexesei respectively. They're both Cadets and you and your 'Persona User' buddies won't be bringing any kind of serious harm to them, understood? If you cross paths with them then you won't kill them and you'll stop anyone that tries. Otherwise, you can count me out, AND..."

...Blackmail? Really? Did Miyuki feel like it was necessary to keep him at metaphorical gunpoint to be able to cooperate? That was ildly discouraging. Sure, telling anyone you're a terrorist is bound to lower their trust in you by at least some ammount, but he truly felt like Miyuki would be above blackmailing him. "Yo, what?" Selenus was honestly confused. "Look, if it'll make you feel secure, then sure, I promise that if we cross paths with your sister or father, we won't kill them. I'll make sure that the most we do is shake them off or, if worst comes to worst, knock them out without leaving any permanent damage and leave them alone afterwards." It's not like he was in any position to deny, anyway.

After the tension died down, Selenus would return to his friendly, joking attitude. Checking the time in his internal clock, Selenus realized it was about time to go. "Alright, Miyuki, it's good to know I can trust you. There are way too many people who doubt us instinctively." That reminded him of something... "For example, I've seen way too many people on the internet who were trying to insist that the attack on Suzie Q was some sort of terrorist conspiracy. One of them was also trying to force a meme about a sheep, but... that's a story for another time." He was getting really off topic now. He just felt like mentioning it. It was funny, and he thought Miyuki would appreciate meme-related shenanigans. "But I digress. I have to go now, Miyuki. I'll see you around." And without another word, Selenus would disappear into the shadows.

Miyuki would exchange contact information with Selenus following that assuming it was alright with him (namely phone numbers and the sort). She was about to announce her departure and head out, but the robotic entity's next words caught her attention... He was talking about her, wasn't he? A sly smirk spread across her face, but she kept quiet until the dog began to walk away and said goodbye. Then, her grin growing tenfold in size, Miyuki would call out to him, "See you later, Dog of Wisdom!"

She didn't bother to check if he had heard her. If he looked back then he'd see she saw already gone along with the empty spray paint cans that had previously littered the area. All that was left in the vacant alleyway was the graffiti they had sprayed over the walls.

Though Selenus didn't have a phone to speak of, he did have a radio that could recieve phone calls and an inner cpu that could send and recieve text messages. After giving Miyuki instructions to contact both of these and recieving her phone number and whatnot, he'd resume his exit from the "scene of the crime" as it were.

...Or at least he'd try to until Miyuki called him by his internet handle. Quickly turning around in confusion, Selenus would find that Miyuki was nowhere to be seen. It was then that realization hit him.