Difference between revisions of "Naomi Suzuno/Connections"
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****"I would not call it throwing away our lives. We risk them every day by simply being out there, facing the dangers that we do. This... I would consider this more a precaution. There is never anything wrong with being prepared, even if the eventual apocalypse never happens." | ****"I would not call it throwing away our lives. We risk them every day by simply being out there, facing the dangers that we do. This... I would consider this more a precaution. There is never anything wrong with being prepared, even if the eventual apocalypse never happens." | ||
***Once upon a time, there were two princesses who spent most of their early childhood together. Some would say that Mitsuru was the first "real" friend Naomi has ever made in her life, and vice-versa. They went to the same educational institutions, rubbed elbows with the same elitist constituents... they were even in fencing club together when they were old enough to wield foils safely. Naomi made her laugh, while Mitsuru did her best to encourage Naomi's independent streak (within reason) and dragged her to every high-class French restaurant within ready access. With tragedies assailing both Kirijo and Spencer families within precious few years of each other, the two girls have fallen out of touch, but never forgot one another. Now, with Mitsuru being the figurehead of SEES, and Naomi being a high-ranking member of KNOWS's Daybreak Squad, will their fondest memories of one another survive the strain of being on the opposite sides of the line? Covertly, they have been seeing more of one another lately, in hopes of rekindling the degree of sisterhood they have lost. Her recent departure from KNOWS has only steamrolled the re-development of their lost kinship, culminating into a night of drunken shenanigans in Tokyo and later on an impromptu sleepover at Naomi's penthouse. While Mitsuru still considers Naomi as one of her kouhais (and in fact her first one), given their one year age gap, they talk to one another as equals. Mitsuru has recently confided in her some of the darker aspects of the Kirijo family history, circumstances that are dire enough that she was initially afraid Naomi would turn her away after hearing about it. However, the other ojou remained by her side and reaffirmed her promises to the Kirijo heiress that she'll always be around when she needs her. The two ojous have more recently collaborated on a years-long plan, dubbed the Dante Initiative, in a painstaking effort to prevent Persona-users from being outed into public awareness, or if/once outed, establish measures in place to deal with such a devastating fallout. They have continued, since then, to keep in constant contact with one another, further rekindling their lost sisterhood. Naomi has recently advised her, in the rare moments in which Mitsuru shows anyone her more youthful side, that "indirect kisses" are a myth. | ***Once upon a time, there were two princesses who spent most of their early childhood together. Some would say that Mitsuru was the first "real" friend Naomi has ever made in her life, and vice-versa. They went to the same educational institutions, rubbed elbows with the same elitist constituents... they were even in fencing club together when they were old enough to wield foils safely. Naomi made her laugh, while Mitsuru did her best to encourage Naomi's independent streak (within reason) and dragged her to every high-class French restaurant within ready access. With tragedies assailing both Kirijo and Spencer families within precious few years of each other, the two girls have fallen out of touch, but never forgot one another. Now, with Mitsuru being the figurehead of SEES, and Naomi being a high-ranking member of KNOWS's Daybreak Squad, will their fondest memories of one another survive the strain of being on the opposite sides of the line? Covertly, they have been seeing more of one another lately, in hopes of rekindling the degree of sisterhood they have lost. Her recent departure from KNOWS has only steamrolled the re-development of their lost kinship, culminating into a night of drunken shenanigans in Tokyo and later on an impromptu sleepover at Naomi's penthouse. While Mitsuru still considers Naomi as one of her kouhais (and in fact her first one), given their one year age gap, they talk to one another as equals. Mitsuru has recently confided in her some of the darker aspects of the Kirijo family history, circumstances that are dire enough that she was initially afraid Naomi would turn her away after hearing about it. However, the other ojou remained by her side and reaffirmed her promises to the Kirijo heiress that she'll always be around when she needs her. The two ojous have more recently collaborated on a years-long plan, dubbed the Dante Initiative, in a painstaking effort to prevent Persona-users from being outed into public awareness, or if/once outed, establish measures in place to deal with such a devastating fallout. They have continued, since then, to keep in constant contact with one another, further rekindling their lost sisterhood. Naomi has recently advised her, in the rare moments in which Mitsuru shows anyone her more youthful side, that "indirect kisses" are a myth. | ||
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*'''V - The Hierophant''' | *'''V - The Hierophant''' | ||
**[[Shinjiro Aragaki]]: ''"He expressed no regret for what he had done which satisfied her; his style was not penitent, but haughty. It was all pride and insolence." -- Pride and Prejudice; Chapter 36 | **[[Shinjiro Aragaki]]: ''"He expressed no regret for what he had done which satisfied her; his style was not penitent, but haughty. It was all pride and insolence." -- Pride and Prejudice; Chapter 36 | ||
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***Fellow Daybreak Squad member and Shirou's girlfriend, she was, for the longest time, the only Persona-user who she has known about through the power of her sheer and infamous reputation. Now that they are in the same group in KNOWS, Naomi has met Thora on several occasions. It is perhaps due to her friendship with Shirou that she unabashedly reaches out to Thora, and finds herself occasionally envying her for having no qualms showing what she is feeling on her expressions. Naomi has recently found out what sort of information Kandori is holding over her and is appalled by the motivations surrounding Thora's conception and birth. Strangely enough, Naomi has found herself in the position of "Girly Stuff" counsel for her fellow half-gaijin. Naomi is currently doing what she can to help her assist Shirou in the mystery surrounding his vanished, British-born father....who disturbingly appears to have some connection with Takeshi Miyamoto. After a series of excursions together, especially after Thora's involvement with her rescue from the Dreaming, and her continuous regard and respect for Naomi's capabilities and counsel, the two girls have struck an unlikely friendship, underscored by a strange sort of camaraderie that can't help but be generated between such disparate creatures in terms of looks and personality. Familiar with Thora's own aspirations for the future, Naomi has promised to support her however she can. These days, they are the most unlikely of friends, occupying the extreme opposite sides of the spectrum, but Naomi will always do what she can to aid Thora and vice-versa. She has recently started calling Thora by her first name. | ***Fellow Daybreak Squad member and Shirou's girlfriend, she was, for the longest time, the only Persona-user who she has known about through the power of her sheer and infamous reputation. Now that they are in the same group in KNOWS, Naomi has met Thora on several occasions. It is perhaps due to her friendship with Shirou that she unabashedly reaches out to Thora, and finds herself occasionally envying her for having no qualms showing what she is feeling on her expressions. Naomi has recently found out what sort of information Kandori is holding over her and is appalled by the motivations surrounding Thora's conception and birth. Strangely enough, Naomi has found herself in the position of "Girly Stuff" counsel for her fellow half-gaijin. Naomi is currently doing what she can to help her assist Shirou in the mystery surrounding his vanished, British-born father....who disturbingly appears to have some connection with Takeshi Miyamoto. After a series of excursions together, especially after Thora's involvement with her rescue from the Dreaming, and her continuous regard and respect for Naomi's capabilities and counsel, the two girls have struck an unlikely friendship, underscored by a strange sort of camaraderie that can't help but be generated between such disparate creatures in terms of looks and personality. Familiar with Thora's own aspirations for the future, Naomi has promised to support her however she can. These days, they are the most unlikely of friends, occupying the extreme opposite sides of the spectrum, but Naomi will always do what she can to aid Thora and vice-versa. She has recently started calling Thora by her first name. | ||
*'''XIX - The Sun''' | *'''XIX - The Sun''' | ||
| + | **[[Kyo Enda]]: ''"I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion, cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up. And that so lamely and unfashionable, that dogs bark at me as I halt by them. -- Richard III; Act I Scene 1'' | ||
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| + | ****"Clearly you do not try hard enough. If you truly wanted her safe, you would remove your dangerous presence from her life." | ||
| + | ****"Then I realized I wasn't deficient. I realized I had the advantage of not having to carry a burden that holds /everyone else back/. That's why I've always stayed five steps ahead of people like you, and Suou, and the rest of your idiotic group. People hampered by emotions, and morals, and fears. That's why I will always win, in the end. I will think of that which would never occur to you. I will do what you won't--!" | ||
| + | ****"I could have loved someone like you." | ||
| + | ***Kyo was one of the first people Naomi met during her first days after being transferred in from Seven Sisters High School, and for a time remained largely unaware of his true nature despite the hint dropped by Tatsuya in his face-to-face encounter with Akatsuki's older twin. Since then, however, she has received reports from people she trusts implicitly that he is dangerous and abusive; something barely human masquerading as such. Given Akatsuki's and Miwa's attachment to Kyo, Naomi has refrained from seeking him out, constantly at a loss as to what to do but knowing that she ought to do something because his treatment of them couldn't be allowed to continue. While Akatsuki's gradually forming detachment from his brother gives her a tremendous sense of relief, Naomi constantly worries about Miwa, who is deeply in love with him. Surprisingly, Kyo has confronted her about consistently putting Miwa's life in danger despite her efforts not to do so. While the conversation started out diplomatically, he pushed things into a breaking point after confiding in Naomi that he forced himself on Mitsuru, driving the heiress to attack him and would've have continued to do so if it weren't for a civilian witness entering the scene. The aftermath has left Kyo being the only person Naomi has, for a lack of a better term, tried to murder in cold (hot?) blood, the irony being that the only thing that stayed her hand was the fact that he looked like Akatsuki, whose guise Kyo was consciously using in an effort to inflict psychological trauma on her. Their interactions with one another have only worsened since then after another attack, when Kyo pretended to be Akatsuki and came upon her in a dressing room at Saks Fifth Avenue; an altercation that became severely violent due to Kyo's constant drive to win and dominate and Naomi's defiance and utter lack of complacency to the efforts levied by that drive. It is perhaps these two qualities that let certain ugly truths surface during Kyo's TV dungeon, and while these encounters have given the observant Naomi a better understanding of Kyo's dangerous psyche, she is also more aware than most as to just how tangling with him is even more perilous now. It may also be that newfound understanding that will enable her to solve the problem, no matter how temporarily....but at what cost? | ||
**[[Taiki Himuro]]: ''"Hereby, upon the edge of yonder coppice; A stand where you may make the fairest shoot." -- Love's Labors Lost; Act IV, Scene 1'' | **[[Taiki Himuro]]: ''"Hereby, upon the edge of yonder coppice; A stand where you may make the fairest shoot." -- Love's Labors Lost; Act IV, Scene 1'' | ||
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