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| | * [[Akihiko Sanada]] - A Sempai met during her first year at Gekkoukan, Mai was told to seek him out for hand to hand training, and their first meeting was colored by her 'test' of his skills by throwing a punch at his jaw without warning. While he was quick to forgive, he also was willing to turn the other cheek and allow her to join his training routine, learning how to handle herself unarmed if necessary and a little about him. She had grown to like him but their primary source of interpersonal contact being one focused around training and Akihiko's lack of interest in her due to his 100% focus on said training prevented their relationship to grow into anything else. She has a bit of a crush on him.<br><br> | | * [[Akihiko Sanada]] - A Sempai met during her first year at Gekkoukan, Mai was told to seek him out for hand to hand training, and their first meeting was colored by her 'test' of his skills by throwing a punch at his jaw without warning. While he was quick to forgive, he also was willing to turn the other cheek and allow her to join his training routine, learning how to handle herself unarmed if necessary and a little about him. She had grown to like him but their primary source of interpersonal contact being one focused around training and Akihiko's lack of interest in her due to his 100% focus on said training prevented their relationship to grow into anything else. She has a bit of a crush on him.<br><br> |
| − | * [[Akatsuki Enda]] - ''Jerk Twin'' - Older SEES member who Mai met while looking for her classmates who had gone on a mission. Was originally seen under a neutral light, seemed like a 'perfect student' type who also had charming looks and she expected him to have a bit of an ego as a result, yet she never quite found that expectation furfilled. Their relation had gotten cold after her actions at the New Years Tartarus expedition, but after talking they have mended a little. For all his cool appearance, she found someone who had difficulties emotionally to love and afraid of loss. His willingness to show and admit he's not perfect if reluctantly is actually appreciated and comforting, making the older boy easier to talk with and try to understand. Currently known to be dating Daiya Kimura. Mai admitted to having feelings for him via the influence of the Arcana Shadow, which led to an unpleasant talk and while she still values him, their relationship feels less comfortable. Has asked about some of the ugliness she hides, and was less than thrilled to actually receive exactly what he asked for. Their relationship turned bumpy as Mai lashed out at him for harm caused by [[Kyo Enda]] to her, and their friendship degenerated until nothing but pain and scorn seems to be left right now. She can't bring herself to hate him, but thinking of him is unpleasantly painful.<br><br> | + | * [[Akatsuki Enda]] - ''Jerk Twin'' - Older SEES member who Mai met while looking for her classmates who had gone on a mission. Was originally seen under a neutral light, seemed like a 'perfect student' type who also had charming looks and she expected him to have a bit of an ego as a result, yet she never quite found that expectation furfilled. Their relation had gotten cold after her actions at the New Years Tartarus expedition, but after talking they have mended a little. For all his cool appearance, she found someone who had difficulties emotionally to love and afraid of loss. His willingness to show and admit he's not perfect if reluctantly is actually appreciated and comforting, making the older boy easier to talk with and try to understand. Currently believed to be dating Daiya Kimura. Mai admitted to having feelings for him via the influence of the Arcana Shadow, which led to an unpleasant talk and while she valued him for a time, their relationship feels less comfortable. Has asked about some of the ugliness she hides, was less than thrilled to actually receive exactly what he asked for. Their relationship turned bumpy as Mai lashed out at him for harm caused by [[Kyo Enda]] to her, and their friendship degenerated until nothing but pain and scorn seems to be left right now. She can't bring herself to hate him, but thinking of him is unpleasantly painful. Even seeing his bold words of taking care of his brotherly problem on his own get crushed into the ground alongside Akatsuki himself yielded no comfort, no matter how karmic it seemed.<br><br> |
| | * [[Kyo Enda]] - ''Monster Twin'' - Sociopath who fought alongside Mai against [[Rena Kinukasa]] to rescue his brother, they never really talked or knew each other, as she had been warned he was unhinged and dangerous. He managed to surprise and ambush her pretending to be [[Akatsuki Enda]], leaving her scarred, hurt and furious that those who knew he had been on a vengeful prowl had kept silent, becoming no better than accomplices to Kyo's rampage in her mind. Dangerous and currently turning his brother into a dead husk via his manipulations and threats from Mai's perspective. Willingly accepted his Shadow inside the TV World, leading to one of the hardest battles she has ever waged. Currently in parts unknown after his defeat and taking by [[Rena Kinukasa]]. | | * [[Kyo Enda]] - ''Monster Twin'' - Sociopath who fought alongside Mai against [[Rena Kinukasa]] to rescue his brother, they never really talked or knew each other, as she had been warned he was unhinged and dangerous. He managed to surprise and ambush her pretending to be [[Akatsuki Enda]], leaving her scarred, hurt and furious that those who knew he had been on a vengeful prowl had kept silent, becoming no better than accomplices to Kyo's rampage in her mind. Dangerous and currently turning his brother into a dead husk via his manipulations and threats from Mai's perspective. Willingly accepted his Shadow inside the TV World, leading to one of the hardest battles she has ever waged. Currently in parts unknown after his defeat and taking by [[Rena Kinukasa]]. |
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| IV. The Emperor
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- Akihiko Sanada - A Sempai met during her first year at Gekkoukan, Mai was told to seek him out for hand to hand training, and their first meeting was colored by her 'test' of his skills by throwing a punch at his jaw without warning. While he was quick to forgive, he also was willing to turn the other cheek and allow her to join his training routine, learning how to handle herself unarmed if necessary and a little about him. She had grown to like him but their primary source of interpersonal contact being one focused around training and Akihiko's lack of interest in her due to his 100% focus on said training prevented their relationship to grow into anything else. She has a bit of a crush on him.
- Akatsuki Enda - Jerk Twin - Older SEES member who Mai met while looking for her classmates who had gone on a mission. Was originally seen under a neutral light, seemed like a 'perfect student' type who also had charming looks and she expected him to have a bit of an ego as a result, yet she never quite found that expectation furfilled. Their relation had gotten cold after her actions at the New Years Tartarus expedition, but after talking they have mended a little. For all his cool appearance, she found someone who had difficulties emotionally to love and afraid of loss. His willingness to show and admit he's not perfect if reluctantly is actually appreciated and comforting, making the older boy easier to talk with and try to understand. Currently believed to be dating Daiya Kimura. Mai admitted to having feelings for him via the influence of the Arcana Shadow, which led to an unpleasant talk and while she valued him for a time, their relationship feels less comfortable. Has asked about some of the ugliness she hides, was less than thrilled to actually receive exactly what he asked for. Their relationship turned bumpy as Mai lashed out at him for harm caused by Kyo Enda to her, and their friendship degenerated until nothing but pain and scorn seems to be left right now. She can't bring herself to hate him, but thinking of him is unpleasantly painful. Even seeing his bold words of taking care of his brotherly problem on his own get crushed into the ground alongside Akatsuki himself yielded no comfort, no matter how karmic it seemed.
- Kyo Enda - Monster Twin - Sociopath who fought alongside Mai against Rena Kinukasa to rescue his brother, they never really talked or knew each other, as she had been warned he was unhinged and dangerous. He managed to surprise and ambush her pretending to be Akatsuki Enda, leaving her scarred, hurt and furious that those who knew he had been on a vengeful prowl had kept silent, becoming no better than accomplices to Kyo's rampage in her mind. Dangerous and currently turning his brother into a dead husk via his manipulations and threats from Mai's perspective. Willingly accepted his Shadow inside the TV World, leading to one of the hardest battles she has ever waged. Currently in parts unknown after his defeat and taking by Rena Kinukasa.
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| VI. The Lovers
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- Tohya Kidzuki - Pretty Queen - Person met in Mikage-cho East Side and seen again at the Suzuno Christmas Ball. Original impression was good, seemed like a smart and capable girl, but later learned that she had ties in Takahisa Kandori's KNOWS organisation. Only learned on New Years of her unexpectedly high rank within the organisation, and clashed twice following that. For all her vaunted and claimed intelligence, Mai finds she can be shortsighted and lacking, however her vision is biased by her jealousy. She sees how Tohya is loved and envies her for it to the point it colors her judgement but at the same time sees her protected like a helpless child. Her jealousy has proven to be fermenting into vitriol and their relations are tensed but their prolonged lack of contact has acted like a bit of a cold breeze on a hot ember in that regard, although that fire could be reanimated should unfortunate events occur. Considered for a time to be a complete hypocrite for using the very technology she claimed had to be destroyed as if it was only evil in other people's hands, and hiding it from some of her supposed teammates, recent conversations and the mending brought by time closed off the gap that separated the two, and Mai has grown to view the Sumaru girl as a decent person, even if they're not alike on many points they have grown to understand each other a little.
- Rena Kinukasa - Lovely Dragon - A shadow possessed girl that had kidnapped Akatsuki Enda before, her relationship with Mai is a bizarre type of love/hate. There is a disturbing if not outright bizarre feeling of understanding from the rich girl, as if her heart was able to understand just how Mai feels on an instinctive level. Their battles have generally have been a bloody mess, and yet the feeling of hate has always been shortlived and died down during the fight itself. If anything she hopes she can get closure with her ex-boyfriend now - or devour him whole, either way is a good outcome.
- Blaise Cameron - Reckless Boy - 2nd year student of Gekkoukan, met first as his cloaked alter-ego. While originally deemed to be only useful as an information gathering tool and someone she enjoyed messing with, things took a turn for the strange as time went on. While not disliking the boy, she finds his lack of tactical cool and foolish recklessness annoying, and wonders why he so pursues a path Mai considers as far too costly and now that he got what he wanted, dreads if he too will find the cost was high. His attempt to woo her was met with rejection, and he has been seen with other girls playing what she views as the same game since. She had thus concluded that his feelings had been a hollow ploy to simply use her, and the blow did go past her emotional armor. The hatchet has been buried since as they decided mutual friendship is better than unresolved misunderstandings. Not really crossed since that meeting.
- Shinsuke Kusagawa - Ex-Padawan of Perfection - The top scorer at Gekkoukan High for their year, Shinsuke was for the longest time a target for Mai's dislike. He was seen as someone who tried too much to be good at everything, to be loved at everything, to care for everyone else and to be perfectly self-effacing for the sake of others. It made her almost sick to watch as she imagined deep down he loved all the praise and the feeling of superiority so she wanted as little to do with him as possible. The fact they had a common crush on the same guy was not a bonding point at all either.
After being thrown in the TV World, she has seen some cracks in that mask he wore, that the burden he had chosen was not one he loved so much, and she saw a more human side of him, a side with desires, weaknesses, and she grew not to like him as a best friend forever but at least accept him a little as a comrade and she can accept his empathy as not just making himself look like he cares for self-ego stroking. They still don't know each other much but she appreciates his company somewhat rather than avoid it, and found support in his presence when she was hurt by Akatsuki Enda's dismissal of all his friends who worried about him.
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| XIV. Temperance
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- Naomi Suzuno - Dearly loved friend - Someone who found herself stumbling in the Dark Hour during a visit to Port Island and needed a hand to keep things under control. Mai found herself amused at repeating the cycle of passing on the knowledge necessary to survive the supernatural time, along with advice of not doing anything foolish. Yet Naomi's adaptability and sharp mind is what was found most impressive during the events of Mikage-cho. Also speaks with the same style of formality. The bond of trust toward Naomi has deepened over what was expected to be nothing beyond girl talk and tea, but then Mai's never been one for simple girl talk. Trusted contact and friend. Even after assaulting said friend in the basement of Tartarus due to conflicting objectives between SEES and KNOWS, feels no resentment or anger toward her and the reverse felt true as well. She recently allowed Naomi inside her home, although while her parents were out, mixing catching up and matters of greater emotional complexity regarding Mai's own desires and loneliness compared to the terrifyingly strong yet fragile bond she sees Naomi have with her other friends. Naomi currently holds on to her old favored green ribbon. Knew of Mai's true identity and was instrumental in helping her progress to eventually grieve in a healthier manner, witnessed the events in the Abyss of Time. Due to Mai's insecurity, there has been a few bumps in their relationship as she feared Naomi had grown to just 'not need' or want her around anymore since she has 'better' friends, but those had been smoothed out. Attempted to cheer Naomi up after the misunderstanding of Minako and Tatsuya Suou dating, success was moderate.
- Miwa Saitou - Kind Soul - Older girl from Seven Sisters High, and sudden acquaintance during an expedition into Tartarus organised by Itsuka Mizuhara. They did not get a chance to talk much, but there was a feeling of common ground, of desire to master their inner power. While they are not friends, Miwa earned Mai's trust in battle to be considered a comrade-in-arms. She is also the first person to have ever used healing magic on Mai. Unfortunatly positioned herself between herself and Suzuno, forcing Mai's hand and being on the recieving end of an attack. Made meeting at New Years rather ankward but a conversation later mended bridges somewhat or at least on Mai's end. She holds no particular negative feelings toward Miwa, although she does feel some pity having learned she was dating Kyo Enda and no doubt had to deal with his quirks a fair bit. Willingly went in the TV World to retrieve her after she dove in after her ex-boyfriend, made up some excuse about how it was for the sake of making certain Kyo Enda did not upset the dimensional balance but in truth she was genuinely worried for the young woman who dared to share her dream with her.
- Hitoshi Taniguchi - A Pen-ny for thoughts - Newly moved in SEES recruit of a similar age, Hitoshi Taniguchi is considered alright. She cannot read him in depth but he was neither fool or genius, neither reckless or coward, there was a strange degree of balance to be seen in him. While that doesn't mean they always agree and have had arguments and misunderstandings, ultimatly Mai holds no grudges toward him and finds him a good classmate and decent field asset, even if he nearly ended up becoming a monster snack. Has not crossed her path since the 2nd DVA Incident.
- Dona Kimura - Friend of the Internets - A girl from Sumaru met via information seeking on the Darkside Boards, and then met in person during and after the Second DVA Incident, Dona Kimura is considered to be an interesting girl who has a notable passion for the obscure and the occult. The fact that she is not particularly pretty or attractive made her an easy friend, as Mai felt as an equal with Dona in looks and while their fields of respective knowledge differed, they could talk and trade info pleasantly. They also seem to share a nearly irrational hatred for the Vice-President of Sumaru' Seven Sisters High, Daiya Kagami.
- Daiya Kagami - I might accidently push her in front of a train - One of the few people Mai has a very hard time to stand for the life of her, Daiya Kagami is a girl who seems to have it easy. She is (apparently) rich, beautiful to a point it's a shock she's not working as a model (or isn't she?), has psychic powers, has no difficulty in social situations and can wrap men around her finger. Her existence triggers jealousy reaction from Mai and her attitude simply pushes on those buttons further. Mai wants to hurt her, and her reasonable side prays they never meet in an area with no witnesses as her darker side may just explode and lash out. Only on one occurance have they met and Mai was too exhausted and hurt to care, plus she was taking a problem off her hands.
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| XVI. The Tower
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- Takahisa Kandori - Mephistopheles - Known as CEO of SEBEC, and generally a man shrouded in mystery shrouded in secrecy shrouded in a surprisingly good taste in clothing, Mai's encounters with Kandori had not been pleasant, often ending with wounds of the physical or mental sort. Yet the man she finds facinating, as she can't read him like most people. Sometimes his intentions are clear, sometimes it takes her days to figure out what he just did, but she finds him interestingly smart. In nicer circumstances she would love to cross wits with him rather than cross swords. But even in a battle of wits, she feels hopelessly outmatched just trying to keep pace and try to understand what he's saying and on how many layers. She is currently intrigued by him more than scared, but still amply cautious. The fact that he ended in jail is considered strange, and uncharacteristic of his usual shown planning and intellect. His prison stay seems to have been little more than a distraction, as he is back to where he was as anticipated. Attempted to achieve godhood, died in the process, Mai felt sorrow for his sake as it was a death she would wish upon no-one.
- Thora Kobayashi - Bloodied Tower - An acquaintance due to the Misadventures of Shinjiro Aragaki, Thora has so far been an intriguing person. Her admissions of past acts and how open she was about it hinted at a degree of courage Mai found a little awe-inspiring, even if the acts themselves are not. Her strength and how she stood tall and strong (not to mention she's pretty big for a girl) are intimidating, but at the same time only serve to increase how she seems interesting. A chat in Inaba seemed to confirm the two had certain common grounds and led to pleasant discussion, eventually resulting in Mai becoming a client and trusting Thora in making her a new weapon. It's was rather ironic that the first use of it was pointed toward it's maker and her comrades, but Mai believes their days of clashing have ended. While she had suffered from the Videogame Suicide Hypnosis problem, she managed to hold on and even fought the demon herself. While she may not know that much about Thora's past, she views her as a straightforward person about her intents and desires, and thus someone who's very honest about where she stands and who's faces may be hammered in. Is willing to give Mai a second chance at earning her trust, all depending of what Mai does after reclaiming her true name. While the trust seems to have mended since, Mai is worried about Thora's new power and what price she may pay as a result.
- Minagi Shimizu - Baka Minagi - Ex-Avatar of Chariot and ex-Shadow Possessed. Mai met the liberated Minagi in the beginning of fall 2009 and at the time was unsure what to make of her. Not a friend or enemy, but they had a rocky start due to an offhand comment about Blaise Cameron made by Mai. Minagi eventually gained a Persona, does not seem terribly changed by it and it was assumed she already paid the price due to her past. Their personalities cause friction if they get in a heated debate. Mai was least surprised by her opposition to the standing orders of Mitsuru and almost looked forward to be authorised to strike at her even if the opportunity never came. Currently has no idea where she wentlives or what she's doing after being removed from SEES and is not terribly concerned by it. Mai has witnessed via the Abyss of Time how her fate came to be at a young age, and while it was an unfair fate she found herself glad that neither Minagi or anyone else present brought changes to the timeline. Still considered a little bit of a naive girl, but they work together in the Disciplinary Council of Gekkoukan High School and get moderatly along.
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