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💀 skull ([personal profile] ryuji) wrote 2018-06-19 02:49 pm (UTC)

[When the Phantom Thieves first started their exploits in the Metaverse, Ryuji wanted to gain some fame and fortune off of doing the things that they had done. There was always this part of him that wanted to be recognized, to have people see him as something worthwhile, to show up the people that said he wasn't good for anything other than being a delinquent. He found out that the approval- all the approval he ever really needed, in actuality- was good enough to come from his friends and he dropped that urge to become known for the deeds they had done.

But sitting here, with Hajime, it feels like it rekindles some of that attention towards him. He's not really waving the banner of Seiten-Taisei to the entire station, but it's enough that... his friend, his god's honest friend is looking up to him. He didn't want to make the other jealous over it, but rather... immediately felt this intense urge to bring him into things once he told the other.

And it always came down to this. Ryuji desperately wanting the people he cared about to notice him, to see good in him. Hajime's confirmation of that warms him to the core.]


Nah, man. You get your own and shit. It's pretty cool.

[Wait, he was talking about the motif of a thief wearing a face cover, right? Not the actual... persona wielding embodiment of their trickster, right? Either way, Ryuji already is pulling back his fist post-bump.]

Actually, lemme show you.

[Ryuji closes his eyes and focuses on the spirit energy residing from his persona, and with a wave of his hand over his face, the outline of a skull's mask forms before becoming corporeal, solidifying onto his face with a blue flame that burns bright for only a second.

He takes it off, holding it into his hands like it's his most precious possession- an incarnation of himself- and holds it out to show the other. Gross, it's been on his face so many times that this thing probably has more of Ryuji on it than anyone needs to have in one sitting. But it's also made of him? So there's that, too.]


It's a skull. Like my username.

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