First day of Liminal

[rustyhonesty]

I'm not very familiar with Trump symbolism, so I was wondering about something. I ended up with a tattoo with arrows and hearts. I'm guessing that's Lovers, but the arrows just confused me a bit.

[He doesn't sound really annoyed. Granted, he's not very happy either, but he doesn't feel like making a big fuss over a sudden mystery tattoo.]

I mean, there was that woman who kept saying how she loved love and weddings... so that would make most sense, right?

[There is, however, something he's annoyed about.]

Also, tossing me right into a section of romance novels with the theme unrequited love is a low blow, whoever decides that.

Comments

[seestheworld]

They're probably meant to symbolize Cupid's Arrows. He's a god of desire in Greco-Roman mythology; his arrows induce it in whoever they hit.

And yeah - that was Lovers. Her "official" Jaunt was a while back.

[rustyhonesty]

... that's a new way of using arrows.

[He's used to them being deadly and not anything related to desire. Some mythology stuff sure was weird.]

I guess it made sense for her to be at a wedding. Though if it wasn't an "official" jaunt... is that why she kept saying she shouldn't be doing what she did?

[seestheworld]

I think the idea is that "love wounds." That and his father may or may not be the god of war, depending on which source you're reading.

Yeah, she snuck in. Using the last name "Arrows," no less.

[shiroganeheir]

I found myself in the section dedicated to weddings. I was not amused either.

Are you alright? Do you want to talk about anything?

[There's deep concern in her mental voice.]

[fridgeninja]

I didn't check the books right away. I wonder where I showed up...

[shiroganeheir]

Cats, perhaps?

[rustyhonesty]

What a great start to the Liminal we had, huh?

I think I'll be fine... but it would be nice to talk with you. You sound like you wouldn't mind it either.

[shiroganeheir]

Quite. At least it wasn't far to things I actually would like to read about.

[Like crime. Naoto's reading materials are sometimes questionable.]

That sounds good. Where would you like to meet? I can... attempt to find my way around.

[fridgeninja]

I'm not sure they choose that kind of thing consciously, if that helps.

[rustyhonesty]

I'm not sure if that makes it any better, to be honest.

[fridgeninja]

Mm. I guess not. It's no good if we think about it as being your fault, either.

[thornsofmalkav]

What Minako said.

But hey. It could be worse. You could have Jules' masterpiece.

[rustyhonesty]

Yeah, at least my tattoo doesn't reach my butt.

[thornsofmalkav]

I think the operative word here is 'tail' actually.

[senpaidol]

Was that the lady officiating the wedding? I thought she sounded kinda suspicious once we got back here...

[rustyhonesty]

That's the one, yeah. She was very full of loving love and even went as far as talking about the couple she noticed.

[senpaidol]

Er...which couple was that?

[private, psychic protection 1]

[fridgeninja]

... you didn't get marked, did you?

Also, have you had dinner yet?

[senpaidol]

Nope, I'm still okay for swimsuit modeling, as far as I can tell. She just wanted to talk.

[She's really glad she's picked up enough Liminal Manipulation to make a temporary mirror.]

And no. I wanted to talk to you and Naoto-kun before I went and crashed Aiya like I usually do.

[leftbehindagain]

I take it you bumped into the crash-officiant.

[rustyhonesty]

Apparently. I can now officially say that I've danced with a trump.

[leftbehindagain]

Congratulations, I guess?

You might be the first of us to get marked by the same Trump as their Persona's arcana. Then again, you didn't come in with one.

[bite_the_hand]

One of them Marked you!? That fucking bastard! How dare they!? We're not some herd of cattle to be branded!

[Not only does his voice have that dangerous tone to it that he only gets when he's furious to the point of wanting to seriously hurt something or someone, that last bit is punctuated by the sound of his fist slamming into a wall.]

[rustyhonesty]

[Well someone's angry about this for him. Jean's been too bothered by his personal issues to think about being marked too much. Or what that implies.

Though it's funny. Jean's almost happy Eren would react this way about something like this that involves him. It makes him feel like he belongs. After a year of hardships, he can finally think he belongs.

It's hard for him to be angry, thinking like this.]

Calm down, Eren. The mark's there and there's nothing either of us can do about now... and as far as I can see, nothing's changed. I don't feel like I need to carry out a message about love being the best thing ever.

[bite_the_hand]

[If someone had asked Eren a year ago if he thought Jean could ever be a member of the select group of people Eren considers close friends, he would have called them an idiot. But this is one thing he's glad to have been wrong about.]

How can I be calm when one of those-! [He suddenly cuts himself off, before mumbling something about needing to keep a promise. There's another loud bang, and another, followed by a different kind of sound that is suspiciously reminiscent of a table being flipped over. A long, frustrated sigh serves as a signal that he's calmed down enough to talk again. ...Mostly.]

They don't seem to do anything, but that's not the point, dammit! [Another pause as he takes several deep breaths to finish calming down. ...And once he does a teasing note creeps into his voice. These two have always had a rather unique way of dealing with things, and that much hasn't changed. The jabs at each other are just a lot more good-natured now.] It's a good thing you don't feel that way. You're annoying enough already.