Fifth

[akapeanut]

[Considering the whole non-permanence of death thing, not to mention the closets, George isn't too worried about her track record with pets. And after all, she kept her frog for a long time! Like, two years!

It might be that overconfidence that made fate decide to fuck with her, though.]

Hey. Uh, if anybody finds a yellowish-orangeish frog about [She gestures.] this big? That's, uh, mine. So if you can just put him in a box or something, I'll come get him.

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[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had one back home. Same color too.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[How interesting. At least having reminders of home was nice.]

Should I ask you in turn if you're into frogs then?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[She snorts.]

Not exactly. But he's the only pet I kept for longer than...well, I kept him the longest.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[That phrasing inevitably leads to the following question:]

... How long did you keep him?

[Or manage to keep him? Should he even ask about other pets she might have kept?]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Uh. About two years.

[That makes her sound good, right?]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato's never really had a pet, save for maybe Koromaru, but does he really count? But two years for someone who is only 17 years old could be construed as long-ish, perhaps.]

That's not bad. You got another one after it?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Well, I still had Frog A before I came here. So I guess Frog B is just a replacement.

[Pause.]

That sounds mean though.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato gently shook his head.]

It's okay, you didn't know you were coming here either.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Then I totally would've grabbed him first.

[Sarcasm.]

Having something from back home is nice, though. I guess the whole waffle house thing made me seem like that kind of sap already anyway, but it's true.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato smiled a little again, understanding that.]

I think it's still okay. Home is where we should be.

[Should, although maybe not necessarily want to be.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

I guess.

[She glances at him, suddenly wondering something.]

So you and Souji...come from the same place?

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Wow, that's a question he didn't expect. But no reason to lie.]

Same country. Different cities. Two years apart.

[... It was better than answering "yes" and leaving it way too vague. It also then answered the question of being from the same world.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Right.

[She'd ask if he has the same powers as Souji, but she'd rather keep a limit on the number of people who know she's a reaper.

So she'll just assume he can.]

I'm American. Seattle.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato smiled a little. He always did like hearing about other worlds, or in this case now, other countries.]

... What's America like?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Boring as fu--

[Was that a ribbit?]

Did you hear that?

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato nodded. He stayed quiet and didn't walk any further until they were sure they heard it again.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[George looks around slowly and-- there! Under that end table thingy!]

Okay, here, take this.

[She hands him the terrarium and starts creeping towards her frog.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato did as he was told and held onto the terrarium. She knew more about frogs than he did, so he stayed out of her way, though he did hope that it didn't hop out of sight.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[Aaaaand she springs forward, arms out stretched to grab the frog out from under the table. Unfortunately, he hops away at the last minute and she, startled, slams headfirst into the table.]

Motherfucker.

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato stepped closer to her.]

... Are you okay?

[That did look painful.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[Shitshitshit she doesn't know if she's okay.

Her hand flies up to her forehead, and, sure enough, she's bleeding pretty heavily. She...probably cracked her skull. At the very least she would need stitches. "Would" because undead people heal remarkably fast.

Fuck what is she going to do.

She presses her hand more securely to her forehead and decides on the one thing she can do: catch that fucking frog.]

I'm fine. Hang on.

[And, reaching out with her free hand, she dives around the table and pins the frog to the floor.]

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Not good. Okay, so. Minato set the terrarium on the floor where she was and opened it up for her.]

Save it, if you can. I can heal you.

[Thankfully no one else was around. And he couldn't just let her or anyone bleed like that. He brought the Evoker out of his holster, held it to his head, and after the sound of a gunshot, summoned Messiah to heal her of her injury.]

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[..........

That is very different from Souji's thing.

She sets the frog inside and closes the top. After a moment's hesitation, she touches where her wound had been. It was still sticky with blood, but the gash was gone.]

...Did you just kill yourself for me?

[jivitadana.livejournal.com]

[Minato shook his head and his Persona had disappeared.]

It's not a real gun, only a summoning device.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Oh. So you are like...

[She hesitates. Maybe he doesn't know. She'd feel like shit if she went spreading Souji's secrets around after asking him to keep hers.]

I've seen someone else do something like that.