OPEN POST: Yusuke Kitagawa (Fox) - Persona 5

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Permanently open post! Come help me voicetest/pose for Yusuke's art/feed this starving boy idk. Or if you need inspiration, roll a prompt from the random scenario meme.

EDIT (FEB 2021): Yusuke is vanilla, Royal, or PQ2 compliant! Let me know what your preferences are if you have any. I haven't played Strikers yet, so please hold off on tagging me with any new characters or spoilers for the time being.

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[jokered]

[sometimes, it just takes a nice cup of coffee and a plate of curry on a cold winter's day to draw a bit of inspiration.

or maybe akira's just getting a little kitchen practice in leblanc while sojiro runs around the corner to get cigarettes. yusuke gets a free meal today, leader's treat. though as he sets down the plate in front of yusuke's spot at the counter, he glances towards the door.

oh.]

...It started snowing.

[well, that could draw a different sort of inspiration, he supposes.]

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke's stomach had been growling up a storm and his mouth was watering more and more at the smell of curry while it was cooked. As soon as the plate is set down in front of him (with an extra helping of rice he requested, of course), Yusuke is already tucking in.]

Yes, the rice is so light and fluffy, it is almost like snow. And then the curry, which makes the rice melt like snowflakes in my mouth...!

[...He's so busy waxing lyrical about the food, he hasn't noticed the actual weather outside.]

[afailedmurder]

[On a pleasant* November day, here in pleasant** Shinjuku station, Yusuke is approached by a pleasant*** boy.]

Hello there, Kitagawa-san. I thought I saw you over here. Doing some people-watching?

[FOOTNOTES:
* It is not pleasant, it's cold and awful and the weather is so dry that breathing is less like inhaling air and more like the air on the outside is just sucking out any moisture you might have wanted in your lungs.
** Shinjuku station is also not pleasant, it's a horrible labyrinth and there's always a gajillion people and construction detours everywhere, all the time.
*** It's possible I just don't know what pleasant means]

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[Shinjuku station is so pleasant, in fact, that Yusuke has stayed here all day. He only pauses his people-watching every now and then to add a rough idea to his sketchbook, or to check his phone for any updates from the Phantom Thieves.

He's so focused on making the nearest group of tourists as uncomfortable as possible with his staring that he doesn't spot Akechi until he's addressed.]

Ah, that's correct. Ordinarily I prefer Shibuya, but I wondered if a change of scenery might provide me with further stimulation.

[brewinthunder]

[Kushi doesn't want to intrude, but she can't help noticing what he's painting as she walks by. She hopes she doesn't startle him.]

Excuse me, but your work is lovely.

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[Yusuke is anything but startled; in fact, he's so absorbed in his work that he doesn't immediately realise he's being addressed. His painting is a highly stylised landscape of the park lake, combining both traditional Japanese techniques as well as more modern, abstract forms for the plants and trees, all painted in hues that suggest twilight.

After the longest of pauses, he finally halts his brush and looks up.]

Ah-- thank you, but this piece is far from finished. I ask that you withhold judgement until you see it in its completed form.

[paintbrushes]

That doesn't look like a person at all. It's all pointy.

[ IT'S A CRITIC. Just gonna STICK HER FINGER RIGHT HERE IN THE STILL-WET PAINT to point at what she's talking about. ]

Do you have pointy eyes that only see pointy things? It's all like that. I don't like it.

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S-stop that at once! How dare you! [He slaps her hand away, and jumps to his feet, outraged. No one touches his paintings.]

There was nothing wrong with the figure, or with my eyes. But now you have smudged it!

[humanhopes]

[Morgana has a proposition for Yusuke. A proposition so big, in fact, that he's badgered Joker about it for the past week about the next time Yusuke's coming to Leblanc.

Alone, that is. As logical as it would be to ask him when the thieves convened upstairs, or even in Mementos, he's... well, not embarrassed, but it's a delicate subject, okay! He can't allow anyone to overhear! Not even Joker!

That, too, was logical up until the point Yusuke arrived and now he's been struggling with a way to break the ice. Sat on a stool at the bar, he's grumbling out meows at high speed, along with frequent sighs. Even the dish of fish Joker left behind before heading out to do laundry has been untouched.]

Yusuke? I uh. [Come on Morgana! You can do this!] I need a favour--!!

[actually it comes out so fast it sounds more like "i need fur".

he tried.]

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke isn't particularly observant of strange moods amongst his teammates at the best of times, so he's oblivious to Morgana's struggles. Maybe he just has a hairball or something, and Morgana doesn't really like it when people point out his cat habits. Either way, Yusuke is sitting beside him at the bar with an espresso, quietly reading a book until Joker returns.]

Hm? Did you say something, Morgana?

[He looks down at him, not quite catching that.]

[trompeloeil]

[ standing in front of 'Desire', Mary appears to be quite transfixed by the painting, gazing at it with avid attention. She reaches out to tug on the sleeve of the person nearest to her. ]

Hey, what are those red things supposed to be? [ and without waiting for an answer: ] They're rose petals, right?

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[Yusuke looks slightly alarmed when he feels someone grab his sleeve, but he relaxes a little when he realises it's just a visitor with a question.]

W-well, yes, that is one such interpretation. However... they also resemble bloodstains dripped around the edges of the canvas, would you not agree? [He looks from the painting, then to Mary.] What may appear beautiful at first glance can also be threatening.

[standingonmyneck]

[Daria had an appreciation for art, sure. But it became more apparent when she found her best friend. Her best friend, the artist. Because of her, it was easy to say she appreciated art a bit more. Was she some super mega artist or critic, no. She didn't care to be that way. But in this gallery, her friend's art was indeed set up. She really came for her friend, but whenever Jane had to go off she was left alone to wander. That was when she found "Desire". She began looking at it.

Hm.]

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[Yusuke enjoys spending time at the exhibition simply to view the works of other artists, and now his own piece is displayed here, to finally enjoy the thrill of having his work shared without another person's name attached to it. So when he passes by and spots a girl around the same age as him looking at "Desire", he can't help but stop.

Sorry about the weird tall boy looming behind you, Daria.]

If I may intrude... What are your thoughts on this piece?

Sorry for making you wait! also for the long... set up ;;

[life_changer]

[After things with Phantom Thieves wrapped up, things went back to normal. Or... as normal as they could be. Akira's parents weren't ecstatic to have him back, especially with an addition in form of a cat, but after getting a detailed explanation from the police that his slate is clean, things seemed to be looking up.

It felt odd not waking up in Sojiro's cafe, staring at the cobweb and cold breeze from a window. But also, he was glad he could come back and hang 'Desire and Hope' somewhere where spiders won't crawl all over it. Right above his desk.
All the trinkets he got from his friends were now locked in a small treasure chest. The likes that pirates use. Morgana nagged how the chest reminded him too much of Ryuji, but it made Akira smile.

But still, it wasn't the same. He wanted to see them- all of them, again. Spend lots of times just sitting around, talking about everything and nothing. Have Yusuke see aesthetics in everything they do- from grocery shopping to planting trees.

His friend has been a lot on his mind recently. Aside from the painting that makes him think of him whenever he walks in the room when he's going to school and doing chores, he wonders if he's properly eating. If he has enough money for everything. Morgana even called him out on it, calling him a worrywart but, compared to rest of the thieves, Yusuke is the one acting more on impulse. Spending money on new art book instead of on food.

When Akira's worrying became annoying, Morgana decided that enough was enough.

Now, the Phantom Thief's leader is sitting at his desk, claw scratch across his nose, typing a message to Yusuke.]

1/2: Golden Week is starting soon. Would you like to come and visit me?
2/2: If you're free, of course.

no problem! the setup is perfect <3

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke, for his part, is doing well. Even when he no longer has access to the Metaverse, his experiences there and all that he's learned over the course of his time as a Thief have provided him with a wealth of inspiration. And since he finished "Desire and Hope", he's sure he has no worries of his creative slump returning. He's even getting used to living on his own in the dorms, and trying to understand his peers around him a little better. It's become a lot easier, now he has the friendship of the Phantom Thieves to continue helping and supporting him, just as he does for them.

He's still a regular at Leblanc even without Akira around, enjoying the company of the "Sayuri", the occasional free meal if Sojiro is feeling generous (or taking pity), and even if Futaba complains about the stupid Inari lurking around the cafe, they somehow wind up hanging out together by the end of the day.

Akira's absence is sorely missed, however: he enjoyed having someone to consult on his ideas, or to take along with him on his various quests for inspiration. But Yusuke's sure he's fine, when he's the most capable person Yusuke knows, not to mention he has Morgana looking out for him. They've stayed in touch, Yusuke sometimes sending him pictures of his sketches and works in progress (Futaba showed him how to use the camera on his phone and send images, which had been a revelation). He never shows him finished pieces, however, deciding that the camera would disgrace the final product when it is better viewed in person. Whenever Akira returns to Tokyo, he can treat him by showing him all his new works, and his development as an artist, all at once.

He'd been attending a particularly interesting exhibition in Roppongi and was on his way back to his dorm when he sees the message from Akira, a soft smile gracing his features.]

That would be wonderful. I have nothing planned for Golden Week, so that would be perfect.
Actually, I was thinking just today I would like to see you.
It's been almost a year since we first met, hasn't it?

[ryuji]

[For a few moments, Ryuji stands outside the planetarium's entrance with a look of obvious worry stricken across his features. It's a Saturday night- the Saturday night- that they're supposed to meet here and.

He can't even finish that sentence mentally. Deep breath.

It's Saturday night, 7:55 PM, and in 5 minutes, he's supposed to meet Yusuke for a date. He doesn't really know what dating is supposed to be like; he thinks that there's some magical lecture he missed out on (or slept through, let's be real here) about all of this. Some adage of wisdom, like making sure he holds the door open for the other, doesn't talk about himself too much, listens to Yusuke when he talks. All those little things that someone with experience would probably have walking into this. He feels like he's doing a paint-by-numbers in the eyes of great artists before him. Or, as the time suggests as it turns 7:58 PM, after him.

To think that he didn't feel this incredibly nervous when the suggestion came up, but now, with sweaty palms, he wonders if something's happened. Or is going to happen. Did Yusuke get lost on the way? Maybe he found something more interesting on the walk over and decided to take its aesthetics in over the promise of spending the night here with Ryuji. He... well, he has every right to.

Owch. That one hurts to think about.

Hands in the pocket of his jacket, he leans up against the wall and looks up at the city skyline. No stars here, that's for sure. But just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they're not there. And for better or worse, he hopes that Yusuke can find the same sort of qualities within Ryuji. Shit. It's stupid to be this worked up over seeing him.]

Ugh... man, just be patient for once.

[wantsnudes]

[By contrast, Yusuke isn't nearly half as worried as Ryuji about their first date. One benefit to being socially clueless, painful though it is at times, is that he doesn't get hung up on things like trying to figure out Ryuji's expectations, nor the conventions of a "date". Ryuji wanted to spend time with him, and it just happened to be in a way that is more intimate than friendship. That didn't mean Yusuke felt the need to stop being... well, Yusuke, just as he expects Ryuji to be no less himself. Right?

... Well, maybe he's a little worried. He knows his cluelessness about others has held him back when it comes to his art, and he doesn't want to do anything that might accidentally hurt Ryuji.

So it's probably not a good thing that he's committing the faux pas of being a few minutes late, even on their first date. The artist looks flustered and a little out of breath when he arrives, but at least has the good grace to look apologetic.]

Ah, Ryuji. Please forgive me; I alighted a few stops before Ikebukuro, but I underestimated how long the walk would take from here.

[He wanted to save some extra money for their date...]

tutu time

[empression]

[ It had taken a request to Justine and Caroline, since Haru had been a bit too concerned that she wasn't going to remember any kind of promise made once they woke up from this shared dream. And that was fine-- if nothing else, they can do this now.

Which is why she's approaching Yusuke now, her arms filled with a load of tulle and lace, smiling hopefully. ]

Yusuke, if you have a moment... would you like to join me for a few ballet moves?

ooc

[phakeout]

So since I have no idea what to write, I've relied on rng and the random scenario meme. I may wind up editing this later if I can think of something on my own. XD Gonna sleep on it. But this written is so that I also don't forget!

I got: 2-11 Worst Nightmare
1-13 Fight for Honor
4-19 Healing

[sacrilacious]

[It's normal for humans to talk to themselves. It's also normal for them to do so while weighing options. What doesn't seem as normal is how the person keeps talking to themself as if it's a matter of life or, well, life. Getting a closer look-see, they confirm that the voice is a man's, and then they look to what's in the man's hands.

[...Art books? Ah.. the price tags....]

...Are you alright? I couldn't help but overhear you talking to yourself.

[They offer him a gentle, red rose-painted smile. While they have a sort of disguise on, the glamor is only to hide the pointed taper of their ears and make their skin appear to be warmer than it really is. They have a casual sort of style to their clothes, neck adorned by a simple choker and body clad in reserved colors with the odd vibrant splash of a pattern at the bottom hem. The crop of their lilac hair almost hides the piercings in their left ear.

[But who knows how astute a Phantom Thief's perception is to the supernatural? Not that Fay suspects anything at all of the human before them.]

sorry for the wait!

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[Ren might have a sixth sense for pinpointing the unusual, but Yusuke's instincts aren't quite so honed; he's not able to readily see through the glamour. Still, his lamentations on price are cut short, and he turns to regard the stranger and their striking appearance with a surprised expression.]

Oh... Yes, thank you. I was deciding which book to purchase. They are far too pricy to acquire both, much as I would like to.

[One is a weighty but beautiful book on classical European art history throughout the ages. The other is a dense text on modern art.]

Ren / chainlinks

[wantsnudes]

[It was Golden Week, and Yusuke had decided to spend it in Ren's company. While he didn't quite turn up on his doorstep unannounced, he did message him only the night before with the intention of visiting -- in other words, he invited himself over more than being invited. Fortunately, Ren accepted, and Ren's parents were obliging, and thus it was that Yusuke managed to strong-arm his way into a week long visit.

He had agreed to meet him outside the station after the train arrived, a small suitcase of worldly possessions and a blank canvas carried under one arm. When he spots his friend, his smile brightens and he makes a beeline over.]

It's truly wonderful to see you again, Ren.

[chainlinks]

[Unknown to Yusuke, the rest of the old team would arrive a day or two after - after all he wasn't the only one who wanted to see Ren's ass during the break. However, Ren had purposefully delayed them by a few days, saying he needed to have a few things done before they could come. Enough time for him to spend a day (or two) with Yusuke without the rest of his friends being there.

Was it a little unfair to the others? Maybe. But it was something he wanted to do. Morgana had been warned of his plan, waxed on something about sometimes needing the comfort of just one friend and 'good thing it wasn't Ryuji'. Thankfully, he also excused himself to visiting around the city for a day while Ren attended his own matters.

And so, that is how Ren greeted him at the train station, bag in toe, but missing a cat inside as he grins back at him. The crispy, humid sea air would quickly fill the lungs of his friends.]

I hope the trip wasn't too long. Welcome to my hometown of Inuba Buttfuck Nowhere Ikawa.

TFLN - 22/5/2020

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@ atailoftwoworlds

[wantsnudes]

[continued from here!]

As I have been trying to tell you, I do not have time to find a "cute girl". I have time only to focus on my art.

[sweet_silence]

While no job for the Phantom Thieves was simple there had been no indication that this would go unlike any other. They had been tracking a night club owner that was connected to some thefts in the area a Mr. Hei Xiong. They had infiltrated his palace. It was modeled after an old-fashioned market district with stalls and stores.

Everything had been going smoothly until this enemy. It looked like a massive Oni, a large club in hand. It had managed to hit the entire party in one powerful swing knocking them all down. It did some considerable damage with just that first swing and a second was likely to put them near to death. It wasn't the sort of enemy they could take head-on at their level of power.

As it raised its club into the air it looked like this might be it, but suddenly there was the plink of a rock hitting the horned behemoth straight in the head.

The Oni's eyes shifted to a sight the others would be able to look and see. A girl about their age. She had brown hair and brown eyes, and appeared to be wearing the uniform of a school not too far away. It was an all girl's boarding school.

In her hands she had gathered rock debris off the ground and was chucking it at the creature's head. She looked terrified, yet she was doing this anyway.

It seemed to work as a distraction because the Oni was running straight for her. Which, considering it didn't look like she even had a persona, was pretty bad.

The girl took a deep breath and then ran forward, running under the Oni's legs to get some distance. She hoped this was the right idea and that these people would be able to get up.