the_grid | Oh the weather outside is frightful...

[Mildly nonplussed, Yu looks up at the little plant dangling at a jaunty angle overhead - over more than one of his heads...?]

Well, this is new.

[But it's probably equally new to the guy he was about to pass by in this doorway, he figures. If he turns out hostile, so be it - although just from the way he's carrying himself, Yu thinks it's unlikely. In the meantime, he sees no reason to be anything less than conversational.]

Do you remember what plant this is? [Honest question, bro. For once in his life, it's just not coming to him.] I've seen it somewhere... I think it's poisonous.

[Okay he knows he should be panicking and honestly on the inside he is, but Souji keeps a firm face as he looks right back to...himself? Man talk about having one hell of an identity crisis. His eyes are grey too, so that means he's not a shadow. Does it mean he's the shadow? He doesn't feel particularly malicious, and a quick turn towards a window reveals that no, he's also fine.]

I'll say.

[Is this a trick? Izanami maybe? He only looks up at the plant when it's pointed up to him, frowning.]

That's mistletoe. It's a parasite that grows on other trees.

[He has the knowledge, he's going to use it...Which is great but that doesn't explain anything at all. He hasn't really studied the festivities outside of Japan, more confused as to why they can't move out of this area. The plant seems to be the issue.]

How long have you been here?

[Might as well figure out what's going on with this doppelganger.]

Oh yeah, mistletoe. That was the name.

[Hmm. Okay, it's always important to remember whether a plant is edible, but now he's racking his brain for anything else and still coming up short. Still, he can't see anything else obviously out of place around here, and the fact remains that he's stuck. They're stuck.

Experimentally, he looks down and tries to make a more deliberate movement with one of his feet (nope, no joy after a couple of seconds, not even a tiny bit of give), but his double interrupts the effort, and he looks back up again.]

I just walked in. We were supposed to meet up at the food court this morning...

[His expression is characteristically unruffled, but if you watch his eyes, he's clearly sizing up the other him - not necessarily in a suspicious way, just as a point of reference. Not a Shadow, unless he's hiding it incredibly well, and Yu wouldn't count that out completely these days... But lacking the headphone-looking things he's come to expect from the only realistically human robots he's ever seen, and far too perfect a copy to be just a long-lost twin.

He shakes his head.] The plant's the key, I'm sure of it. Do you think it's another illusion?

Could be.

[The question is how. And most importantly why.]

I was going to meet the others at the food court too...

[So there's a point of semblance to this madness, which doesn't answer much, but at least he knows there's a situation there...and suddenly he had a strange idea. It's probably stupid to ask, but part of him things that just assuming that this person is a doppelganger might be going in the wrong direction. Naoto would be proud of him for that one...]

What's your name?

[Despite the absurdity of the question, he stays perfectly emotionless.]

[Yu quirks an eyebrow at him, which probably means most people would by now be screaming and flailing in abject confusion.] Oh, sorry. Yu Narukami. [He dips into a very slight bow, because that's about all he has room for in this doorway unless he desperately wants to headbutt the other guy in the chest.] It's nice to meet you.

[He wonders what the rationale is in asking. Clearly there is one, but...]

[Hearing his double's name has confirmed what he had suspected, although he has no idea what the changes. Could a name difference really mean anything?]

Nice to meet you, Yu. [When it's his turn to take a small bow, although he seems to be flinching slightly for some reason.] Y-yeah my name is...[he rubs the back of his neck, eyes darting to the ground.]

...it's Thor Thunderballs.

[Yeaaaah, that was a riot when he introduced himself in school last year. Thanks mom, dad.]

[This, on the other hand? This is an absolutely flawless and unmoving protagonist face.]

That's an unusual name. Are you an overseas transfer student? [Because the accent could have fooled him!]

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Japanese.

[Sigh. He was born here, and he speaks Japanese. Granted it's not always enough for everyone but it is his native country.]

My parents are both entertainers. They left me with my uncle to go preform overseas so I wouldn't have to learn a new school system.

[The life of Thor Thunderballs, son of James and Domino Thunderball]

I... see. [All right, not quite flawless. After a second, though, he manages a small but genuinely sympathetic smile.] That must be tough.

[Besides, even if he made a big deal of it, he'd still be stuck here. Speaking of which... as he glances up at the innocuous little plant again, an idea begins to form...

He rubs the back of his neck.] Well, I hate to be the one to broach the subject, but we both have places to go, and I think we both know there's only one way out of this...

[And something loud and metallic scrapes behind the back of his neck, as his hand clamps down on a familiar handle.]

We'll have to cut it down.

[(You didn't see it before? Well, he is in his uniform.)]

Good idea.

[Oh no,no, he saw it before, he just didn't ask why exactly it was there. He figured his (alternate?) other self had his reasons. For his part, he takes out...a....cane...from out of his right sleeve.

Okay what.]

[Yu's expression has gone back to not flickering in the slightest.] That doesn't look very sharp.

[Then again, he also has a bass guitar, a reindeer outfit and three large fish hidden under his uniform, all of which he's saving for an emergency, so maybe it's along those lines. In any case, it's not important.]

But if we're going to do it together... Let's do it on the count of three.

[What do you mean, not enough room to swing a cat in this doorway? What kind of heartless soul would go around swinging cats? This is a sword.]

One, two... three!

[Yosuke wasn't exactly sure there was a better way to spend his Sunday evenings than to visit his best friend over at his house after a long day of work at Junes. He was thankful his dad wasn't going to make him work late on his one day off of school during the week, and so he headed straight over to Yu's house - after giving him a quick and messy text message to make sure it was alright, of course. He wasn't about to step all over his toes or anything, and it would've sucked to show up only to find out that he was off doing some part time job anyway.

When he shows up at the front door, yellow bike set up off to the side against the house, Yosuke rings the doorbell and waits for his friend to answer, shivering a little against the cold.

He doesn't immediately notice the freaky plant growing over the doorway until Yu actually opens up the front door, jiggling the vines a little and making it catch his eye.]

Hey man! Uh... [His eyes turn up towards the plant, brows furrowing in concern.] Does Dojima-san know there's some weird thing growing over your house? What the hell kind of plant grows this time of year??

[In all honesty, Yu had been planning to spend the night studying and reading books to concentrate on his grades, now that most of their fight had been over. With Nanako and Dojima still in the hospital, the house had felt empty.

Which is why the company would certainly be appreciated. He had a feeling Yosuke probably wasn't going to take this as a study session, however. Good thing he still had his old gaming system plugged in for the occasion.

When Yosuke mentions the vines, he grabs some of of them that were hanging across the door, turning them around. He's seen them in one of his books, he's fairly certain.]

That's strange. I don't remember these yesterday...

[Had they grown in less than a day? That could be an issue.]

I'll take care of them later. Come in before it gets too cold.

I dunno, we've been so concerned with basically everything else lately, plus the holiday coming up... maybe you just missed it?

[Yosuke reaches up to plurk a small sprig within reach, which had some of the white berries attached to it.]

... Huh, almost seems edible. As if I'm gonna eat something off of your roof though, hahaha. I'm not Teddie!

[He tries to take a step inside upon Yu's insistence, only to discover...]

[His feet are stuck in place. Looking down at his boots, he tries with all his might to lift his legs and move forward, but he's frozen in his spot.]

Wh-what the hell?! Did you make the porch step out of wet cement or something?? I can't move! [He tries again, harder than his preview tries, and ends up almost falling forward, feet still trapped.]

I'm serious, partner, my legs are stuck!!

[The good news is that Yu couldn't really have reprimanded him, unless he wanted to be a hypocrite. Nevertheless, he was glad when Yosuke didn't venture it, considering all the risks that were involved.]

Lemme look it up first.

[Or at least he would have until he sees his partner can't even get through the door. Either Yosuke's been secretly learning some extremely believable improvisation techniques, or there's something at work here that neither can explain. First these plants, now he's just stuck there?]

Yosuke! Grab my arm!

[Maybe he can at least push him in by holding on to his side of the door's wall.]

[You are way too committed to eating weird shit, dude.

That being said, the joke about eating the dumb plant is all but forgotten as the panic of being trapped settles in. Yoskue grabs a hold of Yu's arm tight with both of his own and tries to move himself forward, but it's actually hurting his legs to pull against his feet, as if he were fettered down by some invisible shackles.]

Shit, I'm really stuck! Is some kind of bullshit magic going on here?? You know, not that I'd typically believe that junk, but after this year, I think I'll believe anything. Try pulling as hard as you can, okay?

[Can't stop. Won't stop.

The fact that this isn't helping the situation is making him worry, and Yu frowns as he pulls with all his might to drag him in, before realizing it's like trying to move someone stuck in cement. For all his strength, this isn't getting them anywhere and he has a feeling even Kanji couldn't do anything at this point.]

Not working. But why here?

[The case was over, right? They'd beaten Ameno-sagiri. He'll need to go outside and see the problem for himself, but he realizes he's not dressed enough for that...and it looks like this might take a small while.]

Gimme a minute.

[He's say 'wait here' but it's not like you've got much choice there. Yu slams the door before running upstairs to grab some coats.]

Ow ow!! Damnit!

[Okay that was really starting to pull on his ankles now, he felt like they were going to dislocate before his feet were going to get unstuck from where they were. What in the world??

Before he can even react or try to think of any sort of rationalization, though, Yu is turning around and leaving.]

D-dude where are you--

[And door slam.]

...........

[Suddenly the door opens again, and Yosuke gets a faceful of old Dojima coat and a scarf.]

Here.

[Then he puts on his own coat and walks out to get a better look, closing the door behind him. As his gaze turns upwards, he realizes just how much of an infestation this is.]

...I think this is mistletoe. Usually they grow in trees in Europe and America.

[Guess who was also taken that time away from the door to quickly looked that up.]

It's poisonous.

[IN CASE. YOU WERE. YOU KNOW. WONDERING. ABOUT EATING IT.]

Huh...? Oh...

[Yosuke gives a bit of a weird look at the scarf and coat. He had his own jacket on but he hadn't been expecting to stay outside that long, and despite its looks it wasn't really all that warm. It must have looked obvious that he was getting cold...

After a moment he takes the coat first, slipping the ginormous heavy thing over himself, before he wraps the scarf around his neck. The scarf smells like cigarette smoke, which is how he figures out who this stuff belonged to. Yuck... At least it was warm.]

Mistletoe? Err... you know I was kidding about eating it, right? Seriously though, what kind of plant grows edible looking berries that could kill you?? Also why the hell is it growing here??

No idea. Maybe something in the garden is--

[As he tries to go around the house to get a better look, Yu stops mid-sentence when he realizes that he's now stuck to the front entrance as much as Yosuke is. Now it's his turn to panic, at least a little more than usual.]

I can't move either...

[This may be a problem.]

Yu Narukami / Souji Seta | Persona 4

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fucking reteconning the only time I wrote it in previous tags

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the perfect way to start winter break??

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