Sometimes, you look back and are surprised by how wary you used to be of Mitsuru-san. Yes, she can be scary sometimes, but it's almost always been on the behalf of someone she cares about... usually to keep them from doing something stupid. Or to reprimand them from doing something stupid. Or... come to think of it, Akihiko-san and Shinjiro-san do a lot of stupid things.
So. It's taken her a while to get past the use of intimidation to solve her problems. But she's not upset with you all that option, if only because you take various poor decisions as an example of what not to do, and now you can sometimes forget that she can turn the whole building into a winter wonderland.
My spending at least six years with her for a legal guardian probably helped with that.
Of course, there are a number of subjects that she can be... touchy, about. Generally involving near-death experiences, shorted-out electronics, and, these days, anything to do with Shuji Ikutsuki. And you're about to bring some of that up, because none of you actually believe you'd ever be able to live here without Ikutsuki's intervention.
I still maintain that that's the best thing he ever did for us.
You suppose even an evil mastermind would end up doing the right thing by accident, on occasion.
Approaching Mitsuru-san no longer makes you as nervous as it would have, a long time ago. And that's good, because otherwise, you would never have had the courage to bring up this topic. "Mitsuru-san, I... I want to talk about what happened last week."
Mitsuru-san blinks, and pushes the paper she was working on to the side. This might actually be the first time you've seen her outright stop working for anything you had to say. "Go on."
"I... think I might need therapy." It hurts to admit it, because you thought you'd actually been handling things pretty well... but given how, for a while, you weren't really handling them at all, maybe you just needed a less relative measurement. "Last week, when Makoto-san lost control of his Persona... It was too much like what happened to Mom. Like... like it was happening again, only I could do something about it this time, and... And then I attacked Makoto-san, and I really wish I hadn't, but I wasn't..."
"You weren't thinking clearly," She finishes, and you notice that she doesn't really sound surprised by this. "By the end of the night, Takeba was the only one on the roof who was, and she is probably going to ask the reason for that as soon as everyone is accounted for." You think she might be trying to warn you. Maybe.
For someone whose powers include communicating with people, Mitsuru-san isn't all that great at it.
"I... was thinking that," You agree. It seems reasonable, as long as Shinjiro-san's okay with it. You should probably talk to him about that ahead of time, actually... "I mean, I'll have to tell Makoto-san that I wasn't really mad at him, so much as everything else, but. That comes later." Once you can think of the words, once you'll only have to say it one time... also, once he's conscious. That's sort of important. "But... yeah. I probably need therapy. I don't know if that's really possible, but... if it could help me not repeat that..." If it could help you change. If it could make you not be that person anymore. "...I think it'd be worth it."
You don't get your answer right away. The silence hangs in the air long enough for you to think that Mitsuru-san might not even have one.
Eventually, though, she responds. "That... I might be able to arrange it. There is a therapist in the city who is a Persona User, she's been working with Shinjiro, so you wouldn't have to worry too much about being believed. And, of course, money wouldn't be any issue. But..."
"...You'd need someone to sign something, wouldn't you?" And, of course, you have no idea who your legal guardian is. If you have one. For all you know, Ikutsuki could have somehow managed to place you in the elementary school dorms anyone even thought to try and figure that out. And if he could, it wouldn't surprise you at all if he did.
"I'd have to look and see who it is, but... yes. If it's the chairman, I might have to learn how to forge his signature." You wonder if she'd actually try asking him to sign things nicely first, or if she'd just jump straight to forgery. As this point, neither of them would come as a surprise.
We probably shouldn't ask. Plausible deniability, and all.
Still, it sounds like she's actually going to try and help. You didn't think there was much chance that she wouldn't, but it's nice to see your faith in her has not been misplaced.
During the Dark Hour on Saturday, a teenager with a baseball cap was dragged to the dorm by one of his classmates, who then apparently abandoned him. He was very confused by the whole thing, but once he realized that, as a Gekkoukan student who experiences the Dark Hour, he has reason to be allowed to live here, he was far too quick to claim a room for himself.
I'm not the only one wondering why Mitsuru-san had the papers he needed to move in on hand, right?
Given how his first impression of the place involved a room where most of the furniture has had to be removed, and the new carpet still hasn't gotten in yet, this is probably something to be worried about.
So. Yeah. Junpei Iori lives here now, and he seems familiar for some reason, but you just can't place... oh. He's in one of the pictures. And you think he had something to do with Chidori-san. Who you haven't seen since the fire.
...You're just going to ignore that and try focusing on something else. It'll be simpler that way. (Pick up to three.)
[ ] Spend time with friends.
-[ ] Maiko and Akira.
-[ ] Kyouma.
-[ ] Shinjiro-san and Koromaru. (+Diligence)
-[ ] Akihiko-san and Mitsuru-san.
-[ ] Yukari-san.
-[ ] Morgana.
[ ] Practice Channeling (+Knowledge)
-[ ] Hama
-[ ] Kouha
-[ ] Zio
[ ] Honestly, you should probably get to know Junpei-san... even if neither of you know why he's here. (+Expression)
[ ] Talk to your classmates. Like... actually talk to them. (+Empathy)
[ ] Explore the library. (+Courage)
[ ] Talk to the librarian.
[ ] You'd like to get some more custom outfits.
